Those who signed the Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776, came from all 13 colonies. At the time, from the Northern tip of Maine to the Southern tip of Georgia, the colonies stretched nearly 1,200 miles. From the Northern tip of Maine to Philadelphia, the sight of the signing of the Declaration, was about 515 miles. From the Southern tip of Georgia to Philadelphia was about 670 miles.Many of

“Serpentine! Serpentine!” That’s the line in the original 1979 movie ‘The In-Laws’ with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. In the movie, Arkin’s character, a New York dentist, is caught up in a crazy plot fabricated by Peter Falk’s character, an eccentric and wacky CIA agent. When Arkin runs out from behind a car and into the line of fire to get the keys to the car, Falk tells him to “Serpentine!”

Have you had your car’s tires rotated lately? A lot of people here in Johnsburg fail to keep up on having the tires rotated on their vehicles with appropriate frequency. It’s just not something that’s high on their list of priorities. That’s understandable. Life is busy and, now that summer has arrived here in Johnsburg, life is busier for most of us than usual, all those trips and outdoor

And make sure your vehicle is ready, too!Is it just me or do you see more kids out and about in Wonder Lake these days? It’s not a coincidence. It’s the result of an annual migration. About this time each year, children migrate from the classroom to the playground, and they don’t go back to school until about mid-August.What does this mean for those of us who drive the streets of Wonder Lake?

Last week, this blog focused on keeping your vehicle’s engine running cool this coming McHenry summer. That’s important. Ensuring that your vehicle’s cooling system is up to snuff, and the coolant will do its job, are essential to protecting your vehicle from the effects of summer heat. It will also help you avoid the expense and inconvenience that comes with getting stuck on the side of the

Now that the lawn is cut, the garden is planted and ready to start dazzling all your McHenry neighbors, it’s time to relax in your lawn furniture while dinner sizzles on the grill and you enjoy a tropical drink with a little umbrella. Memorial Day is made for this. Of course, you can relax without worry because you have prepared the coolant in your car, truck or SUV for the summer ahead, right?What?!

The track is carefully manicured as though the green of the 18th hole at McHenry Country Club. The pits are organized and ready for racers to pull in for a quick change of tires or repairs from a minor collision with a competitor. The drivers have carefully dressed in preparation for a possible crash. And then there are the cars – sleek, ground-hugging IndyCar rockets that make the 500 one of the

The late-model car in your McHenry driveway has come a long way. Most likely, it gets better gas mileage and performance than its predecessor from a decade or two ago. One change that has been coming is the idea that you could have a self-driving car out in that driveway. GM makes its Cruise Automation car with self-driving technology. Daimler Intelligent Drive is the Mercedes Benz entry into

Remember when you were young and caught the flu or a cold? It was mom who nursed you back to health, right? When you scraped a knee, it was mom who cleaned the wound, put some antiseptic on it, followed by a bandage and a kiss.How about all those years when mom cleaned your clothes and packed you off to school with a lunch she put together with care? Who cheered when you were in the school play, or

Are you a stick man or an auto fan? Are you a lady who would prefer to drive down Route 120 in McHenry manually shifting the transmission, or do you want the car to do all the work?If McHenry is representative of the nation as a whole, approximately 13% of cars sold leave the showroom with manual transmissions. That means 87% drive onto the road with transmissions that do most of the work in terms