Performance Unlimited Blog

Many of the parts on a hybrid car are the same as on any other car. The following mechanical systems work the same way and do the same jobs: Brakes Steering Suspension Lights Transmission Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust Cooling and Heating Fuel These parts are pretty much the same on a hybrid car as they are on a car with only a conventional internal combustion engine. The auto repair technician you can trust with keeping your non-hybrid car reliably running can do the same for your hybrid car. However, the hybrid car has an additional engine - an electric engine. You want an auto repair technician who is qualified to work with a hybrid car, too. They need to know how to work with the electric motor, the power electronics controller, the onboard charger, the electric generator, and the battery bank. When you bring your hybrid to an auto repair shop, make sure they have a technician who isn't giving the good-old-college try with a hybrid car; you want someone ...

A reliable car, truck or SUV is worth giving thanks as Thanksgiving rolls into Johnsburg November 22. On this day, if you’re traveling to the home of family members, you want to know your vehicle will get you there without any problems. Or, if family is driving to your place for Thanksgiving Dinner, you want to know that they’ll arrive without their car, truck or SUV breaking down on the road out in the middle of nowhere. Of course, reliable transportation is a good thing anytime you leave your Johnsburg home. Whether you’re driving near or far, you want to know your car, truck or SUV will get you there, and then bring you back home. Breaking down miles from home is a frightening prospect. Breaking down close to home is, at the very least, a major headache. Your car, truck or SUV may take you where you want to go so reliably that you’ll begin to take it for granted. The problem is that your vehicle is reliable right up until the day that it isn’t. Usually, your car, truck or SUV ...

With winter blowing into town, and it has come to McHenry with a sudden flurry, it’s time to get your car, truck or SUV ready for the season if you haven’t done so already. But, what if you have a fleet of vehicles to maintain? Getting your fleet of cars, trucks or SUVs ready so they can bear the winter without a problem is critical to the success of your company and the safety of your employees. You want to make sure the battery and charging system is working properly. The last thing you want is to have drivers or sales staff sitting at their last stop waiting for roadside service to come and jumpstart their vehicle before they can go to the next stop. You want to check the brakes. With slippery McHenry roads in winter, good brakes are essential. Poor brakes could result in accidents. Whether involving collisions with other vehicles or with trees or objects along the road, people can get hurt in accidents. Property also gets damaged in accidents and that can include more than you...

How will you get the car to and from the auto repair shop? How do you fit it all into your schedule: work, participation with groups you belong to, getting the kids to and from their activities? And, in the midst of all that, the car needs work. Maybe the car, truck or SUV needs regular maintenance. Maybe your vehicle needs repairs. Whatever the reason, when you need to get the car into the shop, it’s a pain fitting it into your schedule. Picture an average day: you have to get the kids to school first thing in the morning. Then, you need to get to work. After work, you have to stop by the store and pick up a few things for dinner before picking the kids up from school. Then, your daughter has karate and your son has scouts. You’ll drop off one, and then the other, before heading back to the house to prepare dinner. Hopefully, your spouse can pick the kids up and bring them home for dinner. But, then the phone rings; they’ll be late and you have to pick the kids up. Think about...