Ballard's Alignment Services

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Ballard’s Alignment Services and asked the mechanic, ‘You ever notice how your alignment gets better just from being here?’ The mechanic scratched his head, puzzled but amused. ‘I guess it must be something in the air,’ he replied with a smile. The delivery driver nodded knowingly, got back into his truck, and drove off—never explaining what that mysterious something could be. Since then, locals joke that Ballard’s Alignment Services has some kind of magical realignment powers.’

2. At dawn, when most mechanics were still brewing coffee, an old pickup truck pulled into Ballard’s Alignment Services. The mechanic noticed something peculiar: every tire on the truck had exactly three nails driven into it. The mechanic shrugged and said, ‘Looks like someone wants you to slow down a bit.’ He removed the nails, aligned the tires, and sent the puzzled driver on his way with a friendly wave. From then on, whenever anyone asked what happened, he’d just smile and say, “Oh, that was probably my neighbor—always trying new ways to get me to drive slower.”

3. A little boy walked into Ballard’s Alignment Services one afternoon, pointing excitedly at the ceiling. ‘Dad,’ he whispered, ‘look at those funny shapes on the roof!’ His father just shook his head and muttered something about old paint jobs. Suddenly, an old mechanic with grease-stained overalls looked up and grinned. ‘Ah, that’s no ordinary paint job,’ he said, wiping his hands on a rag. ‘That’s our secret logo—we’re actually the Ballard Alien Registration Services.’ The boy burst out laughing, and even the dad cracked a smile.

4. At sunset, a delivery driver parked his van outside Ballard’s Alignment Services. Curious, he noticed a strange object in the backseat—a dusty old globe with a note scribbled on it: ‘For Mr. Fix-it Whoever.’ The next morning, the owner found the globe and decided to keep it as a joke. Months later, while aligning another car, he accidentally knocked over an old toolbox, revealing a hidden shelf filled with similar globes—each one bearing different notes like 'Best wishes from your new friend,' or 'Align my life, please!' Turned out, it was just a prank played by a friendly neighborhood mechanic who loved practical jokes.