If you misplaced your exploding car, it’s been spotted in Echo Park.

boom

Everyone knows that accidentally dropping your cigarette and burning a hole in your car seat is embarrassing, so it only makes sense that accidentally blowing up your car, or perhaps your friends car that you just borrowed to run to the store with real quick, would be doubly so. It’s OK though, no reason to run away. Just say “Oooops!” and know that years from know we’ll look back on this and laugh… No really. Anway, Dwiff writes in asking WTF happened on his street, he says:

Typical LA - last night outside my place at Belmont & Bellevue above Echo Park Lake in 90026 someone BLEW UP a car. Fire Trucks, Cops, and not a mention anywhere online or off. Any chance you guys have heard anything about it?

Needless to say I am curious… some picture i took of the event are here. Witnesses saw the driver park (illegally), get out. walk across the pedestrian bridge that crosses the 101, and then - BOOM.

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7 Comments so far

  1. The 8 Track Kid (willbetheboy)  May 7th, 2008 8:34 am

    Thanks Sean, I forgot where I left that. I suppose there’s no point in picking it up now.

  2. gpro May 7th, 2008 8:44 am

    There are other ways to put flames on a car.

  3. Jason Burns (jasonburns)  May 7th, 2008 9:29 am

    That’s one way to get rid of evidence.

  4. bromike666 May 7th, 2008 1:31 pm

    I was jonesing for smores and things just got out of hand. I’ll be by later to pick up my graham crackers and car.

  5. thedaniel May 7th, 2008 5:27 pm

    Some of my friends also had a van explode in front of their place a few nights ago BELOW the lake! crazy epidemic. Photo

    location

  6. dwiff May 7th, 2008 7:19 pm

    Same night!
    Although my Car Boom was above Echo Lake, not Silverlake.
    Still, same night, adjacent bodies of water…
    Who’s next?

  7. militantangeleno May 8th, 2008 3:34 am

    SOMEBODY must have cheated on their wife recently!


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