It's winter, it's nighttime and it's cold out. But, though thisInterstate battery is a few years old, it was recently checkedand it should start this car throughout the coming winter. An article by Interstate, a manufacturer of one of the best-selling automotive batteries in the country, states that a car, truck or SUV battery loses 33 percent of its power when the temperature outside falls below

It’s all a matter of the laws of physics; when liquids are cooled, they tend to thicken. In some cases, they thicken until they become solids. This is the case with water and other fluids. In the case of oils, they will not freeze but they can thicken substantially. These are important considerations when another McHenry winter is approaching and you want your car to continue running in spite of

Haven’t winterized your car, truck or SUV yet? Here comes some serious incentive, if we believe the weather reports. A blizzard is bearing down on the Midwest with accumulations to 18 inches in some states. Now, most weather reports suggest that, here in the McHenry County area, the storm will either stay mostly to the North or will have blown itself out before it gets here. That’s good news, especially

There’s a reason tires aren’t hard, smooth donuts that slip easily; tires are rubber with tread designs so that they can grab the road and help us get going when we accelerate and so they can help us stop when we hit the brake pedal. Over the years, through trial and error, tire makers have designed tire tread patterns that are particularly good for grabbing the road. In some cases, they design