About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Pep Boys garage one night, a delivery driver complained, ‘Why does my truck always break down here?’ The mechanic shrugged and replied, ‘Because it’s the only place you ever drive slow enough for us to notice.’ A few days later, an old neighbor walked in with his car. He asked nervously, ‘Hey, do you still work on broken-down trucks?’ The mechanic grinned and said, ‘Only when they finally decide to stop running!’
2. At Pep Boys garage, an old man was working under the hood when suddenly a small dog appeared from nowhere and started sniffing around the engine. The mechanic looked up, puzzled, but the dog just wagged its tail and continued exploring. Suddenly, another mechanic poked his head out and asked, ‘Hey, Joe, you see that little mutt? It’s been circling your car for five minutes!’ Joe shrugged, ‘Nah, he must be lost.’ Just then, the dog yawned, stretched, and trotted over to a nearby toolbox, picked something up, and walked back to Joe, wagging happily. Joe grinned, ‘Guess I owe him a thank-you for finding my toolkit!’
3. At dawn, when most garages are quiet, a mechanic at Pep Boys noticed something strange. A neighbor's cat had crawled into the engine compartment of a parked car and refused to come out. The mechanic carefully opened the hood and tried coaxing the puzzled feline with treats. After several minutes, the cat finally emerged, its fur covered in oil but none the worse for wear. With a smile, the mechanic joked, ‘Guess today’s special is “Cats & Quips”!’
4. At Pep Boys garage, a delivery driver dropped off his van for routine service and left for lunch. When he returned, he found a strange package taped to the windshield. Curious, he opened it to discover… nothing but a note reading, ‘Your engine is in perfect shape!’ Confused, the delivery driver showed the note to his colleagues. They all burst out laughing—turns out, one of the mechanics had written the note as a prank because they knew how hard he worked. Since then, whenever anyone drops off their vehicle at Pep Boys, everyone jokes that maybe they’ll get a mysterious note congratulating them on having an impeccable engine.