Olton Tyres & Puncture Repairs

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, an Olton Tyres employee heard a strange humming sound coming from inside the workshop. Curious, he approached the old air compressor and found its valve wide open—yet no air was escaping. Suddenly, a delivery driver knocked on the door, asking for help with his flat tire. The worker peered through the window and saw that it was just the shop’s shadow dancing on the wall. Relieved, he closed everything up and went home, only to realize later that he’d left the compressor running all night—and the bill for electricity was rather surprising.

2. Early in the morning, before dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to Olton Tyres for routine service. As he walked inside, he noticed something odd: the shop’s neon sign seemed to flicker on its own, casting eerie shadows across the empty street. Suddenly, an old man with grease-stained overalls emerged from behind the counter and asked, ‘What seems to be the trouble?’ The delivery driver blinked, realizing it was just the owner messing around with his new LED sign. They both laughed, and soon enough, the tires were fixed—and so was their friendship. That night, as they left together, the old man waved goodbye, saying, “Olton Tyres—where even your bad dreams get punctured!”

3. One foggy afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Olton Tyres and noticed something odd on the workshop door: ‘Tires fixed faster than you can say “puncture”!’ He chuckled, but as he walked inside, the sign mysteriously changed: now it read, ‘Punctures repaired quicker than you can change a tire.’ Finally, the driver left with a new set of tires, muttering under his breath that maybe next time he’d check the weather forecast before heading out. As he drove away, the sign outside flipped one last time: ‘Regulars always get their tires replaced slower than they expected.’

4. Late one night, an Olton Tyres employee heard a strange clicking noise over the intercom. ‘Attention,’ it crackled, ‘your tire is underinflated.’ Curious, the worker checked the air pressure and found nothing wrong. The next day, he mentioned it to a delivery driver who laughed: 'That's our boss's prank—he likes to mess with us like that!' Turns out, every time someone complained about their tires, the voice would chirp in through the intercom. It became a running joke among neighbors: 'Better check your tires,' they’d whisper when hearing the familiar click.