03-10-2003, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin,
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DV was nice enough to email me explaining what was going on. I am too dumb to figure this issue out from the posts on the forum. Mark IV brought up an issue that I was unaware of, though, and this is my question. Are people actually changing the VIN or creating VINs through places like Titles Unlimited? Are CSX numbers being used as opposed to the original MSOs designations when registering replicas through TU?
I might have a case that may or may not be on point. Let me know. There was a case in California where someone did change his replica VIN to a CSX number and subsequently totalled the car. Whether he registered the car as a CSX, I am not quite sure but it would have made sense to do so. He did change the VIN plate that is affixed to his car with a CSX number and informed the insurance company that it was an original car. Both people received massive, extensive, debilitating injuries as a result of the accident. The insurance company had a stated value of around $200K on the car. The first thing the insurance company or accident investigator did was to contact the previous owner to inquire about the value of the car, what price was paid for the car and whether it was worth $200K. They also obtained a copy of the Registry and contaced the owner of a CSX that had the same VIN as the replica, and wanted to know if he still owned the car, or whether it had been destroyed, stolen, etc. He indicated that he "was looking at the car in his garage as they spoke".
Classic case of fraud, no question. I just wondered if this is what has been going on re: TU.
Last edited by Cal Metal; 03-10-2003 at 09:27 AM..
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