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!
11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Speed freak

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Exhausting levels of ignorance

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Size matters

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Close enough...

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Stop horsing around

“Why is it 'horse power'? Are there actually horses inside the engine?” - Submitted by s13Roar
“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
“Why don’t you use cooking oil? It says 'oil' on it” - Submitted by verzena

Well, if it works for Batman...

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

If only getting a phone number was that easy...

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Four of what?

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

More engine size confusion

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

A brave admission

11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid

Any more you can add? Submit them in the comments, then check out the original community question here!

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Comments

Anonymous

Its not a mortal sin to think that the Fiat Multipla looks good. To each his own

05/03/2016 - 09:18 |
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Anonymous

I thought you stepped on the brake to go…

05/03/2016 - 09:19 |
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Anonymous

Had a guy ask me, “what happens when you run out of mileage” wasnt sure how to respond.

05/03/2016 - 12:59 |
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PriusHunter

i thought that tyres were so sticky that cars will eventualy roll, instead of drifting.

05/03/2016 - 15:04 |
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DaFreddie

I thought a 2.0 litres engine means 2 litres per cylinder. And I thought woah AMG engine for example are really big

05/03/2016 - 15:17 |
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Kaczpru Drozdowski

I thought the clutch pedal was for reversing ;_;

05/03/2016 - 15:56 |
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Anonymous

I used to like the Prius :(

05/03/2016 - 19:12 |
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A random Trabant

Once I was seven years old, my daddy told me…

That all cars use horsepower because i always asked how much horsepower is one menpower….

05/03/2016 - 20:30 |
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Anonymous

I thought 16v and 8v were the numbers of the cylinders in a v configuration. So every time I saw a corolla or something like that I was getting so excited to see a 16v(v 16 for me) car.

05/04/2016 - 00:40 |
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DJ N

Some people at my school used to think all cars were 4WD because all 4 wheels rolled

05/04/2016 - 02:28 |
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