rgb@hal.com (Roger Bolick) writes:
> I was trying to buy the whole book, or find a way to quickly research a car,
> i.e. look at a used car and check the original records to verify the parts
> combination on the spot. It seems if this stuff were on-line you could find
> your car with the 3 key numbers alone.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Heh-heh. I don't think so! Maybe the three key numbers combined form a unique
combination, but one of the biggest running jokes in the British newspapers
has always been the apparently low number of possible key codes for cars: in
the case of the ubiquitous Mini, approximately eight, it seems. The newspapers
often run stories during the slow summer months about somebody who gets into
their locked Mini in the supermarket parking lot, starts it up and drives it
all the way home before discovering that they've unlocked and driven somebody
else's car. Sort of a Mini exchange program.
Andrew C. Green
Datalogics, Inc. Internet: acg@dlogics.com
441 W. Huron UUCP: ..!uunet!dlogics!acg
Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: (312) 266-4473
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