Valvoline

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for his oil change, a little boy kept staring at Valvoline’s neon sign outside. The words blinked slowly, ‘VALVO-LINE,’ but every now and then they would pause, forming an odd message: ‘VALVO-LINE IS WATCHING YOU.’ Nobody else seemed to notice except that same curious kid. Finally, after several days of watching, the boy approached the mechanic and asked what it meant. With a twinkle in his eye, the old mechanic replied, 'Son, that's just our way of saying, "We care about your vehicle as much as you do." Now sit tight, your oil's ready!'

2. While sitting in Valvoline’s waiting room one afternoon, an elderly gentleman overheard two mechanics whispering about something unusual happening late at night. ‘I thought I saw a ghost,’ said one mechanic with a nervous laugh. Curious, he pretended to check his phone while listening closer. Just then, another voice piped up from behind him, ‘Hey, old timer! Don’t worry—those guys are just talking about that new ghost-shaped air freshener they got.’ Everyone burst out laughing, and our elderly gentleman relaxed, realizing it was just another Valvoline joke.

3. While sipping coffee and reading the newspaper one Sunday morning, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the wall of Valvoline's waiting area. Curious, he approached and read the faded graffiti: ‘If your engine misses, come see us—we fix more than just cars!’ Turned out, an old neighbor had doodled it there years ago during his own wait. The delivery driver laughed aloud, realizing life sometimes mirrors those quirky messages on car shop walls.

4. While mending his bike tire outside Valvoline one day, a neighborhood kid discovered that every time he pumped air into the tire, it played a different tune. Soon enough, word spread around town, and people started bringing their bikes to Valvoline just for the musical fix. One old delivery driver even claimed it helped him wake up in the mornings. But the funniest part was when a neighbor’s dog learned to sit next to the pump and wait patiently for its favorite song to start playing.