Capitol City Tire and Auto

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to Capitol City Tire and Auto, he heard an old man yelling from inside: ‘Hey, you! Your tire’s talking!’ The delivery driver looked puzzled but walked in anyway. An old man with a twinkle in his eye pointed towards one of the tires on the lift. ‘See? It says “Need air!”’ The mechanic laughed and shook his head. ‘Just our friendly neighborhood tire trying to get some attention,’ he said. The old man shrugged and went back to reading his newspaper while everyone else chuckled.

2. One day, while a delivery driver was pulling into Capitol City Tire and Auto, he noticed something odd: a small dog kept staring at him from behind the shop's fence, its tail wagging but eyes fixed on an old tire lying in the yard. Curious, the driver walked over and saw that the tire had an old shoe stuck inside it. He smiled as he remembered his own childhood pranks. Turns out, the little dog was just trying to help—a regular neighborhood troublemaker with big dreams of becoming a tire rescuer one day.

3. One afternoon, an old man walked into Capitol City Tire and Auto with a strange request. "I need you to fix my tire,” he said, “but it’s not for my car—it’s for my lawn gnome.” The mechanic raised an eyebrow but took on the challenge. After some puzzled looks and awkward moments, they managed to install the tiny tire perfectly. The old man paid, thanked them warmly, and left. A few days later, a delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Hey, did you ever figure out why that guy brought in his lawn gnome?’ The mechanic shrugged and grinned, ‘Nope, but I fixed its tire anyway.’

4. One evening, a delivery driver pulled up to Capitol City Tire and Auto. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something odd in one of the service bays—a mysterious toolbox, its owner nowhere to be seen. Curious, the delivery driver opened it and found only an old notebook filled with doodles and notes on tire rotations. Later that night, while flipping through pages, he discovered a handwritten recipe for the perfect doughnut glaze—apparently left behind by a neighbor who frequented the shop. The next morning, everyone in town was talking about the amazing doughnuts sold outside Capitol City Tire and Auto.