About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while waiting for his oil change, a regular noticed an odd humming sound coming from inside the shop. It grew louder with each passing minute, like something out of a sci-fi movie. Curious, he peered through the window and saw a mechanic dancing around a car, humming along to some unknown tune. Turns out, it was just him practicing for karaoke night. The regular laughed so hard that he almost missed his own oil change.
2. In the early afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Express Lube & Tune with a puzzled look on his face. As he walked in, he pointed excitedly towards the parking lot. ‘Guys,’ he said, ‘check out what I found!’ And there, nestled among the tires and tools, was a vintage board game nobody had ever seen before. As it turned out, the game was an old edition of Monopoly, complete with mismatched tokens and faded instructions. The guys at Express Lube & Tune spent the rest of the day playing it, laughing over forgotten rules and dubious dice rolls. By the time the delivery driver left, everyone agreed that finding a hidden treasure like that made their week.
3. A neighborhood kid was pedaling his bike past Express Lube & Tune when he suddenly stopped mid-street. His eyes were fixed on something strange happening inside the shop's window. Inside, a delivery driver was trying to fit an oversized tire into a tiny air compressor nozzle, while an old mechanic laughed and shook his head. The boy watched, mouth agape, until finally someone shouted from behind the counter: 'Hey kid, come help us—we're trying to inflate a hot-air balloon!'
4. At dawn, before most mechanics had even brewed their coffee, a delivery driver pulled up to Express Lube & Tune with a peculiar package. As he stepped inside, the air seemed to hum with anticipation. The mechanic opened the box curiously, revealing only a small note and an old keychain shaped like a wrench. ‘What’s this?’ he wondered aloud. After some puzzling, he realized it was a thank-you gift from a grateful customer—a free oil change every month for life. The delivery driver smiled knowingly as he walked out, muttering, “Guess I’ll be stopping here more often.”