Until about the age of 6 or 7, I wondered how you could keep both hands on the wheel, as well as hold on to the key in the ignition. I thought the car wouldn't work unless you held it in there, and turned to the end (ie, the "start engine" position). I guess if I kept a closer eye on my paretns driving I'd have noticed sooner that you can just let the keys hang there.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- i thought in elton john's "tiny dancer'' the chorus was "hold me closer tony danza"— d.a.
- I used to think the lyrics to Elton John's Tiny Dancer were "hold me closer Tony Danza."— kstawitz
- My friend used to believe that the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were:
"Hold me closer Tony Danza"— I'm with stupid - i thought that if you held in your fart you burp if you happen to hold both in you explode!— ahh!
- When I was a kid I thought babies where made when people hold hands and kissed nude...— Ryan