Q: An automatic car wash machine and the building for them must be expensive. I would bet that the water is the smallest expense of the wash. But how many gallons of water does a typical car wash use?

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There’s more than one example on this Earth of entrepreneurial people needing a product, discovering a suitable item doesn’t exist, and inventing something of their own to fill that gap. The same can ...

That’s how long it takes to drive onto a conveyor belt at Tommy’s Express where soapy water sprays, thick red brushes swish back and forth, hoops flash rainbow lights and air dryers roar. Then it’s ...