VIN Question??

[mlee]

Originally Posted by weSS1LEy

See thread titled 14zl1 below.

You just answered a post from 2012...

Originally Posted by LevonH

Hi again
Here is page 1 of the 2015 Registry. It shows what I am referring to in terms of the erratic dates and non sequential numbers:

2015 ZL1 COUPE REGISTRY

Show me vehicles with only RPO Code AE4 AJ9 AKQ AMM ANF AYO AYZ B34 B92 BD8 BTV CF5 D52 DBX DCP DD1 DSW DSX F55 FE5 FE9 G80 GT4 GU5 J56 JF5 KA1 KW8 LSA MN6 MXO NE1 NPP NV9 NZL O5N ROO RPG RSK RTQ RWH S0O SGC SRJ SRU T3N T3U T4F UFU UHQ UJM UMZ UP9 UQA UV6 UVC VAS VK3 VLI VQL VRB VRU VY7 VYW W2D WBP YF5
VIN Body Build Date Trans Color
XXXXXXXXXX9800005Coupe04/01/2014ManualG7C Red Hot Exterior
XXXXXXXXXX9800045Coupe06/01/2015ManualG7D Bright Yellow
XXXXXXXXXX9800047Coupe10/07/2014AutomaticGBA Black
XXXXXXXXXX9800051Coupe01/01/2014ManualG7D Bright Yellow
XXXXXXXXXX9800082Coupe06/08/2014ManualGAZ Summit White
...

These are Pre-Production ZL1s. You will only find this on page one. My old car 00023 is top of page 2 where the actual production starts.

Pre-Production cars are driven by GM personnel to make sure they are ready for the public. Most of them are sold after the fact with miles on them which is what you are seeing. Their VINs are just like any other car coming off the line (lower number built first) but they are not part of the numbering system starting from 001, 002...

[LevonH]

Is this the case for 2015's???? There are just too many anomalies on the registry to truly believe what is there for Production Dates. I could see a few maybe in the early dates but once you get into regular production after June or July there should not be cars with early production numbers?

[mlee]

Originally Posted by LevonH

Is this the case for 2015's???? There are just too many anomalies on the registry to truly believe what is there for Production Dates. I could see a few maybe in the early dates but once you get into regular production after June or July there should not be cars with early production numbers?

I agree... and it's up to the owner to report the correct build date. Unfortunately a lot of folks have no clue how to figure that out.

When you see a date error you can bet it should have been a number in-between the entry above and below it. I'm friends with the site owner and will ask him about it.

Here's one that is waaay off. No way this car was built in 2014.

[LevonH]

Thanks I feel better now. I sent a note to the Registry and asked if they check or verify anything. Did not yet hear back.

With all of the fake news around these days it would be nice to have data you can rely on.

[weSS1LEy]

Originally Posted by mlee

You just answered a post from 2012...

Doh!

[mlee]

Originally Posted by LevonH

Thanks I feel better now. I sent a note to the Registry and asked if they check or verify anything. Did not yet hear back.

With all of the fake news around these days it would be nice to have data you can rely on.

There is nothing they can check or verify. It's up to the person submitting to input the correct info. He would wear out his welcome pretty fast if he kept contacting them to verify VINs.

I would bet those VINs are dead on. Build dates are a little subjective but pretty darn close as well other than what you've brought up. The data we have here on counts and colors is straight from GM but no one is going to correlate VINs with build dates which is why the registry was started.