# Two door cars o/s the USA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997 "2002-07-09T01:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stankow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@stankow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stankow)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997/21 "2002-07-09T15:55:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TheLoadedDog_ > **No, it has four poles, and is carried by muscular nubian warriors. A good look perhaps, but not very convincing on the freeway.** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Actually, sedan chairs had two poles. \*\* Piffle! Any sedan chair that can be carried by a measly four nubian warriors on a mere two poles is not fit for a true Imperiex! What next, sedan chairs without toilet facilities and Internet hookups?!? Vizier! Feed this **JuanitaTech** personage to the sacred cocker spaniels, gather up their dung and spread it on the sacred sunflower fields! When the seeds of those sunflowers are ready, give them to Raul Mondesi and make him spit the shells onto the sacred Yankee Stadium right field! Send the message out hither and yon – check that, just hither, not yon just yet – that this sort of sedan-chair miniusculizationalingery will not be tolerated from the masses! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997/22 "2002-07-09T15:58:55Z")
Actually, yes, you could have a 2-door sedan: look at an old 1969-75 Volvo 142, essentially the same vehicle as a 144, only with 2 big doors instead of 4 smaller ones. “Coupe” would be more a car body _designed_ to be only a 2-door ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997/23 "2002-07-09T23:34:17Z")
I _was_ mostly curious about the large 2-door cars. I’ve had a couple myself. A mid-60’s Chrysler ragtop was one. What a monster. Those long doors really do suck, imo. To say nothing of the inconvienience of exit and entry. My last car was a ‘98 Windstar, and the driver-side door was humongous. Almost lost it a few times. 😉 Besides, I really don’t care to ding other folks’ cars. I learned two things from that car. No more ‘merican cars for me, and only 4-doors from now on. I have seen some really tiny 4-door cars, though. Pretty cool. Tryin’ hard here not to brag about my new Audi A4. 😛 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997/24 "2002-07-10T02:01:23Z")
Old _Car and Driver_ reviews of the ancient, giant American two-door coupes always described them as “dentist’s cars” or “orthodontist’s cars,” for some strange reason. Is there really a disproportionately large number of dentists who drive Buick Rivieras and Cadillac Eldorados? BTW, those monster two door cars are a dying breed. The stereotypical demographics of their drivers is considered lowbrow – blue-collar Italian-Americans in my hometown, and mulletheads and loud senior citizens here. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997/25 "2002-07-10T05:21:48Z")
**chriszarate** said: > [@](#): > > My theory has always been that, here in America, anything that raises your auto insurance is considered “cool.” I think you got that bass-ackwards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-door-cars-o-s-the-usa/117997.md?page=1)