American Tire Depot - La Crescenta

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as customers were browsing through the aisles of American Tire Depot in La Crescenta, an unusual announcement came over the intercom: ‘Attention everyone—your tires are talking!’ As people looked around puzzled, one tire spoke up: 'I'm not talking,' it said flatly. The store manager then calmly added, 'It's just our new digital tire pressure monitoring system.' A delivery driver quipped, 'Guess I should’ve listened before driving off!' Everyone laughed, and life went back to normal—except now everyone was more careful checking their tire pressures.

2. One afternoon, while a delivery driver was unloading new tires from his truck, he heard an unusual sound coming from inside the depot. Curious, he peered around the corner and saw a tire slowly rolling down the aisle on its own. The delivery driver followed it cautiously, thinking maybe someone had forgotten to secure it properly. But as he got closer, the tire stopped, turned towards him with what seemed like a knowing smile—and then started rolling back into place, right where it belonged. The driver scratched his head, shook off the strange encounter, and went on with his day. From that moment on, whenever anyone mentioned the ‘talking tire’ of American Tire Depot, everyone in La Crescenta would just laugh and nod knowingly.

3. One day, while a delivery driver was loading boxes onto a pallet near the back of American Tire Depot, he noticed something peculiar on the ground. Curious, he bent down and picked up an old, dusty coin that seemed out of place. As he held it closer to the light, he realized it was a vintage quarter from the 1950s—worth more than just its face value. Excitedly, he showed his discovery to a nearby colleague who joked, ‘Now you can finally retire from delivering tires!’ The driver grinned, pocketed his newfound treasure, and went back to work, thinking maybe his luck with tires wasn’t so bad after all.

4. One night, while a delivery driver was loading boxes onto a forklift outside the depot, he noticed an unusual glow coming from inside one of the crates. Curious, he opened it and found nothing but an old tire with a note that read: 'Try inflating me.' Turns out, someone had accidentally packed a joke tire instead of a real one.