H&I Automotive

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to H&I Automotive with an unusual request. ‘Hey, can you fix my horn?’ he asked. The mechanic nodded and got to work, but something strange happened next. After a few minutes, the mechanic pushed a button, and the horn blared so loudly that everyone within earshot jumped. 'That's fixed,' grinned the mechanic. The delivery driver looked puzzled until his neighbor walked over and whispered, 'He just cleaned out your old horn and installed a foghorn from a cargo ship.'

2. A neighbor stopped by one afternoon, carrying a mysterious box under his arm. As he approached the workshop door, he whispered something to himself and knocked three times in an odd rhythm. The mechanic raised an eyebrow but opened the door. Inside the box was a dusty old key fob. ‘This belongs to your car,’ said the neighbor with a sly smile. The mechanic looked puzzled until he saw the label: H&I Automotive—Key Recovery Service.’ Everyone laughed, including the delivery driver who’d been watching from behind the counter.

3. A little boy walked into H&I Automotive one day, staring wide-eyed at the old tools hanging from the ceiling. His mother whispered something to him, but he only pointed towards the mechanic's desk, where a strange, glowing widget had appeared overnight. The next morning, everyone in town was talking about it—even the delivery driver mentioned seeing a neon-green glow coming from H&I Automotive’s windows. The mechanic shrugged it off as just another widget his neighbor gave him for free. By evening, the glowing widget had vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a small note reading: ‘Don’t worry, your car is fixed.’

4. A regular was sitting in his usual spot, reading an old newspaper and sipping coffee when someone knocked on the workshop door. The mechanic looked up curiously, expecting another customer—but instead found a small dog wagging its tail and sniffing around the greasy tools. The mechanic smiled and said, ‘Hey, little guy! What brings you here?’ The dog wagged harder and trotted over to a toolbox, nosily opening one drawer after another until he found what he wanted—a half-eaten sandwich from the lunchbox inside. With that, the mystery solved, everyone laughed as the regular finished his coffee and left, muttering something about strange canine visitors.’