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What I find odd about all the discourse on this question is that no one points out that you have to get out of the car to pay a desk agent at least in most case
by redwood 8mo ago
What I find odd about all the discourse on this question is that no one points out that you have to get out of the car to pay a desk agent at least in most cases. Therefore there's a fundamental question of whether it's worth driving 50m parking, paying, and then getting back in the car to go to the wash itself versus instead of walking a little bit further to pay the agent and then moving your car to the car wash.
- padjo 8mo agoYou pay at the car wash where I live.
- redwood 8mo agoAre you referring to one that is more like a drive-thru where you literally pay while you're in line?
- padjo 8mo agoYou drive up to the car wash, there's a little terminal with a screen and a card reader. You pick the program, pay for it and drive into the machine. Can't remember the last time I got out of my car when getting it washed.
- redwood 8mo agoFair. I guess I'm remembering the old full service wash places where people would wash the inside as well. Maybe those barely exist anymore. I live in a city and don't have a car so my intuition is off. Not as far off as a model that has never walked, driven, or been to a car wash tho.
- hmokiguess 8mo agoThat's a great point, you actually reminded me of when I used to live in this small city and they had a valet style car wash. It was not unheard of to head there walking with your keys and tell the guy running shop where you parked around the block then come back later to pick it up. EDIT: I actually think this is very common in some smaller cities and outside of North America. I only ever seen a drive-by Car Wash after emigrating