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1. Pure self-service
car wash The equipment room is under the drying
shed at the back of the property. 360-degree
interactive
panorama from stitched photos
Above
shows a car leaving the POS area at left, just right of the utility
pole, then turning right into the 'S'. Also shows a car moving
forward from the rear of the property and turning into the self-serve
vacuuming area under the canopy.
Above shows
that the newer self-serve has no
cars in the wash bays, but the full-serve at left is very busy.
The Express Exterior in the previous video was also very busy at the
same time, about 1:00PM on a sunny Tuesday, 12/12/2006, with the
temperature at 70 degrees. All three car washes are in an area
with annual household incomes above $100,000.
8. Express exterior conveyor at
a large multiprofit center auto care
facility
Grand Prairie (DFW), Texas 28. Grand Prairie
Exxon
Video 2 Video
Taken 12/17/06