I believed that a short-wheel base truck was for people who hadn't quite saved enough money for the whole truck.
Likewise, that a convertible was for folks who couldn't afford the whole car.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I wanted to grow up and be a truck. Not a truck driver, a truck. Anon
- i used to believe that when i grew up i was going to become the wheel of a truckAnon
- I used to think that the Huey Lewis and the News song "I Want a New Drug" went "I Want a New Truck".— Chloe
- My grandma told me that if I misbehaved, the men in the garbage truck would take me away forever.— Anika
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- I used to think that semi truck drivers could pull you over and give you a speeding ticket.— Wolff