I have seen a lot of tesla vandalism online the last few days and I’m kind of on the fence about it.
I’ve seen several examples locally here in BC, Canada.
I think totally warranted at newly purchased teslas going forward. Also it serves as a deterrent for potential future buyers.
But vandalizing a car that is a few years old I think is lame. Those driversare already being punished enough by driving something around that’s worth less than scrap.
No but it is moral to smear nasty things on the vehicle.
That will probably corrode the exterior in this case.
…making it even less likely that the car owner can afford to replace it?
Who replaces a car over a shitstain? You just go to the car wash.
The car owner replacing it is exactly the scenario we are trying to avoid here, as a Tesla owner is very likely to buy another Tesla and put more money on Musk’s pocket.
No this is an act of bullying. At most an inconvenience, but will make the day of a Tesla owner slightly worse. If enough people do it to enough Teslas, maybe people will link “owns a Tesla” with “social pariah”.