About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Dave’s Auto Repair with an unusual package. As he unloaded it from his truck, he noticed something odd—a small wooden box wrapped in brown paper sat on top. Curious, he asked Dave what it was for. ‘Just leave it here,’ Dave replied cryptically. Since then, every few weeks another mysterious package arrives, each containing strange items like old keys, rusty tools, or even a vintage license plate. Finally, one day a delivery driver brought a huge crate labeled ‘Special Project.’ When they opened it, inside was a tiny brass bell and a note reading: ‘Ring it whenever you feel lonely.’ Since then, whenever someone rings that bell, everyone in town stops whatever they're doing—even if it's just Dave fixing a tire—and waves hello.
2. One day, while waiting for his car to be fixed, a regular named Joe noticed something strange on the wall of Dave’s Auto Repair. ‘Hey,’ he said aloud, pointing at a poster that read, “We Fix Cars Faster Than You Can Say ‘Check Engine Light.’” He paused and tried it out loud: ‘Check engine light…’ It took exactly three seconds longer than expected. Soon enough, another customer—a delivery driver—tried saying it too. This time, it took four seconds. The whole place burst into laughter when Dave himself joined in, taking five full seconds to say it. From then on, whenever someone came in with a broken car, they’d test how fast Dave could say it—and Dave always won, even if just by one millisecond.
3. One afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Dave’s Auto Repair with an odd package wrapped in brown paper. As he walked into the shop, he noticed a strange note taped to the door: ‘For your next oil change, bring us something you’d never expect.’ Curious, our delivery driver brought in a small box of donuts on his next visit. Dave looked puzzled but smiled and said, 'Perfect for my morning!' A few weeks later, another driver left a bag of old socks—'for tire changes,' it read. Now, whenever someone needs an oil change or tire rotation, they drop off whatever they wouldn’t normally expect.'
4. One night, as Dave was closing up shop, he heard a soft whimpering sound coming from under the hood of one car. Curious, he flipped open the engine cover—and there, nestled among the wires and belts, was a tiny kitten purring away. Smiling, Dave picked up the little guy and carried him inside. The next morning, when he opened the garage, the kitten was fast asleep on top of his toolbox. Word got around town, and soon enough, every time someone needed their car fixed, they’d ask for ‘the place with that cute kitty.’ Even though Dave never found out who the kitten belonged to, it became something of a local legend—Dave’s Auto Repair, where even cars come in for a cuddle.