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Most River Forest residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to River Forest from th...
Let’s review some things that River Forest drivers can do to improve fuel economy. Bottom line, the better you maintain your vehicle, the less fuel you will use. It all adds up in a b...
Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
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Lake & Thatcher Auto Repair Tech Question:I was driving on a local River Forest road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it star...
When we River Forest travel around IL, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. We s...
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Question:My new car has a “GDI” engine. What does that mean to me and other River Forest vehicles with this new type of engine?Lake & Thatcher Auto Repair Answer:GDI s...
Maintaining your car or truck will make it more efficient. It works the way it was designed to and that means it uses less fuel: And you save money.
To help organize our discussion, let&r...
There are a lot of misconceptions about fuel grades – and by fuel grades I mean the octane rating. With names like “Standard," “Super," “Plus," and “Premium,” it&rs...
