My wife used to believe that the purpose of the stick shift in her Dad's car was to stir the gas.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When i was young i thought a stick shift was when u drive with a stickAnon
- I used to think that the graveyard shift was men that dug graves at night.— bianca w.
- When i was 4 i used to belive my dad was nocternal because he used to do a night shift!— Alien 5247
- i used to think that the "graveyard shift" meant that they actually had to go out and dig graves. Anon
- I always thought that it was "Afully Wedded Wife" Not "lawfully wedded wife"— Sarah
- I used to think you had to stick those pins that you stick in your hat through your scalp. That's weird.— Angela