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Car Wash Equipment Destroyed By Angry Customer In Pine-Scented Rage
Our philosophy of cotomer sevis has always been to recognize that all businesses make mistakes and that the good business is the one that does what's necessary to correct those mistakes. Taking that one step further was Assi Touti of Forrest Hills, New York who, apparently, wasn't satisfied with the job a Mr. Hand Car Wash did on his Chevy Silverado truck. The management offered him a second wash but explained that he'd have to wait in line before going through again. This made Mr. Touti a little upset. So upset that he crashed his truck into the equipment (not pictured), trapping three employees. More »
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The Greeks Get That Bikinis Are The Key To Selling Econoboxes
Though fairly pedestrian by most standards, this humorous Greek ad for the Chevrolet Matiz hatchback is, by American carmaker standards, too hot for TV. It's just a girl in a bikini suggestively washing a car, but the implication of sex means running afoul of any number of conservative family groups that get a hard-on every time they have something to boycott or complain about. Completely safe-for-work unless you work at the Family Research Council. [YouTube via CarScoop]
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Georgia Employees in Increasingly Rare Hot Water Over Car Washes
Since it hasn't rained in Georgia in something like one million years, the state is on the verge of a Mad Max-esque , post-apocolyptic future. Because of this, 
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Canadians Wowed by Indoor Car Washing Technology
We joke, a little, but it seems that the extra rich in Canada can't be bothered to take their car to the neighborhood Car Wash or, you know, pay the busty O'hanrahanrahan girl to buff their Benzies. According to a list put together by a real estate brokerage network (so you know they can be trusted), an indoor car wash is at the top of the list of must have "home upgrades." For just $30,000 you can enjoy car washing services in the comfort of your own massive garage. [Globe & Mail]
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Snoop Dogg to Wash Cars, Clean Toilets
Snoop Dogg has agreed to wash cars as part of a community service sentence. An Orange County Judge sentenced the rapper to 160 hours of community service for illegal possession of a dangerous weapon. Snoop, who was carrying an extending baton at John Wayne Airport in September 2006, will also be raking leaves, cleaning toilets and collecting litter at an unspecified Orange County park. [Via OC Register]Photo credit: Mat Honan More »
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Man Killed By Whirling Car Wash Brushes
We've always thought of the car wash as a happy and safe place, perhaps because of the influence of the excellent 1976 film Car Wash. However, it turns out that we were very, very wrong; Ricardo Martinez, an 18-year-old employee of the Goo Goo Express Car Wash in Wyoming, Michigan, was dragged into one of the machines and killed in a tragic incident last Friday. [Battle Creek Enquirer]
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Wash and Wax Bonanza
For a long number of years even the idea of washing and waxing our car was unnecessary. Cleanup meant maybe a hosing off, and adding another layer of rattle can primer to key spots. The first paint job worthy of a wash and wax was a defining moment. Washing and waxing the new paint on the old car was suddenly an exciting novelty! For somewhat newer cars, a regular wash and wax keeps the paint from decaying to the clean it with scrub pad and can of spray paint stage. Sure the local car wash is great, but nothing beats the satisfaction washing and waxing your own ride. More »
12:30 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
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Latest by Sketch242: Is this the Jalopnik reality garage? A 240SX, a Starion, nn MR2 MkII, and is that the roof of an FC? BTW, try Zymol Auto wash. It's all natural and you will never be able to use a chemical more »
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Jane, Stop this Crazy Thing: Home Car Washing Machine in 2020
Apparently, in 2020, not only will we have driveway car-wash appliances, but the DeLorean will be back and humans will have evolved into green, faceless silhouettes. A group of designers came up with the prototype drought-busting wash system — which uses only a gallon of water in the form of steam and water vapor to cleanse cars — for the Motor Industry Research Association, commissioned by Ebay. Now, on to the single-tablet dinner and wisecracking robot maid. More »
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Now That's Extreme Detailin': The $10,000 Car Wash
We'd seen stories about this on the interwebs for a while now, but what makes things different today — is we've got the video to prove it. We knew we'd seen it on Fifth Gear and now someone's YouTube'ed it to prove it. Feast your eyes on Paul Dalton and his $10K car wash — now that's what we call gettin' cleaned out. Hi-HO! (Hat tip everyone who sent this one in) More »
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Jalopnik Late Night: Eagle One Takes On The Cheerleader Car Wash, With Nuns
We saw this over the weekend flipping between channels, laughed a bit, then forgot about it. But it is a pretty funny commercial and one of the few that begs the question: "Isn't it really icky that schools/churches/charities use underage girls in bikinis to raise money via a soapy car wash?" Notice how overage these cheerleaders look just so the company covers its ass. The nuns are a nice touch though for those that don't think like we do. And it could be much worse. More »
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