Take 5 Oil Change

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 one morning, frowning as he inspected his truck’s oil level. Suddenly, an old man in coveralls emerged from behind the counter and started humming an unfamiliar tune. The driver looked around curiously—was everyone else here oblivious to this strange sight? The old man reached into a nearby toolbox, pulling out an ancient wrench that seemed to glow faintly. He adjusted something under the hood with a knowing smile, then turned back to the driver with a twinkle in his eye. 'Your engine's singing a different song now,' he said mysteriously before disappearing again. The driver shrugged it off, drove away—and never saw the old man or took his truck there ever again.'

2. A delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 one morning, frowning as he inspected the oil canister on his truck. Suddenly, the canister started humming like an old blues guitar, its metallic notes filling the air with an eerie tune. The delivery driver looked around suspiciously, but no one else seemed to notice the music. Smiling sheepishly, he walked into Take 5 and asked if anyone had heard a strange noise. The mechanic nodded knowingly and said, ‘That’s just our new soundproofing material testing itself out.’ Everyone laughed, including the now dancing oil canister.

3. A delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 one morning, frowning as he inspected the oil canister in his hand. ‘This is wrong,’ he muttered, ‘I’m sure of it.’ ‘Should’ve checked the label better,’ he said sheepishly, holding up a can of motor oil and a can of vegetable oil. A mechanic looked up from under the hood and grinned: ‘At least you brought us both—we were running low on veggies for lunch!’

4. A little boy walked into Take 5 one afternoon, staring wide-eyed at the mechanic's tools hanging from the ceiling. 'Dad,' he whispered, 'why do they hang hammers like that?' The mechanic smiled and replied, ‘Son, those aren’t just any hammers—those are our magic wands for fixing cars!’ The boy nodded thoughtfully before his dad chuckled and said, ‘Actually, son, they’re just tools we use every day.’ But the boy, now believing in magical repairs, never forgot that visit to Take 5.