I was at least 8 or 9 before I finally realised that the exhaust pipe didn't actually push the car along like a small jet, and that the engine made the wheels turn instead.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- That all clouds were made by aeroplane exhaust fumes— diyjoe.com
- I used to believe that there were lots of hamsters in the wheels of the car, and that's what made it go.— Jade
- I use to beleive that Motorways had special tarmac on the road that made the wheels go faster— Nada
- I used to think that cars were powered by a jet of air which came out of the exhaust.— BadDeal
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I used to believe clouds were formed by jets and their exhaust. — Olivia