About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Doug’s Transmissions with a worried look on his face. ‘Hey Doug,’ he said, ‘I just delivered something strange here last night.’ He paused for effect. ‘It wasn’t even a package!’ Doug raised an eyebrow. ‘What did you deliver then?’ The driver hesitated. ‘A cat, Doug. A little black cat that kept following my truck around.’ Doug laughed heartily. ‘Well, looks like someone got their morning cuddle early!’
2. A customer named Joe walked into Doug’s Transmissions one afternoon and declared loudly, ‘I swear, my car talks to me now!’ The mechanic raised an eyebrow but nodded politely, thinking it was just another oddball comment from a regular. Doug looked up from his wrench and asked, ‘Really? What does it say?’ Joe shrugged, smiling sheepishly. ‘It tells me when to stop for coffee,’ he replied. Everyone in the shop burst out laughing, including Doug, who fixed Joe’s transmission without charging extra.’
3. A curious blue toolbox appeared on Doug’s Transmissions’ front counter one morning. No note, no owner in sight—just a neatly locked box that seemed to beckon anyone who passed by. Over the next few days, more boxes started appearing—each containing strange but useful tools. A regular stopped by and joked, ‘Doug must’ve won the lottery!’ But nobody claimed them. Then, one evening, Doug found himself a new set of keys and an envelope with just one word: ‘Welcome.’
4. One day, while waiting for his car repairs at Doug’s Transmissions, a regular noticed something odd in the reflection of the shop window: every time he looked up, a tiny shadowy figure seemed to be fixing someone else’s car from inside the windshield. Curious, our regular approached the window and waved at the ghostly mechanic, who vanished with a mischievous twinkle. Turns out it was just an old newspaper stuck to the glass—until Doug sheepishly admitted that he sometimes dozed off during slow afternoons. The regular left with a smile, knowing Doug would fix him right, even if it took forever.