WhistlinDiesel explains why he got arrested for tax evasion

YouTuber Cody "WhistlinDiesel" has claimed that he got arrested for tax evasion for owing sales tax on a $400,000 sports car. On November 23, 2025, the content creator updated the community regarding his recent arrest via a YouTube video titled, I Got Arrested for "Tax Evasion".

At the 10-minute-52-second mark in the video, WhistlinDiesel claimed that he had been arrested for tax evasion for owing approximately $30,000 in sales tax on his Ferrari F8, which had been destroyed in August 2023 after he drove it through a cornfield.

The 27-year-old elaborated:

"This is for... sales tax on one car, my Ferrari, that doesn't exist anymore. It's in a cube because it accidentally caught on fire. Not even in Tennessee, it caught on fire in Texas. That's what this is about. Not a letter, not a notice, not anything saying, 'Hey, you owe the sales tax on this car.' Nothing. This is the Montana title, clean title to my $400,000 Ferrari F8, which sales tax in Tennessee would be roughly $30,000 or something like that."

According to WhistlinDiesel, the Ferrari F8 was titled and registered in Montana, which "happens not to require sales tax" when assets are registered to a business in the state:

"This car, this Ferrari, was titled and registered in Montana. I should remind you - 85% of luxury car owners have a business in Montana. There is an option to have a business in Montana that holds your assets, that is not you. It holds your assets in Montana, where you can run a business out of, that just so happens to not require sales tax, specifically on vehicles or luxury items, especially many luxury car owners have businesses in Montana."

Timestamp - 10:52

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WhistlinDiesel explains why he believes the authorities "went after him"

At the 15-minute mark of the video mentioned above, WhistlinDiesel elaborated on why he believed that the authorities "went after him" over tax evasion for owing sales tax on the $400,000 Ferrari F8 registered in Montana.

The YouTuber said:

"I think they went after me specifically because they think it will make a wave through the car community because I'm a social media influencer in the automotive industry, and when people see this, they're all going to go change their Montana registration to their home state. They're going to back to Tennessee, and they're going to go be like, 'Oh, well, let's pay all our sales tax because I'm going to register my car in Tennessee because I don't want to be arrest because I have a wife and kids at home, and I could go to prison. I don't want to go to prison.'"

Furthermore, WhistlinDiesel stated that he intends to purchase property in Montana, where he plans to set up his business.