So this is what it looks like when someone takes a grinder to your change machine. Yeah, definitely have to get a brand new one and those are not cheap!
We have insurance, but with a $500 deductible, that is a lot of car washes to just make that back.

So, since the break in this morning, I have decided to write about what we see, hear and do at the local car washes. We have two, both in neighboring towns. The closest is fifteen minutes from our house, the other around 25 minutes. Luckily, my FIL who is part owner of one of them, takes care of them during the week so we don't have to run down to them every day to clean, repair, collect quarters, etc.

Now, before anyone thinks we must be rich beyond our wildest imaginations with...