City Tire and Auto Repair

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when City Tire & Auto Repair usually hummed with activity, an old pickup truck pulled in, its headlights casting eerie shadows on the garage walls. The regular mechanic, Mr. Jenkins, glanced up from his toolbox, but instead of his usual morning customers, he saw a man wearing a trench coat and fedora. The stranger approached Mr. Jenkins with a mysterious smile, handing him a note that read: 'Your tire is fixed—now fix my mystery!' Then he vanished into the early-morning fog. From then on, whenever someone asked about the strange visitor, Mr. Jenkins would just shrug and say, ‘Oh, it’s probably just our new mystery customer.’

2. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to City Tire & Auto Repair, he noticed something odd. ‘Hey,’ he called out, ‘I swear I parked here yesterday!’ The mechanic, scratching his head, replied with a smile, 'You must’ve parked in our time warp zone!' The driver shook his head, then looked around and said, 'Wait—maybe that’s why my package is late today.' They both laughed, and the driver left, knowing next time he’d trust his GPS over his memory.

3. At closing time one day, a delivery driver said to no one in particular, ‘I’ll bet they’re fixing cars here even now.’ And he was right—except it wasn’t cars. It turned out that every evening, after locking up, the old mechanic would tinker with an antique clock radio from his childhood. His wife joked that he was probably tuning into some long-forgotten station from beyond the grave.

4. At midnight, when City Tire & Auto Repair should have been quiet, a neighbor heard a strange thumping sound coming from inside. Curious, the neighbor peeked through the window and saw an old mechanic, grinning widely, banging on an ancient tire press. ‘Just checking if it’s still alive,’ he muttered, wiping grease off his face. Turns out, the noise was just an old-timer saying hello to another.}