New hybrid owner, looking to decode options
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New hybrid owner, looking to decode options
Anyone know how I can decode options on my vehicle based on VIN number? I bought a used Camry from a Subaru dealer, obviously they would know nothing about its build sheet.
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Re: New hybrid owner, looking to decode options
Some car makers do encode some of the build options into the VIN. BMW is one. Most of the 17 VIN letters/digits are standard encoding to show year, country of origin, etc. Not sure what info Toyota encodes, but I suspect the higher volume manufacturers might put less data in the VIN, as more digits are needed for unit ID.
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Re: New hybrid owner, looking to decode options
I'm thinking that my dealer could do this since he had a sort of window sticker looking printout for the two used cars that I looked at. My quandry is that I just bought my TCH from someone else, a Subaru dealer. I feel bad walking in his office asking him to print out a sheet for a car that I didn't buy from him. On the other hand, I did make a deal with him last week on a TCH and another salesman sold it out from under me the day before I was going back to finalize the deal. I've also had a 10 year relationship with this dealership and salesman, I had all of my factory related service done there, and have bought 3 Toyota's from him, that should buy me some favor.
Last edited by hotrod53; 09-29-2016 at 07:20 AM.
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Re: New hybrid owner, looking to decode options
I'm thinking that my dealer could do this since he had a sort of window sticker looking printout for the two used cars that I looked at. My quandry is that I just bought my TCH from someone else, a Subaru dealer. I feel bad walking in his office asking him to print out a sheet for a car that I didn't buy from him. On the other hand, I did make a deal with him last week on a TCH and another salesman sold it out from under me the day before I was going back to finalize the deal. I've also had a 10 year relationship with this dealership and salesman, I had all of my factory related service done there, and have bought 3 Toyota's from him, that should buy me some favor.
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