> > What can be learned from the following VIN? > > > > WAUDCO854DA90042 > > That it's a couple of digits short? > > DA900042 (if that's what it is) was nominally built in early August > 1981 as one of the first cars in the 1982 model year. Don't you mean Aug 1982; MY 1983? -- Huw Powell http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/ 82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250