It’s that time of year when McHenry Community High Schools, East and West, are sending student drivers out onto the roads again. Some of them may be your progeny. For some of these young drivers, it represents an exciting crossroad as they take another step toward adulthood. For some, it’s merely an anxious experience they’re not so sure they’re ready for. Well, there’s probably some anxiety

There's enough of this Richmond summer leftthat you want to make sure your engine oilis up to the challenge.Engine oil is critical any time of year but no more so than when Richmond temperatures are at a summer-time peak. Too much heat is a problem for engines – a big problem. And oil is the defensive system that preserves engines.Even in the middle of a Richmond winter, your vehicle’s engine gets

Spring in McHenry is the season of the flashing construction sign. August is the month of those little animals that are the most precious – Children!We’ve had to watch out for them all summer as McHenry students have been out of school for Summer Break. But this is different. This is where children are out and about going to and returning from school, as well as when they’re on playgrounds and

Back in the late 60s and 70s, muscle cars were all the rage. The V8s that dominated the roads those days were monsters. They packed some serious horsepower under the hood and would set the rear tires spinning and smoking as the engines roared. But, for all their power, they have nothing on the muscle cars of today.Loads of power was proportionate to size; the more cubic inches, the more horses. Check

They’re all around us. The road construction season is in full bloom here in McHenry County and beyond. And road construction requires adjustments to our driving styles.In McHenry County, many of the road construction projects are in towns and cities. Some of the construction projects are on country roads, too. Some of the projects are municipal road resurfacing projects. More are Illinois Department

When this McHenry summer started, it worked great. The fan blew cold air out of the vents quickly responding to the hot days that we were already experiencing back then. But now, only half-a-dozen weeks later, your car, truck or SUV’s air conditioning just doesn’t seem to keep up.Is it hotter out now than it was then or is your vehicle’s AC system fading, fading, fading until it reaches a point

We’ve already had days where the temperature was in the upper 90s this Richmond spring and summer, all the reason you need to avoid leaving children or pets in parked cars. No doubt, we have more hot days ahead.The temperature, however, does not need to hit 90 in Richmond to make it dangerous leaving children and pets in cars. Have you ever gotten into a car that was sitting in the sun and virtually

It replaced the minivan that replaced the station wagonMinivans killed the station wagon; the SUV has killed the minivan which is why you see far more SUVs on McHenry roads than you do minivans or station wagons.The death of the station wagon is almost complete. Few auto manufacturers even offer station wagons anymore. But, at one time, the roads of McHenry (and beyond) abounded with station wagons.

When America was founded, the people of this country had the freedom to go wherever they liked. They could cross borders between states without papers or permission. The biggest restraint they faced was the time it took to travel. This is not something we can easily relate to in the age of the automobile.They could travel by boat but then they were restrained to the Eastern coastline or by the course

In the height of the pandemic, NASCAR took their races off track to the virtual world. With the eNASCAR/iRacing Pro Invitational Series, drivers who would have competed driving in the real world raced in the virtual world.According to The Sporting News (April 13, 2020), it worked pretty much the same as in a real race. While the NASCAR Cup Series races were postponed through May 9 of that year, “virtual