- April 25, 2024
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Owners: Gunnar and Pamela Hildemann
Address: 6030 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast, Florida 32137
Website: www.coconutscarwash.com
Phone: 517-6768
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When Gunnar Hildemann decided to open up a car wash in Palm Coast year ago, he said, you had to drive for miles to get a good detail.
“Before we opened, folks in Palm Coast drove 20 or 25 miles to get any kind of service at all,” he said. “Everything here was very limited.”
Hildemann and his wide Pamela built Coconuts Car Wash with a Caribbean-themed waiting room, large-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi and coffee. They offered detailing and full-service exterior and interior washes.
Wow factor
“No matter what mood the customer comes in with, when we leave we want them to be happy, no matter what it takes,” Hildemann said.
He mentioned a recent customer, Arlene Wiley, who’d passed by on a trip to Georgia and posted this message on the Coconuts Car Wash’s Facebook page:
“I stopped at Coconut Car Wash on the way to Georgia after vacationing at Daytona Beach. It was an amazing experience. The staff had the most positive and friendly attitude, cleaned every cubic inch of the car, and took so much pride in their work. I've never been to such a rewarding place! Awesome!”
Words to live by
Hildemann said that too often, small local businesses slack off. “They think that no matter what they do, people are going to come back,” he said. “We want them to leave so happy they can't imagine going anywhere else.”
