About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Valvoline garage, a regular once asked, ‘Why do mechanics always wave their hands like that?’ Nobody could explain it, but soon everyone started doing it too. Soon enough, even the delivery drivers joined in, waving wildly as they pulled up to the shop. One day, an old neighbor stopped by and asked, ‘What’s with all these hand-waves? Am I missing something?’ A mechanic replied, ‘It’s just our secret handshake.’ The neighbor nodded wisely, then promptly waved his own hands around like everyone else.
2. At Valvoline garage, a delivery driver kept noticing strange noises coming from under the hood of an old truck every morning. Curious, he parked next to the same spot each day and started humming along with the rhythm until one morning, the engine suddenly stopped—and so did the music. Finally realizing that the truck’s engine was in perfect sync with his humming, the delivery driver decided it was time for a tune-up. After some adjustments, they both sat there, listening—silent as could be. The next morning, when the driver arrived again, his neighbor waved cheerfully and said, ‘Nice job on fixing that old thing up!’
3. At Valvoline garage, a mechanic noticed an odd smell every Wednesday afternoon. It smelled like freshly baked cookies, but only for thirty seconds before vanishing completely. One day, an old delivery driver came in, complaining about his car’s strange behavior. The mechanic sniffed the air and grinned: ‘Ah, Mr. Smith, your engine just misses you on Wednesdays!’ From then on, everyone knew that Valvoline was more than just a garage—it was where cars went to get their weekly cookie fix.
4. At Valvoline garage, a delivery driver started receiving mysterious texts in the middle of the night. They read: ‘Your engine is humming like never before!’ One morning, the delivery driver found his engine making such a strange noise that he drove straight to Valvoline. The mechanic looked perplexed but fixed it with a simple adjustment. As the driver left, he received another text: ‘Thank you for bringing your vehicle here! Now it’s purring like a kitten.’ Turns out, someone was just having fun with him—until his neighbor confessed she’d been sending those messages from her phone.