VIN on a 200

[Phil Rose]

At 12:49 PM -0500 5/10/05, michael wrote:
>Clear?
>WAUGE...

Yes, I now realize what you're getting at. Frankly I never noticed 
the discrepancy in the Bentley chart before--I'd always focused 
attention on the (to me) more-important serial number at the end. As 
to what Audi "meant" by that "G" designation--well, they obviously 
meant it to mean (or imply) the 200 4-dr sedan body, but why that 
description didn't get it into their decryption chart is anyone's 
guess.

Maybe it's all just a sign that German encryption has never fully 
recovered after the Allies acquired the Enigma Machine.

Phil




>G - 90 4-Door Sedan (1988-92)
>G - 100 4- Door Wagon (1989-92)
>G - Quattro 2-Door Coupe (1990)
>G - A6 Quattro (1995)
>
>No 200 sedans in this 'G' list. Therein lies the puzzle.
>
>On May 10, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Phil Rose wrote:
>
>>At 9:24 AM -0500 5/10/05, michael wrote:
>>>This is closer but too generic for Audi folks.
>>>What does Audi think they are encoding in a VIN?
>>
>>I believe someone has posted for you the VIN translation as taken 
>>from the Bentley shop manual. That seems a quite satisfactory 
>>encoding for _my_ vehicles. So why the continued puzzlement about 
>>what Audi "thinks they are encoding"? It seems clear to me from the 
>>Bentley info (it does, typically, tell what Audi "thinks", AFAIK).
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>>On May 10, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Eric_R_Kissell at whirlpool.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>To decode an Audi or VW VIN, try:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.vwplaypen.com/vin.php
>>>>
>>>>hth,
>>>>Eric
>>>>
>>>
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>>Phil Rose				Rochester, NY USA
>>'91 200q	(140K, Lago blue)
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