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Post Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:38 am

Just curious if there is any website where I can search my car history in UK using its VIN.
I'm in Australia, my E30 is a UK 1986 325i convertible, it was imported to Australia in 2012.
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Post Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:25 am

Maybe a dealer could help you out if it was serviced at BMW in the UK, records may not go that far though but if you can find the old UK reg number then you could check it's MOT history.
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Post Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:27 pm

As above, if you know the UK registration number you can at least check it's MOT history back to around 2005 I think.
https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

Can't see you being able to get any more information than that, even with the VIN.
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Post Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:01 pm

With an online VIN Decoder you can check the spec as when it left the factory.
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Post Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:54 am

Satan wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:01 pm
With an online VIN Decoder you can check the spec as when it left the factory.
Are there any online VIN decoder that actually works these days?
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Post Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:32 pm

twenty wrote:
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:54 am
Are there any online VIN decoder that actually works these days?
I tried a couple but they were crap. Gave up in the end and it’s so easy for BMW to provide a spec sheet I just email them each time.
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Post Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:52 pm

rix313 wrote:
Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:32 pm
twenty wrote:
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:54 am
Are there any online VIN decoder that actually works these days?
I tried a couple but they were crap. Gave up in the end and it’s so easy for BMW to provide a spec sheet I just email them each time.
Who do you email? A dealer or someone else?
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:10 pm

If you email Cotswolds BMW (our resident bmw parts dealer) with your reg and vin they will send you a screen shot of the spec sheet 😊
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:33 pm

rix313 wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:10 pm
If you email Cotswolds BMW (our resident bmw parts dealer) with your reg and vin they will send you a screen shot of the spec sheet 😊
Excellent. Thanks!
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:03 pm

Have you checked under the rear seat?