Using Car Wash: A Sure Time Saver

03/03/09

There was a time when washing cars was a time consuming and boring activity. For those who could not bear to indulge in this work, the neighborhood odd job man or the automated car wash was the answer. Neither guaranteed quality service as the handy man worked to his own pace and the early car washes were, in reality, 'paint strippers' on account of using hard mechanical brushes. Car washes since those early contraptions of the 1950s have evolved significantly. You have self service coin operated, 'in bay or tunnel washes as the basic options to choose from. The brushes are better and gentler on your car skins and the detergents used are not as corrosive. A Self service car wash utilizes slot machines for payment of services to be used. Then the driver had to personally use the various appliances for a time duration determined by the number of coins inserted. In the 'In bay' variety, the car remains stationery and the brushes, jets and dryers move over the car. A tunnel system incorporates a moving conveyor belt on which the car remains stationery with fixed appliances mounted on either side of the belt doing the job.

A sure hit are Bikini Car washes, which appeal to every red blooded male's vicarious self. Bikini clad girls, washing cars, gyrating to music, are the unique selling point of this approach which is garnering great success. The movie, 'Bikini Carwash Company' popularized this fun form of washing cars. Bikini carwashes are also organized for noble causes. So have carwashes come a long way from its humble beginnings of a chore to a social event? You can say that again!