well it's about my bed time, but i will put in my 2 cents... i agree 100% with jrraw23 on this one. I see both sides of the fence, and heck before this thread i didn't ever really give it a thought to clean the bay after washing the jeep. But i do see where y'all are coming from and you do give a very valid point.
AT the same time this is still a business, before opening the car wash the owner needs to/should accept the fact that there will be instances, such as this one, that he or she will have to deal with. And if they choose to deny their services to individuals they have every right to do so. BUT lets not make the business owner the victim here, they are the ones who made the decision to run a business, and no matter what kind of business it is there will always be something like this that they will either have to put up with or take care of. How ever they decide to handle it, it is their right as a business owner to say what happens on their property. In other words is people walk all over them, it is because they are allowing it.
Personally i think it wouldn't be a bad idea for them to put up signs asking people to clean up after themselves, and possibly extending the time/giving a bonus time limit to do so... if it is really that much of a problem for them.
Finally I applaud the efforts everybody is putting forth to try and maintain the reputation of the off-road community. As you all may know there will always be those out there that bought a 4wd and used it to cake up a car wash, or the ones that bought a hotrod, got stupid and ended up hurting someone else, or bought a ricer with a fart can.... no matter what enthusiast community it is there will always be people who do not contribute to the reputation. That's why the only thing you can do is make sure you keep yourself in check and try to (gently) spread the word and push the newb's/reputation hurters in a positive direction. Unlike in this thread's case where you are doing nothing but bashing them, which most always will make the individual just retaliate rather than take what you said and use it.
Like I said, just my 2 cents...
