VIN 1000 on the way!
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I have a feeling it is not correct.
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Yes,I agree with Randy...this would be approaching 6000/yr.Randy Chase said:
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Mine was #596 with a 9/28 in port date.
Two months later @200 / month.
It could be right.
(by the way, I am new to this site - have learned a lot reading all of these threads the past few days....)
Two months later @200 / month.
It could be right.
(by the way, I am new to this site - have learned a lot reading all of these threads the past few days....)
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VIN Code
The US Elise VIN code seems to be:
SCCPC111x5HL3yyyy where the x is replaced with a check digit and the yyyy is replaced with the serial number.
For example, mine is:
SCC Lotus
P Toyota engine
C Dual air-bag restraint
111 Elise family
X check digit
5 2005 model year
H Assembled in Hethel
L Left hand drive
3 US Elise
0027 serial number 27
The US Elise VIN code seems to be:
SCCPC111x5HL3yyyy where the x is replaced with a check digit and the yyyy is replaced with the serial number.
For example, mine is:
SCC Lotus
P Toyota engine
C Dual air-bag restraint
111 Elise family
X check digit
5 2005 model year
H Assembled in Hethel
L Left hand drive
3 US Elise
0027 serial number 27
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The check digit is computed so that bogus VINs can be detected. I've never found the formula used for US VINs but typically, you add all the digits together including numbers representing the characters and then either look up the value of the check digit or subtract the total you got from a fixed value and use that as the code for the check digit.
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Very close. Here t'is in hamfisted Perl code if it helps:MikeGalos said:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
{
$vin = "SCCPC11105HL30022"; # VIN to test for validity
print "Trying $vin\n";
# Each VIN characters has a numeric value:
%value = (
'0' => 0, '1' => 1, '2' => 2, '3' => 3, '4' => 4, '5' => 5,
'6' => 6, '7' => 7, '8' => 8, '9' => 9,
'A' => 1, 'B' => 2, 'C' => 3, 'D' => 4, 'E' => 5, 'F' => 6,
'G' => 7, 'H' => 8,
'J' => 1, 'K' => 2, 'L' => 3, 'M' => 4, 'N' => 5,
'P' => 7,
'R' => 9, 'S' => 2, 'T' => 3, 'U' => 4, 'V' => 5, 'W' => 6,
'X' => 7, 'Y' => 8, 'Z' => 9 );
# Each VIN digit position has a multiplier
@weights = (8,7,6,5,4,3,2,10, 0, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2);
my $count = 0;
my $sum = 0;
my $gotchk = "";
# add up all the digits * weights
foreach $digit (unpack ("c*", $vin)) {
$sum += $value{chr($digit)} * $weights[$count++];
$gotchk = chr($digit) if ($count == 9);
}
# Check digit is sum mod 11
my $check = $sum % 11;
my $chk = '0' + $check;
$chk = 'X' if ($check == 10);
# verify against what we received as ninth digit
if ($chk == $gotchk) {
print "$vin OK\n";
} else {
print "$vin FAIL $chk $gotchk\n";
}
}
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Thanks, Larry. Congrats to you, as well. It's actually much easier for me to wait knowing that the car is almost here.LarryB said:
LA has better weather, but I miss the Bay Area. Enjoy your car.
CDubYa - Sounds like our cars are on the same boat. Yours probably was on the production line several slots ahead of mine.
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