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In article <1156kc7w165w@slic.cts.com> mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley) writes:

   johnson@cambridge.mitchell.com (Hugh Johnson) writes:

    > Hey guy: 	The man has 192 page document from NICB (National
    > Insurance Crime Bureau) that describes the exact method of decoding
    > the V.I.N. of various manufacuturers. Guess What??? No
    > manufacuturer maintains the same VIN decoding as any other,
    > further, a manufacturer may not even do it the same way in

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   This being the case, then to dispel the feelings of title fraud,
   I'd suggest that folks who send you their VIN and vehicle
   description, replace the last 6 digits of the VIN with
   place-holding X's.  This will still give you what you need without
   passing the owner's actual "serial" number.
 
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How do you propose to debug the alogorithm without being able to
test the decoding of the check digit that is built into EVERY VIN?
Besides, the last n digits of the VIN that is the actual serial
number of that very vehicle is appropiate *ONLY* to the vehicles
assembled at *ONE* assembly plant. If the vehicle mnake/model is
assemble at more than one location in the world, then the serial
number doen'e mean diddly, except to the exact plant of assembly.

Wanna try again??


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