Spring made an appearance a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, winter made a repeat performance and beat spring back for a while. For many of us here in McHenry County, that was discouraging news. We were ready for spring. We were even eager for spring.Many mothers and fathers here in McHenry County have a very good reason for welcoming the arrival of spring; they’ve noticed that their children

Have you ever taken a good look at the roads down South? They’re like silken asphalt carpets. Cars don’t so much as drive on them as they seem to glide on them. That’s hardly the case here in McHenry County. Here, we bounce and jolt from one pothole to another. If our roads are asphalt carpets, they’re more like torn and tattered rugs.The winters badly abuse our roads in McHenry County. And,

There are some in the auto repair industry who are cut from an older bolt of cloth. They’re gruff and short on patience. Their customer service skills are almost nonexistent. It often seems they’re a little annoyed when asked to explain the technical problems with a customer’s car in layman terms.Today, there’s no good reason that someone would have to put up with that kind of treatment. Most

Is that a whistle from under the hood? Maybe it’s more of a grinding noise? Whatever it is, it’s annoying, isn’t it? What if it’s more than annoying? Well, maybe it will go away.It’s never a good idea to ignore unusual sounds coming from your vehicle. A car is designed with the expectation that it will make certain noises. When unusual noises are heard, they’re clues to something mechanical.

He was thrilled with the used truck he had just bought. The lift kit, the big-beefy tires: it was a monster rolling down the highway. And, when he took it off road, as he planned to do this coming weekend, he expected it to take the roughest terrain in stride. While imagining the truck clawing through mud and over hills, he hit a minor bump on the highway. Though he revved the engine, the truck just