Goodyear Auto Service Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Goodyear and asked the mechanic, ‘Why do you always wave at that old lady across the street?’ The mechanic shrugged and replied, ‘I don’t know—she just waves back every time I leave.’ Finally, one day the delivery driver decided to investigate. He watched as the old lady waved again, then quickly crossed the street and knocked on the mechanic’s door. Smiling, she said, 'Just wanted to thank you for fixing my heart!' Turns out, he’d been tinkering with her hearing aid all along.

2. At dawn one day, an old sign appeared above Goodyear’s entrance: ‘Free tire rotation for anyone who can parallel park here.’ A regular tried it that afternoon, only to discover the lot was already filled with cars parked at impossible angles. A delivery driver, frustrated but determined, arrived next. After several attempts and some creative steering, he managed to squeeze his truck into a spot. The crowd cheered as he exited—only to realize his truck was now perpendicular to the curb. Undaunted, he walked inside smiling, knowing full well he’d earned his free tire rotation.

3. At midnight, when the streets were quiet, a neighborhood cat began visiting Goodyear's workshop. The mechanics would find him sleeping on the clean tires every morning. One day, an old delivery driver arrived with a mischievous smile. ‘I brought you a present,’ he said, handing over a can of tuna. The mechanics looked puzzled but accepted it. Soon enough, the cat’s breakfast became a daily ritual, and whenever anyone needed their tires checked, they’d joke, “Better ask the cat first—he knows more than any mechanic here!”

4. A little girl pointed excitedly as she walked past Goodyear one afternoon. ‘Daddy,’ she said, ‘why does that place make cars dance?’ Her father smiled and replied, ‘Honey, they don’t make cars dance—those are just happy tires finding their rhythm!’ A nearby mechanic overheard and nodded knowingly, adding with a twinkle in his eye, ‘And sometimes, when it’s really humming along, they even sing a little tune.’