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This is for a smartphone app that allows you to snap a picture of the
VIN on a vehicle and instantly get a CarFax report on it, as well as
owner and expert reviews for the year/make/model.
One of many UK services
http://www.cartextcheck.co.uk/
Uses reg. number, not VIN, though. [MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 01 2010]
Carfax Vehicle History Reports
http://en.wikipedia...cle_history_reports
[21 Quest, Jan 01 2010]
[link]
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I don't know if this is what you mean, but in the UK you can
text a registration number (licence plate number), and get
information on the model, value etc. A more detailed report
(eg, outstanding finance, crash history) can also be had, but I
think you pay more for that. |
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Sounds similar, Max. Got a link, though? I'm not really sure if
there's something like that on this side of the pond. Only trouble
with that is that most vehicles in used car lots don't have tags on
them, and the VIN makes it harder to simply swap out hot
plates. The picture ability also makes it quicker and more
convenient. |
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My phone has an application that lets me take a picture of a business card, then OCRs it to turn the thing into a contact. It does a very credible job, too.
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That said, I think this would be very straightforward albeit fairly specialized. |
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//Got a link, though?// No, but it's advertised frequently on
TV here. If I see the ad and remember, I'll post details. |
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Also, Googling "car text licence value" threw up various links,
including the one I've linked here. |
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//think// - [21], I think what the ballistic bread griller means is, imagine somebody snaps a picture of the VIN of *your* car, which didn't happen to be for sale. Privacy issues? |
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The VIN is already visible to anyone passing by. This just makes it easier and quicker to get the information that's already available to the public. |
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More than anyone needs to know. Too many nuts on the road. |
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How could anyone use a Carfax report in a manner harmful to the owner? |
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okay, guess I misread it: I thought a CarFax would include all owners' personal info. anno deleted. |
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//but in the UK you can text a registration number
(licence plate number)// |
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I remember using one called mtxtreg.co.uk. It's a bit daft
though, all the company does is check the DVLA info, so
you can just surf to the DVLA website yourself. |
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In the US however, the number plates do not stay with
the car for life. Number plates are kind of a tax/reg
combo. Cars move states and so on fairly frequently, so
the plates have to change. The VIN is probably to most
solid number to go off. I remember I had a nightmare
finding the VIN on the motorcycle I was buying. Turns out
they stamp the # on the head tube, which was buried
behind the fairing, under the fuel tank with half a wiring
loom in front of it. |
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