I used to think that petrol was car food to make it go faster. And if you didn't feed it it would die and never work again.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that after pulling out off a petrol station the car would go faster— Amine
- Red shoes make you run faster. — Ann B.
- when I was little I used to believe the toilet was my dad's pet and if you didn't feed him, he would die.— fenyxfire
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- i didn't beleive this, but a kid my sister knew thought if he screamed in a really high voice, he ran faster.Anon
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt