Where's my VIN?

[Jordan528e]

I'm riding an '86 528e. I was trying to join that BMW owners circle just for kicks. I put in my VIN from my insurance card, but the BMW site said "Your VIN does not match our database." I'm guessing a typo, since my car is also registered a 578e, bet you never seen one of those? So I'm wondering where on the car I check my VIN?

[David in NC]

Read it t.hrough the bottom of the windshield on the driver's side of the dash. Also on tags on the inside of the fenders

[BDK]

Your car is pre 88, so it will not have VIN tags on all the panels, only on the dash, possibly on the passenger side strut tower (never owned a US 5 Series, only Euro) and also if you pull back the hood seal that is on the top of the fender, you will find it there.....

[Jordan528e]

Thanks for the fast replies. I have no idea where they got that VIN they put on my insurance card, it is totally diffrent from the one on my card. Only the first 4 letters are the same. I didn't fill out the paperwork for my insuance, so I have no idea. Can anybody guess why?

[C.R. Krieger]

[QUOTE="Jordan528e"]Thanks for the fast replies. I have no idea where they got that VIN they put on my insurance card, it is totally diffrent from the one on my card. Only the first 4 letters are the same. I didn't fill out the paperwork for my insuance, so I have no idea. Can anybody guess why?[/QUOTE]

Are you sure your insurance card isn't a state registration number? If it is supposed to be your VIN, you'd better get it fixed before you need to make a claim. Insurance companies love to deny claims for such things as, "Well, that's not the car we agreed to insure!" %)

[Mike in Louisville]

FYI, VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number, so VIN is vehicle identification number number. Just like an Automated Teller Machine machine, etc... It doesn't bother me, but for some reason I seem to always notice when people say something like ATM machine.

[pdx 528e]

[QUOTE="Mike in Louisville"]FYI, VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number, so VIN is vehicle identification number number. Just like an Automated Teller Machine machine, etc... It doesn't bother me, but for some reason I seem to always notice when people say something like ATM machine. [/QUOTE]

Like when I use my PIN number?

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[Mike in Louisville]

[QUOTE="pdx 528e"]Like when I use my PIN number?

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Hehehe, caught my dad saying that the other day!