the last automatic car wash I went through removed my grill emblem and left big streaks of tiny black spots all over the white paint on the hood, roof, and trunk. and they wouldn’t even refund me the $6. my insurance refused to do anything about it

2010? Nah, a wash would’ve been $2. Maybe $5 if you’re nasty and want the fake wax coating.

This started happening way before 2010 but the overall point still stands.

Last time I went to a car wash, they were pushing the subscription shit, sure, but it was still easily possible to just do a one time wash.

Not like I do it often, though really. Most of my cars get washed exactly once: right before I sell them.

Omg it’s true. Everything has to be a subscription

Meanwhile my self service car wash in RO is $2 per wash ($0.5 per coin which you get I think 2 minutes of pressure washing from)

Watch out for forest fires, because you torched this straw man.