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Just carried out a HPi check on a car im looking at buying which seems to be ok, ie the VIN matches the VRM and its all clear[
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Use scouser's porsche 17 digit vin decoder it states

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But when i used Scouser's Porsche 17 Digit VIN Decoder it states that the third digit should be a 0 for sport cars and 1 for suv but the VIN i got its a letter D!
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Just carried out a HPi check on a car im looking at buying which seems to be ok, ie the VIN matches the VRM and its all clear[
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Use scouser's porsche 17 digit vin decoder it states

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But when i used Scouser's Porsche 17 Digit VIN Decoder it states that the third digit should be a 0 for sport cars and 1 for suv but the VIN i got its a letter D!
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Just carried out a HPi check on a car im looking at buying which seems to be ok, ie the VIN matches the VRM and its all clear[ ] 52 reg C4s WPDZZZ99Z3S------ But when i used Scouser's Porsche 17 Digit VIN Decoder it states that the third digit should be a 0 for sport cars and 1 for suv but the VIN i got its a letter D! Anyone know why? Is the decoder wrong or have i got the wrong VIN although the HPi check was ok!

POST 2Original post

You sure it's a D and not an 0? My logbook could be mistaken for having a D.

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Well, the vin was supplied by the owner and firstly i entered a 0 instead of the D and the HPI stated that the vin and vrm did not match but when i entered D instead of 0 all was fine. So i suppose the vin must be right else the HPI would not have matched the vin to the vrm. Strange!

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Don't be surprised if you find that the VIN was incorrectly entered when the car was first registered with the DVLA - the error then gets carried through to HPI. I had this problem when buying my 996 where an S was entered instead of 2 for the year designator in the VIN. DVLA were very helpful in rectifying the error when it was pointed out [ ]

POST 5Original post

Tirfor, this sounds like a very dodgy car. Why don't you just get it checked by a real expert..........it will save you a lot of grief.

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