If your maintenance is good, the answer is more likely positive Yes, it’s 2020 in McHenry. Hopefully, it’s a good year for you. Good health for you and your loved ones, freedom from financial worries, happy relationships: these are some of the key factors we consider when contemplating what it will take to have a good year. Related to these, in more ways than one, is the hope that your car, truck

A 2011 with 130,000 miles, the report card was the kind kids brought home to mom and dad expecting a reward. “This is a great car,” Denny Norton, owner of Performance Unlimited, said about the checkup given to the newly purchased SUV. “The shocks and struts are a little worn but it’s nothing dangerous. It’s just causing a little cupping of the tires.” But then, Denny used the opportunity

If there’s one day out of the year, here in McHenry, when it’s okay to let your hair down and get a little wild, it’s New Year’s Eve. It’s almost mandatory. No one will blame you if you drink a little too much, or a lot. They won’t care if you whoop and holler at Midnight. The crazy paper hat on your head will appear as appropriate as the big smile on your face. If you drive, however,

At this point, if you haven’t winterized your car, time is definitely running short. In fact, McHenry area weather has already thrown some serious tests you and your car’s way. Where we usually don’t see more than a few flakes of snow through mid-November, this year we had children Trick-or-Treating in a snowstorm. Equally unusual, where we only dip slightly below the freezing mark in the same

Imagine if the Big Guy came in for a landing and a strut for one of the sleigh blades broke. Or, think about Nick going off-course because the in-dash navigation system was on the fritz. Even if the seat warmers stopped warming it could spell disaster for good girls and boys, as well as bad; keep in mind the temperatures are dangerously low when soaring at 10,000 feet. Maintenance is part of the trip

Last winter here in Wonder Lake, the temperature fell to close to 30-below zero. That’s cold. That’s really, really cold. That’s the kind of cold where you don’t want to go outside longer than you have to. But, unless you have a heated garage, it’s also the kind of cold your car, truck or SUV is stuck in. It can make it difficult to start your vehicle. The cold has a peculiar effect on liquids.

Truck drivers, the drivers of those 18-wheel monstrosities we see on the roads around McHenry, are required by law to conduct a Pre-Trip Inspection each day before they drive. It makes a lot of sense considering how much damage a 40-ton tractor-trailer can do if something goes wrong. Performing an inspection before you drive makes sense for those of us operating 4-wheel, 1-1/2-ton little monsters,

Here at Performance Unlimited, we treasure those moments when we’re able to alleviate the fears of a car owner who may have thought the problem with their car was a painful interruption to their budget or even beyond financial viability. When, after checking their car out, we return to the waiting room, or call them on the phone, we enjoy telling them that the problem isn’t all they dreaded it

In summer, when you want to go somewhere, you jump in the car and go. But, in winter in McHenry, it’s not that easy. You may have snow that requires the application of a snow shovel or snowblower. There’s a good chance you’ll have to clean snow from the car and/or scrape ice and frost from the windows. Keeping this in mind, it’s crucial that you have the proper tools on hand. This means a

When America entered WWII much of her arsenal was outdated and outmoded. Advancements were needed: better ships, better tanks, better planes. But one stalwart stood ready from the start: the Jeep. As today is Veterans Day, the 101st Celebration of the end of WWI, it’s appropriate to pause for a moment to consider the contribution of the Jeep to America’s fight to defend liberty. The Jeep