We had a Ford Pinto, with the back passenger windows that flap outward. I used to believe that if my brother and I flapped them open and shut fast enough, we could make the Pinto fly.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- That when u opened all the windows on just one side of the car the wind would make it tip over.— Schmackalie
- that if I flapped my arms hard enough, I could get airborne.— DeQuendre
- I used to believe that waves were made by whales who lined up in a row and flapped their tails.— Passionola
- I used to believe that President Ford invented the automobile.Anon
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I used to believe that good and expensive joggers would make me run fast.— Kats