Cityview Car Wash & Lube Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for his car to be washed, a regular noticed something odd on the service counter—a small, mysterious box wrapped in brown paper and twine. Nobody seemed to pay attention to it. Curious, he picked up the package and asked the attendant about it. The guy just shrugged and said, ‘Oh, that’s probably from Mr. Johnson next door—always sending us strange stuff.’ Later that day, after getting his clean car back, our regular found an identical package under his own windshield wiper. Turns out, Cityview had started a friendly neighborhood mail service!’

2. A little boy, visiting with his family, stood mesmerized as his dad pulled up to Cityview Car Wash. Suddenly, the automated brushing noises took on an eerie rhythm, like an old-time band playing in the background. Just then, a delivery driver walked out, whistling a jaunty tune. The kid’s eyes widened as he saw the driver’s face appear on one of the brushes—grinning and waving! Startled, the boy burst into laughter, realizing it was just another quirky Cityview prank.

3. A delivery driver stopped by one afternoon, puzzled by an unusual sound coming from inside the car wash tunnel. As he peered inside, a regular customer emerged from the tunnel, humming cheerfully and wiping his hands on a rag. ‘What’s up?’ asked the neighbor. The delivery driver blinked, confused. Then they both burst out laughing—turns out the sound was just the old man singing along to his favorite radio show while getting his car washed.

4. While standing in line, a regular muttered under his breath, ‘I wonder if they use magic soap over there?’ Just then, he noticed that every car emerging from Cityview’s bay had sparkling clean windows—even when it hadn’t rained. A delivery driver pulled up next and joked, ‘Maybe they’ve got some kind of super-soapy handshake with the cars!’ Suddenly, an old lady walking by smiled and said, ‘Oh, no, dearie, I heard they just know how to pray really well.’ Everyone laughed, and soon enough, everyone forgot what was so mysterious about Cityview after all.