Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="walrus_lord" data-source="post: 44126" data-attributes="member: 91">for CBU cars it is easy to identify the manufacturing date - VIN check on the serial number..for CKD cars it is a little more difficult; the serial number is a more simple one which does not reflect the one like i have on my car (WBAAZxxxxx....) - for example they could have assembled the car in mid year 2004 and only manage to sell it in year 2005; but declare it as a year 2005 manufactured car in the registration card.My car is a CBU 318i and was made in Oct 2002. It arrived in Malaysia shore in end January 2003 and when i registered it, it showed as 2002 manufactured date, registered 2003....</blockquote>