I used to think (being a boy into cars) that Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police, had the line
"Wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is four wheel drive" - I was confused to find out many years later that in fact "his car is warm and dry".
Still think 4 wheel drive is better....
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- For some reason I thought any 4X4 vehicle would pull a wheelie when switched into 2 wheel drive.— Richard Davies
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I used to believe that self drive cars actually drove themselves!Anon
- I used to believe that cars grew and that our car would grow to big to go under the McDonalds drive-thru.— Mary Ellen