More people have been caught monitoring Teslas with cameras, seemingly unaware that the cars have a Sentry mode that can capture images of violators.
Reddit user Jellyfish_Winter posted the security footage of their Tesla on the r/slightly annoying community, which shows a man alone approaching the parked car in a California parking lot with what appears to be a sharp object in his hand.
He then walks the length of the car while holding the object firmly against the body, which he believes is the case Jellyfish_Winter left a mark in the car body.
The user says “to make matters worse,” it looks like the guy needs a new belt – check out the embed below at your own discretion!
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In the post, the user says that they “didn’t park like an idiot, didn’t block anyone, didn’t cut anyone off” and that “the parking lot was generally pretty empty.”
“We parked and ten minutes later this man decided to key our car. Not to be taken lightly either, it is deep in the sheet metal or whatever,” they wrote.
“In the end it’s just a minor annoyance and nothing was stolen or injured.”
Jellyfish_Winter says they are looking for a repair quote for their Tesla, and has also been in contact with the insurance company since filing a police report.
Teslas in Australia have not been spared from key attacks either. A video posted on the Tesla owners Australia Facebook group Last week a lady was seen appearing to be tinkering with a Tesla parked in the Melbourne suburb of Epping.
The poster, Ibrahim Can, said he found a “deep scratch from the passenger door all the way to the left guard,” and security footage of his Tesla from late October showed that an “elderly lady” appears to have keyed his car.
A Sydney man was charged earlier this year with causing more than $10,000 in damage in a series of key incidents. Of the six cars he allegedly keyed, three were Teslas.
Tesla’s Sentry Mode system uses the car’s cameras to monitor its surroundings and then capture any threats surrounding the parked car.
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