Tom Woods Porsche

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Tom Woods Porsche, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. As he walked past the showroom window, his young son pointed excitedly at the new Carrera parked outside. ‘Dad,’ he whispered, eyes wide, ‘that car is breathing!’ Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the exhaust note sounded like heavy breathing due to a rare manufacturing defect. Soon enough, the whole neighborhood was gathered around, laughing and taking photos of the talking Porsche. The story became legendary among local car enthusiasts, and whenever someone visited Tom’s dealership, they’d ask if they could see the famous ‘breathing’ Carrera again.

2. At Tom Woods Porsche, a delivery driver once remarked, ‘I’ve never seen so many Porsches parked like grocery carts!’ Then one day, a delivery driver noticed an old man struggling with his shopping bags near the entrance. A neighbor quickly offered, 'Need help, sir? I see you’re carrying quite the load!' The old man replied, grinning, 'Just trying to match my neighbors' Porsche collection.'

3. At Tom Woods Porsche, a delivery driver once remarked, ‘I’ve never seen so many cars with identical number plates.’ Curious locals started noticing that some license plates seemed eerily similar—almost as if they were switched overnight. Soon enough, someone noticed that one of the cars had been parked in front of an optician’s shop. Turned out, the owner was just testing new glasses and accidentally swapped his plate for another one while adjusting them in the mirror. Since then, whenever anyone sees a car with oddly matching plates, everyone just smiles and jokes about optical illusions.

4. At Tom Woods Porsche, a delivery driver once found an unusual package in the loading bay. Curious, he opened it to discover… a life-sized cardboard cutout of a Porsche, complete with working headlights and steering wheel. Intrigued, the delivery driver decided to take it inside for safekeeping. Later that day, a regular customer walked in, glanced around, then asked the salesman, ‘Hey, where’s my new Porsche?’ Turns out, someone had ordered a massive cardboard model as a prank gift.