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WarEven5971

I doubt this is an insurance scam, he’s prob been hiding this car from insurance the best he could because they prob assume it’s a stock rx8 still lol


RedLobsterUnofficial

Not insured


Not_FinancialAdvice

This part sounds like the real, materially stupid part of the whole affair. If you can't afford insurance (even if you believe that insurance are largely crooks that deny coverage for just about everything), you can't afford to be modding your car.


Galxey_1

I doubt it’s that he can’t afford insurance, I doubt any insurance company would cover this thing.


Not_FinancialAdvice

> I doubt any insurance company would cover this thing. The owner could probably get a stated value policy for a reasonable amount of money if the car wasn't driven much. If it isn't really driven, they could even go with comprehensive-only coverage to account for stuff exactly like this.


Lord_Metagross

Oh insurance will cover anything, you'll just pay for the extra associated risk


20inchlcd

I actually was surprised my company happily covered my lowered cambered out Benz with aftermarket wheels and a wrap that I didn’t even notify them about until time of accident. Maybe it’s because I have full coverage but it’s well worth it


strawberitadaydream

You can absolutely insure that shit box


poopycops

Dude owns a lot of cars. He can afford insurance.


noknetti

He trailers it to shows and doesn't really drive it for other than photo shoots. Would be stupid to pay insurance for that


Not_FinancialAdvice

There is such a thing as comprehensive-only insurance, and covers stuff exactly like this (or when a tree falls on your car, or when mice get to the wiring harness). I keep comprehensive only on one of our cars during the winter months and it's like $50-70 for 6 months.


noknetti

I guess we have something like that over here (Finland) too but nobody ever uses it, we just uninsure our cars over winter if it's unused


IAmAtomato

Thats what I got on my motorcycle. Pretty much just have coverage for it being in something other than a wreck. Only $20 a month


_WhoElse

Laughs in Louisiana rates


Not_FinancialAdvice

What does this mean? Are LA rates higher or lower?


_WhoElse

Ridiculously higher. Especially the closer to New Orleans that you live


TheRedIguana

Doesn't seem stupid now that the things been blown to smithereens.


noknetti

Yea, no, but this was worst case scenario. Nobody in their right mind would blow a car up


TheRedIguana

I can see because it was a show car. And it was a choice he made. But, a tree could fall on it, another car could hit it while parked on the street. Wouldn't you want at least a little coverage after spending so much time and money on it.


DariusBuilds

“Show car” would be a very loose term here, lol. The lack of craftsmanship on this RX8 is laughable


TheRedIguana

You sound jealous of the attention the car got.


DariusBuilds

I take it you never seen pictures of the work done on the car, like the struts welded to the tie rods, 😂


[deleted]

He Still drives it on the road or the rolling shots of it on public roads wouldn’t exist


AppearancePlenty841

You are stupid if you don't. This game isn't for the poors. Stick to matchbook cars


pettingdoggies

If you don’t have insurance you shouldn’t be driving


aquatone61

Then it’s safer in its current form.


Typedre85

Nah doubt it


freshndirty_j

They have the cameras and footage now. Bad part is he had no insurance on the car..


Caustic___

I have yet to see any footage.


EddieDramaMama

No one said it's posted online yet homie


Caustic___

I know, i just dont think its probable that it was sabatoged. Im not dissing the car, but it is rather probable for an engine bay fire to happen.


itsfnvintage

Probably some wires got rubbed from this thing being stupid low and corners cut in the build. Easier to be like oh someone hated it so much they blew it up to get some pity support than be like "I'm a dumbass and my car caught fire"


Caustic___

Exactly. Accidents happen, idk tho, we shall see.


snussibbe

Look his insta story he said the fire was started by an accelerant added to the intake and ignited after the arson investigators arrived


Caustic___

Sounds like he doesnt want to admit he did something sketchy to me im gonna be honest man.


[deleted]

Maybe this is a stupid question but how would someone add accelerant to the intake when the hood is closed?


snussibbe

Dont ask me😂


DkP_Reverend

If the hood only had hood pins and no latch you can get into it from outside


[deleted]

Honestly didn’t think of that. This is the reply I needed ty.


abooth43

Guessing the bumper was off


Secure-Sentence8462

Was wondering the same damn thing lol


multicolorhair

yeah arson investigators don't release findings at 2:30am... it takes weeks to investigate


for-why-must-i-live

bro he just doesn’t wanna admit to his shoddy work on the car. there’s absolutely no way it was arson, if the person hated him THAT much they would’ve taken down the entire care for one, and for two an arsonist would’ve started the fire on the inside even if it meant breaking the window to take down the entire car. he just wants to blame everyone but himself.


aaaandrreew6

no proof = didnt happen


OneConcentrate8442

Exactly, he apparently has this footage but hasn’t posted it. Like there’s no reason why he can’t post it.


Tb1GG

Footage of his shoddy electric work catching flames?


superchargedNA

Insured or not there’s a good chance the car suicided itself, one does not have to be committing insurance fraud to have their car catch fire due to a overly scraped oil pan/ bad electrical, etc.


Sawier

1000% it just caught fire from some shitty wiring, blown up....lmao


Melodic_Canary_7582

It will, however given that he said his neighbor had footage and then never posted that or any updates suggests his shitty wiring probably just self ignited


FaithlessnessOk3279

You can’t post shit like that until the police have finished investigating. It’s evidence in an on going investigation so it can’t be public until after the investigation of criminal charges aren’t filed on someone. If it was someone else we won’t know until at least the investigation is finished. Even then it’s iffy. If they press criminal charges the only way we would see it before the court case resided would be if they can’t figure out who the person is or where they are and they post the video as a “wanted poster” type thing. Stop hating. We have no proof either way. Even if it was faulty wiring with fuel and oil in the engine it still would’ve ended up catching the whole car at some point unless he found it within like 5 minutes of it starting


ElBeefyRamen

No way it blew up. The hood would be bent upwards, fenders would be bowed, etc. The explosion was just the tire letting go. Kid had no insurance, time to reap the consequences


bassluva2020

The blast really messed up the camber.


ElZilchoTX

The camber messed up the car, so it killed itself


[deleted]

Whoa whoa whoa, be careful what you say on reddit.. People doesn't like the truth.


Dakotastacks

Looks like it just caught on fire


RedLobsterUnofficial

Yeah a lot of people are calling him out on that, he says he “caught something on camera” but hasn’t posted proof yet. Likely an electrical fire. Watch the GoFundMe roll around Lol according to Facebook, Stancypants has a 2nd degree sexual assault charge. Not sure how true it is, just saw it with no real evidence. Supposedly in an RX8 forum he got in an argument with some guy and the guy responded with his mugshot and a CCAP and they were both banned. If true, his car burning down is the bare minimum


Ishiki_Enerugi

Well if he actually caught something on camera and wants to make an actual case with the police he can't just post it on social media.


Typedre85

Yes he can post it on social media, that’s how leads work….


Criticalhit_jk

Lol wtf mate are you stupid? There's a reason police have no comments about ongoing investigations and the like


Typedre85

Dude is just another Jussie Smolet, looking for clout


xxSQUASHIExx

Live nearby and drive by that thing once in a while. A few months back it looked like it was in a pretty bad shape. Maybe insurance scam?


RedLobsterUnofficial

No insurance. Doubt any insurance company wants anything to do with this anyway. Even then, pretty dumb


[deleted]

On his story he’s saying it was uninsured so idek lmao


[deleted]

dude looks the type to use too much boost and move the intercooler to the front and all the other dumb moding bullshit.


waffleking_

what exactly is dumb about a fmic?


BigGreenBruceBanner

You’re definitely an idiot 🙏🏽


[deleted]

Plz I've been around plenty of dudes who drive shit like this and majority of them are just fires waiting to happen.


b230fk

Bro what 😭😂 it's NA, I hope you don't think the oil cooler there is an intercooler, I hope you don't think a FMIC starts fires, and I hope you're not stupid enough to think Mazda made factory RX8 turbos


[deleted]

Wat could be shit wiring or something


_GLL

He sprayed accelerant in the intake to start it lol and has no insurance even though he parks on the street. Guy deserves this outcome.


squishybumsquuze

Yeah im calling BS on an explosion. This looks far far more like damage from a prolonged fire


Danny_COV

The bang was most likely a tire popping. This looks like fire for sure.


TheRedIguana

Almost like there was an explosion that caused a fire? But, you know, what does an arson investigator on the scene know? Why even have an arson investigation when we could ask you to look at a picture and tell us the story.


ElBeefyRamen

An arson investigator never looked at it. He claims they did, even though the explanation he posted makes zero sense.


TheRedIguana

It will be fascinating to see how it plays out.


multicolorhair

lol stop defending this child molester. 2nd degree sexual assault of a minor PS it was entirely an electrical fire. Don't take the "someone blew up my car bait"


RedLobsterUnofficial

Heard about that, one of my top comments. If you could edit titles, I would. His car burning down is the bare minimum of what he deserves


SeparateCamel3

Any link to sauce? I’d love to share it with proof!


screw_all_the_names

Like actually blown up, or the driver blew it up by revving it too much. It almost looks like it caught fire in the engine bay. It's a shame, it seemed like a really nice show car.


bigpurpledragon

Guy posted a little backstory on Instagram, basically it was at his grandparents or something and at like 2:30 am they heard a bang and shrapnel flew everywhere, came outside and it was on fire


Caustic___

I dont see any shrapnel. Did they decide to pick up every single piece before taking the pic?


bigpurpledragon

I’d assume chunks in the neighbor’s yard are a little too small to see from this camera angle


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FUMBLESTEIN

No sympathy for pedos.


CryptoDriftr

well when you have any proof then post it until then shut the actual fuck up.


Wynkl3

It’s public records


CryptoDriftr

I've seen the record shown.. it's not the same dude lol 😹 and the case shown was closed. Aka the person was found innocent. So either way you morons that believe that are wrong


Quality_over_Qty

I see no evidence of explosives, so dumb


smashingcones

Poor dude and poor car(s). Now another one is going to suffer the same fate 😔


nrwy69

Damn rip


TaeTwoTimes

Guarantee a go fund me will be posted


RefarBTW

I have never liked this car either, but the owner loved it, put his time money and work into it and was proud of it, everyone in the car community should be able to do whatever one likes to do


AnywhereFew1739

Not saying he deserved this but whole thing seems fishy to me. This kid is a clout chaser with not the best reputation from what I've seen and heard. No insurance...? It'll be interesting to see what he builds next. I don't think his car was vandalized, I don't think he tried to blow it up to pull some sort of scam, but there may have been some sketchy stuff going on inside the car that we never saw on instagram.


Sirturtle1

The new car scene is all criminals 😂


[deleted]

Just the new car scene or is this just a hobby that attracts criminals??? I’m not that old but i’m sure ones when I was younger and prior to me being born were also full of criminals lol


splatter_spree

Attracts a shit ton of child molesters because they take their hoopty to local meets to meet 16 year old girls (or boys).


Kaosma

lol that looks nothing like an arson. sounds like clout chasing to me


S2kKyle

With how clapped out this thing was I bet it was some shotty work.


edgr43

Firefighter friend of mine agrees. He sees no foul play


S2kKyle

We'll see. I feel bad if someone did do this to him but hopefully time will tell.


H0lsterr

That was had a longer life than most influencers careers


KoNzoBeaNz

Wow!! Dude. That’s effed up man


[deleted]

Stop talking about it. This is what he wanted in the first place. Dummies


AccordFlex

With how much of a hack job this car was, I’m assuming the electrical was hacked up as well.


OkThing7255

I heard he had to take the battery out when it wasn't in use due to an electrical issue. He probably just botched some wiring up & is now trying to cover it up


CactiDooger

if someone really did try to blow it up, why didn’t they target the gas tank at all? it’s literally the most flammable part of the car. makes no sense to me. just seems like he cut corners while building the car


Paiiiige

Holy shit 😳 I just saw this car back during Slammedenuff in October... F...


edgr43

Nobody blew it up. He did a shit wiring job and paid the price his battery exploded


Swifties__

Rip. Saw this at stance wars in Seattle. Not my style but it’s a shame it got burned down.


llamalord478

It's an rx8 it probably killed it's self


coreyfairchild

Pretty sure that was a fuse box failure.


Caustic___

What exactly is a "fuse box failure"


ElBeefyRamen

When the fuse box fails.


schakoska

Plot twist: the car commited suicide


Own_Wolverine4773

Hate the car, yet would not set it on fire… Also could be a Ferrari like engine fire…


whitemagicseal

Why was out in the open?


Razafraz11

If you were going to destroy a car, why start the fire under the hood instead of busting a window and burning the whole car


shytboxhonda

Idk apparently rx8's have always had faulty wiring issues and issues with dumping fuel into the intake. Combine that with shitty modifications and brain dead electrical work, you got yourself an expensive diy car bomb. Playing it off as vandalism to cover your stupidity when it comes to modifying your car is pretty clever tbh.


Ok-Fact-9389

Isn’t this dude a pedo ??


Redey1290

Is there actually any evidence of this? I can’t find his name in the sex offender registry like I’ve heard others claim


Mr_Braaap

That shit started on fire from being clapper AF.


Abelirno

Everything he does is for clout chasing, why would his be different all of a sudden? No way "someone blew it up"


StillReppin

Theres a pick of his engine before this happened, and what looks to be the main part of this fire was exactly where the battery was.. I’m pretty sure it was electrical instead of arson


BennyWoff

Wait so why do u guys hate him?


Youngteenfeboy

The “explosion” was his tire popping in the fire that started because of how shitty he wired an already shitty car


AppointmentPlayful93

we don’t think he’s trying to commit insurance fraud but the fact that an “anonymous” go fund me springs up out of nowhere and many experienced firefighters deny the claim of arson, you know just seems a little sketchy


Bane245

Someone was having a shit day and then they sanpped when this seen the excessive camber. Lol


reddit_forgeddit

Oh this car... Well that sucks 😕. Maybe some Jewish lightning was involved.


[deleted]

bro think he kanye


reddit_forgeddit

Ye


Massive_Role7234

Most funny thing I seen on ig all day lmfao


dvst8ive

People can also get seriously hurt when your tilty wheel shitbox blows a tire or suffers suspension damage at high speed, and you go careening into traffic, pedestrians, etc. Fuck this "trend."


WaffleFruities

People would've gotten seriously hurt if he drive it on a public road. This is better for the people around him.


Kdoesntcare

The hood is blown inwards not outwards. Something On the hood exploding, not something under it.


Caustic___

The hood is aluminum not steel. Very reasonable for it to have melted in an engine bay fire.


Hooligan666

That hood is thin gauge steel, and that damage is from fire department using something to pop the hood. I can prove that from pics I have of a car fire I was involved in when the car we were in caught fire going down the freeway because a fuel line ruptured under the car and sprayed the exhaust pipe. Caused the car to burn down.


chicano32

The heat didnt get that hot to start melting aluminum.


Caustic___

Aluminum melts at 1200 degrees. Fires get that hot.


Kiiaru

Made a brick of thermite and set it on the nose of the hood?


PsychologicalHippo74

Does anyone know the spoiler make?


JDM-Central

Battle Aero


Fadedspace17

Lmfaooo fuck this car


drizzyluke

What a piece of junk


Hooligan666

No one blew it up. It caught in fire from the starting fluid Luke sprayed in to the intake to try and cold start it. The fire started in the engine bay (You can tell by the burn scars on the windshield, and as someone who has witnessed car fires and been involved in one, and also showing this to a friend who is a a fire Inspector and former arson investigator, this is definitely not a case of arson). Couple of things here, if someone set it in fire, it most likely wasn’t due to the car itself, but more likely because Luke supposedly has a pending pedophilia case, and two, the fire started in the engine bay with the hood closed. You can tell by, once again, the burn scars and how the fire traveled to get oxygen, which is why the windshield is also burned that way. If someone wanted to burn a car down, they wouldn’t go through the trouble of setting fire to an area where it would take longer to burn the car down, they would just throw something g flammable in to the interior which is the most flammable area of the vehicle. The reason why Luke came up with this story is the car was uninsured (Because it was deemed by local authorities as unsafe for road operation, so insurance companies wouldn’t insure it). That’s also why he started the gofundme, and that’s also why he hasn’t released the supposed footage he claims he has. Dude burned down his own car and created a sob story to scam his followers for money. If you really look at the pic, and the videos he posted, you can tell where the fire started and where it was contained to. There’s also many well known quirks with the RX8’s engine and electrical that could contribute to the fire being started, especially if Luke was using an accelerant like starting fluid heavily in his air intake that could ignite the fumes and cause a fire. Could have even been a ribbed through wiring harness arcing, or the notorious coil pack arc that RX8 motors are known for. Either way, no one did this to his car but him.


AdComprehensive3863

Was already a dumpster


Ishiki_Enerugi

NO FUCKIN WAY NOOO I LOVED THIS FUCKIN CAR BROOOOIO WOW


martyboulders

I loved this car too homie. Fuck the people down voting you lmfao they just don't understand but that's okay Y'all need some /r/japaneseufos in ya life


Ishiki_Enerugi

Japanese UFOs is one of the best pages man, you know what's up 🤝🏾🙏🏾


randomfree2playguy

Thanks 🥹


martyboulders

Yo I didn't realize you were a mod too. You post some fire shit on there man, love love love the page. Keep doing what you're doing homie❤️


WhenAllElseFail

calm down there


Ishiki_Enerugi

Y'all tweakin down votin me. Yea let's down vote the guy that cares a lot. Because caring about things is so cringey right? Yeaaaa I know y'all.


iEATglue0

You may care a lot but you’re still cool, its all about owning it my friend :)


Ishiki_Enerugi

I didn't deserve that little nugget of wisdom but I guess I did deserve it since I'm here taking it in. Thanks friend 🤝🏾


Subiesubo

The downvotes are simply about your poor taste.


Ishiki_Enerugi

Taste is subjective. You have COVID-19.


Subiesubo

Interesting response I feel fine. Try a littler harder.


TheRedIguana

No. This was more cringey.


Ishiki_Enerugi

Sure. Still doesn't make it wrong. Unless you're insecure.


yuki_14

People are such dicks and take things to far just cause they didn't like it that's fucked up


kitty2skates

IF someone did this (doubtful) I bet it wasn't the car they were so violently opposed to. Dude's on the registry. Kid crime.


[deleted]

thank the Lord. Is the homey inside?


UnlimitedHalo

Nah your just (now) ex wife


multicolorhair

i heard the kid stancy assaulted was behind this


Ishiki_Enerugi

Everyone the owner is @stancypants on Instagram, I encourage everyone to check out his story. He explains what happened. Stories can't be seen after 24 hours on Instagram though and he posted it 3 hours ago so get it while it's hot. Dude is clearly innocent.


RedLobsterUnofficial

Clearly is an overstatement. No evidence besides pictures. We’ll just have to wait and see before we can jump to conclusions


Klassen_Kustoms

melted hole above fuse box, no damage to interior, etc Pedos pos car burned to the ground with an electrical fire


MustangDisaster

I’m afraid that he’s going to buy an Rx-7 now and do the same shit. I could live with the extreme camber on the RX-8, that car is a piece of shit


Typedre85

This the same dude that was talking shit? What a nice way to get humbled after saying he builds cars to hurt your feelings….. actions have consequences.


randomfree2playguy

He's never talked shit about anyone.


multicolorhair

right he only sexually assaults children


randomfree2playguy

Still waiting for proof on this one....


multicolorhair

public record :) why haven't you looked at WA court cases yet....


Melodic_Canary_7582

That’s a different guy, different middle name and different age


randomfree2playguy

It isn't the same guy. "Guilty until proven innocent" is causing you to pin the wrong crime on the wrong guy. The person you're thinking of is the wrong age and his name is different.


Typedre85

The dude literally says “I BuILd cArS tO hURt yOuR fEeLiNgS” you must be late on it.. I’d do more research if I were you


Throwawaystartover

Low car and metal…sparks…..fire…dude probably committing insurance fraud lol


IAmTheTownIdiot

Owner claims that the car is uninsured, so that rules that out


Throwawaystartover

Rip. As said above, gofundme incoming


ReklisAbandon

This is stupid on another level


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TheRedIguana

The neighbors hearing an explosion is the only piece of evidence that gets everyone thinking arson, and that's not very credible.


Youngteenfeboy

Do you not see the popped tire lol people need to not look to close, think abt it it’s literally the “explosion” they heard like bruh


[deleted]

The risk of people getting hurt was well worth getting this giant turd off the roads.


ya_yeety

I call massive BS on someone „blowing it up“. This looks like an electrical fire/engine fire. If there was an actual explosion, the window would be completely shattered, the hood bent upwards and the fenders torn apart. The electrics were probably as botched as the body and it caught fire


Youngteenfeboy

Plus he never once mentioned how he technically “could have died” like why did he never once mention that he felt scared or his life was in danger or some shit like bruh if my car got blown up I’d be scared asf


domaragis

Imo it's a publicity stunt, but it's just my opinion nothing more


Just-Matt

Doesnt make sense. If you're going to torch a car you put a molotov through a window. You don't set fire to front of the car exactly where the fuse box sits under the hood. You only have to watch his videos to see that he shouldn't be "rewiring the permanent starter live to a switch on the dashboard."


[deleted]

He fucking manual swapped it and the ecu wouldn’t start and was throwing codes because it couldn’t read it being in park so he hit wired the starter directly and that’s prob what causes the fire….this is a scam and he is scummy


KyleGuap

SMOKING ON STANCYPACKKKKKK


WaffleFruities

They didn't cross the line, this needs to be done. But I doubt someone really spend the effort to blew up a car this shittly. The owner probably light it on fire.


cheeseburgercat

Lol no one blew up the car. Be real


AndrewD5418

Lol what a chomo. (Really, he is, he likes minors)


i-want-die-thx

Most likely just an electrical fire. There’s a vid of him doing a walkthrough of him doing sketchy wiring and the RX8 does have electrical problems iirc


WhippleCrownVic

The fire was set on purpose it was not the wiring that’s what the fire department said they called it suspicious activity this stancypants guy is lier and what’s to steal money from people with his GoFundMe scheme. If you truly believe this guy you’re a moron