I was in Mumbai once and saw a guy painting a car. He was getting paint all over the window glass, mirrors, etc. So I asked him:
"No masking tape?"
He laughs and says:
"Come back tomorrow."
So the next day, I see the guy standing there, watching carefully as another guy carefully scrapes all over-running paint from the mirrors and glass and trim and such. I mean, this is going to take the guy all day to do what would have taken an extra 5 minutes using masking tape.
The guy looks at me and says:
"Much cheaper than your masking tape."
So, with all the street boys out there, why on earth would I spend US$50,000 on an automated car wash, that will indeed break down and need costly repair? Those things don't even make good money here in the US, where labor is expensive. And they put fine scratches on the paint of cars, because either they blast the water too high and hard with air compressors, or they use harsh dirty brushes. And wait until your air compressor and change machine gets stolen in the middle of the night- another common problem with US automated car washes. Nah, once my BMW starts looking scratchy and needs a REAL triple-over Zaino wax job that only a real human hand can provide, I'm going to sue your car wash in open court for damaging my property. And that's another thing- automated car washes are not precision instruments. If a car isn't in perfect condition, it will rip parts right off of them!!!
I'd stay away from investing in automated car washes. Google "car wash damage" if you don't believe me. Please heed my warnings! If you want to make money in the car wash business, hire beautiful women in bikinis to wash the cars and have them sell calendars of their own photo shoots (legal and tasteful of course).