when i was little about 4 or 5 while i was in the car i used to imagine all the cars on the road were in a big race and that we had to go the fastest so we would win the race and get a prize. weird yet true

confused and young

I used to believe that the arrows in ur car telling u which way to fo ACTUALLY told u which way to go. Like me and my mom got lost going to a baby shower so i kept telling her "follow the arrows" i just oculdnt understand how someone could be sooo stupid to get lost when they had the arrows.

Alyssa

For a very long time when I was little I used to believe that those big plastic containers on top of some cars(used to pack things) contained dead people being taken to the cemetery. I guess it was because I'd never been told otherwise and they're about the same size as a coffin.

bobo

I used to believe that 'busking' involved popping car tyres and playing guitar at the people inside. I spent all of those long car journeys when I was young in fear of 'being busked'.

Chay

In maryland the tags had three letters and three numbers. The three letters on the tag for my moms car almost matched her initials. So I thought that the letters on everyone's tags were actually their initials and that they had just made a mistake and sent my mom the wrong tag. One day on the beltway I saw a tag with the *same number* and my *mother's correct initials*! I begged my mom to stop them so we could trade the tags back!!!

John Lewis

I remember the day when my friend Jason told our 4th grade teacher that his mom had just "bought a new vulva." (he meant to say volvo....)

Ry

When I was little ( 4-5) I believed that when you drove down a road the cars were connected by an invisible string. Then when the car infront or behind you turned the string was broken and it attached to the next car in line.

Allison

I used to believe that when my mom got a new Ford Explorer, that the old car, The Nova was in storage. I found out when I was 10 and in 4th grade that The Nova went the to junkyardT_T

Sailorlove90

As an important safety tip, mom used to tell me to have my keys ready in my hand when entering a parking garage (kinda strange advice for a 5 year old, but you never know).
For the longest time I thought women did this because the keys could be used as a weapon to gauge an attacker's eyes out.

sally

I used to believe that if I stuck my hand out the window of the car, it would get cut off!

Anon

When I was little, I always thought that the turn signals actually turned the car. Of course, that didn't explain what the steering wheel was for. I came to the conclusion that the steering wheel was manual and the turn sighals were automatic: A driver turning a steering wheel could handle all the little bends and turns in the road just fine, but actually rounding a corner was beyond the strength of mere mortals, and so mechanical aid was needed. If you know absolutely nothing about cars except from what you glean by watching your parents driving, this explanation makes a lot of sense. I was older than I'd like to admit when I found out I was wrong...

romulus

when i was young i used to believe that the 'L' plate on the car meant it was a 'lady' driver, not a 'learner' driver. mainly becuase my Dad kept on shouting at them, and he also shouted at female drivers. go figure!

Daniel Baker

when we were young, my friend and i thought that the old jiffy lube commercial, ( every 3,000 miles) meant that each station was LITERALLY EVERY 3,000 miles and each were at exactly a 3,000 mile radius to eachother and exactly pinpointed all over the globe, (even in the ocean and things) and we always wondered WHY you would drive so far away to get your oil changed when they sold it in the gas station...

yeah well we were young

When i was little, about 5 or 6, i used to believe that if a car was older thanyours, it couldn't overtake you

Kaz

When I was little, my grandparents had a car that my Grandmother would refer to as "the jalopy". I thought that a jalopy was a car company, like Ford or Chevy. Then one time when my parents were looking for a new car, I told them that we should get a Jalopy. They just looked at me funny.

Dirty Snoopy

I used to clench my teeth as we passed driveways, intersections, etc because I thought doing so would help us safely arrive at our destination.

A Wild Cowgirl