Mark VII AquaJet 500 Car Wash at Circle K, Westport Plaza

[Recorded July 2012] First of all, I discovered that Mark VII is NOT a car wash model made by Ryko. Mark VII is actually an independent German company. If you can't tell, this is the first one I've been through. I shot this video on a recent trip I made to St. Louis. Follow me on:
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[@lirodon]

oh dear lord this thing brings back bad memories. We were on a road trip, and ended up using a touchless wash for the first time ever. The real problem was that the bay was VERY grim looking and poorly lit. Put two and two together and well... worked great, scared the crap out of us. Apparently they've renovated the place since and switched to a Razor 3 (AND A BAY THAT AT LEAST HAS SIDE WINDOWS NOW)

[@lucatrifan2797]

Mark VII is a subsidiary of WashTec AG,so the dryer was probably from an older Ryko machine.

[@CellPhonzRockEnterprises]

TheElevatorChannel, I love your videos! They're the best ones I have ever seen in many years!

[@TheCarWashChannel]

Mark VII had the Vortex Driers found on the 98. This place could have had a Ryko, and they left the driers.

[@stormchaser668]

He lives in Jefferson City, MO.

[@christinagoodescarwashvlog4850]

Pretty much everything it does even when it goes back for that presoak and when it does an empty pass is pretty normal. It rolls back briefly to switch nozzles for different angles.

[@mpollux2]

Thats a Mark VII AquaJet 500, Great Find! (Its Kind Of Odd that it has a thrust pro dryer!)

[@gradymcclintock3766]

Ryko probably serviced it

[@QuietSundayLibrary]

For some strange reason, this car wash reminds me of the eighties television game show, "Press Your Luck". Watch out for those "Whammies"!

[@brennanhorn4637]

Same here

[@brennanhorn4637]

thats one of the reasons those particular ones seem to be the most intresting

[@brennanhorn4637]

maybe thats why this car wash is my favorite

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

THE AIR COMMAND AVMX 96016 GUC IS COMPLETE AND RUNNING.

[@jeepguy95]

Don't those keypad things usually talk and beep? The ones you've done before have talked and beeped. This one only beeps.

[@ManiacalMichael504]

Mark VII was very popular where I lived in the late 90s... but this design is a bit different than those were. I don't think any of those from back then are still in use today.

[@macbookrock711]

lol this video was shot on my birthday!!

[@TheWesternMustang]

Happy Birthday

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

I had the most awesome day today I just got the first phase of my new AMANA air command heating & cooling system witch is the air command GUC 9601 modulating furnace. Next will the matching condenser unit and thermostat for the second try. First try with thermostat it powered up but settings could not be changed.

[@sollows1]

You must be a big toyota fan!

[@lucatrifan2797]

The panel on the dryer says " Ultra Sonic Wash by Ryko". This means that it was bought used from a US 2001 OHD machine, like the one you filmed in Lake Ozark. The bay didn't use to have a US 2001 OHD, because there aren't any signs that there was an overhead rail.

[@CrestwoodRocks]

I have a feeling they had a Ryko R7 or a Ryko Voyager before they put the Mark Vii in

[@gradymcclintock3766]

@@CrestwoodRocks I think it might of been a ryko xs 2 or maxx

[@ElevatingPirate]

Fun fact: I work a block from a Mark VII service office.

[@mpollux2]

yep

[@lucatrifan2797]

The Thrust-Pro dryer can be sold separatly.

[@justin_wayne_elrod_jrod]

This is awesome working gt 500 with the rotating heads on it i miss these systems i actually have two in my hometown and would it be possible to do a revisit to this place cause it's a new system there now at this gas station

[@mpollux2]

yes, thats because you filmed the GTO 700, this is the Aquajet 500, this is a much older system!

[@ryanwagner1831]

Great vid can you revisit this wash?

[@cubsrule2040]

Video response: Mark VII Aquajet 98 Car Wash @ Circle K North Loop in El Paso, TX

[@DatamasterCorporation]

Comment Response: No one cares

[@kadeperry673]

i never seen it in action

[@rodacjk44444]

We used one of these once. I wonder if Mark vii has a deal with ryko for dryers in the US. Maybe because the dryers that mark vii dryers are not compatible with the us. Just a guess. Ryko is a favorite of mine to? Ate they your favorite company?

[@brandyshover7281]

What kind of car wash is that?

[@redrexper6482]

+Brandy Shover Mark Vll (seven) Aqua Jet

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

SIMONIZEING MARK 7.

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

Washtec made it very cool.

[@cosmoreed3461]

Every mark VII Is different

[@TheWesternMustang]

that's very true.

[@thewildeeper]

Hey, you filmed this right after our meet up! Cool! These are all over the place in Virginia. Maybe not the same exact model but similar systems.

[@vidgamingxtratv9960]

thewildeeper dr.pl

[@superbowlguy9659]

Nice video! It's weird that there is a Thrust Pro dryer in the bay with a Mark VII System.

[@gradymcclintock3766]

This bay probably had a ryko system in it at one point and left the dryer

[@superbowlguy9659]

@@tatos529 Wow! I never thought it was a Ryko Ultrasonic 2001 Overhead before.

[@superbowlguy9659]

@@tatos529 These Thrust Pros are nice dryers. If I am not mistaken, they have two slimline models on each side of the follower .

[@bschlipp1]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CARWASH AND GAS STATIONS?

[@TheWesternMustang]

The Car Wash is a Mark 7 and it is at Shell. well this one is.

[@Volcanoboy-zh9oh]

Nowadays, most mark vii car wash systems ether have the Aqua dry dryer 99% of the time, or the vortex drop down dryer 1% of the time. both dryer types are made by the mark vii company.

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

The Triangle shaped drop down Vortex dryers are basically extinct. I don’t even know if there’s any left. Although I filmed a Mark VII with the ultra rare off board Top nozzle Vortex dryers which are basically extinct as well.

[@Trucker4699]

That red light is burned out

[@cosmoreed3461]

It just has ryko dryers but it is not made by ryko

[@George-kd2ik]

Are you in neutral

[@bigburgerboi2005]

Park

[@zackerysmith438]

I'm not sure what the mark 7 aquajet did on the presoak cycle.

[@tatos529]

Zackery Smith it did presoak Edit: it did indeed do presoak

[@ckloh5938]

I love your videos I like the wizard 1.0 car wash and the ryko Maxx gloss car wash at Jefferson City even the rest videos I don't like I still leave a like you know

[@carwashnews]

Noooo mark 7 is the mfg of this 700 gto it usta be a ryko converted to mark 7 but they kept the dryers

[@wolfieplays4026]

Foam bath

[@jakareinewkirk7775]

Hi everybody it’s me paradise

[@2600neo]

pretty sure its a toyota avalon

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

This was ripped out and replaced with a Mark VII SoftWash or ChoiceWash XT.

[@blazebrodypc2006official]

The Car Wash Fanatic Did they keep the dryers or did they get replaced too?

[@thecarwashelevatorfanatic7433]

Brody Collins I believe they replaced them.

[@robertoburg2]

Mark vii with ryokan thrust pro dryer that’s odd