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When you glance out the window of your home and look at your car you see transportation. Critters may see a home. Have you ever run out to the car in your Johnsburg driveway, started the engine and, before you moved more than a couple feet, an animal has scurried out from below? Maybe the critter was just hiding under the car. Then again, maybe the animal was making a home down there. An automobile is full of nooks and crannies that an animal might find enticing. This is especially true under the hood. There, however, the problem is that some parts move and many parts get hot while you’re driving. Those critters could get hurt under there. The spectrum of wildlife in Johnsburg is fairly extensive. Those that might look to an automobile as a place to set up house is fairly wide, too. Some of the more common animals found living in automobiles probably starts with squirrels, chipmunks and small birds. But you might also find snakes (who might be attracted to warm engine components), rept...

Is your Richmond car, truck or SUV ready for that summer trip? It’s finally here – that day you’ve been waiting for. You’ve loaded up the car, truck or SUV in your Richmond driveway and you’re off to the adventure you’ve planned since sometime last winter. Could you be any more excited? But, when you imagined this moment, did you picture car trouble along the way? Probably not. Getting away from your Richmond home for a while is a treat. It’s a time to relax and unwind. It’s a time to explore America in one of the most traditional modes of transportation – your automobile.  A mechanical failure along the way can do the opposite of what was intended for your blood pressure. Instead of lowering your blood pressure, standing on the side of the road, waiting for a tow truck, can send it into the stratosphere. Almost anything can happen and, if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it, that something will happen. But Murphy’s Law most likely hits a brick wall if you prepare for the trip ...

The key to avoiding a car breakdown when you leave your Wonder Lake home is to stay up to date on maintenance of your vehicle. If you’ve never left your Wonder Lake home only to find yourself stuck on the highway somewhere because of an automotive breakdown, consider yourself lucky. In fact, either you haven’t been driving for long or you might want to consider yourself downright blessed. There are numerous things that can go wrong that would leave you stranded on the side of the road waiting for a service truck or a tow. Inevitably, like the luck of the draw, one of them chooses each of us at some time in our driving career.  You can have tires that go flat or even blowout . You can run out of gasoline (though this isn’t really the car’s fault unless the gas gauge is faulty). Your muffler pipe can rust away and break so you’re dragging a muffler down the street back to your Wonder Lake home. Your catalytic converter can clog shutting down the engine. Steering or suspension compone...

While this is okay for racecars on the track, you may not want to do this to your tires when  pulling out of your McHenry driveway. Choose the right tires before pulling out of your McHenry driveway When you pull out of your McHenry driveway, you want to know that your car, truck or SUV are safe to operate on the roads. This is something you have in common with auto racers. Before they hit the racetrack, they want to know that their vehicle is safe. They also want optimal performance from their vehicle and, in both regards, they consider their tires closely.  As for the car in your McHenry driveway, you may want to consider different types of tires to fit the kind of driving you do. Most of us use all-season tires. You drive on them year-round. They do reasonably well in winter conditions without making too much noise on dry roads and in the summer. Some people around these parts have snow tires installed in the winter. They give the driver an extra edge in winter conditions. ...