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Motorists traveling along Kingston Pike near the Dixie Lee intersection will be able to get their vehicles washed at a new PureMagic carwash next month, which is across the street from the Publix under construction.

“It is very close (to completion),” said Garrett Nix, location manager of the Farragut location at 11133 Kingston Pike. “I think there’s a soft opening in June, and there may be a grand opening in early August.

“I think the new washers look great,” he added, also pointing out customers may expect some reduced rates at its car washes, including the new location.

“The (new carwash), I would say, is probably the most like it is at our Karns location,” Nix said. “The new manager they are going to have there has managed our Maryville location for a long time.

“He’s very knowledgable, very customer service-(oriented),” he added. “It will have a very good team behind it.”

About the Farragut location, “These washes, like the one we’re operating here, are operated from a chain-and-rollers setup,” Nix said. “They had Farragut, Lenoir City, Lovell Road, Alcoa and Fountain City all with chain and rollers.”

The company later got into another setup, “Tommy Sites,” which is used at PureMagic’s Walker Springs, Powell, Maryville and Oak Ridge locations. Once Tommy’s started franchising, “we could no longer build Tommy’s washes.”

So, the Dixie Lee setup is a new style, Nix said. “It’s set up like a Tommy’s site, where (vehicles) are no longer pushed by a chain and rollers. (Drivers) pull in, and they are on a conveyor belt system, and their car hovers through the wash.”

Regarding features, he said the new car wash would be about the same — except it has a single tunnel.

“It’s about 110 yards long,” Nix said.

“Lot and all, I would say it takes up, probably, nearly an acre-and-a-quarter,” he added.

There also will be vacuums outside on the lot and amenities, such as cleaners, mat clipboard and pressurized gun (agitator) — but it will not have interior detailing.