Re: HELP VIN' requested

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From: Catherine Anne Foulston
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 20:27

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In article <2p3jrc$rhq@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> adr5@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (Alex D Rodriguez) writes:

>Anyone who wants VIN numbers can just walk down the street and read them off
>of any car of their choice.  They are clearly visible through a cars 

Yeah, but that doesn't tell you everything you need.  If you're
trying to find how to map, say, the VIN to the year, reading off
a car is no good unless you can tell its year by looking.  I can't.

But I didn't respond because if they're a commercial company, as
they appear to be, and they're planning to write software to
sell, they should be willing to cough up to the manufacturers to
get the needed data, not expect people on the net to do it for
them.  If they're going to give away the software or whatever
they're producing, that would be different.

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Subject: Re: HELP VIN' requested
Date: 20 Apr 1994 20:27:00 GMT
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