Maybe they just can't count?

[Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>]

>
>>> Date of mfg 3/82 but the dealer says it is a '83.
>>> VIN # WAUDC0857DA900187.
>

This may be a Florida car - in the early 80's, imported cars in Florida
were titled the year they were sold, not the year of production - this was
a quirk of the DMV, not yet another dealer-invented attempt to skin car
buyers. (Evidently trying to protect the indigenous automobile producers, I
guess . . . )



>>The records state that 85-D-900001 was built on 1 August 1982, and
>>85-D-900593 was built on 31 August 1982.  592 cars in 30 days, from a
>>plant capable of an absolute maximum of four cars a day?
>>
>>--
>> Phil Payne
>
>Seems unlikely to me as well.  I have # WAUDC0858DA900148 and the door jam
>says manufactured 2/82.

I begin to suspect that perhaps German motor vehicle manufacturers simply
cannot count. I once owned a 1955 BMW R50 motorcycle, serial number 550 016
- it was the sixth R50 built in this series - for some reason they started
counting at 550 010 instead of the expected 550 001.    "    ?     "

Best Regards,

Mike Arman