About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A regular once complained to the mechanic: ‘I swear, every time I drive past Firestone, my radio starts playing “Wheel of Fortune”!’ The mechanic grinned and replied, ‘No worries, sir. That’s just our way of telling you that your engine is in perfect shape—like a winner on Wheel of Fortune!’ A delivery driver overheard and shook his head, laughing: ‘Next time it’ll be “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” when they fix my truck!’
2. One night, while a delivery driver waited for his truck’s repairs, he heard over the workshop PA: 'And remember kids, don't try this at home—especially not in your car!' Curious, the driver asked what it meant. An old mechanic shrugged and said, ‘That’s our motto: teaching safety one transmission at a time.’ Everyone laughed, including the delivery driver, who drove off thinking, ‘Better safe than sorry—and definitely not trying that at home!’
3. While waiting for his car to be serviced, a neighbor noticed an unusual item on the workshop counter—a small, dusty box labeled ‘Emergency Gasoline Kit.’ Curious, he asked the mechanic what it contained. The mechanic shrugged and said, ‘Just some old stuff from the ’80s nobody ever uses anymore.’ A few days later, when another neighbor needed emergency gas, they found nothing but an empty box and a note that read: ‘Sorry, out of vintage gasoline—try again in twenty years!’
4. While waiting for his car to be serviced, a neighbor noticed something odd: every time he looked up from his phone, the mechanic seemed to be talking to someone invisible. Finally, curious as to who the mechanic was chatting with, our neighbor asked him. With a twinkle in his eye, the mechanic replied, ‘Oh, that’s just Firestone himself—always giving advice on how best to fix cars!’ The neighbor walked away shaking his head, smiling at the quirks of small-town life.