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my car went bOOm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mOOn_platOOn posted on Feb 18, 2009 | views: 436 | Tags: explosion, oil slick, Car Accident, stunt driver, California Highway Patrol, chaos, off track, I-5, road death, cool, car, bang, boom, CHP, mOOn platOOn, spin out, action hero
mmmn platmmn

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Unreal.
 
My rent-a-car burst into flames at 70 mph n the I-5.
 
Then I skidded into an oil slick and went for a 360 followed by a 180 spin.
 
The California Highway Patrol officer behind me said it looked like I crashed into something and exploded.
 
"Now that it's all over and everyone's okay," said the officer a little while later as we stood by the wreck, "That was pretty cool!"
 
- OO
 
 
 
 


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  • secretlife said on Feb 18, 2009....
    glad you're safe n' sound.
  • CreativeWoman said on Feb 18, 2009....
    I'm glad you are ok mOOn.  That sounds hair raising.  How did you manage to keep control of the car?  Do you know what caused it to burst into flames?  That's the kind of excitement nobody needs.

    CW
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 18, 2009....
    O
    Well, the theory right now is that is was a fuel leak...I had a tail of fire!!!!!
    O
  • CreativeWoman said on Feb 18, 2009....
    I'll bet you are thanking your lucky stars right about now.  That's scary stuff.

    CW
  • PAPERBACKWRITER said on Feb 18, 2009....

    Ugh! mOOn, echoing SL &CW...

    I have been meaning to give you this but have not had the opportunity (felt very warm and flattered with your comment to me in one of your blogs...thank you).

    ...hope it will make you smile ....and shoo away the scary images...

    <3
    paper ~

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  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 18, 2009....
    O
     
    Ohhh. tY Paper. Strangely, I'm not jittery about it at all. I even got a compliment from the CHP because I pulled the wreck off the road and onto the shoulder. They let me sit in the front seat of a patrol car and play with the computer!! They thought I was cool for the way I handled it. Weird, huh?
     
    O
  • PAPERBACKWRITER said on Feb 18, 2009....

    ... no, not at all :)... I have a friend, who reacts the way you do in extreme situations....

    ...it is such a relief to get away unscathed from such a situation, i bet...adrenalin still pumping?!? what did you play on the computer, lol ???

    paper ~
  • checkeredpast said on Feb 18, 2009....
    Since yer in hollywood you should be a stunt driver!!!!! good job!!!
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 18, 2009....
    O
     
    Yeah Paper, I'm the type that (somehow) stays cool during the emergency and then loses it much later when I realize how close to death I actually CAME!!!! I'll probably die in action ----
     
    Thanks secret!!!!!
     
    Thanks CW!!!
     
    checkered - I actually DID stunt drive (nothing too fancy) in the Harrison Ford flick A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (I resemble the bad guy in that film)
     
    O
  • gingersoul said on Feb 18, 2009....
    mOOn..... wow...I am glad you are still in one piece.

    Good job in being such a cool cucumber under pressure....:-)
  • diabolicdame said on Feb 18, 2009....
    Crazy!! I am so glad you're ok! Bursting into flames.. one would think you'd be a bit shaken or something.. I'm scared just reading about it! Its pretty cool you can manage ot stay calm like that.. even enjoy it a little by the sounds of it! lol.. take care and stay safe!
  • celestialspace2001 said on Feb 18, 2009....
    mOOn!!!!!! That was tooooo close! Whoa. Not to rub it in, but when was the last time you had maintenance on your car sweetie??
  • celestialspace2001 said on Feb 18, 2009....
    OOoops. It was a rental??? Hon you need to consider a lawsuit. I am not kidding. They almost killed you.
     
    Look into this I'M SERIOUS.
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 19, 2009....

    O

    Thanks ginger. Yuh, I can't quite explain the "relative" calm (not that my adrenalin wasn't pumping!) Actually, it's now become a great experience, like a ride you just can't buy. A lot of that has to do with the reaction of the cops. These are seasoned California Highway Patrol (CHPs) who've seen it all. There were two of them, and both had me sit in their cars up front while we were waiting for the tow truck. The only ID they asked for was my first name, and they introduced themselves to me by their first names. I know more about Andrew the officer than about most of the people I work with (example: his parents divorced when he was 13). The other one even said "It took some guts to pull that vehicle off the highway." I think it's so cool that the CHP thinks I have balls. Hmmm. I wonder if it's too late to join? I've always wanted to write traffic tickets and bust bad guys.

    But just so you'll know, I'm not fearless...although sometimes it seems paradoxical. Like, I have a fear of heights, being up on a high building - I still will go, like atop the World Trade Center, but I get queasy close to the edge, you know .... still, I like skydiving. It's almost like when you skydive you're so high up that the height becomes irrelevent. I guess. Who knows?

    dear diabolic - I am lovin' it!!!!!! And to think people could have died. LOTS of people. But now it's just a cool tale! Thanks for the good vibrations lovely one...

    celestial - someone else mentioned this - and I just looked up the list of recalls based on fire hazard for the model I was driving. It was a KIA. I have some more investigating to do, but a bunch of them were recalled.

    O

     

  • desdemona said on Feb 19, 2009....
    i'm with celestial - sue the bastards!!!!!!!!!!!! be careful wif my fav blogger!!!!! i lOve mOOn!!!!!!!
  • MsStar39 said on Feb 19, 2009....
    Glad that you are alright.
  • Me-Myself&I said on Feb 19, 2009....

    ride em' cowboy!

    glad to see you posting about your accident, it means you are safe and sound now.

    you won't be forgetting this for awhile. happy to read you are ok. take care

  • uniquely-ironic said on Feb 19, 2009....
    I'm so glad you're okay, but now I'm paranoid.  I drive a Kia!!! 
  • pleasantskies said on Feb 19, 2009....
    Scary, have to be careful though. 
  • one_wired_kitty said on Feb 19, 2009....
    Glad you're okay!!!
  • RollingC said on Feb 19, 2009....
    Glad you're ok and that you kept a level head about you when that happened.  You are to be commended for that.  The fact that you didn't panic saved your life and others too.
    I wonder what made the car explode? You don't have any enemies do you?
    (just kidding)
    What's important is that nobody got hurt.
    Rc
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 19, 2009....

    O

    Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone!!! And uniquely, you should google your model and see if it's one of the several that were recalled for fuel line problems and potential engine fires. They might repair it for you. I've just started looking into this, but it seems several models have this flaw. The car I was driving was pretty worn, but word on the street is that KIAs aren't good much over 70,000 miles. That's when my Saturn was just getting warmed up.

    O

  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 19, 2009....

    O

    Rolling - actually, my son's stepfather put "oil" into the engine for me just before this happened......HMMMMMMMM.

    O

  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Feb 19, 2009....

     

    Say mOOn, did the CHP happen to capture the excitement on a dash-cam? This sounds like material for America's Wackiest Survival Videos.

     

  • GrapeKoolaid said on Feb 20, 2009....
    That's scary...  You're lucky you waled away from that unscathed... 

    Did you buy a lottery ticket today?
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Feb 21, 2009....

    O

    I think, friend Grape, that I used up my luck for the week. Although I do have enough official confirmation to assess that it was a little more than luck that stopped a disaster that day. And now, I must reset my dislocated shoulder from patting myself on the back.

    Truthfully, the whole incident just psyched me up. Sitting there with Andrew (the officer introduced himself by his first name and asked me mine - first name only) in his cruiser for an hour and rapping about his experiences made me want to write some tickets!!! I think I should have been a cop. For an hour I felt like an honorary officer. I had my black leather biker jacket on so the passersby probably took me for undercover. Heh.

    I really want to write tickets. And no, being a meter maid won't do. Maybe I can become a high speed chase driver and you can watch me live on Eyewitless New High Definition Sky Cam.

    Ah, the fantasies...

    O

  • sweetnessorange said on Feb 21, 2009....
    arrest me you fOOl
  • TheNakedProfessor said on Feb 21, 2009....
     
    If you'd have become a cop you'd be dead by now and there would be a school named after you.
     
    Or maybe a stretch of highway. Ironic, heh?
     
    Take it easy, action man. Leave the heroics to us true uncostumed superheroes.
     
    TNP
     
  • TheUndergroundEagle said on Feb 25, 2009....
    Amazing isn't it? One day the very idea that everyone was rolling around in plastic and metal containers propelled by controlled explosions, with hundreds of thousands of people dying every year all over the world from their collisions and mishaps, will seem as primitive and frightening as tossing virgins into volcanoes.
  • StoneMaster said on Feb 26, 2009....
    at this moment I am high on a new blend called Blue Horizon//////// i got it at the "sto" - the "sto" is what my dealer "ed" (no relation) calls the marijuana dispensary - and this shit is not to be tifled with, it is at the theshold of legendary kush ordered up by Snoop Dogg himself - which is all to say as i came late upon this incident i fear i am hallucinating and so i re-read and found myself re-re-reading and that brings me to the point you see......you know that you're high when you realize that you've been reading the same paragraph over and over and i don't type this good i've just been editing>>>honest guy here so it's friday, stay off the road don't statisticize yerself and stop signifyin' for the night....god bless my prescription..........>>>>>>>)))))))|||||\\\\\
  • Dreamknightx said on Feb 28, 2009....
    cOOl
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Mar 04, 2009....

    O

    sweet - put your hands up and turn around; drop to your knees...

    TNP - mOOn platOOn Elementary - hmm...might send kids the wrong message.

    Eagle - I have had that very thought many times. This makes the wild west look tame. How many folks were gunned down or run over by horses in the old days compared to death on the highway now?

    Stonie - really? I'm smokin' "Swiss Cheese" - it is tight!

    DK - indeed.

    hole - no dammit!!! What a video it would have been!!!

    O

  • mOOn_platOOn said on Apr 04, 2009....
    O
     
    Update: Just got a free week of car rental in a non-explosive car from the company - AND some good discounts...
     
    O

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