nate, my dad was a huge fan of the old cadillacs from the 50s that had those big tails. my brother and i were embarrassed to no end by them.
but the good thing about them was learning to drive in a '64 caddy. by then the big tail wings had been toned down greatly, but it was still a monstrously long car. i felt like the king of the road in that baby. learning to parallel park in one was a challenge, but i learned well enough that parallel parking never scared me (and i was pretty good at it).