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Here at Performance Unlimited, we wish you the happiest and safest New Year. Of course, the new year will be off to a rough start if it begins with an accident or a DUI. Please, rely on a trusted designated driver. To make your designated driver experience all the more special, we suggest that you call McHenry Limousine for a ride to and from your holiday party. We use McHenry Limousine and can’t say enough about the luxurious and opulently refined new vehicles or the exemplary service. To contact McHenry Limousine for a ride, call: 815-344-4466 or visit: McHenry Limousine Service. To keep your car in tip-top shape in 2014, you can call Performance Unlimited at 815-728-0343 or visit www.4performanceunlimited.com.

With a hot cup of cocoa, Jan slipped into the recliner and smiled. This seemed her first opportunity to relax in several weeks. All that hustle and bustle served to set the stage for a climactic moment several-hours hence when the children would bound from their beds eager to find what Santa had left under the tree the night before. Bob came in the room behind her and, for a fleeting moment, gently placed his hand on her shoulder before he sat on the sofa beside her. The smile he offered said volumes. It was a smile of appreciation, acknowledging all she had done and all she yet to do when next they woke on Christmas Day. You’re amazing,” said Bob. Jan blushed ever so slightly while feeling a warm glow inside knowing that she was equally amazed at all she had accomplished the last several weeks. The Christmas shopping, baking cookies, putting up the tree and decorating the house, planning a meal for an extended family of 33 tomorrow, sending out nearly 200 Christmas cards and al...

That last-minute shopping for the holidays can run a bit hectic. The malls are packed, the roads are busy and, to add to the mix, the roads are often slick and dangerous this time of year, too. For shoppers, with their focus on making their final purchases before December 25th, keeping their attention on driving is a challenge. Since other drivers are facing the same dilemma, the potential for fender benders or more serious accidents is real. To make matters worse, the risk that the ‘other’ driver was reveling in the season and imbibed a little too much liquor is another possibility. In other words, even if you’re not distracted by the shopping season, extra attention when driving is an excellent idea. According to a 2011 study by the Illinois Department of Transportation, average daily traffic fatalities are as high during the Christmas holiday as they are for Memorial Day and the 4th of July. But, many holiday shopping accidents are of the parking-lot variety – low speed fender ...

Ice cakes on the wiper blades leaving wide swipes of slush in the center of their reciprocal path. The headlights reflect back off the large and heavy flakes of snow falling in your path further reducing visibility to a matter of yards and the safe speed of travel proportionately. A drive that normally takes a little more than an hour has already taken three – and home is still several communities down the road. Ahead is one of the bottlenecks though, from your position back in a long line of cars, it’s hard to see what the holdup is all about. What you know is that the slick road rides up to an intersection with a traffic light at the top of a hill. Forty minutes later, as you approach the launching point at the bottom of the hill, you realize that a car failed to make it up the hill on the right thereby reducing traffic to one lane headed west. The trick is to get up some speed before you hit the upgrade. Then keep going. If you let off the gas pedal, you could lose your momentu...

The holidays are, for many, a wonderful time of the year. Parties, great food, fun with family and friends, parties, gifts, holiday decorations and, of course, parties. Parties are great the way airplane rides are great; you love them as long as the landing comes off without a hitch. Unfortunately, parties gone bad is less of a concern when the party is a dud. The real problem is when other negative factors attach themselves to the experience – such as when your vehicle gives you trouble or you run afoul of the law. To avoid either problem requires a little preparation before hand and a little common sense during and after. No one wants to top off a party with a car that won’t start. At the same time, if the car breaks down to or from the party, it’s a downer. All these issues assume the driver isn’t so full of revelry as to make driving a bad idea to begin with. Making sure the car will start and run reliably to and from a party, or any other outing this time of year, starts ...