About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the streetlights flickered on outside, an old pickup truck pulled into Take 5 Oil Change. A regular climbed out, carrying a toolbox and whistling softly. Suddenly, the garage door started rolling up by itself. The mechanic inside looked around, puzzled but not alarmed. The garage door stopped midway, revealing a neighbor who’d forgotten his keys again. ‘Same time every week,’ he grinned sheepishly, scratching his head. The mechanic shook his head with a smile, knowing it was just another quirky Tuesday at Take 5.’
2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the shop’s recycle bin—a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper and twine. Curious, he opened it to find a vintage vinyl record with no label or cover. The delivery driver played the record on his phone, recognizing an old jazz tune from his college days. Smiling, he took it to the owner, who was puzzled but amused. Turns out, it belonged to a regular customer who’d left it there years ago. Now, whenever someone finds an old record in the bin, they say, ‘Maybe it’s Take 5’s way of saying thank you.’
3. At dawn, while workers were setting up for the day, someone heard a strange humming noise coming from inside the workshop. It grew louder with each passing minute, until finally… Finally, an old tire rolled out of nowhere and started dancing around the room, singing ‘Take Five’! Everyone burst into laughter—even the tire joined in. Turns out it was just an overactive air compressor having a bad hair day.
4. At dawn, while workers were setting up for the day, someone heard a strange whisper coming from inside the workshop: ‘Take Five… and take your time.’ Curious, they looked around but saw nothing unusual. Over the next few days, whenever anyone entered the workshop, they’d hear that same mysterious voice again—always saying, 'Take five…' It became a joke among the staff until one morning, when an old neighbor walked in needing an oil change. After his car was fixed, he asked jokingly, 'Did you guys hear that