He looks like he is parked terribly close to the guy in front of him...that guy probably could not get out of his parking spot...just happened to have some red paint and no post-it-notes.

Man, the other kids at the Goth club will think I'm so cool when they see how I decked out my car!

I wouldn't want to be an insurance adjuster. I'm just saying...

My guess is a decent Photoshop job. Am I too literal?

It was intentional, the inside is too perfect. Kinda cool for a bling job, though.

No glass particles on the ground outside.

No glass particles on the seat inside.

No paint on the ground.

Paint is smooth on the upholstery, without thick drips.

Viral / guerilla advertising for a zombie movie?

Look at the driver armrest. Nothing on the top, but above it, on the side, and below it. Unless there was an arm there at the time, doesn't make sense for thrown paint. The seat would indicate someone wasn't sitting in it.

Yeah, I'm going with some sort of stunt/prank or failed insurance scam.

First of all, no one knows when this picture was taken, it could have been long after it was splattered with paint. Which would account for the lack of glass on the outside of the car. Sucks to be the person who owns that car either way!

It's an odd combination. I do think it is real paint, but it was slopped and wiped on, not thrown. Some splashing occured, but not much. This happened some days before the photo was taken, because there are clean objects on top of the paint, such as the food wrapper (?) and the white cable.

Other objects,do have paint on them, like the cups and lots of the glass shards. Probably to show an insurance adjuster, but then why clutter up the evidence with the new objects?

When the painters got to the driver-side door, they were running low - the pain appears to be thinner. The clean armrest is odd, but again, the paint on the door was wiped on with a rag or somesuch, not splashed, so this may just be the way they did it.

It looks like yellow paint has been wiped onto the dashboard behind the drink cup, with read paint (looking orange) on top of some of it.

It's almost too bizarre for an insurance scam. I'll vote for some sort of revenge...

My wildly unsupported guess is scorned girlfriend or mistress. Perhaps she found out he was married, or a mistress became angry when she discovered divorce wouldn't happen. Or maybe it's wife's car and mistress is stalking the wife? There are tons of possibilities.

I just can't imagine a wife with two brain cells to rub together damaging property that will likely become hers during the divorce. Of course, in a fit of anger, anything is possible.

Are those seats real leather? Maybe a PETA activist is moving on from fur.

Can of red spray paint was left in the car and exploded, smashing the window.

Bet that's the last time he takes Carrie to the prom.

I'm going to go w/ some kinda Shop/scam/viral ad/fake. There's no glass on the street but there is still glass on the top of the door. So the car wasn't driven since it happened but someone cleaned the street under the car. Hmmm... Also the clean lines/no splatter on the car seat as well as lack of paint on the armrest and iPod cord. The yellow paint on the dash is likely an optical illusion of the red pain and late afternoon sun. If it is a Shop (I don't think so), it's very, very good.

It's modern art! Title: Revenge!

@GMCR: "Bet that's the last time he takes Carrie to the prom."

I think we have a winner, here!

I was going to comment on the strange way the paint appears to have been spread on the seats, but Random_Guy and Kevin said it nicely already. I can't imagine what brought the incident about, but it's a heck of a way to mistreat a Beamer.

There's no glass on the street but there is still glass on the top of the door. So the car wasn't driven since it happened but someone cleaned the street under the car. -- Kevin at February 6, 2013 11:37 AM

Depending on the length of time after the incident -- it could have been driven, and the glass that is there is "glued" in by the paint.

but it's a heck of a way to mistreat a Beamer.

Really? They're over-priced rubbish with cachet. If you want a reliable, long-lasting pocket rocket, go buy a Subaru. For a low-end luxury car, an Audi.

the glass that is there is "glued" in by the paint

Some of it isn't on paint covered areas.

I don't doubt that it's a real photo, but I'm thinking that the car itself is some kind of art-car job.

It's a statement against the 1%.