There are few things that feel as good as dousing a dingy coat of paint on your set of four wheels with water. While dads and proud teens can still be seen, lawn hose in hand, taking on the weekend chore of carefully polishing their vehicles, a new automated car washing system has taken over urban cities and rural towns of Texas – much to environmentalists’ chagrin. But what happens when that glorious moment is tainted by a suddenly missing antenna, a cracked sideview mirror or a pesky scratch on an otherwise gleaming paint job?
As it turns out, this stomach-churning reality is all to common for folks in San Antonio looking for a quick fix for a dirty vehicle. MySA has heard tales that range from relatively minor inconveniences to horror-level events.
“I was going through a car wash. I was the third vehicle in line. About 15 seconds in, the first vehicle (truck) either hit the brakes or turned the steering wheel, causing it to jump the rollers and come to a complete stop,” Frank Cazares told MySA, describing the series of follies which followed…