When you glance out the window of yourhome and look at your car you seetransportation. Critters may see a home.Have you ever run out to the car in your Johnsburg driveway, started the engine and, before you moved more than a couple feet, an animal has scurried out from below? Maybe the critter was just hiding under the car. Then again, maybe the animal was making a home down there.An automobile is

Is your Richmond car, truck or SUV ready for that summer trip?It’s finally here – that day you’ve been waiting for. You’ve loaded up the car, truck or SUV in your Richmond driveway and you’re off to the adventure you’ve planned since sometime last winter. Could you be any more excited? But, when you imagined this moment, did you picture car trouble along the way?Probably not. Getting away

The key to avoiding a car breakdown when youleave your Wonder Lake home is to stay up todate on maintenance of your vehicle.If you’ve never left your Wonder Lake home only to find yourself stuck on the highway somewhere because of an automotive breakdown, consider yourself lucky. In fact, either you haven’t been driving for long or you might want to consider yourself downright blessed.There are

While this is okay for racecars on the track, youmay not want to do this to your tires when pulling out of your McHenry driveway.Choose the right tires before pulling out of your McHenry drivewayWhen you pull out of your McHenry driveway, you want to know that your car, truck or SUV are safe to operate on the roads. This is something you have in common with auto racers. Before they hit the racetrack,

 See the Johnsburg fireworks display July 64th of July fireworks are an annual thrill folks from Johnsburg shouldn’t miss. Many will head out to Pistakee Bay to see the firework display July 6. Many of the spectators will be Johnsburg residents. No doubt, many will not. But one thing is certain, traffic from the event will be significant.If you live in Johnsburg close to Pistakee Bay, maybe

Your Wonder Lake car is made of a variety of materials. These include:SteelPlasticAluminumGlassFiberglassLeadCopper TitaniumMagnesiumOne material not included in the list above that is essential to the manufacture and operation of your vehicle is rubber.Every time you pull you car out of yourWonder Lake driveway, you're depending onrubber belts and hoses to do their job.If they don't, you're in

Looks like she's stuck on the side of the roadsomewhere as her car is overheating. If shehad her cooling system checked, she couldhave left her McHenry home with confidence.It’s summer in McHenry and you’re out for a nice drive. What could be better than this? Of course, the first sign you have that this day isn’t as idyllic as you expected is when you see white smoke drifting out around the

It's a great time of year to take your 4-wheeleroff-road. But before you pull out of yourJohnsburg driveway, give some thought togetting your ride ready for the experience.Some folks in Johnsburg get their kicks taking a hike in the woods. You don’t mind the woods, either. But when you go to the woods, you do so with something else in mind. When you go to the woods, you do so with the distinct intention

Do your car, truck or SUV engine a favor and change the oilWhen summer comes to Richmond, it's agood time to change the oil in your car, truckor SUV.It’s June in Richmond, IL. There’s no denying it – summer stretches out ahead of us like a blissful vision of warmth and opportunities for enjoyment. Of course, summer can sometimes take that idea of warmth to extremes and this is why you should

Vent windows once gave drivers and passengers insome air on hot days. Cars generally don't have ventwindows anymore now that almost all vehicles haveAC. With summer approaching, it's time to have yourAC checked.You just don’t see many vent windows in the vehicles around McHenry anymore. That’s because air conditioning is standard equipment in virtually every vehicle sold today. Vent windows were