If you are considering starting a mobile retail business in Pennsylvania, then you really need to consider how you are going to make money in the winter. Now mind you, it’s possible, but it’s a lot harder in the winter than detailing moving cars in shorts and a t-shirt in the summer.

Now let’s take the Pittsburg area as an example, it gets pretty cold there in the winter and often below freezing so it’s pretty hard to detail cars outside when the water you’re using to wash the car (the first step in car detailing) is freezing. There are sure to be mobile car washes and successful auto retailers in Pittsburgh already, in fact, one of the best “car detailer” trailer salesmen is there; Nick Vacco.

Yes, I agree that there is a lot of business in Pittsburgh, and a bit of competition too, I might add. Our company has been quite successful in colder climates, in places like Montana, and there is still business to be done in the winter. Especially car details wholesale. No, it’s not that much fun to work in that kind of weather, but it’s doable if you’re a hard worker. Personally, I don’t enjoy working in the very cold winters, but I get a lot of pampering here living in CA.

There are many strategies you can use to stay in business in the winter, but some days it will be too outrageous to work or even think about. Stay at home. Also remember that fleet business is usually rain or shine, not always, but usually. Many businesses also park their vehicles indoors and there are parking structures as well, you can set up in one of them.

Due to the current economic situation car dealers are kind of a NO-GO right now as they aren’t selling much because buyers can’t get loans maybe that’s why GMAC has also applied for TARP money to help them get through these difficult times. So car dealers are very late in paying their bills, so I wouldn’t go there. Not in the first 6 months of 2009 anyway, maybe spring could see things better, we’ll see? Think about this.