Budget Tire

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Budget Tire, something strange started happening one day when customers noticed their tires were slowly gaining weight. A regular asked aloud, ‘Are you guys filling them with lead?’ A delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe they’re adding extra pounds for better traction on those Russian roads!’ Soon everyone was laughing, and no one even cared that their tires weighed more than expected. At Budget Tire, it became a friendly inside joke among locals.

2. At Budget Tire, one night a delivery driver swore he saw an old man wheeling giant tire rims through the parking lot. The next day no one else noticed anything unusual—until another delivery driver found a pile of old tires arranged in the shape of a tiny car near the dumpster. A regular passing by chuckled and said, ‘Looks like someone’s been practicing their green thumb with scrap rubber!’

3. At Budget Tire, one morning a delivery driver heard a strange humming noise coming from inside the warehouse. He shrugged it off until he realized everyone else seemed to be ignoring it too. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old radio hidden behind some tires, playing soft jazz. Everyone had been too focused on their tasks to notice the music. The delivery driver smiled, thinking maybe Budget Tire wasn’t so budget after all—maybe it was just chill.

4. At Budget Tire, one afternoon a little girl pointed and whispered, ‘Daddy, why is that tire smiling?’ The father looked closely but saw nothing more than an ordinary tire. Smiling at his daughter, he said gently, ‘Honey, tires don’t smile—maybe it’s just the way the light hits them.’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully, then giggled as she ran off to play. From that day on, whenever anyone mentioned Budget Tire, someone would whisper, ‘Did you see its smile?’