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Old 07-06-2021, 07:01 AM
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My VIN decoder says mine was built on June 28, 2001. Thursday!!!

But the VIN plate in the driver's door jamb says July 2001.

Any opinions on how accurate either of those are?
The DMV will use the door sill plate for emissions testing. Registration too. Either a manufacturing delay or paperwork caused the mismatch.
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Old 07-06-2021, 06:29 PM
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try this decoder, it gave my build date in detail
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Where is the build date? Mine has an April '06 build date.
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In german we call it "Montagsauto", this is an often used expression.


Build lookup shows that my 3.0d was born on the 17th February 2005, which was a thursday, lucky me !
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In german we call it "Montagsauto", this is an often used expression.


Build lookup shows that my 3.0d was born on the 17th February 2005, which was a thursday, lucky me !
Sister to my car, which was made only 2 (work) days later.

Does anyone have a car made on a Saturday or Sunday?
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Mine was born on a Tuesday and *looks around worryingly* is usually well behaved. Though fighting the EHCII for awhile was a bit of an exercise in futility.
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In german we call it "Montagsauto", this is an often used expression.
DOH! My build is a Montagsauto.
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THANKS! I've been looking for a site to decode the VIN. BMW decoding didn't work on my regular sites. April 27, 2006 - Thursday! What day did the last one roll off the assembly line?
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In german we call it "Montagsauto", this is an often used expression.
Build lookup shows that my 3.0d was born on the 17th February 2005, which was a thursday, lucky me !
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My VIN decoder says mine was built on June 28, 2001. Thursday!!!
But the VIN plate in the driver's door jamb says July 2001.
Any opinions on how accurate either of those are?

Seems like most of the cars are rolling off the Spartanburg assembly line on a Thursday? I just checked mine and both the X5 and Z4MC are "born" on a Thursday!

I also just found out that I have a "Cop Control" option on my car
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Sister to my car, which was made only 2 (work) days later.

Does anyone have a car made on a Saturday or Sunday?
Mine has a June 18, 2005 build date, which is a Saturday. I'm boned.
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Mine was built on a Thursday! Whew!lol
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