I was abouot 6 when I asked my mother if the car ran out of gas right when we got to the gas station. She must not have heard me because she said Yes. I believed this until I was about 10 when I mentioned it to my friends. They laughed so hard and teased me about it for years!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- I once asked my dad what Jesus' surname was, and he said it was 'Sinclair'.
I believed it for years!— Rebekah - When I was 6 I believed that on nice summer days you can see the world spin if you just look hard enough :)Anon
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- I used to believe that when adults mentioned horsepower that there were Horses under the bonnet— Jonathan
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B