I used to believe that "carpooling" meant you were outside the car and pushing/pulling it to your destination.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to think that aeroplane carry people to a destination which located on top of the clouds — kaizen7
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- I used to believe my dad could honk the car horn by pushing on a mysterious spot on the roof of the car.— sarah b
- I used to believe that if the wind changed when you were pulling your face that you would stick like that— Farino
- I used to believe that we got sausages from pulling them out of pigs bums - all neat and tidy. Mmm— L. Webb
- When I was young I thought that after pulling out off a petrol station the car would go faster— Amine