I used to think that my dad could control the volume on the car radio by simply pointing at it with his finger, but later I realized he was using the volume buttons on the steering wheel.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- i used to think that it you kept the volume off on the teleivision set. it would explode.— kath
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara