Re: New Member - Many Questions!!

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 11:12 AM 10/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Frank J. Bauer wrote:
>:|At 04:30 PM 10/26/98 -0800, you wrote:
>:|>	i was chacking out my numbers too.  i noticed that the
>:|>	vin on the dash does not match the similar number stamped
>:|>	on the body - located under the hood, in the frame of the
>:|>	car, in the back (close to the windshield).
>:|none of the digits match, or just the z's?
>	here's what i copied down:
>	dash: waudco85xda90005z
>	hood: wauzzz952da900054
>	the level of detail of knowledge on this list never
>	ceases to astound me...

wau = audi pass car, euro production
next three digits are used in us-only VINs, so they are all Z's in the euro
VIN plates, and otherwise specific wherever US-only VIN plates are
attached, such as the dash position.
they are codes for the body type, engine and passenger restraint system.
i don't have the urq body codes, but C=2.2l 130hp turbo gas, 0=active
restraint.
digits 7-8 are the model code - not sure why yours deviates here and i
don't have the urq model codes.
digit 9 is a check digit, so it would obviously differ for different VINs.
digit 10 is model year - D=83
digit 11 is manifacturing plant - A=Ingolstadt
digits 12-17 are sequential production numbers - how a "Z" figures into
that is a mystery to me...

frank