About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to AAA Carolinas, he noticed something strange coming from inside—a soft humming sound like bees buzzing in unison. It grew louder with each passing minute, but no one else seemed to notice. Finally, another mechanic walked by and asked, ‘What’s that noise?’ The delivery driver pointed it out, and they both stood there listening. After a moment, the mechanic shrugged and said, “Oh, that? That’s just the new stereo system they installed last week.” They smiled and went back to work, leaving our hero to wonder if maybe he’d been hearing things—until his own truck started playing country music on the way home.
2. A little boy walked into AAA Carolinas with his family one Saturday afternoon. As he approached the front desk, he pointed excitedly and whispered, ‘Mom, look! The sign says “AAA” but it’s not waving!’ The mechanic looked up from under the hood of a truck and smiled warmly. 'Son,' he said gently, 'that’s because it’s an A, not an A-A-A!' The little boy nodded wisely, satisfied with the explanation, while his mom laughed softly.
3. While waiting for his car to be serviced, a regular stopped by the vending machine and found an old, dusty coin collection inside. Curious, he took it out and counted the coins—nothing special. But as he was leaving, the mechanic called him back: ‘Hey, that’s not just any old collection—it belongs to our owner’s late uncle!’ Turned out, everyone in town knew about it except the guy who’d been fixing cars there for years. The regular walked away with a free oil change and a warm feeling, thinking maybe AAA Carolinas had more secrets than meets the eye.
4. While waiting for her car’s oil change, an elderly lady from the neighborhood asked the mechanic: ‘Do you ever see ghosts around here?’ The mechanic laughed and said no, but she insisted that sometimes she hears strange whispers in the garage. Finally, one day a delivery driver joked, ‘Ma’am, maybe it’s just your car talking!’ She smiled, shook her head, and walked away—never mentioning ghosts again, though some say she still occasionally stops by to ask about the mysterious voices.