A white man in Florida allegedly called his black neighbor a racial slur and set his car ablaze — but police say he won’t be charged with a hate crime.

Joseph Minor, 56, was arrested after the incident outside his apartment complex Sunday in South Daytona, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

Authorities said Minor had approached his neighbor Ronald Sweet while he was washing his car.

Minor told Sweet that the vehicle was flashy and threatened him, saying his “days are numbered,” according to police.

“I hate you, n—-r,” Minor said to Sweet, according to RawStory.

Following the confrontation, Sweet went inside his apartment. He then heard a loud “boom” outdoors, the News-Journal reported.

He reportedly looked outside to see his car on fire and Minor walking away from the scene.

Police responded to the apartment complex and found Minor was carrying a disposable lighter. Investigators said it appeared he used an accelerant to burn the car.

Minor was charged with arson causing damage to a structure and criminal mischief with damage to property of $1,000 or more.

South Daytona Police Capt. Mark Cheatham, however, said the incident was a “mental lapse in judgment,” adding police did not find sufficient evidence to consider the case a hate crime.

“There is no pattern of behavior that would show this is a hate crime,” Cheatham told the newspaper.

Sweet disputed the police’s conclusion.

“It’s absolutely a hate crime,” Sweet told news station WKMG. “It’s absolutely because, apparently, he don’t like colored people … He told me my days were numbered. I won’t be flashing anymore.”