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Old 06-21-2010, 10:26 PM   #1576
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Old 06-21-2010, 10:45 PM   #1577
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My new (to me) '95 5 spd: AM50350


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Old 06-22-2010, 01:03 AM   #1578
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hm, I don't know if Mallard's going to be coming back
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Old 06-22-2010, 02:17 AM   #1579
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I think you're right... any other suggestions for VIN decoding?

I would imagine a BMW dealership would not exactly do it for free, or am I wrong?
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Old 06-22-2010, 02:37 AM   #1580
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any other suggestions for VIN decoding?
I know there's a web site that will provide that info, but it's not free, and I don't know the URL for the site. I only know that someone here paid for the info before they knew about this thread.
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:16 PM   #1581
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i called and got all my info from my local BMW parts dept. and it was free, however i work for a body shop and i buy parts from them for the shop, don't know if it would cost if you just walked in, it never hurts to ask
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Old 06-22-2010, 09:28 PM   #1582
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I concur, I just contacted my BMW dealership here in Canada and they even gave me info on what was a US model...

Funny thing they did not know or have the info if it was a BASE / ACTIVE / or sport
The car has the alloy wheels / sun roof / leather wheel /on board computer / and body colored panels (m-teck front but regular painted non-m-diffuser rear) does this mean it's NOT a sport model?



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Old 06-22-2010, 10:17 PM   #1583
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I does this mean it's NOT a sport model?
It also has non-sport side moldings, so it's probably a base or active with the sport front bumper added.
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Old 06-23-2010, 08:28 PM   #1584
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That car is definately an active model. It has the active specific alloys... Should also have cruise control and the trip computer.
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Old 06-24-2010, 02:05 AM   #1585
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That car is definately an active model. It has the active specific alloys... Should also have cruise control and the trip computer.
I've seen base models with alloys
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Old 06-24-2010, 02:12 AM   #1586
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Oh no!
Is Mallard really gone?

He will be greatly missed as he was such a great resource to this community.

I was going to ask him to decode EF43974


Thanks for all the times you helped me in the past.
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Old 07-03-2010, 12:17 AM   #1587
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hi do u do british made vin numbers
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I Googled "BMW Vin decoder" and found a few different pay sites offering to generate the options list based on your BMW VIN; of the ones that looked decent there is a guy at www.bmvin.info that will do it for $2.95 and he accepts PayPal -- my experience was that I got a reply with full info in about 4 hours.

I actually extracted the factory build sheet from under the backseat of my car over the weekend, and it only listed 3 of the 10 options listed on the PDF that I got from the web service (but I do have everything listed, for some reason the factory options sheet wasn't complete).

Finally, I was able to confirm I have M Sport suspension but no LSD. FWIW, jacking up one side of my car a few weeks ago, I was able to spin the elevated tire freely, so this may be some indirect evidence showing that simple test works just fine.
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:43 AM   #1589
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Old 08-24-2010, 09:47 AM   #1590
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Mallard,
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