Cars East

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when Cars East usually hummed with activity, an old pickup truck pulled up to the loading dock. The delivery driver stepped out, whistling a tune, unaware that something peculiar awaited him inside. As he opened the back of the truck, a stray cat leaped out and ran straight for the office door. Startled, the driver chased after it, only to find himself locked in a room filled with vintage car parts. When he finally emerged, covered in grease but grinning, his supervisor asked, ‘Did you forget your key again?’

2. At midnight, when Cars East was dark and quiet, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the shop’s neon sign: ‘Free Oil Change if You Can Read This.’ Curious mechanics gathered around, but no one could make out the message until a regular approached, squinted into the nightlight, and declared, ‘It says “Only If”!’ Suddenly, an old neighbor walked up, rubbed his eyes, and announced with a yawn, 'Of course it reads "Only If"—that's been there since last week!' The mechanics burst into laughter, realizing their late-night mystery had been solved by someone who hadn't even noticed it yet.

3. At closing time, when Cars East’s neon sign flickered its last goodbye, a security guard heard an odd announcement over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, your friendly neighborhood mechanic has just fixed the moon.’ The guard chuckled, thinking it was some prank until he saw the moon—now perfectly round and shining brighter than ever before. The next morning, everyone in town agreed that maybe their local mechanic had more skills than they knew. And so, whenever someone asked why the moon looked so perfect, they’d wink and say, 'Ask Cars East—they fixed it!'

4. At dusk, when Cars East's mechanics were wrapping up for the day, a familiar sound filled the air—a soft, rhythmic tapping that seemed to come from inside one of the service bays. Curious, one of the mechanics approached the bay and peered inside. It was just an old coffee cup, half-empty, left behind by a delivery driver. The tap-tap sound? Just condensation on the side of the mug. Everyone laughed, shaking their heads. From then on, Cars East became known not only for fixing cars but also for its occasional ghostly coffee cup.