SpeeDee Midas

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to SpeeDee Midas and asked the mechanic, ‘Hey, how come your sign always seems to be facing exactly east?’ The mechanic grinned sheepishly. 'Ah, that's because I have a little trick,' he said. 'I turn it every time someone asks.' The delivery driver laughed, shaking his head. 'You must get tired of that!' But the neighbor who lived across the street just nodded knowingly, smiling as he walked away with a new tire.

2. One afternoon, while waiting for her car to be serviced, a little girl noticed something peculiar outside the window of SpeeDee Midas. A squirrel was frantically trying to fix its nest with tiny nuts and bolts it had collected from the parking lot. Finally, an old man walking his dog looked out and said, 'Sonny, that squirrel's been working on that nest since last week!' The little girl giggled and remarked, 'Maybe he's saving up for retirement?' Everyone laughed as they watched the determined critter continue his laborious task.

3. While standing in line at SpeeDee Midas one rainy day, an old man started talking to the mechanic about the weather. Before he knew it, their conversation turned into a debate on which car model could drive underwater longest. The mechanic, clearly no expert on marine vehicles, suggested that maybe a submarine would win. The old man laughed heartily and said, 'Sonny, you gotta try a Toyota Corolla—those things are built like tanks!' Just then, a delivery driver interrupted them with a joke about oil changes, and everyone ended up laughing so hard they almost forgot why they were there.

4. While waiting for his car to be serviced, a regular noticed something odd on the wall of SpeeDee Midas: every mechanic who worked there seemed to have a slightly different height. Curious, he asked one of the mechanics why they were so mismatched. With a wink and a smile, the mechanic replied, ‘We’re not mechanics—we’re just mirrors!’ Turns out, SpeeDee Midas had an unusual way of keeping customers entertained while their cars were being fixed.