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

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Comments

Crawlerer79

I knew turbos made you faster, but I said that there ‘was no such thing as boost….’

05/02/2016 - 08:59 |
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11 Dumb Things You Said About Cars When You Were A Kid
race.for.art

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

05/02/2016 - 09:04 |
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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.

05/02/2016 - 10:10 |
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Niklasjunkey

By a 16 v motor i thought it has 16 cylinders 😂

05/02/2016 - 09:07 |
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I thoght that too, and once i saw a volvo v40…man the look on my face lol…i was like whaaaaatt..:D

05/02/2016 - 10:14 |
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He's not the Stig(BMW Driver)(Demon Squad)

In reply to by Niklasjunkey

Wait that’s not true… My life has been ruined 😭

05/03/2016 - 00:13 |
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TAHMIDAROOONEY

I thought nos was something which was fire that propelled the car to go faster

05/02/2016 - 09:40 |
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Kanjozoku

For the 16v i thought that it stands for 16 cylinders in a v form.

05/02/2016 - 09:49 |
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me too: Zafira 1,8 16v - I was like whaat? 16 cylinders, 16 lithres or what? :/

05/02/2016 - 14:51 |
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Anonymous

I was exactly the same thinking my mums 328i used 2.8 litres every turn of the engine hahahah

05/02/2016 - 10:01 |
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Anonymous

🙈 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 🙈 ✌

05/02/2016 - 10:15 |
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Mitko Kostadinov

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Actually, what if the cars rotate the earth… Maybe that’s why prople nowadays complain that days go by faster and faster….

05/03/2016 - 05:54 |
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Anonymous

When I was young I thought riced cars were cool. I deeply regret that

05/02/2016 - 10:16 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Fast and Furious was to blame for me.

05/02/2016 - 23:42 |
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Anonymous

In my country, people think that horsepower is the engine displacement

05/02/2016 - 10:23 |
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Vinchik V

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

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….

05/02/2016 - 14:49 |
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NJDDZ5

I use to think the 4x4 meant the trucks bed was 4 feet by 4 feet

05/02/2016 - 10:25 |
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