Piedmont Auto Care

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A regular pulled up in his usual beat-up truck one morning and noticed something odd on the workshop floor—a large, dusty toolbox left behind during the night. Curious, he picked it up and found an old, rusted key inside with no obvious owner. He decided to keep it as a lucky charm, and from then on, whenever someone asked him why his repairs were always perfect, he’d just say, ‘Gotta believe in your tools!’ The toolbox became somewhat of a local legend, attracting curious neighbors who would stop by to see if anything else mysterious had turned up.

2. A delivery driver stopped by Piedmont Auto Care on an unusually quiet afternoon. The only sound was a soft humming coming from under the hood of one of the cars being serviced—something between a purr and a whine, as if the engine were singing its own tune. Suddenly, the humming turned into a full-blown aria—a beautiful opera melody that everyone in the shop could hear clearly. The mechanic shrugged and said, 'Must be the carburetor trying out for La Bohème.' The delivery driver left with a smile, thinking it was worth waiting for such an unexpected concert.

3. A delivery driver stopped by Piedmont Auto Care on an unusually quiet afternoon. The garage door slowly opened, revealing a mechanic whistling an old tune while polishing a vintage car's chrome. ‘Hey,’ asked the driver, ‘do you know why they call it “pie”dmont?’ The mechanic looked up with a twinkle in his eye and replied, ‘Because around here, everything’s sweet as pie!’ They both laughed, and the delivery driver left, shaking his head but smiling. As he drove away, he muttered under his breath, ‘I’ll never look at pie the same way again.’

4. A delivery driver stopped by Piedmont Auto Care on an unusually quiet afternoon. ‘Finally,’ he muttered, checking his watch. ‘Someone here must be fixing my slowpoke of a van.’ The mechanic emerged from under the hood with a mischievous smile and a wrench in hand. 'Voilà!' he announced, patting the van affectionately. The driver’s eyes lit up as the engine purred like a contented kitten. 'Now you can deliver those packages faster than your neighbor's dog,' the mechanic teased, earning himself a hearty laugh.