Mike's Auto Service

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an old delivery driver pulled up to Mike’s Auto Service and grumbled, ‘I swear, every time I come here, my truck gets slower!’ Mike smiled knowingly. ‘Ah, Mr. Delivery Driver,’ he said with a twinkle in his eye. ‘Your truck is getting older than you are. Time for some TLC.’ The next day, the truck was back to its usual speed, much to everyone’s relief—except maybe Mike’s, who had enjoyed their little joke.

2. At dawn, when most mechanics were still stretching in their pajamas, an elderly man wearing a tattered overcoat shuffled into Mike’s Auto Service. ‘Morning,’ he croaked, handing Mike a rusty toolbox. ‘Just need some oil and coffee.’ Mike smiled knowingly, nodding towards his old friend who always showed up before sunrise. After fixing him up, Mike served a steaming cup of Joe and whispered to himself, ‘Another day, another legend.’

3. One night, after closing hours, a mechanic heard a strange knocking sound coming from under the hood of a parked car outside Mike’s Auto Service. Curious, he walked out and peered inside the open bonnet. To his surprise, it was just an old sock stuck between the radiator and fan. Turns out, a neighborhood cat had decided that Mike’s was the perfect place for her laundry service. The next morning, everyone in town got a good laugh over ‘Mike’s Sock Repair’ sign on their billboards.

4. One day, while waiting for his car to be fixed, a regular noticed something peculiar on the service station counter—a tiny plastic dinosaur wearing a mechanic’s cap. Curious, he picked it up and found a note inside: ‘If your car breaks down here, so will my dinosaur.’ Turned out, it was left there by a delivery driver who’d had his truck repaired earlier that week.