Edition: U.S. / Global

ABOUT CARS; A Quick Trip Through the Mailbag

By Marshall Schuon
Published: May 17, 1992

DRIVERS and owners are happy or mad these days, depending. And, as usual, the letters keep coming in, the lighter ones filled with encomiums, the heavier ones with sledgehammers. Here's a sampling: Dear Sir:

I find it irritating when you talk about fuel "economy" in cars like BMWs. I mean really! Nobody who puts down 50 grand for an inflated German status symbol is worried about how much the gas costs. Somebody should open a line of prestige gas stations to sell them overpriced gas. STEVE MILLER Bloomington, Ind. You've never heard of premium unleaded?