BMW Archive VIN check
BMW Archive VIN check
I was running a VIN check on my car to find out exactly when it was built. It said, 11.09.2006. Is that November 9th or September 11th?
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Re: BMW Archive VIN check
Good question, since the Europeans do tend to list the day before the month....where did you access the records? I know my car was built on Jan 21st 2009, if I could look mine up I could tell you.
Last edited by Minidave on Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hi! My name's Dave!
'09 LB/LB Clubman S - "Max"
89 Mini "Racing Green"
94 SPi Project (The Hot Rod)
'09 LB/LB Clubman S - "Max"
89 Mini "Racing Green"
94 SPi Project (The Hot Rod)
Re: BMW Archive VIN check
BMW archive something. I can't remember the exact site lol
Bruno - 2022 JCW
Former MINI's
2006 R53 Mini Cooper S
2011 R55 Mini Cooper Clubman
2013 R56 Mini Cooper S JCW
2008 R56 MINI Cooper S JCW
2014 R55 MINI JCW Clubman
2017 F56 MINI Cooper S JCW
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2011 R55 Mini Cooper Clubman
2013 R56 Mini Cooper S JCW
2008 R56 MINI Cooper S JCW
2014 R55 MINI JCW Clubman
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Re: BMW Archive VIN check
OK, the first is the day, the second is the month.
Interesting that when you do this, you get an accurate picture of what the car looked like when it was born, including all your options.
Interesting that when you do this, you get an accurate picture of what the car looked like when it was born, including all your options.
Hi! My name's Dave!
'09 LB/LB Clubman S - "Max"
89 Mini "Racing Green"
94 SPi Project (The Hot Rod)
'09 LB/LB Clubman S - "Max"
89 Mini "Racing Green"
94 SPi Project (The Hot Rod)
Re: BMW Archive VIN check
Yea. I just found it weird that mine was built September 11thMinidave wrote:OK, the first is the day, the second is the month.
Interesting that when you do this, you get an accurate picture of what the car looked like when it was born, including all your options.
Bruno - 2022 JCW
Former MINI's
2006 R53 Mini Cooper S
2011 R55 Mini Cooper Clubman
2013 R56 Mini Cooper S JCW
2008 R56 MINI Cooper S JCW
2014 R55 MINI JCW Clubman
2017 F56 MINI Cooper S JCW
Former MINI's
2006 R53 Mini Cooper S
2011 R55 Mini Cooper Clubman
2013 R56 Mini Cooper S JCW
2008 R56 MINI Cooper S JCW
2014 R55 MINI JCW Clubman
2017 F56 MINI Cooper S JCW
Re: BMW Archive VIN check
In case you were curious about the website...here is the link. http://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html
The website is in German, and this link is an English conversion. So you'll see some German phrases scattered around.
And yes, the dates are DD.MM.YYYY -- Day then month then year. Judy's MIN shows 26.02.2002, built a month before MINIs were even sold in the US.
The website is in German, and this link is an English conversion. So you'll see some German phrases scattered around.
And yes, the dates are DD.MM.YYYY -- Day then month then year. Judy's MIN shows 26.02.2002, built a month before MINIs were even sold in the US.
Greg
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Des Moines/KC/whatever
'19 Emerald Grey/Chili Red JCW (F56) <---- Greg's car
'08 Dark Silver/Black Cooper S convertible JCW (R52) <---- Greg's other car
'02 BRG/White Cooper (R50) Iowa plate: M1N1 <-----Judy's car
Des Moines/KC/whatever
Re: BMW Archive VIN check
There are also more website which can decode your MINI VIN number.
I would like to recommend www.myminivin.com
good quality mini VIN lookup, it decodes manufacture date, car options and other information like market, color..
I would like to recommend www.myminivin.com
good quality mini VIN lookup, it decodes manufacture date, car options and other information like market, color..