Performance Unlimited Blog

Well, maybe it will get hot in Spring Grove this summer after all. This week, it actually reached the 90s. Though it promptly cooled off again, don’t forget, August is just around the bend. So far, your car’s air conditioning hasn’t had to work too hard this summer. That’s how it goes when summer temperatures are mild in and around Spring Grove. In fact, a mild summer can allow an automotive air conditioner that isn’t working properly to go unnoticed. It’s not until temperatures spike into the 90s and above that you may notice a problem. Technically, a car’s air conditioner doesn’t blow cold air into the car. Rather, it pulls the heat out of the air. If there isn’t that much heat to remove, any old automotive air conditioner can do the job. When there is a lot of heat in the air, a car’s air conditioning needs to be up to the task. One way to find out if your car’s air conditioner is working properly is to wait until the temperature in Spring Grove gets really hot. Then, if it ...

You’re cruising along on Johnsburg Road thinking about what you’ll buy when you get to the store. You’re thinking about what you’ll fix for dinner tonight or what time you have to pick your daughter up from her horseback riding lesson. You’re thinking how nice it would be to take a little time off, maybe visit an exotic destination in the Caribbean. Whatever you’re thinking about, you hardly notice the car approaching from the side street. Of course, it will stop. Or will it? You’ve had your oil changed on the car. You even had the air conditioning checked and recharged. If the summer ever warms up here in Johnsburg, you might even use the A/C once or twice. Your car’s engine is purring like a kitten and strong as an ox. You are clearly ready for the road. Or are you? It’s one thing to know you can get in the car and go when you want. It’s another thing to also know that you can stop when you need to. So, assuming all those other conditions are taken care of – assuming the belts a...

You find yourself sitting in the car 100 miles or more from Richmond. The car rocks every time another car goes by at, or above, the 65-mph speed limit. It rocks twice as hard when a semi rolls by. Looking out the windshield, you can still see the smoke curling up around the raised hood. If you knew more about cars, maybe you’d have some idea what to do about the problem – why the car started running rough, smoking, coughing and, finally, conking out here on a desolate stretch of highway. Now that the car isn’t running, the AC isn’t working either and, even with the windows down, the temperature inside the car is stifling. The fun has gone out of the experience for your now-bickering children and you’re doing all you can to hold your temper. This was definitely not part of the plan when you contemplated taking this short vacation. Sitting on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck, while telling the kids, for the umpteenth time, “It won’t be long now,” you contemplate your si...