Hi,
New to the industry and evaluating a first time project for a car wash. Partner and I are looking at a rural area. Town is ~2500, and 5 mile radius of ~13,000. Traffic count of a 5250. (just providing those items as context).
We would want to do an in-bay automatic but are trying to determine if a friction machine or a touch free machine makes more sense. Our potential strategy is to emphasize wash quality to draw in customers, as our other few competitors have lower quality touch free machines. This would seem to point to a friction setup making more sense.
But we're trying to evaluate whether it would provide enough of an uptick in terms of perceived quality for the extra cost. Not to mention higher potential for damage claims and higher maintenance costs, etc.
Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with doing an in-bay auto with friction in a rural area such as ours. One concern I have is that we wouldn't have enough traffic to justify charging a premium for a higher quality wash. But if it works elsewhere, it might be worth considering further. Thanks.
New to the industry and evaluating a first time project for a car wash. Partner and I are looking at a rural area. Town is ~2500, and 5 mile radius of ~13,000. Traffic count of a 5250. (just providing those items as context).
We would want to do an in-bay automatic but are trying to determine if a friction machine or a touch free machine makes more sense. Our potential strategy is to emphasize wash quality to draw in customers, as our other few competitors have lower quality touch free machines. This would seem to point to a friction setup making more sense.
But we're trying to evaluate whether it would provide enough of an uptick in terms of perceived quality for the extra cost. Not to mention higher potential for damage claims and higher maintenance costs, etc.
Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with doing an in-bay auto with friction in a rural area such as ours. One concern I have is that we wouldn't have enough traffic to justify charging a premium for a higher quality wash. But if it works elsewhere, it might be worth considering further. Thanks.
