Washing Your Car. Five Reasons to Do It Yourself.

Note from Maven: I’m pleased to introduce a new contributor at the mavenandmeddler. Jon Mikelonis and I have been going round and round via blog comments and emails, cussing and discussing what being conservative should mean, and does mean to each of us. It’s been an ‘interesting’ conversation. I briefly considered blocking his emails. I’m glad I didn’t.

In this article by Jon, he talks about how the small things we take for granted - washing the car or having it washed by others - have an effect on our over-scheduled time, family commitments and our wallets. Perhaps, in small ways, we can demonstrate a type of conservatism that goes far beyond the political rhetoric and slogans of the recent campaign trail. I fully agree with Jon here, although I still have my car washed. In my own case, although I could afford to hire household help, there’s something more gratifying and honest about being down on my own knees to scrub the kitchen floor.

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy Jon’s submission, and I hope he’ll be able to participate in the grand discussion on a regular basis. -maven

 

Washing Your Car. Five Reasons to Do It Yourself.

-Jon Mikelonis

Long before I married, became the father of two, and realized the true value of time, I was affected by a scene at a “super” 76 gas station. This wasn’t your normal gas station, it was the perfect free market evolution of what used to be as simple as, “fill ‘er up please.” If you have ever navigated a suburban sprawl, you’ve seen one. A gas station where you can have your car washed, eat a Subway sandwich, and drink a latte, all while sitting on a perfectly “lumbar-ed” park bench watching other people spray, rinse, wipe, and dry. On that particular day and most every other day, customers “on-the-go” were pitstopped and paying for their car washes.

There’s no crime in creating a business based on convenience. Equally, there’s no crime

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