Just seen this car on the way home

[Brandane]

VIN numbers aren't normally visible on a car parked on the street though.

Is the VIN not still displayed in a panel at the bottom of the windscreen, on the driver's side?

Like this....

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just seen this thread has shot up to '6k' views. I hope they aren't all fraudsters looking for my personal details.

I'm expecting a court summons soon for doing 130 mph on the M25 in a 1.2cc Fiat 500, even though I haven't been to London, or even been south of Crewe for that matter, since 1992!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

VIN numbers aren't normally visible on a car parked on the street though.

They are they are on the passenger side lower windscreen, as said you would have to be creative to get a snap but it is possible.

 

[tyred]

Is the VIN not still displayed in a panel at the bottom of the windscreen, on the driver's side?

Like this....

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It is on my Skoda (well passenger side but that's the driver's side in the country of origin).

A few years ago the NCT (MOT) tester insisted he couldn't read the VIN number on my 205 which ended up with me having to get the car verified by Peugeot and a huge form filled out and signed by someone in officialdom before he would issue my test cert.

I can read the number and no subsequent tester has ever mentioned it so obviously I came across a jobsworth

 

[Nibor]

@classic33 can you find out Accy's real name from the info about his car he posted on here?
Please do not actually proceed or post his real name, just say yes or no
@Accy cyclist, me personally I don't have neither the desire or the knowhow to find out your real name, but I bet quite a few on here could.
And I know quite a few on the WWW would love to have your personal details!

I know his real name not telling though

 

[JtB]

Just seen this thread has shot up to '6k' views. I hope they aren't all fraudsters looking for my personal details.

I'm expecting a court summons soon for doing 130 mph on the M25 in a 1.2cc Fiat 500, even though I haven't been to London, or even been south of Crewe for that matter, since 1992!

Actually it’s quite a stressful experience. My Dad recently received a fine for driving illegally in a bus lane. When he looked more closely it was a bus lane in a city he’d never even visited so clearly his number plate had been cloned. But simply explaining that it was not his car did not stop the letters. They had his number plate on record and as far as they were concerned he was guilty of the crime so letters just kept on coming, each letter evermore threatening than the previous. Maybe if you’re a youngster you can laugh it off, but not when you’re elderly.

 

[Gunk]

About 25 years ago I had a knock at the door as my Golf VR6 was abandoned after an armed robbery about 200 miles away, they realised my car had been cloned within about 2 minutes after they confirmed the VIN Number.

 

[fossyant]

Well it's done nothing but rain in the North West since 'someone' bought a soft top !

 

[DCLane]

@fossyant - given my 'prize' car is delayed and I now don't own a car I'm looking at soft-tops. Or at least one for £1295 as temporary transport.

Does that mean we're in for a summer of ?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well it's done nothing but rain in the North West since 'someone' bought a soft top !

I know! I can't even wash the thing! I'm dying to get that soapy water pumping brush on it, especially the canvas roof. I always finish off with the gloss/wax rinse. I find rain water beads on cars after using it, meaning it does give a polished look. I'm not doing my customary when I get a 'new' car, liquid polish in a bottle and cloth rub up thingy this time. I just can't be bothered.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well it's done nothing but rain in the North West since 'someone' bought a soft top !

I had the top down most of the time while out today and I managed to give it a good wash and water gloss/polish!!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Mod Note:
Plastering one's face on the world wide web for all to see, when one previously posted about neighbours and stuff, is not a good idea

 

[Accy cyclist]

Mod Note:
Plastering one's face on the world wide web for all to see, when one previously posted about neighbours and stuff, is not a good idea

And do you think those neighbours look at Cycle Chat?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

And do you think those neighbours look at Cycle Chat?

Could be, or someone that knows you and them both maybe reads CC?
Don't after blame CC and the mods if (more than your usual) dramatic events happen to you.
I gave you good advice.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Could be, or someone that knows you and them both maybe reads CC?
Don't after blame CC and the mods if (more than your usual) dramatic events happen to you.
I gave you good advice.

No disrespect Pat, but I choose to live my life not wrapped in cotton wool.