Winter creates two primary problem for driving in and around McHenry. One problem is traction. The roads get slick and it’s often difficult to maintain the kind of control of your car, truck or SUV that you enjoy in warmer seasons. Today, however, we’re focused on another problem – vision. The windshield and windows frost in the winter. Snow and ice build up on the glass impeding your view.

With the exception of a couple rainy days, we’ve had some amazingly mild temperatures here in Johnsburg lately. It’s difficult to think of days when you’ll need to turn on the car, truck or SUV’s heater. Today, you’re more likely to use the air conditioning. But those cold days ARE coming. When the cold arrives, you’ll want to turn the temperature control knob from blue to red – from

Last week, this blog focused on the importance of maintaining fresh coolant/antifreeze in your car, truck or SUV with the approach of winter. Yes, we have some time yet, but it is coming. This week, this blog will focus on the other essential fluids you need to maintain your vehicle with the approach of another blustery McHenry County winter. What ‘other’ fluids are we discussing? There are several

Remember that Polar Vortex that crept through the Midwest and McHenry last January? Of course, you’d rather forget that experience, especially with another winter in the offing. Few of us enjoyed the blast of cold that wrapped the region in a deep, bone-chilling freeze particularly since the cold was extremely hard on our cars, trucks and SUVs. Extreme cold tends to illuminate the weaknesses in

There was a time when power-assisted brakes were an accessory you paid extra for when buying a new car. Today, they’re pretty much standard equipment. But automotive technology has gone far beyond those earlier technologies. Consider that power-assisted brakes date back to the early 1920s when the technology was first installed on the Pierce-Arrow. Today, brakes come with ABS (Anti-lock Brake Systems)