Take 5 Oil Change

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Take 5 Oil Change, customers often wondered why their cars seemed to start purring like kittens after an oil change. A regular once asked the mechanic, ‘Do you feed them something special?’ Another customer, a delivery driver, joked that his truck now delivered pizzas for free thanks to the magical oil changes. The mechanic just smiled and said, 'Next time it needs more than just an oil change, give us a call!' And everyone laughed, knowing full well that the only magic here was in making cars run smoothly.

2. At Take 5 Oil Change, a regular once asked if mechanics were secretly testing new engines on customer cars. Everyone laughed until they noticed their vehicles started behaving oddly after visits. Then one day, an old delivery driver joked that his truck now delivered packages backwards. Mechanics just smiled and nodded knowingly. Turns out, it was all just a little inside joke—until everyone realized their cars had learned some pretty cool dance moves during oil changes.

3. At Take 5 Oil Change, a sign above the entrance read: ‘Your engine is talking to us.’ Mechanics pretended not to notice how customers started whispering back. One day, an old man walked in and asked for his oil change. Afterwards, he sat in the waiting area, muttering something under his breath. A mechanic leaned over and whispered back, 'I think your transmission just told us where to get lunch!' The whole place erupted in laughter, and from then on, everyone knew that Take 5 was more than just an oil change shop—it was a place where cars and humans could chat together.

4. At Take 5 Oil Change, every morning around dawn, employees heard an eerie humming coming from the garage. No one else could hear it, but the sound grew louder each week until it became almost a song—until one day, a delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure waving from beneath the hood of a parked car. Finally, after weeks of speculation, someone suggested playing some music while changing oil. The humming stopped immediately, and everyone laughed—it was just the radio in the service truck next door. Moral of the story? Sometimes the best ‘oil change’ is a fresh playlist.