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Influencer accidentally torches his $400,000 Ferrari F8 shooting a scene in a highly flammable cornfield
Not The Bee ^ | August 25, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 08/25/2023 6:17:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

Remember that guy who threw a bunch of stuff at the bubble protecting his Ferrari?

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Watching this guy throw stuff at the plastic bubble protecting his Ferrari is remarkably cathartic. Okay, apparently there is such a thing as a Car Capsule, which appears to be a nigh impenetrable car cover designed to keep your expensive collector's car from getting damaged.

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Well, the car's gone now.

Here's what happened.

He decided to drive the $400,000 car through a dry cornfield at top speed to make an epic video, but then cornhusks start to build up inside the wheel wells and friction caught them on fire.

Then, because you can't put out a cornhusk fire with a can of Red Bull, the fire spread to his rental van and burned up all his equipment too.

Watch him literally burn up $500,000 in vehicles and equipment.

[Warning: Lots and lots of mostly censored language]

VIDEO AT LINK..............

On the upside, the video has gone viral and racked up millions of views, so he'll probably make his money back in shared advertising.

(This guy is known for wrecking cars for money, after all.)

That's the internet for you.


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To: Phoenix8

That’s why I think it was staged.

Insurance scam...............


21 posted on 08/25/2023 6:46:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

A few years back , I watched a guy from New Jersey drive his Escalade out in a field of dry grass about 2’ tall. It was Feb.the ground was soft from winter rains. He got stuck, and started reving the engine.
The grass caught on fire. My friend and I were yelling at him to get out of the car. He finally sees what is happening, and comes running over.
Fire Dept. comes, Deputy Sheriff comes.
The deputy ask why he drove out in a wet field of tall grass.
He said he was in the area to look at land. Drove out in the field, got stuck, and was spinning his tires so fast ,the grass caught on fire.
We were all rolling on the ground laughing at that one.


22 posted on 08/25/2023 6:46:40 AM PDT by Iceclimber58
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To: Iceclimber58

The grass caught fire probably from the catalytic converter that can get extremely hot............


23 posted on 08/25/2023 6:49:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Gen-Z

These are the voters democrats are targeting . . . for obvious reasons.

24 posted on 08/25/2023 6:50:23 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Red Badger

Started watching the video. The guy seems absolutely ecstatic about the situation, he’s all smiles. Obviously he has money to burn and so going viral on the Internet is the real reward for him here.


25 posted on 08/25/2023 6:53:33 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder what is insurance will say.


26 posted on 08/25/2023 6:59:13 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: Red Badger

I think he does this stuff all the time.


27 posted on 08/25/2023 7:02:38 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: sphinx

I know a thing or two about auto policies. Obviously I know nothing about his in particular, but I very much doubt this activity fits in the definition of an insured loss


28 posted on 08/25/2023 7:04:23 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Red Badger

Climate change.


29 posted on 08/25/2023 7:04:31 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Red Badger; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...

LMAO PING !!!


30 posted on 08/25/2023 7:05:19 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Red Badger
Seems like an insurance scam

He had no insurance.

Lost all that because he's not smart enough to bring a fire extinguisher.

31 posted on 08/25/2023 7:08:02 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Red Badger

In 1975, when catalytic converters were a new thing, I saw someone drive a new Ford pickup through an area of dry cheat grass and start several spot fires. We put them out before they could spread, but it would have been different if there had been any wind that day.

I don’t park my pickup in dry grass, and I take a good look underneath before leaving it if I’ve been driving in tall grass. Several times I have had to fish smoldering bits of vegetation out of the catalytic converter guard. I’m surprised more vehicles don’t get burned up that way.


32 posted on 08/25/2023 7:08:33 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: sphinx
Since he filmed it, I wonder if the insurance company can make the case that it isn’t liable.

He said he has no insurance.

33 posted on 08/25/2023 7:09:12 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Iceclimber58

Quite a few years ago the town down the road use to have a policy in the fall that residents could rake their leaves to the side of the road and they would collect them. One kid parked his 1967 mustang under a pile of them. Same results.


34 posted on 08/25/2023 7:09:23 AM PDT by mware
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To: Red Badger

outstanding!!!

dint deserve it in the first place...


35 posted on 08/25/2023 7:09:36 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Wow you read the whole article.


36 posted on 08/25/2023 7:10:03 AM PDT by mware
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To: Red Badger

Back in college at Texas A&M, every one participated in cutting down the trees for the bonfire(pre-accident). One cars catalytic converter caught the tall grass on fire and burned the car to a crisp. At least it was a cheap Chevy Citation. Ever since then I’ve avoided driving in tall vegetation.


37 posted on 08/25/2023 7:11:55 AM PDT by MTsumi
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Ferrari doesn’t supply one as an accessory?................🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😜


38 posted on 08/25/2023 7:12:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I watched but with no sound....................


39 posted on 08/25/2023 7:13:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Influencers and their money are soon parted. That’s a lot of clicks…


40 posted on 08/25/2023 7:25:56 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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