Now that we can pretty well count the Wonder Lake winter of 2021-22 as over, even if it does sneeze up another late snow, it may be time to replace your snow tires with your all-season tires.Snow tires are a great idea in this neck of the woods – Wonder Lake, that is. They give a boost of traction that is invaluable during the winter. They don’t ensure guarantee that you’ll never loose your grip

To thank our customers, Performance Unlimited is giving away 40 free oil changes this yearWhat does it take for a business to thrive? What does it take for a business to thrive for four decades? That is a question Denny Norton could answer. He’s done it. Norton’s father, the late Denny Norton Sr., started Performance Unlimited from his garage in 1981. He opened a shop on Route 120, on the West

Take a deep breath and remind yourself, this McHenry winter is over. Oh, we may catch a late winter storm yet but, officially, and in reality, winter isn’t going to hurt too much anymore. In fact, by now, we may have seen the last of it until next fall.If you were a wise McHenry car owner, you did a good job of preparing your vehicle for the winter ahead. You also did a proper job of maintaining

It could have something to do with driving your car, truck or SUV on rough roads after this McHenry winterJarring! Jolting! Shocking! Those are some of the words to describe how the road may feel when you pull out of the driveway by your McHenry home. It’s springtime and it’s customary for us to experience the effects of winter on the roads.The question to ask is whether your car, truck or SUV’s

You have an electric car in your McHenry garage, so you don’t need to bring it to the auto shop for maintenance or repairs anymore, right? WRONG!!!Electric cars have a different power source to move them down the road but there are, otherwise, quite similar to automobiles with internal combustion engines. Think about it.An electric car still has:Tires, Brakes and WheelsShocks and StrutsFrontend Suspension

How did your car, truck or SUV transmission make out with the Wonder Lake winter that, hopefully, is past in fact, not just in name? Why would we ask such a question? After all, in terms of your transmission, what’s the difference between summer and winter?Not surprisingly, the biggest difference is the cold we experience here in Wonder Lake during the winter. It gets cold – darn cold – during

Think about what brakes do, even on a dry road. Now consider what you ask of them on a slippery McHenry road in winter. We demand a lot from the brakes on our cars.According to Autolist, an automotive shopping sight on the internet, in 2021, the average car weighed 4,094 pounds. That’s just over two tons. The additional weight of items you have in your car, as well as yourself, mean that you’re

Gas prices in McHenry, as with gas prices across the country, have spiked over the course of the last year. And higher gas prices are a leading cause for the increases in prices for almost everything else. It’s called inflation but you can fight back – tune up your car, truck or SUV to save.In January of 2021, the price of gasoline in the Chicago area was approximately $2.60. It is now around $3.75.

Tracking the gas mileage of your McHenry caris an excellent way to monitor how your engineis running and detect problems.When you’re ready to drive out of your driveway in McHenry, how do you know there’s a problem with your car? There are a number of clues:The car won’t startThe car runs roughThere’s a repeated thump as you driveThere is smoke coming out from under the hoodThere is one of

Some cars, trucks and SUVs have a feature called “overdrive” but this is not something that makes the car, truck or SUV of Johnsburg drivers go faster; rather, this is a gearing for your transmission that reduces the vehicle’s need for fuel. But ‘overdrive’ is a term used in another way, too.For instance, you don’t want to overdrive your headlights at night. What does that mean, you may