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      06-11-2014, 06:19 AM   #848
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Drives: X5 45e 2021
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Originally Posted by CatFlap View Post
Nothing wrong - its cos your car is not in production yet! They seem to 'recycle' old VINs I guess.

As an example, if you look up VIN 0J43940 you'll see that it's a car reported as in production today, if you then increment the last digit until you get to the car which reprts as an old 5 series (or similar) the VIN previous is the last one on the production line. When it gets up to yours BINGO!

I notice that WBAKS620600K77316 was built on 9/6/14 - no more in that series of VIN's for 40d.
I thought a VIN was unique to ID a single car..bit like an IMEI or SIM Card on a mobile
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