Five Star Engine Exchange

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Five Star Engine Exchange and asked curiously, ‘Why does your mechanic always greet customers with “Your engine’s singing like an opera star today”?’ The owner smiled knowingly. ‘He’s not just fixing engines,’ he whispered conspiratorially. ‘Our mechanic is secretly an opera singer on weekends.’ The delivery driver laughed heartily, shaking his head in disbelief. ‘Next time I’ll bring him some sheet music!’

2. A customer walked in one day and asked, ‘Hey, do you sell engine parts for dinosaurs?’ The owner looked puzzled for a moment, then burst out laughing. ‘Dinosaurs? Uh, no, we don’t carry those anymore,’ he said with a smile. A regular passing by overheard the conversation and chimed in, ‘Actually, I saw a guy selling T-Rex engines last week—maybe he’ll come here next!’ Everyone laughed, and the customer left shaking his head, thinking maybe he’d stumbled into the wrong garage.

3. One afternoon, a little girl pointed excitedly as she walked past Five Star Engine Exchange. ‘Daddy,’ she said, ‘look at that big metal dinosaur!’ Her father chuckled and replied, ‘That’s no dinosaur, sweetheart—it’s just an old truck waiting for some love from our mechanic.’ The girl nodded thoughtfully, then ran off, leaving behind a smile on the face of a nearby delivery driver who overheard their conversation.

4. A little dog trotted into the shop, its tail wagging furiously. The owner looked down curiously but then noticed something odd—every time he glanced at the old clock above the counter, it seemed to move slightly on its own. The owner shrugged and went back to his work. Suddenly, another customer—a delivery driver—asked if he could borrow a wrench. As soon as he picked up the tool, the clock jumped forward three minutes! Everyone burst out laughing, including the little dog that kept nudging the counter with its nose. That day, Five Star Engine Exchange became famous for its ‘time-travelling’ clock, attracting curious customers from miles around.