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VINs
is there any way to tell from (or via) the VIN the date the car was built, basically whether a car has been sitting around for months before registration or was it straight from the factory???
Derek
14th Jun 2006 12:03 pm
10forcash
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5A is 2005MY, 6A is 2006MY, there is an easier way.....
Check the labels on things like the headlights and suspension wishbones, they will give a component assembly date, most of the line stock is delivered 'just in time' so is unlikely to be sitting around for weeks.
the oldest date on mine was 20th of August 2005 and I collected on 13th September 2005, some of the dates were later by a few days
14th Jun 2006 12:06 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Tx, will have a look. Reason asked is both my wife's & my D3s were registered within a few days but the VINs are some 35000 apart. Either there are big gaps in the VIN numbers or one is much later than the other.
Derek
14th Jun 2006 12:13 pm
DiscoStu
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VIN number - UK, EU and ROW
VIN Position Character Identifies
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1 - 3 - World identifier SAL Land Rover (UK)
4,5 - Vehicle type LA Discovery 3
6 - Class A Standard
7 - Body style A 4 Door
8 - Engine 1 276DT - V6 2.7 Diesel
8 - Engine 4 406 PN - V6 4.0 Petrol
8 - Engine 5 448PN - AJV8 4.4 Petrol
9 - Transmission and steering 3 RHD Automatic
9 - Transmission and steering 4 LHD Automatic
9 - Transmission and steering 7 RHD Manual
9 - Transmission and steering 8 LHD Manual
10 - Model year 5 2005
10 - Model year 6 2006
10 - Model year 7 2007
10 - Model year 8 2008
11 - Plant A Solihull
12-17 - Serial number 123456 Unique six digit serial number
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Cheers Stu, have had a play and formatted the list 8)
Thanks for the info though, have been looking for that
14th Jun 2006 3:45 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Crumbs, I thought mine was one of the early ones, according to TFC's method, all my components date from October 04, but according to the last 6 digits, its over 300000 down the line. I suppose the unique 6 digit number did not start at 0. it ends 0221, so maybe mine is number 221?
14th Jun 2006 4:42 pm
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It might be worth looking around for a few other dates.
