[Ipg-smz] something positive to say about "targeted" ads ....

[Gabe Goldberg]

I've done multiple police ridealongs (always interesting, sometimes 
eye-opening). Patrol cars have something more substantial than "wire 
partition between cargo compartment and front seats". Same principle, 
though. And they're never coupes.

On 10/1/2019 4:19 AM, Stephen Satchell via Ipg-smz wrote:
> On 9/30/19 8:27 PM, Gabe Goldberg via Ipg-smz wrote:
>> I'm annoyed at the auto industry anyway since they don't seem to make
>> mid-range coupes. Honda and Toyota dropped Accord/Camry and it seems
>> I'll have to go up- or down-scale in what I buy. Everyone I've talked to
>> -- dealers, manufacturers at auto shows and conferences, automotive
>> journalists -- has said coupes don't sell. Well, of course not -- nobody
>> builds them.
> Your post piqued my interest, so I did a little digging.  The history of
> the coupe seems to start with a horse-drawn buggy that provided for one
> or two passengers in a glassed-in compartment, and the driver in an
> outside seat to drive the horses.
>
> With the advent of horseless carriages, the coupe became motorized but
> the human complement remained the same: the driver and one or two
> passengers.  The class is defined as a two-door vehicle, with limited
> rear seating where available.
>
> After looking at what car.com shows as coupes under 30K, the only
> example currently available for sale that I would consider is the Cooper
> Mini Coupe.  Unlike most of the cars in this class, I'm able to get into
> and out of the Mini without twisting my legs.  Personal consideration.
>
> What do I drive today?  A Toyota Sienna XLE with all the rear seating
> removed (cargo configuration; ot comes as a seven-place bus).  I'm
> forever hauling stuff around, including occasionally a 128-pound dog,
> which is why there is a wire partition between the cargo compartment and
> the front seats.
>
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