When I was little we would travel about 2 hours to my grandmother's house. I used to believe that in order to get to my grandmother's house, I had to steer the car exactly the way they did...2 inches to the left at this particular time, 1 inch to the right at this particular time, etc. I thought all I would have to do is memorize every little movement of the steering wheel and I would get there!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I once believed that one could run around the south pole in order to travel backwards and forwards in time.— kaibutsu
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I used to believe that santa came to your house at a different time depending on where you live.
— santa 1:00 am