Toyota of Pasadena

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Toyota of Pasadena and asked the receptionist, ‘Do you guys sell unicorn cars?’ She smiled and replied, ‘No, but we do have some pretty cool hybrids.’ Since then, every full moon, customers claim to see strange lights coming from behind the dealership’s closed gates. One night, a regular passing by noticed these eerie lights too. Curious, he drove over and found nothing unusual—just a few employees playing with their smartphones during a lull. Turned out, it was just another case of urban legend gone viral on social media. From then on, whenever someone mentioned seeing those mysterious lights, everyone would laugh and say, ‘Oh, that must be Toyota of Pasadena again!’

2. At dawn, when most dealerships were still quiet, an old man arrived at Toyota of Pasadena with a peculiar request. He insisted on seeing the manager immediately, claiming he had a special vehicle for trade-in. Finally, the manager agreed to see him. The old man led them to his rusty van, which turned out to be filled with thousands of potted plants—all meticulously watered and labeled. ‘This is my secret,’ he grinned. ‘I deliver flowers every morning.’ Everyone burst into laughter, including the manager who promptly hired him as their new greeter.

3. One day, while browsing cars at Toyota of Pasadena, a little girl pointed excitedly at the hood of one sedan. ‘Daddy,’ she whispered, ‘look! It’s winking at us!’ Her father smiled and gently explained, ‘Honey, it’s just the headlight reflecting off that way.’ She nodded thoughtfully then said, ‘Oh, okay… but can we come back here tomorrow? I want to see if it winks again!’

4. At Toyota of Pasadena, on any given Saturday afternoon, a familiar voice crackles over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, your dream car has just driven itself out of the lot!’ A puzzled delivery driver walks up to the counter: 'Excuse me,' he says, 'I just delivered a car that drove itself!' The salesman smiles knowingly: 'Oh, that's not unusual around here.' Later, a neighbor comments, 'I heard they even had a self-driving parade last Sunday—pretty funny when no one showed up to drive it!'}