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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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VIN breakdown
so ive been seaching the net for various E63s and all of the descriptions on ebay. cars.com, autotrader etc never specify if the car has the performance package or not

is there a way to decipher the vin, that will break down all the specs on the car?
any good sites for this?
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88 W124 300CE
Try this :

http://www.neoriginal.ru/cat/mb/

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Strange works okay for me. (see printout below)

Are you putting all the digits in including letters ?

If so maybe it only deocdes older Class vehicles.

VIN breakdown-vin-decoded.jpg
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i drive them all, fast and hard
dunno, i know an old russian site did decode my w126,

i tried a e63 off ebay and it didint work
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