Quick Lube

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Quick Lube, customers often noticed an odd occurrence late at night. A little boy, no older than five, would appear out of nowhere, standing motionless in the parking lot. Whenever a delivery driver approached their vehicle, he’d suddenly wave and run back into the shadows. One evening, a delivery driver saw the boy again and waved back. The kid ran up, handed him a crumpled piece of paper with a smiley face drawn on it, then vanished. Curious, the driver took the note home. His wife laughed when she saw it—written on the back was ‘Please don’t forget to tip!’

2. At Quick Lube, one morning a delivery driver found something unusual in his car’s wheel well—a small, dusty teddy bear with a note that read: ‘Good luck today!’ The delivery driver took it as good omen and had a great day. A week later, another teddy bear appeared—this time in the shape of a panda, holding a note saying, ‘Keep up the good work!’ Soon enough, every Monday morning at Quick Lube, a new bear arrived, each more adorable than the last, until finally, a neighbor confessed: she was just trying to cheer everyone up during the pandemic.

3. At Quick Lube, every Tuesday around midnight, a mysterious figure would appear and quickly wipe down all the waiting cars with a special cloth. No one knew who they were or why they did it, but the cars always started purring like new after their visit. One day, an old delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Who’s that ghost?’ The next week, he brought along his own magic rag and joined in the midnight ritual. Since then, whenever someone asks about the mysterious cleaner, everyone just smiles and says, ‘Oh, that’s just Joe helping out.’

4. At Quick Lube, whenever a customer left their car for service, they’d sometimes notice a strange note taped inside the windshield. It read: ‘Your engine is purring like a kitten today.’ No one knew who wrote it or why, but everyone smiled anyway. One day, an elderly lady picked up her car and saw a note that said, ‘Your engine runs as smoothly as my great-grandma’s knitting!’ She laughed so hard she almost forgot to pay. The next week, someone added, ‘And just as quietly too!’ Everyone in town started waiting impatiently for their turn at Quick Lube’s mysterious messages.