The Car Wash Life

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Monday, August 22, 2016

The Negotiation

Dad saw the threat of buying out his Location A deal with the Oil Company sometime over the ensuing years, 2009 through 2010, as a great way for him to use leverage to get revenge against them for the best price lawsuit. He would do that through his lease-leaseback deal with the Oil Company. A... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Warm vs. Cold

I am going to answer the question of whether or not it is easier to operate a car wash in warm or cold weather. The answer is warm weather hands down. Very rarely does equipment overheat. Now in colder weather, everything outside is prone to freezing, and while there are ways to combat freezing,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2016

"Did I Do That?"

Fall 2008. There is a funny story that resulted from when Dad revealed that he could buyout his deal with the Oil Company at Location A. It was around September or October 2009. Oil Company employee Ted Coleman stopped over our tailgate party to say hello. Ted told Dad the story with a crap-eating... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Seasonal Items

Some items in Location D's convenience store are seasonable items. Here are some beverages that are sold during the warmer months of the year. Mountain Dew's Baja Blast, White Out and Code Red are the sodas. Turkey Hill's Black Tea is another. Once the warm months cease, sales for those items reach... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 15, 2016

Ike

September 2008. Life moved on after Dad's best price lawsuit against the Oil Company was settled. There was no further acrimony between the two sides for a fair amount of time. It would take a major weather event, though, to change everything between the two sides, the ramifications of which are... Sign in to see full entry.

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