My father once told me that the "Neutral" position on the gearstick of his automatic transmission car would cause the engine to immediately overheat and blow up. It didn't occur to me until I was twelve that this could occur only while going at high speed
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you leave the Xbox console on too long, it will overheat and explode! — Jan
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- I used to belive that the turn signals in a car were automatic & they told you where to go!— Lauren
- one of my friend's was told by his father that if you didn't turn mirrors over the reflection would run out.— pri
- My older brother told me that speed bumps were really dead people covered in cement.— Trina
- I used to think that the automatic tolets were controled by people who were looking at you through a camara. — jack irons