When I was young (4 or 5) I used to think that gas stations that had Full Service would give you a "Happy ending" after filling up your tank. This explained to me why my uncle would only go to gas stations that had Full Service.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to think Alsatian dogs were called 'Old Stations'.— Jen
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto
- I thought that there was a law that all movies had to have a happy ending— Quatsch
- I used to think that the TV show "Shark Tank" involved actual sharks in a tank.Anon
- The moon is full of wotsits.Anon
- I used to believe that the full moon was God's flashlight.Anon