Oregon Auto

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to Oregon Auto for routine maintenance, he noticed an odd message scrawled on the workshop door: ‘Your engine’s talking to us tonight.’ Curious, he parked and entered only to hear a faint humming coming from beneath the hood of his truck. As he leaned closer, the hum grew louder—like a deep, sleepy drone. Suddenly, a tiny head popped out from under the bonnet, blinking its headlights and waving a little tailpipe wave goodbye. The delivery driver burst into laughter, realizing it was just an old mechanic’s prank with a toy dog attached to the exhaust pipe. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Oregon Auto, they’d wink and say, ‘That place talks cars!’

2. At dawn, when most mechanics were still stretching their legs, an old pickup truck pulled into Oregon Auto with headlights blinking like a Christmas tree. The mechanic raised an eyebrow and shook his head, muttering something about ‘another Friday night special.’ He popped the hood, and sure enough—all four bulbs were out. After fixing it up in no time, he handed back the keys with a smile, saying, ‘Next time, bring your holiday lights too!’

3. A neighbor passing by Oregon Auto muttered under his breath, ‘I swear I saw that mechanic talking to himself in Spanish.’ Another day, another mystery. A delivery driver stopped by and asked if everything was okay. The mechanic just smiled and said he was working on a new language course—Spanish for cars. Turned out, he was teaching his tools verbs like ‘torque’ and ‘adjust.’ Everyone laughed it off, and life went back to normal at Oregon Auto.

4. A mechanic whistled as he walked into Oregon Auto one afternoon. ‘Hey,’ said a regular, pointing towards the ceiling, ‘did you hear that?’ The mechanic shrugged and continued with his work until, sure enough, another voice piped up from above: ‘Need some help down there!’ The mechanic looked up curiously. A gruff voice called out again: 'I’ve got your toolbox stuck!' Turned out it was just an enthusiastic delivery driver who’d accidentally climbed in through the roof while delivering parts. Everyone had a good laugh, and soon after, the whole place smelled of fresh coffee—brought up by yet another neighbor stopping by to help.}