I used to think that since fuel was consumed by a car going forward, that if you pushed a car backwards, the tank would fill up.

Mike

i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.

erin

When my mopm said it was good because she had her own lane on the parkway i thought it meant there were like 100000 lanes so every car could have its own.

Lala

Once my mother and I took my then two year old niece to the store. When we were walking back to our van, she started pointing and exclaiming, "I want that one!" We had no idea what she was talking about until we figured out that she was pointing at a van that was kind of like ours, only a pretty teal color instead of our old tan van. She thought we could take the car we wanted after we left the store.

Crazy Aunt

When I was young I used to believe that horsepower meant that there were horses in the tires and the number was the amount of horses, so i would never walk behind the car because i was scared it would kick me! lol

Bob the builder

Carsick - meant that the car was sick and would throw up

One set of keys could operate every car in the world, and if you lost your keys, you could use someone elses.

When playing with Lego/Matchbox cars, opening all doors made the cars have wings and fly

Carpool - A pool for cars

The glove compartment has gloves in it (seriously, has anyone ever kept gloves in there?)

William

When I was little, I believed (for some unfathomable reason) that every person who drove a car or a truck or any kind of vehicle, was in some kind of "race" to get to some finish line. I believed that this "race" went on in every country. I also believed that you weren't supposed to talk to it to anyone, especially kids. I thought that when I grew up and got my own car, my dad would have a talk with me about it and tell me about this race and how I was supposed to win it or something... yeah I was a weird kid.

Vivin

When I was young my dad had me believe that cat's eye's in the middle of the road were small lights that he could turn on & off using a switch in the car. He would flick the switch and hey presto the lights in the road turned off, another flick and they were back on :)

Croally

When I was REALLY young (I can't even remember how old I was). I used to believe that whenever you get into a car. The car wasn't moving, but the whole world around you was actually rearranging around your vehicle.

However, I never actually wondered how other vehicles moved around...

Somethingevil

When i was young I didnt ubderstand the concept of speed. When we were in the car I thought the car in front of us had to be going faster than us because it was infront. And the car in front of that must be going even faster. I used to think that the cars further on must be going so fast that they would end up becoming invisible!

sarah

Once when I was young my Dad came home one day and a hubcap was off his tire. The car looked funny and I asked him why it looked different. He told me that an Indian had shot the hubcap off with an arrow. I believed this for a quite some time.

Simon

I used to believe that it was against the law to have your window down while on the motorway, because everytime we would go out in the car, just as we were getting on the motorway my dad would shout "shut the window!". I believed it until I was 17, and only now have found out that it was due to the car going faster when there was no wind coming in - thanks dad!

polly

I used to think that motorcycles were propelled by farts.

Meredith

For YEARS I believed that when people on traffic reports announced a bridge opening, that that bridge had been actually closed until then and nobody could get across it.

anon.

I used to believe that for the car to go in reverse, my dad just had to put his right arm on the passenger seat and look over his right shoulder. The car took its cue from my dad and knew to go backwards!

Anna

When I was younger a friend of my mother told me that her car wouldn't start until all the seatbelts were fastened. I believed this for a good few years, and was mocked mercilessly when I was found out.

Greekski

I used to believe there were migets inside toll booths who would count the change thrown in and then flick a switchwhich would raise the gate. I was always impressed at how quickly they could count.

Jojopet