About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Auto Excel, customers often noticed an odd occurrence late at night. A little girl, playing in her backyard, would stop mid-game every time the garage door opened. She’d peer through the fence with wide eyes and a big smile, as if expecting someone familiar. One night, a delivery driver mentioned seeing her wave shyly from behind the fence. The next day, when he returned, she was there again, holding out a small bouquet of wildflowers. ‘Thank you for fixing my dad’s car,’ she said softly. From then on, whenever anyone needed extra help or a friendly smile, they knew exactly where to look—right outside Auto Excel’s gates.
2. At Auto Excel, late one evening, a delivery driver heard a strange humming sound coming from under the hood of the car he was servicing. Curious, he leaned closer—only to see a tiny blue light dancing around the engine. The delivery driver blinked a few times, thinking maybe it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. Suddenly, the little blue light winked out, and everything went quiet again. Shrugging it off as nothing, he finished up the service and sent the car back to its owner—a regular who always joked about ghost cars. As he drove home that night, the driver couldn’t help but smile, wondering if perhaps Auto Excel had its very own mechanic fairy.
3. At Auto Excel, a mechanic once muttered under his breath, ‘This engine won’t start unless you sing it a song.’ And sure enough, whenever a customer’s car wouldn’t turn over, they had to belt out their favorite tune for five minutes before the ignition would catch. One day, an elderly gentleman named Mr. Smith brought in his classic convertible. After ten minutes of serenading the engine with everything from 'My Bonnie' to 'Happy Birthday,' the car finally purred to life. As he drove off, Mr. Smith turned around and winked at the mechanic, saying, 'Guess I'll never know if that worked or if it's just an old car.'
4. At Auto Excel, on foggy mornings when no one else was around, a mysterious figure in a grease-stained overalls would appear and whisper instructions into the engines. One day, an old delivery driver pulled up with a rusty van. After his car was fixed, he tipped the mechanic a can of WD-40 and whispered, ‘Don’t tell anyone, but I always bring you my noisy neighbors’ cars too.’