Photo request VIN Plate

[TwinsPoppa]

Sorry can't help you but does the law there possibly let you go back to the seller and recoup the money spent buying the X? Just curious.

[TerminatorX5]

also, why would it take them 3 years to find a duplicate? it is not like the UK cars are easily sold in other countries... and it is not a new production, when a duplicate is created 2 months ago, all E53 were done in 2006...

do the spec sheets of the both VINs coincide? in other words, the color, the engine, the options trim... I think in the US, the VINs have a check digit, I think it is 7th or 11th character - in BMW the 11th character is the manufacturing plant, for E53s it is always the letter "L", for plant in spartanburg...

[TwinsPoppa]

BTW ... have you posted on Xdrivers?

[TerryJenk]

Hi All

Yes the law would allow me a claim against the seller of the car but in the two and a half years I had the car the dealer went bankrupt and closed down .

I have posted on xdrivers.co.uk and have just had a guy offer me a copy of a 2004 model which should be close enough.

All I can think for the reason for the delay in finding it is that the other car is in a major oil city close to offshore rigs and that the genuine car has been off the road for a long time.

No the specs are different too.

[pezho405]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

wing = fender

For the americans out there..

[TerryJenk]

Well finally got my car back - just have to sort out the VIN now and get a new registration document .

I also bought a scanner and at least that confirms the police findings as the VIN in the onboard computer matches the VIN that the police identified.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by pezho405

For the americans out there..

Hood = Bonnet
Trunk = Boot
Gasoline = Petrol
Cold beer = Warm beer.
Americans = Yanks

For the non Americans out there.

[TerryJenk]

LOL - I like it !!!

[Helmuth]

Original German name: Kotflügel
Kot: excrement -> shit
Flügel: wing

makes it a: Shitwing :-)

Have a great weekend guys.