I was a kid not too long ago, and it's not really the sort of crime the delinquents did. When cars where targeted it usually was more a case of a boot to the wing mirror or running over the top of it. But again that usually only happened at night, when there was a group of lads and usually when drunk.
A boot or running over the top is mindless foolery. Keying, throwing paint over something, that is jealousy, and I can't ever recall youngsters being jealous of a grown man in a fast car, it's expected. An adult who isn't doing as well in life as John, well they would hold resentment.