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Car buying - VIN question

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  • 14-09-2007 9:50am
    #1
    pangeran
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    Looking at a car in the UK.

    Asked the owner to send me on the VIN but keeps coming up as invalid. I did a vehicle check on the car and came back as fine.

    He sent me on the VIN twice - on the phone and sms. He got it from the window.
    invalid VIN.......?

    opinions please?


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Where are you checking it?
    Maybe call into a dealer and ask them to look it up.


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    pangeran
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭pangeran


    I checked it here:
    http://vpc.autotrader.co.uk/consumervpc/check-vrm-form.action

    Can a Ford Focus be an LX model but have a Zetec engine do you know?

    Here are some of the results - all ok.
    Stolen
    This vehicle has not been recorded as stolen on the Police National Computer.
    Finance
    This vehicle is not currently recorded as having an outstanding finance agreement.
    Write off
    This vehicle has not been recorded as written off.
    Exported
    This vehicle has not been recorded as exported.
    Imported
    This vehicle has not been recorded as imported.
    Scrapped
    This vehicle has not been recorded as scrapped.
    Risk alert
    This vehicle is not currently recorded as being on our Risk Alerts database.
    Mileage
    This vehicle is not recorded as having a mileage discrepancy.


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    TychoCaine
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭TychoCaine


    "LX" refered to the trim level and "zetec" is the engine type. My other half has my old Focus LX, with a 1.4 Zetec engine. The Mondeo on the other hand has a trim level called "Zetec".


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,239 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    TychoCaine wrote:
    "LX" refered to the trim level and "zetec" is the engine type. My other half has my old Focus LX, with a 1.4 Zetec engine. The Mondeo on the other hand has a trim level called "Zetec".

    Zetec was the name given to the new generation of Ford's 16 valve petrol engines from the early 1990s afaik. It also became a trim level too later on, it was Ford's version of a sporty model. Zetec models had alloy wheels, low profile tyres, titanium trim and sports suspension.

    The Focus has a "Zetec" trim level too.


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    #6
    pangeran
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭pangeran


    thanks for the info guys


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    TychoCaine
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭TychoCaine


    bazz26 wrote:
    The Focus has a "Zetec" trim level too.
    Doh! I forgot.... My brother used to have one too. :o


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