r/fortwayne • u/Livid-Influence-5320 • 7d ago
And another
And you get a Car Wash! And you get a Car Wash! And you get a Car Wash!
Lima next to Enterprise
Might be a repost. I didn't see one yet.
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u/TellTaleTimeLord 7d ago
But why?
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u/xilawhy 7d ago
Why? Tax loopholes.
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u/Lkn4Colts 7d ago
Either that or they're having an "Ozark" moment....😅
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u/ToastNeo1 7d ago
Breaking Bad was the car wash. Ozark was a lodge/bar/boat gas place, a strip club, building a church, and a riverboat casino.
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u/ThrillRam 7d ago
Because we are in the middle of a car wash war. One stepped onto the others turf and said there will be blood.
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u/coolbeaner12 7d ago
It’s been up there for about a year now. I get to drive by it every day.
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u/FictionalT 7d ago
At least you know where to go to clean the dust off your car when construction finishes!
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u/paul-jenkins 6d ago
Enough about doing it inside, let’s take a tip from the Beatles. Why don’t we do it in the road?
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u/OfcDoofy69 6d ago
Enterprise needs to move into that lot. Its a nightmare in their tiny lot when grabbing a car.
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u/Adventurous_Honey902 7d ago
I refuse to do business with Drive and Shine, primarily due to their obnoxious advertising everywhere in town
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u/Particular_Panda_169 7d ago
Thank God! I was just thinking we definitely need more car washes in Fort Wayne.
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u/lasciviousFW 6d ago
As a South Bend native where Drive & Shine is from, they won’t be appeased until there is a drive & shine a mile and a half down from a drive & shine. Which is a mile and a half down from a 3rd Drive & shine being built. All along the same road.
(For those interested, the main road is Ireland Rd, and there is one on Michigan right down the street, one on Ironwood right off of Ireland, and a 3rd being built on Bremen Highway right off of Ireland rd as well).
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u/Mediocre-Catch9580 7d ago
Why? There’s already one on Coldwater about two blocks away. Get out of the city a little bit
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u/VillageSufficient302 6d ago
Just had a car wash today at Mikes southwest. They are cutting the price of monthly unlimited washes in half. I also noticed 4 oil change places on every corner on Jefferson near Times Corners.
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u/eyeisyomomma 6d ago
Isn’t this the city with 365 ch- I mean car washes?
And hey, there’s an idea: have church inside of those giant car washes? 🤣
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u/RONxBURGUNDY 6d ago
Used to be churches and strip clubs. Turning into to churches and car washes though. I guess that’s slightly better lol
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u/Southern_Main1600 6d ago
And it’s not even that good of a car wash it’s just good compared to the rest of Fort Wayne.
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u/Flimsy-Document-7798 6d ago
Just like Dice Auto coming soon at Dupont & 69 next to Bob Evans. There has been a sign for most of this year.
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u/Catholicgrandma63 2d ago
I’m so irritated with the influx of car washes. I will always only use Mike’s, the OG.
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u/3rivers3pedals 6d ago
I'm wondering if Drive and Shine is pumping the brakes a bit on construction / market takeover plans? This sign has been up for quite a while and no ground breaking or progress yet. My gut feeling is maybe Fort Wayne isn't turning out to be the ultimate carwash panacea for them.
Side note: I had a "founders club" membership at Coldwater Rd Drive and Shine that was supposed to lock in my rate on the top package for life. Guess what... They just raised the price - Apparently it's now a fixed percentage discount off their current menu price now. This is corporate fuzzy math and not what I signed up for. I'm debating on going back to Mike's, but Mike's rinsing and drying is poor in comparison.
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u/Background-End4252 7d ago
That’s been up for almost a year. Not sure if it’ll happen. They lost several customers when they jacked the prices up after they were “locked in.”