’Disgraceful’: Sydney local left horrified as Tesla is allegedly keyed

Footage showed the moment an elderly man does the unthinkable to a parked Tesla in an affluent Sydney suburb.

The moment a $55K Tesla car was allegedly keyed by an elderly man in a ritzy Sydney suburb has been captured on video.

The footage shows the man, who was wearing a white T-shirt and baseball cap in Rose Bay, walk closely to the car before gliding his hand across the paintwork.

The man is then seen shuffling out of view, in the video recorded on Tesla’s Sentry system.

The incident occurred on the corner of South Head Road and Dover Road in front of the local pub Hotel Rose Bay.

The elderly man appeared to look over his shoulder before approaching the electric vehicle. Picture: X

Footage of the incident was posted on social media after it occurred in Sydney's east. Picture: X

The video posted on X has been watched over 65,000 times.

People online were quick to comment on the alleged act of vandalism.

“Bloody hell Deon, this is atrocious. I hope they find him soon!” one person wrote.

“This is absolutely shocking! Another wrote.

The latest video follows a spate of bizarre keying incidents involving Teslas across the country.

Last month, a similar incident occurred in Epping, Victoria, where an elderly lady vandalised a local’s electric vehicle, leading a “deep scratch from the rear passenger door all the way through to the left guard.”

Both this and the most recent incident were caught on Tesla’s Sentry system.

The technology allows the eight cameras around the vehicle to remain powered on and ready to record suspicious behaviour, turning on once it detects a potential threat.