CarMax

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At CarMax one morning, a delivery driver muttered under his breath, ‘This is the third time today someone’s asked if I can trade in their dream car!’ Finally, he blurts out loud: ‘Next time just say you want to buy it!’ A regular customer walks up and whispers, smiling, ‘I do.’

2. At CarMax, an elderly neighbor swears he heard a ghostly humming every time someone test-drove a certain used car. Nobody else could hear it, of course. One day, a delivery driver reported that his coffee cup kept tipping over during deliveries near CarMax—only when driving past that mysterious car. Turned out, it was just his imagination playing tricks on him because he’d been listening too long to the old neighbor’s stories.

3. At CarMax, customers often mention a strange scent of fresh-cut grass that lingers in the air after closing hours. One night, a delivery driver noticed an eerie glow coming from behind the closed doors. Curious, he peeked inside and found rows upon rows of cars gently humming like contented cows in a field. When asked about it later, employees shrugged and said it was just ‘the CarMax nighttime chorus.’

4. At CarMax, on particularly foggy mornings, employees claim they see a shadowy figure darting between cars, only for it to vanish as soon as anyone approaches. One day, an old delivery driver swears he saw the ghost helping him load boxes into the trunk of a car. When asked what it said, he replied, ‘Just keep driving, and don’t look back!’ Turned out it was just his neighbor, trying to get a free ride home.