A Taxi Cab Exploded in My Driveway

Posted by Nathan / Jul 29, 2008 to Miscellaneous / 9 comments

Through the Internet, sharing data has -- you know what, I'm not even going to try to make this relevant. A car exploded in my driveway!!!!

It was 6am and I was laying in bed. There was a continuous honking horn that was annoying the crap out of me. I figured someone was trying to get someone else to move their car so that they could pull out, but after a minute of one long honk, there was a huge BOOOOMMMM!

I ran to my office window, and I saw a car on fire!! I managed to get some of it on camera:

It was quite the sight - and now my apartment smells like smoke. Luckily no one was hurt.

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Comments

  • Robert Morton
    Jul 29, 2008, 12:46 pm

    Wow, that’s incredible!

  • C W
    Jul 29, 2008, 1:35 pm

    Wow… I’m glad no one was hurt.

  • Nathan
    Jul 29, 2008, 1:54 pm

    i initially thought someone had driven into my garage, because i felt a shake. when i started recording, that boom right when i turn the camera scared me a little.

    it turns out it was a cab and the driver saw the engine smoking while driving and pulled into my driveway. that’s when havoc broke loose.

  • Rob Gould
    Jul 30, 2008, 1:55 am

    Wow. Moving from LA has made you soft. I hardly notice anymore when cars explode.

  • Jon Peltier
    Jul 30, 2008, 8:29 am

    Maybe they were filming the next Bourne movie.

  • Nathan
    Jul 30, 2008, 11:04 am

    Rob - sigh, i know. at least buffalo interrupts my regularly scheduled programming every now and then with a LA speed chase.

  • Edward
    Jul 30, 2008, 5:01 pm

    uh…

  • Andrew Pratley
    Aug 5, 2008, 7:08 am

    Between this video and Google Maps “Street View” someone on this blog will know where you live…

  • Nathan
    Aug 5, 2008, 9:02 am

    hopeuflly no one is that creepy

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