Why are there suddenly so many car washes?

Post by hobobaggins » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 10:44 PM UTC

hermitcrab wrote: post #128

Antip0dean wrote: post #106

This is a big thing in the UK, too. The official narrative here is modern slavery with undocumented migrants. It's the same with sex work, with which is harder to separate between conservative propaganda and reality. I expect the main difference between the US and UK versions are that the latter are typically set up in disused urban plots with pop-up tents and temporary chain-link fences rather than having any invest…

I've often wondered how legit those 'hand car washes' are. Legit or not, I'm sure it is hard work for crappy money.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 10:47 PM UTC

michaelt wrote: post #101

notanormalnerd wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is mostl due to the oil and other hazardous materials potentially going into the ground or the city sewer. They can't or won't clean that and it is contaminating in even small amounts. E.g. one drop of oil contaminates 500l of water. At least for Germany.

Doesn't any oil on the road etc end up in the sewers next time it rains anyway ?

Post by anotheruser13 » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 10:52 PM UTC

jjtheblunt wrote: post #25

bluefirebrand wrote: post #5

In my city you're not allowed to wash your car in your driveway I guess it's too hard on the storm drains to have soap and dirt and stuff going down them Or maybe city council is just in some kind of racket with car wash owners or something But either way, that's why we have so many car washes here... And it sucks ass

This is interesting, what you mention. In the northern foothills here bordering Phoenix, Arizona, to the north, there are an understandable number of automated carwashes. However, i've found no manual (pressure wash sort) carwashes, which are easy to find in California and Illinois, for two examples. I don't know why this is.

Post by beejiu » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC

logifail wrote: post #89

> There are four full-service car washes in town, with a fifth on the way; three are bunched up on a mile-and-a-half stretch of Route 14. Social media complaints about car wash overkill spurred town leaders to take action. Four (or even five) doesn't sound that much? What's the actual problem here? How is a local politican supposed to determine what is the correct density of any particular type of service within her…

Post by chrisco255 » Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 11:04 PM UTC

smeej wrote: post #118

Automated ones are fine, but what I've really missed since I moved to New England have been the ones where a team vacuums the inside, hoses off your mats, wipes your windows and dashboard inside, etc. Growing up in the West and Midwest, these things were absolutely normal for the first 30 years of my life. Some of them would even change the oil too. But I haven't found anywhere within 50 miles of me that will do it h…