I parked my Mini Cooper at the mall today. When I returned from some shopping, the sunroof was smashed by burglars.

Does any of you know how much a new sunroof cost?

 

Ouch! That sucks out loud.
Not sure of the cost, but you might want to try Randy Webb - I know he removed his sunroof from his race car.
www.webbmotorsports.com

 

I wish someone would smash my sunroof.

 

Nope, I'd say get a police report if you haven't already, and contact the ins. company then give the dealer a call on Mon.

Yes that does suck out loud!

 

id go on a murderous rampage

 

My Japanese friends here are convinced everyone in America has a gun and they have shootouts to settle disputes like the old west. Don't let the incident push you over the edge.

 

Sounds more like vandals than burglars to me - who breaks into a car through the sunroof?

Even the tallest monkey-armed **** I know can't reach down through the sunroof and get to the interior door handle without crawling on top of the car.

 

Nobody said burglers were smart.

 

yeah good point. i was mad. but now i stress about the hassle and replacement cost. i care about my mini and my wallet you know.

 

Them are fightin words!!! Draw yur gun!!!

 

OMG!!! How HORRIBLE!!!
I would be devastated!


Lots & Lots of BAD KARMA to those a$$hats!!!

 

Check out the salvage yard--lots of crashed MINI's recently. =(

 

Them are fightin words!!! Draw!

Sorry to hear that about the MINI. There is a sunroof on Ebay but it is $$$. Most likely because of the custom roof graphic!

http://cgi.ebay.com/02-03-04-05-06-M...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Wow - $500 and they couldn't even be bothered to wipe it down before taking pictures?

 

It's like a $2000 option isn't it? But that's paying for the motor, electronics, linkage, etc. Hopefully the linkage is ok and all you need is replacement glass. I hate vandals, hope their peckers shrivel and fall off!

 

There is a bit more than just a chance that the sunroof could have broken on it's own. If the car was not actually broken into, meaning it was not entered and no other damage seen, it could have just 'happened'. More than a few reports of self-breaking sunroofs have come through this site. It's a known problem.

 

huh, that's kinda funny cause my American friends think everyone in
Japan have swords and are ninja's by night.

 

Ha! *snort*

 

Interesting... The glass wasn't scattered into the mini. it is just in a millions pieces, but still in its frame. I figured vandals/burglars saw me coming, but maybe something else is in play.

Self-destructing sun roofs????

 

You mean they aren't?!?! Next you'll be telling me they're not all black-belts...

*sniff* Hollywood has lied to me *sniff*

 

I've heard it more often with the glass rear windows in the MINI convertible roofs, but it can happen with sunroofs as well.

When someone forcibly breaks a car window that doesn't have tinted film on it, it pretty much *always* throws pieces of "popcorn glass" all throughout the interior. If all of your glass is still in the frame, and there's not an obvious impact point, it sounds more like spontaneous breakage.

 

500 sounds like an excellent deal to me. I can remember spending 300 on just a drive cable to pull the sunroof open/closed.

 

heh heh. I always thought that was a myth...untill that one night...