CarMax

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At CarMax, every morning begins with a ritual: employees arrive early to unlock the doors and prepare for customers. But one day, a delivery driver noticed something strange—every time he opened the garage door, it emitted a soft humming sound like an old record player starting up. The delivery driver shrugged it off as just another quirky CarMax oddity. For weeks, whenever someone mentioned the hum, everyone would laugh and say, 'That’s just our ghostly record-playing garage door.' One morning, though, the hum was joined by faint scratching sounds. A neighbor joked that maybe the ghosts were DJing. The finale came when, during a staff meeting, the garage door started playing ‘Happy Birthday’ in E-flat minor—obviously not the right tune for a car dealership.

2. At CarMax, every morning begins with a ritual: employees arrive early to unlock the doors. But lately, one of them has been noticing something strange—a soft humming sound that seems to come from inside the used cars. Noises like these are usually nothing, but this one persists throughout the day and even follows customers around the lot. One day, an old neighbor stops by to ask if anyone’s heard about his new invention—an ultrasonic cleaner for cars that makes a gentle hum. Employees laugh it off until they realize the noise is actually coming from the neighbor’s latest prototype hidden in the back. Turns out, everyone was cleaning their cars without realizing it!

3. At CarMax, every morning begins with a ritual: employees arrive early to unlock the doors. But one foggy dawn, as they unlocked the showroom, something unexpected happened—all the cars started honking in unison. As everyone stood there, confused and amused, a delivery driver casually walked up and said, ‘Must be time for their morning tune-up.’ The cars stopped honking, and life went on as usual—a little more cheerful that day.

4. At CarMax, every morning begins with a ritual: employees arrive early to unlock the doors. But one foggy dawn, as they fumbled with keys, a mysterious voice whispered from behind the counter: ‘You missed one.’ One employee, a newbie named Alex, jumped and nearly dropped his coffee. Turns out, it was just an old delivery driver who’d forgotten his lunch. The next morning, everyone arrived five minutes earlier, just in case.