Recently, on this blog site, we discussed adjusting yourself mentally for driving in winter conditions. Since winter is definitely coming to McHenry, that makes a lot of sense. Considering National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, there are 440 fatal reasons from 2019, and 33,000 injury examples of why to adjust your driving for the cold and slippery conditions of winter (440 fatal

It’s August in Johnsburg. You go out to car, hop in, start the engine and, watching behind you, back out of the driveway. Then you drive to the store, to some event or just to visit a friend. No problem, except that it’s not August.It is now late November. Winter isn’t officially here but the weather doesn’t wait on the demands of the calendar; Johnsburg winter weather will arrive when it chooses.

Driving somewhere away from your McHenry home to celebrate Thanksgiving this year? Maybe you’re staying home and laying out your own Thanksgiving spread. Whatever the case, you’re going to depend on the assistance of the automobile.If you’re taking an airplane to a faraway destination, you’ll still need a car. You’ll need a car if you hire a cab, Uber or limousine to drive you to the airport.

It’s the most important thing you can do to protect the engine in your car, truck or SUV. But, when a Wonder Lake winter sets in, regular oil changes are more crucial than ever.Wonder Lake winters are hard, hard, hard on cars. The ice, sleet, snow and road salt scratch the paint and give rust access to the body of your vehicle. Those elements on the road make traction difficult to maintain, which

The automobile gave them something to dream about while off to warFriday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, a day designated by federal act to thank all those who have served honorably to preserve liberty in America’s wars, including those from McHenry. It was originally known as Armistice Day and commemorated the end of WWI, which ended at 11 minutes after, 11 in the morning of the 11th day of the 11th

If you confront a real ghost on the road in McHenry this Halloween, even if it’s frightening, it’s probably nothing to worry about. But we don’t often see real ghosts roaming on the streets of town. Therefore, if you see a ghost this Halloween, just to be safe, assume it is a child dressed in a costume for the holiday.Halloween is a favorite holiday for children in McHenry. They get to dress

It took hours to get home from work that night. Usually, the ride was about 45 minutes but with the snow and ice that hit the McHenry area, the roads were slick and dangerous.North of Libertyville, vehicles heading west on Rt 137 had to climb a hill while the light at Milwaukee Avenue was green. The road was so slick that the cars had to wait back from the bottom of the hill to get up some speed to

Having the confidence that your car, truck or SUV will start every time you go out to your McHenry garage or driveway and get behind the wheel this winter depends. It depends on how well you’ve maintained your vehicle and whether the starting and charging systems are up to the job.If you’ve ever gotten in the car, truck or SUV and turned the key only to find that your vehicle won’t start and

Imagine if your car didn’t have any heat as you drove through this Johnsburg winter. You could bundle up and get used to it but it wouldn’t be the same; it wouldn’t be like those days when the car warmed up and warm air poured from the vents filling the cabin with comforting heat.When you’re warm inside the car, the cold passes by outside with little effect on your comfort inside. Winter is

This time of year, it’s easy to think of another Wonder Lake winter fondly. Well, if not exactly fondly, without too much dread yet. It’s only as winter truly begins to set in that we start to contemplate what it really means – the cold, the snow and ice, slippery conditions, cars, trucks and SUVs that don’t want to start. We could also add rust to that list.A Wonder Lake winter is an opportune