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Coexist and make a profit yes, I don't see any positives of a tunnel opening right by you, so benefit I would say no. :LOL:

The club carwash by us was up and running in about six months. That company does not mess around, If they announced they are opening, I would see a slim chance that they wouldn't move forward with the location. Dick Nitro, focus on what you are able to change, don't get caught up on the tunnel...

I'm in the same boat as you a Club Carwash opened up right by us as well a year ago. The first 6 months they are open they will run the craziest deals, first week was free washes. First month was $1 washes, and discounted packages first six months like 20/mo unlimited top wash. I will admit...

Care to share what is the name of the national tunnel chain that is moving? A lot of us are familiar with the different chains and how they strategize against them. Also I wouldn't recommend going in a discount ware against a chain, once you discount your prices or give stuff away for free, your...

Has anyone else been slow with the lack of snow and overcast weather? We had a decent rush the days before thanks giving, but has been very slow lately with the overcast. Our town has not had to use any salt on the road either this year. Hoping we get a good dumping soon so the lines at our wash...

Not sure how the foam is created on the futura but on our Kondor it goes through mesh foam in the foam arch right before going on the car. Every 8-12 months they start to get filled with algae and the foaming quality decreases. For us and we have to take them apart and clean them. After we clean...

We get our hoses from our local Carquest. They actually are able to cut and crimp to our exact needs, and can get them same day.

Glad everything worked out for the best. Looks like everyone was honest and fair to each other. Cheers.

Kind of curious that an A1 customer would bring this attention all of a sudden. If she was a loyal customer who took care of her car by frequent washing she would see the slow progression. Do you have cameras at your lot where you can see before and after wash videos to show that it wasn't your...

We are looking to put in a new air fill station at our carwash for our customers. We currently have an air fill station called the pnt 4 that is hooked directly to our large air compressor inside. Our customers love how fast and easy it is to use compared to the ones with a small compressor...

We run 8-basic wash, 10-undercarriage and wheel blast with tri foam, 12-hot Wax, 14-Ceramic. We barely have anyone take our $8 wash. Our prices are comparable with other IBA in our area. We would like to go higher but that is the most our market will currently pay.

What do you think of pricing at $7, 10, 13? The winter is when you will make most of your money on the wash for the year. I highly suggest not discounting washes. In the winter we usually have a line to get in, so when you are discounting washes you are literally saying goodbye to money that a...

I agree with Waxman your prices are really low. I feel your standard prices are already at a discount. Offer a good wash at a justifiable price and don't get to in to offering discounts. Just curious what is the reason you want to offer a discount? Just my two cents, I would get rid of your $8...

If anyone else runs in to this, you have to call DRB to remotely apply the update so it goes in to effect. Just wanted to let everyone know the solution in case anyone else runs in to this in the future.

At our wash we have a unitec Portal TI +. We keep getting a update popup that comes up on the screen that prompts us to restart the kiosk to apply changes. We hit yes and the popup keeps returning within the next day. We have been getting calls from customers saying they are at the wash and that...

I agree memberships can be very useful in express sites and tunnels, which is why most adopt that model. I haven't seen many IBA that have a really profitable membership plan that makes it worth while. If anyone else has any insight on their IBA and if they are running a membership please chime in.

Roughly two years and we don't plan to ever go back.

We had around 70 members. We are a car dealership as well and my desk is in the building right next to the entrance of the wash by a big glass window. Roughly 20 feet away. Our revenue and net went up when we ended the program. I recognize most of our core customers that go through and pretty...

We had the exact same experience you have had. We ditched the membership model and we continue to have the same customers come through. Best decision we have ever made. We offer a quality wash for a good price and our customers are happy with the service we offer. If you have any questions feel...

We dropped the drying agents as well when we introduced our ceramic.