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Spend as much time sitting and watching the wash as you can. Last thing you want to do is buy a wash that supposedly does "X" in sales only to find out it does 50% of that "X" number. Sure you can look at water bills or even financials but both of those can easily be altered or doctored. Once...

I dont think there is an actual published resource. Hell even the survey data that SS car wash news would put out to me us questionable. From this forum I would say approx 40 to 50% expense ratio BUT varies with location. Additionally, everything is getting more expensive and will continue to do...

Post some pics of this wash...trees and moss growing in the ibas....I thought my first wash was in bad shape looks like you have me beat.

Well based on these assumptions then it sounds like you guys have a good 5 to 7 yr plan in place. This business isn't hard, keep it clean and keep it working. At night keep it well lit new LED lighting all around and in the bays goes a long way. Last year I bought a wash that was in decline...

Okay more than likely it's qtr. I've had it happen to me before when I forget to empty my vaults. I usually take a hammer and tap on the front of the face of the vault cover while trying to remove the cover....eventually it comes loose. Other than torching the cover for a qtr I don't know how...

Cover you mean vault cover? If so you have a qtr stuck in there.

Brief summary??? I'll keep it brief for you: What does it make in gross and net revenue? What is is the asking price? Then we can look at everything above? Bc if the asking price is unreasonable for the revenue the wash is generating and the owner is unwilling to recognize it and come down on...

First, go work at a wash with the business model that you think you want to own i.e. ss, flex, express etc. If you can't get a job say at a ss site then ask the owner if you could help for free because your aspiring to get into the business eventually. Work at said wash for a couple of weeks...

So I am 20 mins away from their (KR) Texas warehouse and I told them to put 7 price decals on their next transfer truck to their warehouse for me to pick up. Well came into the office this morning and they shipped the decals: Decals: $4.06 SHIPPING: $8.74 Tax: $1.06 Total: $13.86! Yikes...

Yes it did work for me thanks!

What type of wash are you planning? I know you posted in the self-serve section but just confirming. Additionally, are you looking at the bay floors, equipment room, or where?

He asked about a car wash not a car dealer. I agree the floor coatings make the room pop. I have my garage at home coated and it looks great that being said we still don't know if he is talking about ss wash or tunnel. If we are talking ss wash are talking about the equipment room, bay...

Which investment seminar are you referring to? Is this something published on Sonny's website? I am looking into a tunnel or mini tunnel right now as well and have been studying my demographics, traffic counts, etc so I would be curious to see this document

Steve, Can you give us your address of this wash so we can look it up on Google Street view. I'd like to see the lay of the land. Washes are not hard to run, keep everything running GOOD (not just running but good, i.e. good pressure in the bays, no leaks, good chemicals (see and smell) keep...

Well picked up the refurb project pump stand today. Should clean up nice for the new wash.

It's a 1/2" fixed my leak today

My first wash is a 5 ss+ 1 auto so I know there is good potential in an IBA and still not ruling converting a bay but right now it will be cheaper and quicker to get this wash up as a ss only. With regard to the other property if I can buy it renting it out as is won't fetch much because a.)...

That's what I was thinking by eyeballing it but nothing annoys the crap out of me more than buying the part, getting back to the wash, and it doesn't fit! So figured someone here might know. The ball valve is a good idea that way you don't have to empty the tank if working on something down...

What pump and motor do you have now? My pumps went out this past Feb due to the freeze we had down here in Texas. I didn't want to try to replace the stack to the old motor so I purchased new. Originally, my pump stand (JC) had Pentair booster pumps but I switched them to Flotech (a brand...

off the top of your heads does anyone know the size of the discharge port on mixing tanks of a Jim Coleman pump stand? These are the tanks where the hydrominders are that have the soap, tire cleaner, wax, tri foam etc, etc. Believe it or not looks like I have fitting that cracked during the...