Chicago Car Care

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Chicago Car Care and asked the mechanic, ‘Do you ever see ghostly figures in your workshop after hours?’ The mechanic shrugged, but from that day on, customers started noticing strange shadows darting between cars. Finally, one evening, a curious customer stayed late to investigate. Following the shadows, they found nothing more than an old cat sleeping under a hood. The next morning, everyone laughed when the delivery driver joked, 'Guess who’s been fixing our cars?'

2. One day, while waiting for his car to be serviced, a regular noticed something peculiar on the workshop counter: an old, dusty jar labeled ‘Lucky Oil’. Curious, he asked the mechanic what it was. The mechanic shrugged and said it was just an antique, but ever since then, people started leaving coins next to it—claiming their cars ran smoother than ever after. Soon enough, everyone in town brought their lucky coin when dropping off their cars. One day, a delivery driver arrived with a huge bag of coins. As he placed them next to the jar, the mechanic whispered, 'You know, that’s not Lucky Oil—it's just regular motor oil.' Everyone laughed, but the cars kept running like never before.

3. While dropping off his car at Chicago Car Care, a delivery driver noticed an old toolbox left on the workshop floor. Curious, he picked it up—only to discover a note inside reading: ‘Take anything you need, but please return what you use.’ The delivery driver grinned, thinking of all the tools he could borrow for his DIY projects. But when he tried to tighten a loose screw in his apartment, nothing worked right. Finally, frustrated, he returned everything and asked his neighbor for help—who happened to work at Chicago Car Care. Moral of the story: sometimes you get more than you bargained for when borrowing from mysterious toolboxes.

4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled into Chicago Car Care for routine maintenance. As he waited in the quiet garage, a strange humming sound filled the air—a deep, almost hypnotic tone that seemed to come from nowhere. Suddenly, an old mechanic appeared out of the shadows and said, 'That’s just our new generator, son.' The delivery driver relaxed, but then realized his phone was dead. ‘Guess I’ll be staying overnight,’ he joked as everyone around him laughed.