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8 DECEMBER 2019 ~ CAR AND DRIVER

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Metallic-Flake

STreamline Baby

Editor’s Letter

speeds, changing the overall

gearing. The engine speed and

gearing mean we were trav-

eling in the mid-180s when

our photographer snapped

that shot. If we’d actually

tested the 911’s top speed, our

GPS data logger would have

recorded the speed with better

than 0.1-mph accuracy—Ed.

Great article about driving in

Germany. U.S. driving would

be so much safer and more

pleasant if Americans drove

the way Germans do. If you

follow the German rules—no

left-lane bandits and stay in

the right lane unless pass-

ing—it is more relaxing, too.

—Rich Kosmerl

Lake Forest, IL

S TO THE T

I must admit, as an owner of

an original [Focus] ST, I was

disturbed when Ford put this

nomenclature on the Explorer

[“Super Trooper,“ September

2019] but understood why they

did it. I do feel, however, that

it thoroughly diminishes the

original intent. Looking for a

heightened driving experience?

Please don’t look in this category.

—Mark Bedel

Gibsonia, PA

A urologist with some welding

skills could repair the hypospa-

dias on those exhaust tips.

—Scott Rosenlieb

Bakersfield, CA

Whatever you do, do not

Google “hypospadias.”

You've been warned—Ed.

FUEL’S GOLD

Ah, to be in Ann Arbor with no

car. The photos in your Septem-

ber article “Alternative Fools”

show green trees and blue

skies. It’s arguably sometimes

pleasant for a cyclist to ride in

SHARON SILKE CARTY

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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