Wild footage captured the moment a man unlocked a Tesla in a luxury suburb.
The $55,000 electric vehicle had been left parked on the street outside the Rose Bay Hotel in Rose Bay, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, on Sunday.
An elderly man with white hair and a beard was seen walking around the corner of South Head Road and Dover Road.
The man, who was wearing a white T-shirt, dark cap, dark shorts and sandals, looked left and right before heading to the car.
After one last look around, the man used the key in his hand to scratch the very expensive vehicle.
But unbeknownst to the man, it was all captured on Tesla’s Sentry video system and the owner’s son posted the footage on the X social media platform.
“The police will find him soon,” he wrote.
The video has been viewed 85,000 times and social media users criticized the man.
The trend of Tesla cars being driven by older people continues, with the latest incident (pictured) occurring on Sunday in the posh eastern Sydney suburb of Rose Bay.
‘This is atrocious. I hope they find it soon,’ one commenter responded.
“It’s a clear photo… Police and the public should be able to identify him within a few hours,” wrote another.
A third said they couldn’t “believe the audacity of that (man). Some on this earth are just miserable and spiteful.
A New South Wales police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia that “an investigation was ongoing.”
“Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command began an investigation after a vehicle was immobilized while parked on Dover Street, Rose Bay, at around 9.40am on Sunday 22 December 2024.” , said.
The latest incident of a Tesla being damaged by elderly people follows a case where a woman vandalized a car in Melbourne in October.
Cole’s safety adviser, Ibrahim Can, had parked his Tesla at a shopping center in the northern suburb of Epping, but when he returned he found a “deep” scratch extending from the passenger door to the left of the bumper.
He checked the car’s Sentry security camera, which showed a woman holding a green bag and dragging a key along the side of the vehicle.
The man (pictured) was captured on Tesla’s Sentry video recording system.
“I checked the footage and realized that an elderly lady had locked my car,” Can wrote in a Facebook post.
Social media users asked why Teslas were being attacked.
‘What’s with all the hate towards Teslas in Australia? These videos are published weekly. What a shame,’ said one commentator.
‘What the hell is wrong with all these old men tampering with cars for no reason? Like all cars need to have these cameras built in now,” wrote another.
‘This type of behavior is increasing and is all too common here in Australia. Have we lost our ability to respect others like we used to?” added another.
Some attributed the lack of respect to age.
‘Is it always the boomers? You have already won all the lotteries in life, are there more things to damage? asked one.
‘I agree. It’s disgusting. Never ever the young. Always boomers,’ said another.
‘Perhaps Tesla is a symbol of a new generation of vehicles. “They are jealous that the younger generations can do better,” one man hypothesized.
But another wrote: “It doesn’t look like he won any lottery and it’s just jealousy on his part which has nothing to do with the age demographic.”