11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid
In the ignorance of youth, we all said and thought some hilariously dumb things about cars. We asked you guys to share your own experiences from your childhoods, and these are some of the best responses!
Speed freak
Exhausting levels of ignorance
Size matters
Close enough...
Stop horsing around
“Why is it 'horse power'? Are there actually horses inside the engine?” - Submitted by s13Roar…
Same same, but different...
“Why don’t you use cooking oil? It says 'oil' on it” - Submitted by verzena
Well, if it works for Batman...
If only getting a phone number was that easy...
Four of what?
More engine size confusion
A brave admission
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Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
I knew turbos made you faster, but I said that there ‘was no such thing as boost….’
I thought the badge 4x4 meant it was the biggest car you could buy and i still dont know exactly why cops pull you over when you have bold tires, when f1 cars do. But i know bold tires are bad for everyday life
Here in Oklahoma, they call it bully dog tires, ones that stick out wider than vehicle, without fender flares or anything along those lines, the cops mess with em cuz they are a hazard to motorist behind them. If they don’t have flaps or fender flares, rock chips straight to your windshield and bumper.
By a 16 v motor i thought it has 16 cylinders 😂
I thoght that too, and once i saw a volvo v40…man the look on my face lol…i was like whaaaaatt..:D
Wait that’s not true… My life has been ruined 😭
I thought nos was something which was fire that propelled the car to go faster
For the 16v i thought that it stands for 16 cylinders in a v form.
me too: Zafira 1,8 16v - I was like whaat? 16 cylinders, 16 lithres or what? :/
I was exactly the same thinking my mums 328i used 2.8 litres every turn of the engine hahahah
🙈 well when I was very very young , I thought the cars are moving cause of the earth turning , so actually the cars where standing still and only the ground underneath them was moving faster or slower , I could never explain to myself how a junction worked though 🙈 ✌
Actually, what if the cars rotate the earth… Maybe that’s why prople nowadays complain that days go by faster and faster….
When I was young I thought riced cars were cool. I deeply regret that
Fast and Furious was to blame for me.
In my country, people think that horsepower is the engine displacement
Asked my mother about how much engine displacement f1 car has…she said : “about 40 litres”.
Couldn’t believe it was 1,5 l. :D In USSR they used to count on engine cc : lada 1,1 l was the first, then came 1,3 , 1,5 l versions….
I use to think the 4x4 meant the trucks bed was 4 feet by 4 feet