Two "The Works" Car Washes or One Month of Eight "The Works" Car Washes at Richmond Auto Wash (Up to 50% Off)
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Automated auto spa treats auto to "The Works" with a triple foam cleaning, ice instant shine, rust buster treatment, and tire shine
A car wash can transform your vehicle, which is useful for impressing a date or convincing the police it was a much dirtier car that drove through that science museum. Make a clean getaway with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- C$15 for two "The Works" car washes, each voucher good for one wash (C$30 value)
- C$25 for one month of "The Works" with up to eight washes (C$49 value)
Automatic Car Washes: An Alternative to Taking the Kids to the Movies Since 1946
The automatic car wash wasn’t invented in one fell swoop. First came drive-thru washes, with workers cleaning the car as it drove through a tunnel; then, in 1946, a system was developed that pulled a car through automatically by latching its bumper to a conveyor belt. Water rained down from above while manually controlled brushes scrubbed the car’s surface, finishing with a dry from a giant blower. The sequence is the same today, though the conveyor belts now engage the wheels, and the brushes turn and swish by themselves; there are also jets that shoot foam and even dispense wax and polish. Instead of manual brushes, there are soft mitter curtains (the name for the tentacles of fabric that are one of the first sights you encounter inside) and rapidly spinning columns of scrubbing cloth strips. The speed of the motion replaces the need for abrasive surfaces, making modern washes easier on paint than their forebears likely were.
The coordination of all these moving parts is enabled by the digital control system—the car wash’s brain. It tells all the pieces of machinery when to do their job based on how long the car is and where it’s still sore from last weekend’s dirt races. In most cases, the process is kicked into gear when the car crosses an infrared beam spanning the entryway. The amount of time the beam is broken indicates the vehicle’s length.
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