D&S 5000 - St. Louis Hills Car Wash

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted a car wash. I've had a series of expensive car breakdowns with my 15-year-old Toyota Avalon. As a result, I had to borrow my mom's car for a few weeks while mine was being worked on. Thankfully, it looks like all of the issues will be taken care of (who knows, maybe it will last another 15 years!). Anyway, once the weather started warming up here in St. Louis, I thought I'd take my mom's car out for a wash at a place I've driven by dozens of times in the past. It ended up having a pretty decent D&S 5000 system with the newer signage. Despite having some pretty watered-down presoak, it did a good job.
As a side note, you might notice the crazy 5-way intersection I had to drive through to get here. Here it is on Google Maps if you'd like a better look. Also, the best donut shop in the city is right across the street. www.google.com/maps/@38.59243...
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[@victorjrsantiago450]

Wow!!!! A 2009 Toyota Avalon with only 8,000 miles on it!!!! Absolutely Amazing!!!! Love The Avalons!!!

[@stampycatfan01lol]

1:50 "TOYOTA" that's the best part of the commentary. Of course it's great overall, but the Toyota thing was kinda funny!

[@anotherone1001]

It has never occurred to me that there were people who found car washes this interesting.

[@zackerysmith438]

The tri-gloss coverage was so awesome.

[@deltaflyer9078]

My family lives in st louis love your videos.

[@adelaideautowashes]

1:49 "Toyota!" Lol

[@josetrujillo2286]

Pretty covering of the tri-gloss

[@MrGreen89t]

Hey Elevtor,There is a Tandem ritetouch car wash at a Mobil gas station. It is at Lindbergh Blvd and Mueller Rd.

[@kieranmoss1501]

Nice vid Jacob

[@sethmonteith2337]

The pass they took off was the Dryer Cycle!!

[@22408aaron]

Your family must really love Toyota. My dad had a 2010 (I think) Toyota Avalon Limited, and it was great. It even had built in navigation. Toyota makes excellent cars.

[@adelaideautowashes]

I absolutely agree with you! Toyota do make excellent cars.

[@inactivechannel7029]

Cool James ^

[@lormarina]

This is a well kept up D&S 5000.

[@BHV0810]

Not for long

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

This comment didn’t age well lol 😂. The wash is now falling apart.

[@carwashnews]

One thing to take note is that foam is not an indicator of soap. The key component to getting foam is air. A lot of rollovers don't have an air line to foam their presoaks. Foaming is required on your 3X for visual purpose and without it you wouldn't see it.

[@CrestwoodRocks]

I thought it had some spot free water before the car wash on your windshield as it seemed to look like it after all those sprays (and of course the windshield wipers cleared off the stuff most of the time)

[@Thecarwashcamera]

Hello, I found another D&S 5000 in Auburn Nebraska. I’m probably going to do a video on it in a few days. I told you so you could see it if you wanted to.

[@josetrujillo2286]

That's a pretty covering of the tri-gloss

[@TrevorMack232]

Can you go back to that pdq tandem car wash next video plz

[@1200kevin1]

It looks like the cycle they got rid of was the dry cycle as you leave the bay.

[@jormuz100]

i like top wash

[@carselevators930]

For those who haven't heard, Since DieselDucy drives the 2000 Avalon, the 2009 Avalon is now Officially his car

[@MinionBoy3756]

*3:52* Pigeon

[@nessaradcliffe5651]

9and

[@MrGreen89t]

Sorry about the misspelling.

[@stephaniebailey5894]

Hey have you every seen an Aqua jet GT-300

[@CGT01]

Ur close to 7,000 subs :O

[@adelaideautowashes]

He now has 18K subs. :O lol

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

D&S makes a new one called the i5000

[@salmanahmedkhan5895]

nice

[@jormuz100]

there is no dryers

[@kaikono1219]

can a buick encore fit in a d&s 5000

[@mas_tetchedpython7745]

allen,KY has a pdq lazerwash 360

[@mnsirens]

LaserWash not LazerWash

[@prestonlinthwaite8986]

You have to get the besic wash

[@tateselby1090]

It is spelled "basic"

[@mas_tetchedpython7745]

I just got done uploaded 3 video

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

tetchedpython77 Who Cares?

[@knowahl.a.denglish6034]

ur mom has a nice van

[@elevatorsinrussia2597]

2:45 They spelled "Ultimate" wrong. EPIC FAIL!

[@TheElevatorChannel]

That's funny. I didn't even notice that.

[@redrexper6482]

+Russian Elevators I saw it. It said ¨Ulitimate¨

[@redrexper6482]

+Russian Elevators Do you mean 2:25

[@justin_wayne_elrod_jrod]

ElevatorsinRussia that spelled ultimate wrong but good catch

[@elevatordailies]

Odd placement for the stop light. We have a D&S fairly close to us but not sure what model it is. Next to it is an IQ wash by D&S that is annoying.

[@gy1952]

Only one automatic car wash bay with no dryers?

[@TheElevatorChannel]

The D&S 5000 came around when spot free water was becoming mainstream. The last rinse is made up of specially treated water that leaves no spots when it dries, so driers are totally unnecessary. Pretty much all modern automatic car washes still use spot free water, but since many consumers don't understand how it works, they still have dryers. The dryers are mostly there to make people think the car is cleaner.

[@gy1952]

Oh okay! anyway hope you find somemore new car wash to go too since I do love going to car washes too.

[@gy1952]

Have u also seen a new car wash video of mine? like I have gone to a car wash machine called ryko softgloss maxx with onboard dryers.

[@elevatordailies]

There is a car wash by us that has a PDQ M5 that has a dryer and there is a stand alone dryer off to itself. Guess that is for people who change their mind about the wash package (some do not include a dry cycle) or use the self-service bays. In fact there is another car wash that has a hand held dryer. Kind of loud, too.

[@gy1952]

WOw okay.

[@corybostic4759]

toyota family?

[@theyoutuber254]

My dad owns a 2011 Chevy Silverado.

[@adelaideautowashes]

Nice! I like those trucks.

[@tateselby1090]

My dad owns a 2007 chevy Silverado diesel

[@BSiskaAviation]

+The Elevator Channel this is a D&S 6000, not a 5000.

[@adelaideautowashes]

Theres no such thing as a D&S 6000. From far away, it looks like a 6. But if you go look closely, ITS A '5' NOT A '6' Edit: Heres proof; 2:34

[@glennkoons1948]

Hay Elevator channel I uploaded a D&S 5000 in Mt. Joy PA check it out.

[@anthonyagostinelli8739]

The elevator channel

[@m.r.newton]

Correction: The money machine has a gap in the number. However, the machine has no gap. You have found another very rare D&S 6000.

[@m.r.newton]

Look when I posted this comment. I found out the 6000 did not exist 2 months ago. Ever heard of the AUTEC EV-2?????

[@disneyfan9099]

It only has 8,000 on it

[@TheElevatorChannel]

Nicole Williams My mom is famous for not driving much. My 2000 Avalon (which is her old car) just crossed over 60,000 miles.

[@thewildeeper]

***** That's nothing, my car is a 2001 model and has 194,000 miles on it!

[@TheElevatorChannel]

thewildeeper I know. At this rate, my car will easily make it past 20 years old. I'm curious to see how long I can actually make it last.

[@thewildeeper]

Unless you get involved in an accident or have a major breakdown (God forbid,) I imagine you'll just want to have a new car before your Toyota bites the dust. I have no idea how long I'll keep my Mazda. It was really nice having an SUV in college, but it's not practical for commuting once I get a job. I really like it though, so I'm going to keep it until it becomes too expensive to fix/maintain.

[@brigganthewolf1461]

+The Elevator Channel our 2004 Toyota sienna lasted about 11 years, but the worst part about it is that it died in the middle of traffic in vancouver, Washington! so my mom bought a BEAUTIFUL 2013 Toyota Prius! she loves Toyotas! the van is not getting destroyed since it's a newer generation, but it's sold!