# Whatever happened to the guy who wanted to "blow up" his engine?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-wanted-to-blow-up-his-engine/77874>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 9, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-wanted-to-blow-up-his-engine/77874 "2013-03-09T09:16:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-wanted-to-blow-up-his-engine/77874/1 "2013-03-09T09:16:44Z")

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Has anyone heard from him lately. Did he blow up himself??

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-wanted-to-blow-up-his-engine/77874/2 "2013-03-09T13:05:50Z")

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I think Homeland Security got him. You have to be careful what words you use on the internet.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-wanted-to-blow-up-his-engine/77874/3 "2013-03-09T20:20:08Z")

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I agree @Bing. I answered his first post. He was wanting to use nitroglycerin or dynamite. I told him that both were highly regulated and controlled by agencies at the national and local level.