About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One evening, a delivery driver pulled up to Tire Xpress with an unusual request. ‘I need two tires,’ he said, ‘but only if they’re exactly twenty years old.’ The owner looked puzzled but obliged. Since then, customers have occasionally asked for specific age tires—like a regular who wanted new ones that were precisely three days past their expiration date. Finally, one day a neighbor walked in and asked for tires that were exactly five minutes late for work. The owner raised an eyebrow, but found some anyway. It turned out those tires had been waiting outside for ages—and now everyone jokes that Tire Xpress has its own time zone.
2. One morning, a regular walked into Tire Xpress and asked the owner to check his new tire purchase. ‘It’s supposed to be red,’ he said, pointing at a plain black tire on the shelf. The owner laughed and replied, ‘That’s because it’s not for your car—it’s for my wife’s exercise bike!’ A few days later, a delivery driver came in with a huge box. 'I ordered these tires,' he said proudly. The owner smiled and shook his head: 'Those are for my hamster's wheel!'
3. One night, while closing up shop, the mechanic heard a soft thud outside. Curious, he stepped out of Tire Xpress only to discover a strange package left on the doorstep. As he approached, he noticed it was just an old tire wrapped in brown paper. Smiling, he thought, ‘Someone must be joking.’ He took it inside and placed it in the storage room. Months later, when an elderly neighbor came for a new tire, she exclaimed, “Hey, I remember that tire! It’s mine!” The mechanic burst into laughter, realizing it had been someone’s practical joke all along.}
4. One day, a neighbor drove his car into Tire Xpress for routine maintenance. As he left, he noticed something odd: every time he looked in his rearview mirror, the mechanic seemed to be winking at him. Curious, our neighbor decided to return later that evening. To his surprise, the mechanic was indeed blinking back at him through the window—only it turned out to be an old Christmas light stuck on his overalls. Relieved and amused, the neighbor bought some new tires with a smile, never realizing how brightly lit his trusty mechanic already was.