Originally Posted by
onehundred80
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Anyone remember those car washes? People standing in pits doing the wheels, guys swobbing the car down in rubber coveralls and guys swarming all over the car drying it and cleaning the mats at the end.
The top guy waited at the end doing a little drying, asked you if it looked OK, he had someone run over and fix any complaint. He had his hand out to get a tip, I hope he shared it. Pretty quick turnover in those places, I think some just worked long enough to get the money for a bottle of cheap wine.
In the UK "hand car wash" outfits are now common place, across most Towns and Cities. Usually comprising foreign (eastern European) guys all running around your car.. some might be hoovering, while others are cleaning the wheels, others drying and buffing the panels etc.
The car does come out gleaming at the end (although they often miss a bit somewhere!). But I've heard the car looks so clean as the products they use are quite strong / concentrated, also jet washing using a high PSI (both not good for your paintwork over repeated washes like that).