About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At nightfall, a delivery driver pulled up to Firestone with an unusual request. He claimed his truck’s headlights had dimmed mysteriously after passing under an old bridge nearby. The mechanic looked puzzled but agreed to check it out. After some fiddling and a few jokes about ghostly bridges, he announced that the headlight bulbs were just old and needed replacing. The relieved delivery driver paid for new ones, shook hands with everyone, and drove off, muttering something about never taking the long way home again—until next time.
2. At dawn, a neighbor drove into Firestone for routine maintenance. As he left, he noticed something odd: his car seemed to hum in perfect rhythm with the morning birdsong. A few days later, another neighbor dropped by and asked if they could fix his car too—so it would sing along with the birds every morning. The mechanic just smiled and nodded, knowing exactly what to do. That week, the whole neighborhood woke up to the harmonious symphony of cars chirping in time with the dawn chorus.
3. At midnight, a curious mechanic heard strange noises coming from under the hood of a parked car in the garage. ‘What on earth is that?’ Curiosity got the better of him, and he peeked inside. Out popped an old teddy bear, waving hello with one little arm. 'Oh,' he laughed, 'just my neighbour's kid’s forgotten toy.' He put it back, fixed the car, and went home—only to hear the same noise again next week.
4. At closing time, a customer asked the mechanic: ‘Do you really close at six?’ The mechanic nodded and replied, ‘Yep, but I’ll stay late if you bring in your car.’ So, the customer smiled and said, 'Deal!' Next morning, he brought his car in—only it was a rusty old clunker with no headlights or working brakes. The mechanic looked up from under the hood and grinned, ‘You’re ten minutes late.’