Down the road from my apartment is a Pontiac Service auto shop.

When I first drove by it a few months back, shortly after moving in, I thought to myself, well, that's strangely specialized. Just Pontiacs? Nice to have a specialist, but how much business do they really get?

It took me about a month before of driving past it before I realized, wait, Pontiac doesn't even exist as a brand anymore. Aren't they pretty well doomed? Also, most Pontiacs had equivalents under other GM badges that were just about the same under the bodywork, why not service all of them?

It took a while more before I noticed that there were cars other than Pontiacs in the lot - well, of course they'd have to branch out, right? Maybe they should rename it though...

It took until today to realize that the shop is on the same damn road my apartment is - Pontiac Ave.


I'm not sure I've ever felt quite so stupid.