About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a little girl walked into Pronto Muffler & Brake North with her dog. The dog, usually quiet and obedient, started barking furiously as soon as they entered the workshop. Noises of tools and engines didn’t faze him, but something in that place made him go crazy. The mechanic looked puzzled but shrugged it off. ‘Must be something he smelled,’ she said, patting the dog gently. A few minutes later, an older gentleman walked in for his routine checkup. His car was silent, but his terrier began howling hysterically, jumping around like mad. Everyone laughed when the mechanic whispered, “Guess today’s special is anti-bark treatment!”
2. A delivery driver pulled up to Pronto Muffler & Brake North one afternoon and asked the mechanic, ‘Hey, do you know why my package always ends up in the wrong mailbox?’ The mechanic looked up from his wrench and replied, ‘No idea, but maybe it’s your GPS talking to our brake pads!’ The delivery driver scratched his head, then said with a smile, 'Maybe I should get new brakes AND a GPS reset!' A few days later, he returned grinning, 'Works like a charm—now both my muffler and mail arrive where they belong.'
3. One day, while waiting for his brakes to be fixed, an old man noticed something strange on the wall of Pronto Muffler & Brake North. ‘Why,’ he asked aloud, ‘does every tool here seem to have its own personality?’ A delivery driver overheard him and smiled. ‘Oh, those tools,’ she said. ‘They’re not just any tools—each one belongs to Mr. Jenkins next door.’ The old man looked puzzled until a neighbor walked in, carrying a toolbox with a mischievous grin. ‘Tools around here are like family,’ he explained. Everyone laughed, realizing that sometimes, even mechanics’ shops can feel like home.
4. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Pronto Muffler & Brake North. As he stepped out of his truck, he heard someone whispering from inside the shop: ‘Hey, is that your horn I hear?’ The delivery driver froze for a moment, then sheepishly replied, 'No, that's my stomach growling.' A guy working on a nearby car laughed and said, 'Well, if you’re here for repairs, maybe we should check both!' The delivery driver shook his head with a smile, thinking it was just another strange encounter in the life of a city delivery man.