--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Elvis Nocita" <elvisnocita@xxxx> wrote: > > Even rivetting them on is ridiculous from our point of view here. > > Each car needs to have the VIN stamped into the frame to get > a german licence. > > Of course this is a little bit strange on a car where the fram can > be swapped like that. But still better than drilling out some pop > rivets and gluing on the new VIN plate. > > Has this meanwhile been changed ? > > Elvis Nope. Our vehicles here in the states do conceal their VIN #'s in various places on the vehicle. But their still pop-rivited into the dash, and have stickers with bar codes, and build info attached to the doors & door sills. I had a coworker who's car was stolen. They stripped the thing down to chassis, and did a sloppy job of slapping the old, dented body panels back together, sans VIN info. Except of course the pop-rivited VIN plate on the dash. I am convinced that the security features of a VIN apply only to honest people. Especially after watching any H.B. Halicki film. Who knows if I've ever purchased a stolen vehicle... -Robert vin 6585 "X" To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/