Get Your Car Winter-Ready: The Northern Illinois Checklist

Every fall it's the same thing around here. The first morning it drops into the teens, a whole bunch of batteries that limped through the summer just quit. Somebody's standing in their driveway in Sycamore with a coffee in one hand, wondering why the car that started fine yesterday won't even click today. Winter doesn't really break your car. It just finds whatever was already on its way out and finishes the job. Here's what I'd look at on my…

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The Benefits of Preventative Maintenance for Older Vehicles

If you're driving a car with some miles on it, you already know the feeling. Every new noise makes you wonder. Every warning light sends a little jolt of anxiety through your chest. But here's the thing most people don't realize: an older vehicle isn't a liability. It's actually a really smart investment, as long as you treat it like one. The average age of a vehicle on the road today is over 12 years. That means millions of people…

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