Performance Unlimited celebrates auto repair shop’s 40th Christmas

In 1982, Performance Unlimited celebrated its first Christmas since opening the doors for business. This year, the exemplary auto repair shop North of McHenry will celebrate its 40th Christmas in business.

Christmas is a special time of year. At Performance Unlimited, they take a short break from helping their customers winterize their vehicles, along with repairs and other maintenance.

This year, as Performance Unlimited has celebrated its 40th year, they are also giving away 40 free oil changes from among their customers. In other words, if you’ve had work done at Performance Unlimited over the course of the last 40 years, you stand a chance of receiving a message letting you know that you’ve won.

Over the course of those 40 years, Performance Unlimited has helped countless numbers of area drivers to keep their cars, trucks and/or SUVs safely and reliably on the road. At the same time, the loyalty shown by those customers has helped Performance Unlimited to keep the doors open so they can serve the driving public in the McHenry area.

That’s a lot to be thankful for. And it’s cause for optimism in the future as they look forward to the next 10, 20 and 40 years of Christmas celebrations at Performance Unlimited.

Times have changed all these years. Cars have come a long way. This has required auto repair shops, such as Performance Unlimited, to require extensive continuing education and training of their auto repair technicians. That training has allowed these technicians to stay on top of the changes throw at them by auto manufacturers.

The changes will continue to come and top-notch auto repair shops will continue to do the work to stay abreast of maintaining and repairing cars, truck and SUVs that roll off the assembly lines.

At the same time, they will continue to provide maintenance and auto repairs for cars, trucks and SUVs that are 40-years old and older, and all the vehicles in between. It’s their Christmas gift that they have this special ability. And it’s a gift to drivers everywhere, at Christmas and all year round, that there are auto repair technicians who can keep vehicles safely and reliably on the road.

In celebration of their 40th Year, all of us at Performance Unlimited would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year.

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