My dad was always mysterious about the release button on the emergency break and the 5th gear button on his old 1983 Volvo Station Wagon. I think I used to think that the handbrake button controlled an ejector seat and the 5th gear button was some sort of boost.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- i thought that outies were an on/off button— mr.bob
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- When you saw a funeral go by, you had to grab a button on your shirt.Anon
- I use to think the hazard lights button would cause the car to explode.— m0u5y
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann