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.
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Oldest brother: What does a turbo do?
Me 9yr old: It’s a red button in the car and when you press it you go 10 times faster
…close enough.
I used to think all sedans were rear wheel drive, all hatch backs were front wheel drive and all SUVs are four wheel drive
When I was a kid I thought that when a car broke down, it actually broke down, i.e. the engine and transmission would drop to the ground.
Young me, asked my dad what Ghia meant.
“It means it’s got all the gear”
Pretty accurate it turns out.
I thought the speedo what the angle at which the steering was being turned.
I used to think the indicators told you where to go…
In Quebec (not sure about the rest of Canada) we often shorten kilometers to “kilos” when talking about the odometer… so I have a friend who thought the car gained weight as it aged -_-
4WD means “for wood” 😂😂
I thought that Turbo was useless.
Car Throttle teached me otherwise :P