Performance Unlimited Blog

There are a few people who anxiously anticipate the arrival of the next Wonder Lake winter. But few are eager to find themselves stuck on the side of the road. The time to start thinking about winterizing your car is now. Doesn’t it seem that summer arrives to slowly in Wonder Lake and gives way to winter too quickly. And here we are, welcoming October of 2025 into our lives. Where did the summer go? Of course, winter isn’t here yet. We still have autumn to enjoy before the temperature precipitously drops and the snow begins to fall. We’ve got time, right? Don’t kid yourself. When it comes to preparing your car, truck or SUV for another Wonder Lake winter, time will pass before you know it. And, besides, you don’t want to wait until the last minute, do you? Preparing your vehicle for winter means preparing it for the worst winter may throw at you. The last few winters were fairly mild. Is that a guarantee that this winter will be mild, too? Hardly. The Farmers’ Almanac has predicted th...

CLUNK!       GRIND!            SQUEAL!                 ROAR!                     SLAP!                          GROAN!                               SCRAPE! These are some of the noises you’re liable to hear when you pull out of your Richmond driveway. Unless they’re coming from some unusual musical rendition on your stereo, they are sounds you don’t want to ignore. Richmond area auto repair shops are where automotive detectives diagnose problems. Among the clues they look for are sounds. Auto manufacturers are getting better and better at creating systems in your vehicle to warn you when something is wrong or something is due for maintenance. But those...

Depreciation starts its insidious attack on the value of your car, truck or SUV as soon as you bring it home to your McCullom Lake home.  Remember the day you pulled that new car, truck or SUV into the driveway of your McCullom Lake home for the first time? No doubt you were proud of your new vehicle. There’s a good chance that good feeling was dampened a little bit, too. Most likely, you had a car loan to think about each month when you sat down at your desk in McCullom Lake. Those are substantial monthly payments you’ve assumed. And how long will you make those payments? 60 months? 72 months? Whatever it is, it’s nothing to sneeze about. As with any car, truck or SUV you buy, one thing is certain – Depreciation Some say that the biggest chunk of depreciation happens the moment you drive your new car, truck or SUV off the dealer’s lot. But there is always more depreciation to come. Bit by bit, depreciation eats away at the value of your vehicle. Every time a rock nicks your hood o...

Some folks here in McHenry will load up the car and head out to Red Rock Amphitheater near Denver to see a show. Some will go to the MSG Sphere near Las Vegas. Some will go to the Bonaroo Festival Concert to see a show. That’s quite a bit of driving and you’d better make sure your vehicle is up to the trip. What happens, however, if something goes wrong – if your vehicle breaks down while driving there or back? What happens if the show is canceled, as happened this year with the Bonaroo Festival? We’re talking about some serious inconvenience, aren’t we? Wherever you go, whether your driving to Colorado, Nevada, Tennessee or anywhere else in this continent, you want to perform your due diligence and make sure the vehicle is up for the trip before you go. And it doesn’t really matter if you’re driving somewhere to see some live music or for any other purpose. A breakdown can be costly and may put you at the mercy of weather conditions or nefarious characters that come across you while y...