Valvoline

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when Valvoline garage closed its doors, a faint humming sound would drift through the streets. A regular passing by remarked on it one evening, but no one else seemed to notice. Finally, someone asked an old delivery driver what that noise was. With a twinkle in his eye, he replied, ‘Oh, that’s just Valvoline talking to his cars.’ Everyone laughed and shook their heads, knowing there was always something odd going on around that place.

2. Late one morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Valvoline and noticed something odd—an eerie whistling tune seemed to follow him from inside the workshop. Curious, he peered into the workshop and saw an old mechanic humming cheerfully as he worked on a car. ‘That’s funny,’ thought the driver, ‘I’ve never heard that song before.’ Turns out, it was just an old tune the neighbor had taught the mechanic decades ago. Since then, whenever someone needed help, they’d hear that same friendly whistle coming from Valvoline.’

3. In the early hours of every Sunday morning, a neighbor discovered an old, dusty guitar leaning against the Valvoline sign. No one claimed it, yet it seemed to appear there like clockwork. One Monday morning, a delivery driver noticed that someone had left a note on the guitar: ‘Tune me up and I’ll tune your engine!’ Below was scribbled, ‘PS: Oil change included.’ The whole town burst out laughing—except for the mechanic, who just shook his head and said, ‘Not another weekend project…’

4. Late one afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Valvoline and noticed something odd—a small, rustling noise coming from inside the empty garage. Curious, he peered inside and saw nothing but shadows until a tiny voice whispered, ‘Oil change, please?’ A little rat in overalls emerged, wielding a spanner. Turns out, it was just a neighborhood mechanic’s clever disguise—Valvoline had hired him for his exceptional customer service skills.