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Some cars, trucks and SUVs have a feature called “overdrive” but this is not something that makes the car, truck or SUV of Johnsburg drivers go faster; rather, this is a gearing for your transmission that reduces the vehicle’s need for fuel. But ‘overdrive’ is a term used in another way, too. For instance, you don’t want to overdrive your headlights at night. What does that mean, you may ask? Overdriving your headlights means that, while driving at night, possibly on a Johnsburg road, you’re going too fast. If you see something and need to stop, at your speed of travel, you won’t be able to do so. The term can also be applied to driving in general and in the winter in particular. In the winter, roads are often slick. Sometimes, there is black ice – ice that is there and slippery but invisible to the naked eye. At the speed that you are traveling, can you stop if you have to?  The speed that you travel is a significant factor. But there are others. For instance: The type, condition ...

Some cars, trucks and SUVs have a feature called “overdrive” but this is not something that makes the car, truck or SUV of Johnsburg drivers go faster; rather, this is a gearing for your transmission that reduces the vehicle’s need for fuel. But ‘overdrive’ is a term used in another way, too. For instance, you don’t want to overdrive your headlights at night. What does that mean, you may ask? Overdriving your headlights means that, while driving at night, possibly on a Johnsburg road, you’re going too fast. If you see something and need to stop, at your speed of travel, you won’t be able to do so. The term can also be applied to driving in general and in the winter in particular. In the winter, roads are often slick. Sometimes, there is black ice – ice that is there and slippery but invisible to the naked eye. At the speed that you are traveling, can you stop if you have to?  The speed that you travel is a significant factor. But there are others. For instance: The type, condition ...

That white powder on this SUV is a mix of  road salt and dirt. Bringing your car to a  McHenry carwash will do more than make your vehicle look better; it will also slow the oxidation process that harms your vehicle's finish. If you think that winters in McHenry often present us with environments that can send cars slipping and sliding, you’re right. But it’s not as bad as it might be since we use road salt to melt the snow and ice on the road. Clearly, this time of year, road salt is essential to safe driving. Of course, there is a down-side to the road salt if you consider what it does to your car. McHenry drivers would do well to consider the effects of road salt. Road salt will cause corrosion to the metal parts of your car that are exposed to the element, especially when mixed with water. And the water comes from the sky in the form of rain, sleet and snow. It also finds its way into the undercarriage of your car when your tires, and the tires of other drivers, fling it u...

Escape Johnsburg, and the chill of winter fever in the process Are the walls of your Johnsburg cabin closing in? Is winter putting the isolation squeeze on? Are you looking for something – anything – to justify breaking out of the February doldrums and into the sunlight of something fun away from home? How about the 2022 Chicago Auto Show? The Chicago Auto Show, along the lake front at McCormick Place in Chicago, runs from Saturday, Feb. 12 to Monday, Feb. 21 – more than a week of shiny new automobiles presented to dazzle you with the auto industry’s latest creations. This is the 114th Chicago Auto Show, stretching back to 1901. It is the oldest auto show in America. Cars on display include domestic and imported models of passenger cars, trucks and SUVs. The show also provides glimpses of auto-related accessories, competition automobiles, project cars, antique and collector cars. The location: McCormick Place, includes 2.7-million square feet of exhibit halls. That’s enough room for th...