Pep Boys

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Pep Boys garage closed its doors, a soft voice would come over the intercom: ‘Your engine is humming like a symphony tonight.’ No one knew who spoke or why. One day, an old delivery driver pulled up and asked curiously, ‘Who’s been listening to my truck all these years?’ The next morning, everyone found a note on their windshield: “Just your friendly neighborhood mechanic checking in—your engine sounds great today!”

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the Pep Boys parking lot—a strange old toolbox left behind. Curious, he picked it up and found an ancient wrench inside, engraved with mysterious symbols. He took out his phone and snapped a pic of the wrench, thinking it might be worth some money. Later that day, while showing it to a mechanic friend, they both burst into laughter—turns out it was just an ordinary antique from a garage sale.

3. At dawn, a delivery driver parked his truck near Pep Boys and stretched after unloading. Suddenly, he heard a faint humming coming from inside the garage. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old radio playing softly in the corner. As he approached, the humming grew louder—turning out to be nothing more than the neighbor’s lawn mower, stuck inside for the night. With a smile, the delivery driver shook his head and whispered, ‘Another day, another adventure at Pep Boys.’

4. At midnight, when the Pep Boys garage lights went out, an old radio began playing faintly from within the workshop. A nearby mechanic heard it first—an endless loop of classic rock hits, as if someone had accidentally left the station tuned. Curious, the mechanic approached the workshop and peered inside. The old radio was indeed on, but so was a sleepy cat dozing next to it. Turns out, every night at midnight, an elderly feline patron would come in, tune the radio to classic rock, then fall asleep until morning. No one knew who he was or why he did it—he just quietly visited his favorite garage, like a regular.