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How much time do you spend in your car? If you’re like most of us, you probably spend quite a bit of time in your car. In fact, one study suggests that the average American spends 293 hours driving each year. For someone who drives for 50 years, that works out to more than 610 hours. You wouldn’t spend all that time driving without adjusting your seat in the car or adjusting the mirrors. But, as long as your making appropriate adjustments to facilitate safe and comfortable operation of the vehicle, have you done everything you can to accessorize your car to fit your needs. The number of options available to accessorize your driving experience is almost endless. Some of the options assist in the safe and efficient operation of your car. For instance: A dash video recorder, which might just come in handy if you have an accident An over-sized rearview mirror Stick-on blind-spot mirrors for your side mirrors Spray to help water bead off the windshield and improve your vision Re...

If you live in the Richmond area, and you’ve driven for any significant period of time, you probably have a good idea how to drive in the snow. If you’re a newer driver, you may not be as familiar with driving on Richmond and area roads in the winter. This week, winter has decided to test your winter-driving acumen. If you’re a new driver, and this is your first winter behind the wheel, even the thought of hitting snow-and-ice-covered roads can test your nerves. Even if you’re a seasoned driver, you need to make the adjustment from your summer driving style to your winter style. What does it mean to adjust your driving style to fit winter driving? Here are some suggestions you’ll want to take to heart: Get accustomed to your brakes. Try them out a few times before you NEED to use them to avoid an accident. You’ll want to know that you can stop without sliding into cross traffic when approaching an intersection. You’ll want to know you won’t slide into the car in front of you if...

A Feb. 26, 2015, story from Canada reports that “Modern plastic vehicle parts (are) cracking under temperatures.” The story states that the flexible plastics used in the manufacture of cars today “easily ‘shatters’ when temperatures dip below -20 C.” It’s Canada. It’s -20 C. That’s darn cold. That’s an Arctic temperature. We don’t have to worry, right? Guess again. A conversion chart shows that -20 Celsius is actually only -4 Fahrenheit. Here in McHenry, we have temperatures that fall below -4 degrees every winter. You can plan on it. You can set your watch by it. Newer cars have traded traditionally metal parts for plastic parts, what the story referred to as “thermoplastic olefin.” The advantage, other than cost savings in producing the parts, is that the plastic parts weigh less. That means that the cars, trucks and SUVs weigh less. When a car, truck or SUV weighs less, the engine doesn’t have to work as hard to move the vehicle. Think about it. If you were going to pull an ...

Are you one of those from Wonder Lake who still makes New Years Resolutions? A lot of people have given up on the practice, many of those after repeated New Years good intentions to exercise and lose weight. There is one possible New Years Resolution you may want to consider and keep. How about making a New Years Resolution to change your car, truck or SUV’s oil on schedule in 2018? This is a resolution that will pay dividends in the short term and the long haul. A commitment to stay on top of your Wonder Lake car, truck or SUV’s oil changes makes all the sense in the world. It’s an inexpensive maintenance service that protects your car, truck or SUV’s engine, durability and resale value. There’s really no downside to this resolution. Changing the engine oil in your car, truck or SUV performs miracles. If you don’t think so, try running your engine without engine oil (please, don’t – you will definitely ruin the engine). Engine oil is absolutely essential to your engine’s opera...