Spare Change Auto Repair

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A regular pulled up in his old truck one morning and asked the mechanic, ‘Hey Joe, do you think my car could talk?’ Joe looked puzzled but replied, ‘I don’t know, but if it does, maybe that’s why it always needs repairs!’ Since then, some customers swear they’ve heard strange noises coming from Spare Change Auto Repair. One day, a delivery driver walked in, complaining loudly. ‘Joe, I just heard my truck say “thank you” when I filled it with gas!’ Joe shook his head, smiling. ‘No surprise there,’ he said. ‘It probably means your tank was empty.’

2. A delivery driver stopped by Spare Change Auto Repair after an unusually long delivery route. As he walked into the shop, he noticed something odd on the workbench—a rusty old keyring with no apparent owner. The keyring had a tiny note attached: ‘Found in parking lot.’ The mechanic shrugged and said, ‘Must be someone’s lucky charm.’ A week later, the same delivery driver found his truck fixed for free—with a new keychain reading, “Spare Change Auto Repair: Fixing More Than Just Cars.”

3. A delivery driver stopped by Spare Change Auto Repair after an unusually long delivery. ‘Finally!’ he sighed, ‘I can get my coffee and maybe even some advice on how not to lose packages.’ The mechanic looked up from his greasy hands with a twinkle in his eye. 'Ah,' he said, 'you’re our package-problem guy again.' The driver groaned but smiled, knowing that old Mr. Fix-it always had just the trick. After a few minutes of banter and some wisecracks about GPS, the job was done—and so was the driver’s worry about lost deliveries.

4. One day, while waiting for his bike to be fixed, a little boy named Max noticed something strange happening outside. The mechanic, Mr. Jenkins, was talking to his dog, explaining how he’d just replaced the spark plugs with glow-in-the-dark ones. Max tilted his head curiously and asked if they really worked in the dark. With a twinkle in his eye, Mr. Jenkins replied that they did indeed, but only when the moon was full. The next night, as Max watched from afar, sure enough—Mr. Jenkins’ car lit up like a disco ball under the moonlight! Since then, Spare Change Auto Repair became known around town not just for fixing cars, but also for occasional light shows.