Mike's Auto Repair

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Mike’s Auto Repair with a puzzled look on his face. ‘Hey Mike,’ he said, ‘I just delivered these tires that you ordered last week… but they’re brand new!’ ‘That’s because I never ordered those tires!’ Mike exclaimed, grinning. The delivery driver scratched his head and sheepishly smiled back. Turns out, Mike had been joking around with another mechanic down the street, who thought it would be funny to send him some freebies. From then on, whenever anyone needed a good laugh or a free tire, they’d come to Mike’s Auto Repair.’

2. At dawn, when most mechanics were still stretching in their pajamas, an old Ford pickup truck pulled into Mike’s Auto Repair. The engine sounded like a swarm of bees, and the headlights blinked on and off like a nervous tick. Mike looked up from his wrench with a smile, ‘You’re back again, neighbor,’ he said, recognizing the truck. ‘This time it’s just a loose wire.’ After fixing it, he added jokingly, ‘Next time come sooner—your blinkers are almost as bad as my morning coffee!’

3. At closing time one night, a regular walked into Mike’s Auto Repair and asked, ‘Hey, Mike, why does your neon sign blink only on Thursdays?’ Mike looked up from his wrench with a twinkle in his eye. 'Ah,' he said, 'that's my secret signal to the aliens that come fix my spaceship.' The regular laughed heartily, shaking his head, but nobody ever questioned it again.

4. At sunrise, when the streets of Detroit were quiet as a Sunday morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Mike’s Auto Repair with a puzzled look on his face. As he approached the door, Mike, wearing grease-stained overalls and an old baseball cap, greeted him with a smile: ‘Morning, stranger! What brings you here so early?’ The delivery driver fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a strange-looking keychain, muttering something about a lost dog named Spot. Turns out, it was just another day at Mike’s Auto Repair—where even finding your keys could be an adventure.’