I thought an automatic car (i.e. automatic transmission) meant the car drove itself just like "Herbie" in the Walt Disney films. I was constantly on the look out for one of these "automatic cars".
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought an Automatic car drove itself, like Herbie in the Disney films— Stano
- I used to think that the automatic tolets were controled by people who were looking at you through a camara. — jack irons
- I used to belive that the turn signals in a car were automatic & they told you where to go!— Lauren
- My brother used to think that the brushes at automatic car washes were Sulley from Monsters Inc. — RJ
- I used to believe that Automatic Toll Boths had underground room where people counted your money.— Dillon
- I though the "D" written in "Walt Disney" on some videos was actually a backward "G".
— A. Nonymous