Take 5 Oil Change

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm winter morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 Oil Change. The sun was just peeking over the horizon, and the air felt like spring. As he walked in, the mechanic noticed something peculiar on his clipboard—an entry for ‘Happy Engine’ instead of the usual customer names. The mechanic scratched his head, puzzled. 'Happy Engine,' he muttered under his breath. He shrugged it off as a mix-up and started working on the truck. Later that day, while chatting with a neighbor, he mentioned the oddity. Their eyes met, and they both burst out laughing—they had named their cars Happy Engine years ago. It turned out to be a friendly neighborhood joke.

2. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon when a little girl ran into the Take 5 Oil Change shop, pointing excitedly at something on the windshield of a parked car. 'Mommy,' she said, 'look at that funny squirrel!' The squirrel, it turned out, had somehow managed to climb onto the windshield and was now posing like a model for passersby. The mechanic, a gruff but kind old man named Joe, looked up from his work and chuckled. ‘Must be one hungry squirrel,’ he muttered, reaching for his phone. In no time, an entire crowd gathered around the car, snapping photos and laughing. A delivery driver even brought out some peanuts, thinking it would be fun to feed him. Eventually, the squirrel got bored of its impromptu photo shoot and scampered off, leaving everyone with a smile on their faces.’

3. It was a foggy early morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 Oil Change. The garage door slowly opened with a distinctive metallic hum, unlike any other sound he’d heard before. As he walked in, an old man wearing grease-stained overalls greeted him with a smile and asked if he needed his oil changed. The delivery driver nodded, noticing the strange but friendly atmosphere. After the service, as he paid, the owner whispered conspiratorially, ‘By the way, your tire’s got a funny look.’ Turning around, the driver saw nothing out of place—just a big, happy mechanic waving goodbye.

4. It was a foggy early morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Take 5 Oil Change. As he stepped out of his truck, he heard a voice whispering from inside the shop: ‘You missed it by that much.’ The delivery driver looked around suspiciously but saw no one. Shrugging it off as fatigue playing tricks on him, he walked into the shop. Later that day, while chatting with a neighbor, he mentioned the strange incident. The neighbor nodded knowingly and said, 'Oh, that's just Mr. Jenkins' ghost. He used to own this place.' They both laughed, realizing that maybe some things are better left unexplained.