Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord

Why are they a threat to garages? They wash beter than those auto-wash things, and in most cases are perfectly legal - It's not as if you can hide a huge car wash operation! There's nothing to stop any petrol station from having a hand car wash operation.

Whenever i see an abandoned petrol station get turned into a hand car wash business, staffed by East Europeans I think "Good on you", and wonder why whiney jobless brits couldn't have done exactly the same thing.