Has someone tried to break into my car?

[jackh707]

I noticed when I got home today that the plastic strip on top of my passenger side windows has gone walkies. It bridges the gap between roof and windows, there is a gap now but you can't get into the car.
There is no sign of the strip in bushes or near car etc.

Now, I've used the motorbike the past few days and the car hasn't moved since Saturday when I drove back from le GF's in a rougher part of the city.

I think it's happened today as I would have noticed it walking past to the garage for motorbikes etc. (it's parked outside the front door on the drive.)

But, there is a chance it's happened at night, or round at le GF's.

Rear window


Front window



Opinions please...
is it just some hoodlums pinching a bit of the car, an orchestrated attempt to break in and steal the car or contents or some frost shattering effect of the ice when the car was outside le GF's, (it was covered in ice when I left)?

It's an R50 mini.

[crocodile tears]

doogz said:

More likely that someone wanted them for their car i'd say.

bds.

I'd be inclined to go with this too

[tbc]

wouldn't be at all surprised if they half inched it for their own car

friend of mine parked his Mini Cooper in a a 24hr Tesco's one night, beside another Mini

next day his Dad ask him why he had de-badged it

so it appears the other mini driver fancied a Cooper badge and didn't have a fiver to spare

[jackh707]

Yeah, mostly what I expected,cheers for the replies, it's being parked elsewhere tonight for peace of mind.

[jonah35]

possibly attempted theft. be vigilant going forward - stop lock thing when at girlfriends?