Would you drive a car like this?

[Archae]

I mean, ye gawds, it probably steers like an ocean liner.

https://www.deviantart.com/ledorean/art/1968-Imperial-906762696

[Archae]

1. Or one like this...

https://www.deviantart.com/ledorean/art/1970-Caddy-906762408

[bobalew]

16. One of my first cars was a 1958 Caddy De Ville Road boat with a bad set of Airbags suspension.

Talk about a Lead Sled...... It was one... Traded for it with a Taco & a Reel to Reel Tape Deck I had repaired with salvaged parts....

[Hoyt]

2. I have. And yes, it felt like a boat. To this day, I buy small cars.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Sure, why not?

Got to drive my Dad's Renault Dauphine back in 64.....around the house. Really learned a manual transmission (67 VW Fastback) on the road. Dad had a 56 Caddy (2nd hand) and an Oldsmobile Rocket 88 in the early 70's. Oh boy, did I do some stupid stuff in that vehicle!

My 1st Vehicle was an Alpha Romeo Alfetta in 1975. 2.0L Turbo, 50/50 weight distribution, Dedion suspension, and a suicide throttle- a mechanical arm that held the throttle in place. It kept your vehicle at a constant speed....but be prepared to disengage if things got nasty!

Ran like a champ in the summer....but the aluminum block engine did not like Maine winters.

[Thunderbeast]

4. I have a friend who collects Imperials.

Owns four of them...All convertibles.

[Wolf Frankula]

5. I once had a Cutlass

It was a boat. That car is a boat.

Wolf

[Dr. Shepper]

12. That was my first car

It was cheap and did the job.

[unblock]

6. Hop in my Chrysler it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail...

[csziggy]

9. LOL - I named my 1999 GMC Suburban Moby - it's as big as a whale and white. nt

[captain queeg]

7. I had an Olds 88 for awhile when I was in my 20s. Yes, a boat is what it felt like.

Had a 455 if I remember properly. It did come in handy one time. An old woman I knew was moving and asked if I’d help. She was going to rent a Uhaul truck. I told her it would be cheaper to just get a trailer and I’d pull it with my car, all the way over the mountains. I ended up giving it to a friend of mine who was struggling and he lived in it for awhile.

[csziggy]

8. I learned to drive in a 1961 Cadillac Sedan Deville - we called it a land barge

Very much like that car. Then I took my driving test in a 1964 Cadillac Sedan Deville. Both were huge cars, the better to take a six member family on vacations. The first car I called my own was a 1958 Buick Special four door sedan - almost as large as the Caddies. (It was purchased new by my grandmother and passed down through the family. I got it in 1968 after I got my license.)

The driver license examiner was impressed I parallel parked the land barge on my first attempt. These days I doubt I could parallel park my Honda Fit - I don't go places where parallel parking is needed.

[Backseat Driver]

10. Parallel parking isn't even part of my state's license test anymore;

it's now called "maneuverability," a sort of tight backward "S" curve: drive forward through the cones, then back up out of it. We are still blessed with lots of orange road construction barrels in multiple configurations though, LOL!

[csziggy]

15. Oh - I've been practicing backing up on curves recently so that would help!

We re-did our driveway and instead of making it straight put in some curves. Since we're on a farm with a very long drive, having the curves keep water from eroding the driveway material straight down the hill onto to county road.

Week before last they were pouring the concrete apron down to the road so I'd drive down to see how it was going, then had to back up the curved portion. It takes some practice, especially in my older truck that has no backup camera.

Most of the drive is now gravel - good thing since concrete is in short supply locally. Amazon is building a massive warehouse/ distribution center and they are using up 90% of the available concrete in this town. We need to pour a couple of other structures and the estimated time frame from last week is six to eight weeks if that soon.

[multigraincracker]

11. My Chevy 3/4 ton Express van with a 6liter is more like an river barge.

I only use it to haul stuff. I'd feel lost without it. Might take at least 20 trips with my 10 year old focus.

[Emile]

13. My first car was a 1956 Buick Roadmaster Convertible.

Wish I still had it.

[kacekwl]

14. The Green Hornet car was

made from one of these. Top of the line back then.