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Hand car washing. Growth industry?
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Re: Hand car washing. Growth industry? -
05-02-2007
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In article <5nXZh.6375$en5.2495 (AT) newsfe6-win (DOT) ntli.net>, ChrisP <NA (AT) NA (DOT) NA> wrote: I dont mind them, its the ones waiting for you at the lights to wash your windscreen that I hate. You tell them you dont want it washed, they do it anyway...and spit on you if you dont pay them Try a polite shake of the head when they approach. With a smile if you can manage it. If they're spitting at you it suggests you're inviting the screen to be cleaned then not paying. Simple really. -- *The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail * Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
and sound your horn, they 'will' wash your windscreen.
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Try a polite shake of the head when they approach. With a smile if you can manage it. If they're spitting at you it suggests you're inviting the screen to be cleaned then not paying. Simple really. Maybe that works where you are, but where I drive, unless you start shouting and sound your horn, they 'will' wash your windscreen. |
get paid. Unless you're particularly pretty, of course.
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In article <YWXZh.6406$en5.60 (AT) newsfe6-win (DOT) ntli.net>, ChrisP <NA (AT) NA (DOT) NA> wrote: Try a polite shake of the head when they approach. With a smile if you can manage it. If they're spitting at you it suggests you're inviting the screen to be cleaned then not paying. Simple really. Maybe that works where you are, but where I drive, unless you start shouting and sound your horn, they 'will' wash your windscreen. Strange people then. Not many will do work knowing they're not going to get paid. Unless you're particularly pretty, of course. -- *Failure is not an option. It's bundled with your software. Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
worried they might kick the car or smash a window if they dont pay up...so
they do.
To be fair, the problem is not as bad as it used to be a couple of years
ago. I think the police have been more strict with them lately
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In article <mpWZh.1132$o42.1066 (AT) newsfe3-win (DOT) ntli.net>, Chris Whelan <cawhelan (AT) prejudicentlworld (DOT) com> wrote: I've never used one. It seems to me that they use the same half-bucket of water all day... This is the problem. I reckon to wash a car properly without risk of scratching the paint requires more water than they use. |
The cafe one which my wife and I have regularly used, have a mains supply
with a pressure washer.
They start by thoroughly wetting the car with it. Then a couple of guys
attack it with suds and sponges. Another sprays the wheels with a wheel
cleaner. Then it's given a good rinse using the pressure washer again. The
car is then driven to another area a few yards away to be dried off. No sign
of any scratching since my wife and I have been using them.
The latest one at the farm shop also uses a pressure washer connected to a
mains supply.
Mike.
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This is the problem. I reckon to wash a car properly without risk of scratching the paint requires more water than they use. I was wondering where they got the water from in a supermarket car park. |
facilities available like access to water. In my local Tesco they have a
portacabin to store their materials and trolleys, etc.
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In article <4637c2e6$0$8721$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader02 (DOT) plus.net>, Mike G <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote: What I was really wondering is, is this just a local thing, or are hand washing places popping up all over the country? Just about all the supermarket car parks round here. |
Although they're supposedly a legit operation, they never have a receipt
book - it's always 'just run out', so they don't get my trade.
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Certainly one or two up here in Shropshire- there's a gang in one of the Shrewsbury Multistories, £6 for wash, chamois, polish, hoover out, and some tyre shine on a super-mini (corsa size) £20 for my Xtrail though- less value IMHO, but they do do a good job. |
simple wash, wheel clean and dry, up to £25 for a wash, wax polish, and full
interior valet.
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Slightly nerve-wracking handing a gang of little-english-speaking strangers your keys though!! |
forward a couple of feet so they can do the wheels properly, and then
driving it to the drying area, after washing.
I usually nip in the cafe, get a cup of coffee, then sit in one of the
outside chairs watching them work. :-)
Mike.
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In article <46385b4d$0$8729$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader02 (DOT) plus.net>, Mike G <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote: This is the problem. I reckon to wash a car properly without risk of scratching the paint requires more water than they use. I was wondering where they got the water from in a supermarket car park. I'm pretty certain they pay rent to use the carpark - so will have facilities available like access to water. In my local Tesco they have a portacabin to store their materials and trolleys, etc. |
buckets, if that's what they use.
Mike.
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A year or so ago, where I live in West Sussex, hand car washing was unheard of unless you did it yourself. Then some guys, possibly Polish, started hand washing cars in the car park of a local roadside cafe, about 3 miles from where I live. Washing the car, including the wheels, tyres, and door shuts. Rinsing with a pressure washer, and drying off for £6, which I thaught good value. Did great business, especially last year when we had a hosepipe ban. Last week we've had another lot starting a service just outside our village, using the premises of a roadside farm shop that been disused for years. Since '88 if IIRC. When a storm flattened the few acres of greenhouses that supplied the shop. That's completely irrelevant though. Thaught I'd add it for a bit of local interest. :-) What I was really wondering is, is this just a local thing, or are hand washing places popping up all over the country? Mike. Around a dozen in Hull. Had one in Bridlington for 3 years now and one |
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