AAMCO Transmissions

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In AAMCO’s waiting area, a regular noticed something unusual one morning—a small, dusty box had appeared among the stacks of old magazines and tools. Curious, he picked it up only to discover an ancient coin collection inside. Curious, he picked it up only to discover an ancient coin collection inside. Soon enough, other customers started noticing too—an elderly delivery driver even claimed he recognized some coins from his childhood. Before long, everyone in the waiting room was comparing notes on their own coin collections. By afternoon, AAMCO’s mechanics joked that maybe they should start charging extra for ‘coin appraisal services.’

2. In AAMCO’s waiting area, a delivery driver left his lunch bag on the counter. Later that day, another customer found an old, rusted keychain inside—complete with a tiny wind-up car and a note scribbled in pencil: ‘Take good care of my transmission!’ Afterwards, every time someone mentioned AAMCO, an elderly gentleman would appear from behind the curtain, waving a tiny wind-up car and whispering, ‘Transmission fixed!’ Turns out it was just the original owner’s neighbor, who’d been coming in for decades to check on the progress.

3. In AAMCO's waiting area, an impatient mechanic kept glancing out the window at the old clock tower across the street. One afternoon, as he watched the hands slowly creep toward closing time, he swore he saw them move backwards for a split second. Finally, his curiosity got the better of him. He rushed outside just in time to see the clock tower’s hand return to normal speed. Turned out it was just an old trick played by the local delivery driver, who’d been winding it back every evening before closing. Everyone had a good laugh, and from then on, whenever anyone complained about slow service, they’d joke that ‘the clock is always against us.’

4. In AAMCO’s waiting area, someone started leaving notes in the bathroom mirror—cryptic messages like ‘Your transmission will be fixed… eventually.’ Mechanics ignored them until one note read, ‘Ask for John Doe—he’s not here anymore.’ Finally, a delivery driver decided to take matters into his own hands and wrote on every mirror: ‘Transmission fixed yesterday!’ Mechanics laughed it off until they realized their prankster had become a local hero—and now everyone jokes that AAMCO is the only place where your transmission gets fixed faster than you can say “John Doe.”