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ROADTRIP
MAP BY JEFF QUINN
2013 FORDMUSTANGGT
THE BELLS ANDWHISTLES
that our final destination, the
legendary Kreuz Market in Lockhart
(which was sort of the principal reason
for our road trip in the first place), was
closing at 8 p.m. Itwas 5:45, andLockhart
was two hours away.
So … after a great deal of noise, we
pulled into the nearly empty parking
lot of Kreuz’s, housed in a big red hall,
and practically ran to the door. We nar-
rowly made it, and the friendly people
withindished out the best brisket either
of us had ever had, along with jalapeño-
cheddar sausages and a mess of sides.
The meat was served on paper, meant
to be eaten with your hands. We over-
ordered, grossly overindulged and
weaved out into the parking lot. Across
the street was the town cemetery, which
seemed apt as our systems struggled to
make sense of what had just happened.
Back into the car then, ontoHighway 183,
the sun falling to our le , the lanemark-
ers lighting up the road like a landing
strip, 31 miles to Austin, where the fun
was only beginning.
Hemispheres
editor in chief
JOE KEOHANE
needs to invest in a smoker.
PERKS:
Aside frombeing an
all-around blast to drive, this car is
a spartan affair. There is, however,
a feature that projects theMustang
emblem onto the ground when the
doors are unlocked—which everyone
we came across commented on
approvingly, but in a way that led us to
believe we were being made fun of.
PERFORMANCE:
It may feel like
driving a cinder block coming off
the starting line, but theMustang
GT can move, with 420 hp and
390 lb-ft of torque, and a highway
fuel efficiency of up to 25 mpg.
ENGINE:
An uproariously
loud 5.0-liter V-8
STARTING PRICE:
$34,300
LOCKHART
BANDERA
FREDERICKSBURG
SAN ANTONIO
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16
46
71
AUSTIN
10
183
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