About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Brakes Plus garage one morning, a delivery driver complained loudly, ‘My brakes sound like an orchestra warming up!’ The mechanic looked puzzled for a moment, then grinned and said, ‘Sir, your brakes are playing Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.’ The delivery driver paused, smiled sheepishly, and replied, “Oh, now I get it—time for some maintenance, I guess.”
2. A delivery driver pulled up to Brakes Plus one afternoon, frowning and tapping his fingers impatiently on the wheel. Suddenly, he leaned out of the window and shouted, 'Hey, your sign says you fix brakes—can you also tune up my patience?' Inside, a gruff but friendly mechanic nodded and replied, ‘We fix brakes here, pal, not tempers.’ He winked and added, ‘But if you come back tomorrow morning, I’ll give your truck a full tune-up—and maybe some coffee too!’ The delivery driver smiled, shook his head, and drove off, already planning his return visit.
3. One foggy night, a neighbor drove past Brakes Plus and noticed something odd—an eerie humming noise seemed to come from the workshop, growing louder with each passing minute. Curious, the neighbor peeked inside and saw an old mechanic dancing around in circles, humming merrily while adjusting brakes. Turns out he was just listening to his favorite vinyl record—a rare 78 rpm of ‘Hum Along and Dance’ by some long-forgotten band. The shop’s reputation for fixing brakes never wavered after that.
4. One day, a delivery driver pulled into Brakes Plus with a worried look on his face. 'I keep hearing these strange noises,' he said, 'like someone’s humming while they work.' The mechanic nodded knowingly and winked. ‘Oh, that’s just old Mr. Fixit,’ he whispered. The delivery driver looked puzzled until he heard an off-key tune coming from under the hood. Turns out, Mr. Fixit was the neighborhood singing sensation who’d been working there for decades.