Performance Unlimited Blog

But Memorial Day is to honor those who rode in those vehicles and marched beside them Today, many McHenry residents will light up the barby, throw various types of meat on the grill, and commiserate with friends and family while taking the day off from work for Memorial Day. But the day is not about barbequing; it’s about taking a moment to reflect on the commitments of those who serve today, and those who have served in the past. Of those who have served, many have paid the ultimate price in defense of our liberties. Others have paid other prices that have left scars both physical and emotional. Even those who have come through the trauma of fighting in defense of our nation, have made incredible sacrifices on our behalf. In the time of the first Memorial Day, May 30, 1868, our soldiers relied on horses, mules, oxen, and carts drawn by those animals, or their own feet to march into battle. Since WWI and before, though those horses and mules have continued to play diminishing rol...

You glance at the clock in the dashboard and realize that, if the McHenry traffic doesn’t start moving, you’ll be late for that important meeting. To make matters worse, for some reason, the car’s air conditioning isn’t quite doing its job today. You feel a bead of sweat rolling down your cheek and it prompts you to glance down at your pits. Sure enough, they’re soaked. This is not good. It’s uncomfortable on hot McHenry days when the air conditioning doesn’t work. It’s even worse when you have somewhere important to go and your best wardrobe is soaking in perspiration. The fan is blowing but the air coming out of the vents feels hotter rather than cooler. A car’s air conditioning can break down entirely. For instance: The fan can stop working The air compressor can freeze up You can have a leak and lose all your AC coolant Seals can fail A hose can break A belt can break Mold can grow in the coil and block the air (not to mention making it bad to breath) But, it does...

The headlines say it all: “Senate bill would double Illinois state gas tax” and “Proposal (from Illinois Senate) bill would double Illinois state gas tax.” These are ominous indications of what you may be paying at the pump in McHenry in the near future. And there isn’t much you can do about it. Well … there is one thing you can do. The more you pay at the pump the more imperative it is that your car operates efficiently – that it gets the most possible mpg. You may have to pay more for gasoline but it won’t hurt as bad if you don’t use as much gas. Of course, you can commit yourself to driving less. But there are places in and around McHenry you want to go and people you want to see. There are things you want to do. With the arrival of Spring, getting out to go places, see people and do things is a better idea than ever. This, therefore, brings us back to the idea of improving gas mileage. One way to improve your vehicle’s is to adjust the way you drive. A good place to start is...