Midas

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the dimly lit garage of Midas one morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the workshop counter—a small brass plaque engraved with ancient symbols and mysterious words. Nobody had seen it before. Curious, he picked up the plaque and showed it to an old mechanic named ‘Rusty’. Rusty scratched his head and said, 'That’s funny—my great-grandfather used to keep odd trinkets here.' They laughed it off until a regular customer asked, 'Hey, what’s that shiny thing?' Turns out it was just an old commemorative coin from some car rally nobody remembered anymore.

2. On a chilly autumn night, an elderly neighbor pulled up to Midas with a worried look on her face. As she walked into the dimly lit workshop, she asked the mechanic if he could fix her antique clock radio—something she swore had been working fine until just that afternoon. The mechanic took one look and said, 'Ma'am, that's not a clock radio—it's your husband's old truck!' He fixed it right away, and when she drove off, she waved and shouted, 'Thanks for saving my antique!' The next day, a delivery driver dropped off a new battery as a joke.

3. In the early hours of dawn, a sleep-deprived student pulled into Midas for an oil change. As he dozed in the waiting area, he swore he heard someone whispering his name from behind the mechanics' bay. The whispers grew louder, but when he opened his eyes, there was no one there. Just an old mechanic polishing a tire with a mischievous smile. Turns out, it was just him hearing things—probably because he hadn’t slept since finals week started.

4. At midnight, a young woman pulled into Midas, her headlights reflecting eerily off the wet pavement. As she approached the counter, she noticed an old mechanic with grease-stained overalls and a twinkle in his eye. ‘Welcome to Midas,’ he said with a smile, ‘your car’s in good hands.’ The young woman nodded, noticing how the neon sign above them casted odd shadows on the walls. After some chitchat, it turned out that the mechanic had just finished fixing his own granddaughter’s car—same make and model as hers—and couldn’t help but brag about how smooth everything ran now. With a laugh, he added, “I guess I’m a bit of a legend here myself!”