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So I just got back from lunch and noticed that both of my roof trim pieces are missing. 
3 years ago I had one fly off the car while I was on the highway. The dealer replaced it under warranty. It took them 3 hours to do it, but outside of my wasted time, it was repaired with no out of pocket cost to me.
So now, both of them are missing. So I called the same dealer and was told that even though I have the "Platinum Extended Warranty" that they sold me, because they are "trim" pieces, they will not replace them under warranty. So they expect me to pay them $300+ for some strips of rubber.
Here is a thread where this has been discussed before...
http://www.newscionxb.com/134-cleaning-care-maint/6604-roof-trim-missing.html
However, the more I think about it, and as anal about my car as I know I am, I just can't believe that both of these strips would fly off the car without me noticing at least one of them being gone. I also highly doubt they flew off at the same time. The time I lost one before, I heard it bang on the roof as it flew away.
So the more I think about it, the more I wonder if some jerk stole them off my car. The mounts on them look weak and poorly designed, so I'm sure they'd pop right off with a pinch of some pliers. I also just moved to a crappy `hood and I've yet to clear out all of my stuff from my garage so that I can park my car inside. My brother use to live a couple blocks over and some a`hole stole all the "Cobra" emblems off his Mustang Cobra car several years ago. So I would not be very surprised if someone stole them off my car, while parked in my driveway overnight, given the crappy area.
So I was just curious if anyone knows if these trim pieces are theft items now or if I just have bad luck with Scion's shoddy roof trim piece mounts. Since Scion charges $100 a pop + labor to replace them if you are past your factory warranty period, I can see why they'd be on the radar of lowlifes who steal.
3 years ago I had one fly off the car while I was on the highway. The dealer replaced it under warranty. It took them 3 hours to do it, but outside of my wasted time, it was repaired with no out of pocket cost to me.
So now, both of them are missing. So I called the same dealer and was told that even though I have the "Platinum Extended Warranty" that they sold me, because they are "trim" pieces, they will not replace them under warranty. So they expect me to pay them $300+ for some strips of rubber.
Here is a thread where this has been discussed before...
http://www.newscionxb.com/134-cleaning-care-maint/6604-roof-trim-missing.html
However, the more I think about it, and as anal about my car as I know I am, I just can't believe that both of these strips would fly off the car without me noticing at least one of them being gone. I also highly doubt they flew off at the same time. The time I lost one before, I heard it bang on the roof as it flew away.
So the more I think about it, the more I wonder if some jerk stole them off my car. The mounts on them look weak and poorly designed, so I'm sure they'd pop right off with a pinch of some pliers. I also just moved to a crappy `hood and I've yet to clear out all of my stuff from my garage so that I can park my car inside. My brother use to live a couple blocks over and some a`hole stole all the "Cobra" emblems off his Mustang Cobra car several years ago. So I would not be very surprised if someone stole them off my car, while parked in my driveway overnight, given the crappy area.
So I was just curious if anyone knows if these trim pieces are theft items now or if I just have bad luck with Scion's shoddy roof trim piece mounts. Since Scion charges $100 a pop + labor to replace them if you are past your factory warranty period, I can see why they'd be on the radar of lowlifes who steal.