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Pretty sure most of the dogs in my wash 'hood have names like Diablo, Chingon and Chupacabra. Not sure if it's a good demographic for $10 baths.

From what I've read it doesn't have to be another car wash. The definition of "like-kind" is fairly broad. Here's some text I copied from an investment website: Many people believe that like-kind properties must be of the same size or type to qualify. But that's not true—different assets can be...

...jammed three Peso coins, two Chuck E Cheese tokens, five pennies and a wooden nickel into a coin slot that was clearly marked "Insert Quarters Only"

I installed one in March as a test unit and I’m about to buy more for the rest of my bays. Zero problems and the customer usage continues to climb. The only modification I made was running a Carriage bolt through the handle cuff and hose and securing it with a lock nut. Handle kept spinning off...

Thanks guys, can y'all recommend a good swivel to go between the gun and the hose?

On your high pressure guns, where are you guys installing swivels? Between the boom end and the hose? Between the hose end and the gun? Both locations? Niether?

Coming soon to the For Sale board: One vacuum and hose. Slightly...uh...used

cssmith, are you using Blendco's Super Sat line with HPH powder? That's what I inherited when I bought my wash and the customers are always complimenting the quality of the soap/foam. Last year my chemical costs were 5.7% of gross which is a little below the 2020 self serve average in the latest...

This scenario will also pose a problem if you're planning to finance the purchase. Lenders these days have zero patience for funny books and unverifiable income. I wouldn't give that wash another sniff if he can't provide honest P&L's.

Mopped it with thinner, let it soak, then hit it with the power washer

Then he shouldn't have a problem with a 10% reduction in is asking price.

Great, my bill changers already get way too much drive off traffic. Hope this doesn't turn into a toilet paper panic.

Yep, I’ve now got bays all on one key, vacs on another...vendors, trash etc on their own key. My small key ring now fits in my pocket on a belt lanyard instead of 50 keys around my neck in plain view.

Some were keyed alike, others were not. Regardless, he has every spare key so every lock has to be changed.

I suspect that all of our response times in TX are about to get much slower with Covid cases blowing up again. Back in March (first covid panic phase) they wouldn't even respond when I called in an oil dumper. They did tell me, though, that since this perp is now on the hook for auto theft to...

I'm usually pretty anal about keeping pump room doors and my truck locked while I'm at the wash. On Wednesday I dropped my guard for a minute and paid big for it. I was working on a project in the pump room and stepped out to grab some tools out of my truck. A tweaker parked at a vac a few...

Agreed. Even with fear of covid, and tighter grips on wallets, my traffic is off the scale right now.

I had a lady come in last week and spray paint (black) an entire patio furniture set in one of my bays. Thankfully she bought cheap paint.

My YOY wouldn't be a fair comparison because I bought the wash on 6/4/19 and did a total renovation. But March, April, May have been my best months, to date, with June looking better still. My customers were bored stiff during the lockdowns and they spent A LOT of time at the car wash. I also...

I'd like to raise my vac prices but I've got 2 tunnels with free vacs within 2 miles of me, and neither require a purchase to use them. $500 a week in vac income is about the best I can get at $1.00 for 4 minutes.