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Originally Posted by Robert Grant
For decades, I worked at a police department, as a civilian employee, entering stolen vehicles into a database.
FYI, Vehicles 1981 and newer have a LOT of information about the vehicle in the VIN.
The first two characters tell you what country the vehicle was assembled in.
The tenth character tells you the model year.
The eleventh, which assembly plant (of said manufacturer) the vehicle was built in. Other features (Engine, body style, trim level) are encoded (though how such codes are used DO vary with manufacturer).
I would surprise officers by describing the vehicle to them as soon as they finished reading the VIN.
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Apologies for the vague sentence. I meant electronic device serial numbers usually don't contain info (or decoding resources have been lost to create effectively the same result)....I'm well aware of the info contained in automotive VINs...A few years back I learned a few things decoding the VIN of my 78 lincoln off of the guide in the service manual.