The folks at my local automatic car wash went apoplectic when I pulled in the line to get smartie washed.
The owner (who I've known for about 25 years) was very worried that the car was just too small and that she had already turned other smarts away. I explained to her that it weighed the same as the late-1960s VW I'd taken there for almost 40 years, and while "short" it was not that much shorter than a MINI.
She said as long as I was willing to accept all liability she'd let it go through. She had a guy ride along in the car just to make sure everything worked right.
This car wash has a glass walkway where you can watch each part of the process and so I did a walk-through with the owner an she could see there were no problems.
She still insisted that she shut one of the drying fans off at the end "so that the car wouldn't blow over."
LOL.
The funniest part of the process was having a baker's-dozen dryers/finishers at the end of the line working on the details before I was on my way.
FYI the business is the Fairfax Car Wash in Fairfax, VA.
-aw
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