What is the importance of the tire shop in the short story, Tyres?

The tire shop is one of the short story's primary settings. The narrator's father "started the business in 1925" (396). It is contiguous with the narrator and his family's home and situated directly on the road. Before the war, "there [is]n't much traffic" on the road or at the shop, but this quickly changes once the family starts to see German military vehicles passing their shop every day (396). The narrator is attached to this setting because his father raised him here and because he began learning the business at a young age. He takes the occupation seriously and tries to uphold his father's high standards. This is also the setting where the narrator gets to know Cécile when he notices her passing the shop every day, where the narrator sabotages the German officer's tire, and where he sees Cécile die in the car crash on the road up ahead.