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?” -…

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…

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!

Comments

Anonymous

I used to think drafting worked by the car behind taking in the exhaust gasses of the car in front and using them as extra fuel….

05/02/2016 - 14:25 |
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Anonymous

Well i pronounced aventador as aventaeder and i though top speed was all it matters in cars always looking for top 10 fastest cars on youtube…. Thought that was all

05/02/2016 - 14:28 |
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ValveLiftMan

When you are interested in cars that much from an early age, you mostly know the basic stuff. These are ridiculous. :D

05/02/2016 - 14:39 |
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Relate to that ;)

05/02/2016 - 18:24 |
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[Flux]

That first one….that was me LOL

05/02/2016 - 14:55 |
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Anonymous

actually, the only one i actually believed in was the top speed one. My dads durango said it went 120. i was like wow thats fast!

05/02/2016 - 14:57 |
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andfern

I thought the more exhaust pipes a car had, the faster it was

05/02/2016 - 15:17 |
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Anonymous

Whats the difference between 8V (valves) and V8? O.o

05/02/2016 - 15:37 |
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Abe Allen

The more exhaust pipes the mote power

05/02/2016 - 15:38 |
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The Stig

I used to the think the fuel tank was a spare engine underneath the car, just in case the main one stopped working

05/02/2016 - 15:49 |
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Anonymous

I thought spoilers deflected air forward pushing the car forward thus making it faster….

05/02/2016 - 16:56 |
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