Is there a furious ex-lover roaming Perth’s northern suburbs? Was it the work of a disgruntled former workmate? Or perhaps it was a bucks party prank gone wrong.

They say every photo tells a story and we’ve got bets on the story behind this one being like something from a soap opera.

Gracie Johnson captured footage of a white Mitsubishi 380 sporting a smashed windscreen and the spray painted words “cheater” and “dog” at the intersection of Joondalup Drive and Sundew Rise in Joondalup about 3.30pm yesterday.

Ms Johnson said she was shocked to see a man in a cap parked at the traffic lights in the unique vehicle, which had three smashes on the windscreen and a smashed back window.

“I thought ‘wow that’s crazy someone would jump in and casually drive it looking like that,” she said.

“What in the world did he do to deserve that?” she said.

Camera Icon The car was seen in Joondalup yesterday. Credit: Gracie Johnson

After the footage was shared with more than 130,000 people on the Perth - Have a Whinge Facebook page, others seemed bemused the driver would use the car in daylight, despite the unpleasant paintwork.

“Ouch. Can’t believe they are driving it,” wrote one Facebook user.

While the reason behind the damage remains a mystery, social media users were quick to offer their own theories.

“Wow, now that’s revenge,” wrote another.

“This is why you should never cheat at Monopoly,” wrote another.

Last year, a luxury Mercedes-Benz was targeted by an apparent scorned woman in Adelaide.

A group of people claimed to witness a woman with a baseball bat take out her rage on the S63 AMG Coupe, worth more than $400,000.

The car was spray painted with the words “cheater”, “s--t” and “man w---e”.