Canadian residents puzzled over a mysterious Tesla collecting parking tickets, unmoved from the street for months
- A Tesla Model 3 has been abandoned in a Vancouver neighborhood
- Sitting for months, it’s gathering dirt, leaves, and tickets
- Nobody knows how it got there
Published on Nov 12, 2024 at 8:01 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Nov 13, 2024 at 12:59 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A mystery abandoned Tesla Model 3 has been parked in a Vancouver neighborhood for months, gathering dirt, leaves, and tickets – but nobody knows how it got there.
The most recent ticket was paid in January 2024, per February reports that said it had been in situ since September 2023.
The city was notified that the owner was away and the EV’s battery was dead.
However, residents have been left puzzled about why it’s been left to rot.
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The abandoned Tesla Model 3
Sitting on West 1st Avenue at Balsam Street in the neighborhood of Kitsilano in The City of Vancouver, authorities have now classified the EV as abandoned.
The city’s rules state that a car is abandoned if it is parked on the streets upward of 14 days.
They are moving forward with a legal process that could result in the vehicle being towed and impounded.
Covered in dirt, leaves, and tickets neighbors have grown frustrated by it being parked long-term.
The neighborhood is already plagued by limited parking availability.
In fact, many believe the vehicle should have been towed long ago.
Even the oldest 2017 model of the Tesla Model 3 starts at $36,000 – which raises the question of why it was abandoned without the owner attempting to cash in.
It’s a far cry from this quaint town in Italy, where a car parked in the same spot for nearly 50 years became a local icon.
Similarly, a Tesla Cybertruck abandoned in Seattle has turned into an unlikely tourist attraction.
Meanwhile, this dirty abandoned Tesla contained something odd in its interior.
What the locals think
“It’s definitely weathered at the very least … something’s happened to the rims here,” Jon Smolensky, a local resident told Global News of the automotive mystery.
“It feels like some sort of practical joke.
“If I had the keys to a Tesla, I’d be driving it. It is a Kitsilano special.
“I can’t quite understand what is happening here.”
Fellow Kitsilano resident, Roxanne Ledan, agreed: “It’s a Tesla…it’s not like somebody dropped an old car from 1975.”
With news that Teslas are being left to rot, Ford is planning to build Super Duty Trucks instead of EVs in Canada.
On the other end of the scale, a luxury vintage car was seen being hoisted 58 stories up by crane to a penthouse
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
