It's strange because in the UK, the trend is valet/hand-car-washes but they have the same proliferation pattern. It's just cheaper to set up in a disused petrol station or car sales lot and there's a serious problem with trafficked labour. So the initial outlay is even cheaper and the running costs are artificially low.
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Listen streetsboro. It’s so bad in brookpark they banned car washes. Parma had like 5 new ones. Strongsville you name it. There not all drug dealers lol
Sure, but hand washing your car comes with its own costs: a lot more water usage, having to buy your own materials, and then the time to wash and dry it. I'm lucky I have a garage where I park my car. I clean it myself and only need to use the waterless wash spray because it's never very dirty.
@addanametocontinue Yes, and still cheaper than paying for a wash. Have you looked at your air conditioner evaporator recently? It will be all smashed in from the high pressure spray.
In my area, SoCal, many of the local car washes have closed and the remaining ones have switched to automated exterior only. I’ve gone back to washing my own car by hand, and have to say it’s pretty enjoyable and my cars are a whole lot cleaner and better cared for. I’m really tired of big corporations ruining local businesses that provided a way better experience.
I wish they'd open more self wash locations, where you don't have to submit your car to the reused dirty rollers that swirl your paint. Just a stall with a pressure washer please
I just love washing my own car, it’s such a zen experience. I always feel a personal relationship with my cars, I keep them for many years, so just giving them a bath every once in a while just makes us both happy.
They destroy and deteriorate your Clear coat, Wax, Coating, and PPF. If you want a shiny car get a detail, if you want a problem after it dries go drive through.
Yup, we had one open in our city. You can get a membership for like $40 a month for unlimited car washes. Course they use your license, so you can’t use multiple cars on 1 memberships. Also we have several gas stations that have car washes built into them.
And then they tell you that the membership will save you money compared to spending $7 every single day. Like bro, I'm here every other week. That's not saving me any money. Washing your car like that every day will destroy your paint.
I started to notice this in my little (10k population) SW rural town a few years ago. A bit of a head scratcher on why there are so many car washes here. Now it kind of made sense.
They really do. I've tried different ones in my area over the years and they never get everything clean. And always leave spots. I bring a towel with me just to dry off the glass so it is clean.
I'm surprised they didn't mention the latest formula - drive thru car wash (you stay in the car) and finish up yourself in a shaded port with vacuum hoses. It's there you can do your own final drying, apply spray wax, tire dressing, or anything you bring with you.
If private equity is involved its only a matter of time before greed takes over and these companies get saddled with debt then in turn go bankrupt & close. Car washes are a unique problem though because that 6 million dollar facility can't be reused for anything so the land will sit decrepit like it was before private equity "helped".
These are popping up everywhere in San Antonio, TX as well and from what I can tell have absolutely destroyed a local car wash chain here called The Wash Tub. My wife and I suspect there to be a car wash crash eventually where the saturation becomes too much to handle and not all will survive. There’s going to be abandoned car washers around here soon is our bet.
I imagine that these companies will eventually add a restriction on the "unlimited" wash subscriptions to something like 4-5 times a month. I suspect that the subscribers make up >90% of washes even though they are a much smaller portion of revenue and that congestion turns additional customers.
I never saw so many car washes until I moved to the Panhandle of Florida. I thought it was some weird southern thing. I grew up in 21yrs in NY and 20 in Fort Lauderdale, and it was never like it is here.
Have you seen New York recently? They are exploding in my portion of western New York. I really don’t get it. It seems like a waste of time and a waste of money.
They’re opening up everywhere in PA too. 4-5 new mega sized ones opened up since the beginning of the year on a 3 mile stretch of the main road. I prefer the smaller less expensive ones at the gas stations(Sheetz/etc).
I'm sitting in Stow OH right now, got here from Miami FL a few months ago and was immediately struck by the insane amount of car washes here. And they're always empty.
Car washes can mess-up your cars paint. Just be aware of that before you go. Nothing wrong with washing your own car, but I get it can be labor intensive and time consuming.
I prefer doing a self service car wash that's just a spray gun. It use to be $4, and now is $5. It's cheaper, and all I use afterwards is a car towel to dry it. I also use squeegees to get the water off the roof, and one for the windows.
Americans are also WILDLY ignorant to the fact that automatic car washes absolutely DESTROY your car's clearcoat and introduce swirl marks and ruin the quality of the paint that will need expensive professional correction.
Car wash have the benefit of using recycled water, instead of ‘fresh’ tap water. Also the runoff from washing your car at home ends up in the drains which in many suburban areas in the US means natural drains surrounded by vegetation and wild life. So, although not perfect for your car it might be a better solution for the environment.
@@newmobile1455 I live in the suburbs, house located in a culdesac next to a creek that ends o a pond/lake in the middle of the neighborhood full of wild life. I don’t mind risking wear on the clear coat or a few light scratches. I can take care of those with waxing and a ceramic coat once or twice a year. Many people do not use proper cleaning materials, I have seen a share of friends using rough rags and harsh chemicals. Taking the car to a car wash would be actually a benefit for most of them. Big cities might now have this problem, some of the drain systems are enclosed and end up in water treatment facilities that remove most chemicals before water is released back to system. But not all cities invest on such systems, and there is a vast number of Americans that live in suburbs. PS. I don’t own a carwash, or know anybody that does. I am just sharing my point of view on this topic as a response to some of the negative criticism on ‘American car culture’ seen in previous comments. I used to wash my cars myself until I decided it was not worth it for me. My car is 10 years old, and I am ok with how it looks for its age.
I worked for a family owned series of car washes. Until they sold to a greedy nasty turn and burn company. Worked for them for 7 years and overnight my job was gone. Private equity is evil.
The closest car wash to my town is at a 15 minute drive, and it is terrible. The closest decent car wash is 30-45 minutes away. And yes, the area with the decent car washes... has a ban! Send a couple of those excess car washes our way.
I'm in a suburb west of cleveland. We have 8 massive car washes within 1.5 miles of my house. They are usually empty. Its pretty rural here too. They are still building more car washes. We have more car washes than fast food restaurants. Its what it looks like it is.
My girlfriend's daughter had her rear car bumper torn off at one of these drive thru car washes. I'll never use one, especially with the likelihood of the paint getting scratched by dirty brushes.
sorry there is no rise, there must be something else propping them up bc we have 10-15 new washes nearby in small town America southern Ky its crazy. most days they are dead, no cars. they cost millions to build, and a WASH IS 30$!!
As they said, the advent of subscriptions is what is causing the boom. Personally I could never justify the cost, but it must be successful because my local car wash always has a long line at all times of day. Not only are these people with subscriptions spending money to wash their car, they are also spending 20-30 minutes each time waiting in line.
@Nabrolo touch less uses harsh chemicals to break down dirt and also paint protection. There is a wide range of how people perceive their paint. I don't like swirls and wash my cars regularly by hand.
Des Moines Iowa is another place where these things are popping up all over town. I said to my wife a short time ago “who is putting up all these car washes it has to cost millions”. Now I know.
They are definitely understating the problem. My area tripled its car washes over the span of like 2 years. We have about 5 car washes every 1 square mile. We have big ones, small ones, stand-alone car washes and ones attached to gas stations. Here’s the issue… they are always empty. It’s definitely fishy that they keep getting built but are always empty. I actually use them and I never see anyone else when nor do I see people using them when I am driving by. It’s always car washes and storage facilities. Give us shops, grocery stores, restaurants, my area is kind of rural there’s just not many of us out here. Why so many car washes and storage facilities?
These automated car washes destroy your car using brushes that they dont clean often and have caked on dirt and grine from all the other cars that were washed beofre yours. They also use cheap soap and recycled water. If im going to pay to destroy my car ill do it myslef 🤣
@@HudsonGTV well in canada they are, there are still some car washes that use the brushes of some sort but they are few and rare now. And yes washing your car yourself will result in better results, I had never claimed otherwise
I legit wonder if they figured out a way to write off THE ENTIRE BUILD by somehow claiming the whole automated system and one big 'piece of commercial equipment' rather than a building and then having commercial equipment installed inside the building
I beg of you, somebody to please google Deland, Florida, and then type in car washes and searching that local area, currently there are about 12 with three more currently under construction for about 15 car washes for a tiny sleepy town. Two of them that are currently under construction are being built on forested lots that were recently sold, they’ve completely obliterated the woods, displacing, thousands of animals, just to build another car wash, keep in mind the nearest car washes to this location, are a mile in either direction. Keep in mind Florida has some of the best weather year-round, lots of rain and very little to no dust, so I do not understand the reasoning for needing so many car washes in that area.
I wish they offered more touchless car washes, at least in Washington. We only have a select handful and none of them offer a monthly plan. The spinning car washes are horrible for you paint (touchless is bad too but at least you won’t scratch your car).
I knew it, always PE firms lurking in the shadows. I started noticing all these new "fancy" car washes popping up all over (Palm Beach county, FL) in the last few years and kept wondering: why now? like there were car washes of various types (self, full service and luxury) around and they never seemed to be too busy to handle the demand. Then all of a sudden nearly a dozen new ones popped up all within 15-20min drive of my area.
The manual hand car washes are going over to app payments like the laundromats with the removal of coins. Not a good idea when you dont plan on driving back to use the same diy car wash.
Chris sakes. Who uses 150 gallons of water to wash their car at home? Get a $10 nozzle for Pete’s sake. I’ve been washing cars in my driveway for decades. I use less than 10 gallons for the whole process.
I put 50k on my vehicles in a year. I use my membership almost every day. It keeps the large amount of dead bug buildup at bay. In my case it’s worth it for me.
@@HudsonGTV Texas is big? So? Most people just go from home to work to the store. Your argument is like from a 10 year old who has just discovered Google Maps.
In my city of 200K, there are 3 full carwashes and numerous convenience store car washes! I wash my car once every two years at the nears full car wash since I sometimes go off road driving! Cost $30.00!😂
@@Kennon959 it's got nothing to do with capitalism. I just don't feel like busting out the buckets, hose, water, sponges and soap, for something that costs almost nothing and take significantly less time and effort to just run it through an automated thing in 10 minutes for $10...
@@Kennon959 Actually you don't need personnel at all in those automated carwashes, I guess is a plus some establishments decide to give to have someone helping you getting in the tunnel or drying your car.
So the one guy says it costs 6 million just to build the building. How many freaking car washes do you need to sell to make up 6 mill alone? My rough math is over 830 car washes a DAY for a year. And that doesn't count any other operating expenses. The math of these places doesn't add up to me.
Last time I was to a car wash was my sister's birthday, regrettably we couldn't do too much for her but before returning home we went to a carwash and while we were in there I made the joke of "lift your arms and scream"
1. People gotta keep up with their image. 2. Money laundering 3.people are spending a mini mortgage on car payments, so they want to keep the clean so to speak
And throughout the entire video, I surprised that there was no discussion of numbers. Membership costs $x and a car wash location has an average of x members so x revenue is generated vs x costs. This should be basic stuff
Many municipalities, especially in California, have banned home vehicle washing. Your only choice is to frequent the local carwash or drive a dirty car.
Weird thing is. Rich people hire people to come to their house and wash their car. Poor people do not have enough money. So, only people that have enough money AND don't have enough money to do it themselves are the ones who use car washes. HOAs are also ones that do not allow car washing in the driveway.
It sure has, especially in the Daytona Beach area. There's at least four car washes within a 10 minute drive from home,plus a Buc-ees car wash at 250' long.
Subscription model car washes make no sense to me unless you use your car for ridesharing and it makes sense to not have your car look filthy. I just use the tunnel wash at my local arco every other fill up during the summer months and maybe 2 or 3 times in the fall/winter depending on how much rain we get.
@@Jakhari. I might as well hand wash the car myself at home. Which I usually do 99% of the time. I only use those when I’m on a road trip and don’t want the bugs on my paint for too long.
Wall Street hedge funds are running out of places to invest, and recently they went with storage malls and car washes due to low number of employees needed
Ironically, just as all these new car washes are being built, there are getting to be a number of new cars that have instructions to never use an automatic car wash to clean it. Not just special models like Cybertruck but also a lot of normal cars with matte paint finishes have that restriction.
