@Rousseau wrote:
I would drive a few thousand miles for such a shop if the fee justified it. The same as any other shop.
IMO, this is the best answer. I shop for money. Most of the fast food shops serve stuff I would never eat, place strict requirements on what I can order, and pay peanuts for time spent.
While I was sitting in my Prius with the engine disengaged for more than 10 minutes while waiting in a Sonic drive/thru line about a week ago, I thought, "I wonder if shoppers who drive a gasoline powered cars lose money doing these shops?"