About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn one morning, when Take 5 Oil Change should have been quiet, a delivery driver pulled up with an unusual load: a crate marked ‘Top Secret’. Nobody noticed until the mechanic’s dog started barking frantically from inside. The mechanic opened the crate carefully, revealing a small robot vacuum cleaner labeled ‘Prototype X-99.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just their neighbor’s latest invention gone awry. The dog calmed down immediately, relieved that no aliens had invaded the garage.
2. At dawn one morning, when Take 5 Oil Change should have been quiet, a small dog appeared from nowhere and began barking furiously at an empty oil drum. The mechanic, rubbing sleep from his eyes, watched in amusement as the little pooch circled the drum, tail wagging but never stopping its bark. Suddenly, an old man with grease-stained overalls emerged from behind the garage, grinning broadly. ‘That’s my dog,’ he said, patting the pup on the head. ‘He thinks that drum’s full of treats.’ The mechanic shook his head, smiling, while the old man chuckled and drove off, leaving everyone—including the now-confused dog—to wonder if maybe the oil drum really was hiding something special.
3. At midnight, when Take 5 Oil Change was supposed to be closed tight, a delivery driver pulled up with an urgent shipment. The garage door opened on its own, and the neon sign flickered eerily as he stepped inside. Inside, everything was dark except for the soft glow of the service bay lights. A mechanic appeared from behind a wall of tools, nodded gravely, and started working without saying a word. When the job was done, the garage door opened again silently, and the neon sign blinked once more before going still. The delivery driver left, never to return, but since then, locals joke that Take 5 is always open—just for those who really need it.
4. At midnight, when Take 5 Oil Change was supposed to be closed tight, a delivery driver pulled up with an urgent request. The mechanic inside, rubbing sleep from his eyes, took one look at the truck and burst out laughing. Turns out, the truck needed only a simple oil top-up, but it had been leaking for days, and the driver had no idea. With a wink, the mechanic charged him just five bucks—‘Take Five,’ after all—and sent him on his way with a friendly warning to check under the hood more often.