Correct VIN?

Yep.

Would have saved me a major problem once when I memorized where my car was with regard to the door but on return could not find it because a took a /different/ door!

Yeah I'm like that too.

Good thing my wife knows where we are 98% of the time

I think it happens automatically -- I would never have wanted to do this because I only upload edited photos that I actually want to upload. Since I don't have a data plan, it must wait until I'm logged in to my home wifi. I don't like this, and I suppose I could defeat it, but I don't care that much.

I transfer my photos from the phone to my computer by FTP. It works wirelessly, but photos would frequently be damaged in transit (only half of a photo went through, strange colors, other aberrations); never happens if I do the same thing but plugged in via USB.

Micky, you might try reformatting your sdcard in the phone. Sometimes s*it happens for no reason at all.

I don't know why you bother asking questions because you always know better. You bough a piece of crap Sebring after being told it was a piece of crap because you liked the looks of it. It cost you 4 grand for your "stupidity".

Now you are looking at a car from a dealer who you know is lying to you because it's cheaper than others you've seen and it "looks better" even though it's not the color you like and it's older with higher miles.. You are a slow learner.

If you want a particular model and type of car, buy the best example of that car you can buy. You say you are not a cheapskate and the price isn't important - so spend a bit more and buy the color you like, from a dealer or owner who's not trying to "snow" you - and pay what you need to pay to get it.

Or go your own way and throw away another $4G or more - - . It's up to you - you know best anyway - - - -

Thirty miles I wouldn't be worried about. But if this means what I think it means, I'd be worried about that:

"I saw the auction papers in the glove box and noted the price but forgot to note the date. It was probably last week."

Does that mean that while the seller says it was his daughter's car Micky saw papers showing it was an auction car?

Some things I'd do to try to avoid a lemon:

Research the car model online, learn what problems it's known for. There are various car forums where people are sharing tips, maintenance problems, etc. You can also ask people there that have that car and know what goes wrong with it. For example, BMW in the 2000s managed to somehow make V8 engines that were a complete disaster. Valve stem seals going at 60K, oil leaks from all kinds of seals that are difficult to replace and that cost a fortune for the work. Same car with the 6 cyl, the engine is reliable and it's a very different story.

I'd also get the car checked over by a mechanic. It's essentially free. You negotiate the car deal, tell the seller you want to have it checked. The mechanic will very likely find things worth more than the $125 and you can negotiate a new lower price. I've done that from the other side. I had a corporate car that I had driven and was flipping. It had 60K miles on it. A buyer negotiated the price, took it to a nearby shop, came back and said they told her it needed a new muffler and she wanted another $250 off. I agreed, even though I knew it was BS, I haven't replaced a muffler or exhaust component on anything in decades, certainly not at that mileage. But it was still a decent price and I worth it to me to get it done. If you have a shop that you use for work, you can also call them and ask them what they think about a certain model, if it's OK or known to have big trouble, etc.

The VIN can be on up to 3 places in the car. The plate is one, a typical stamped in number on the vehicle chassis is another often hidden under a carpet flap. On some vehicles there is a third stamped VIN on, say, a chassis rail externally. On a Hilux, for instance, it is on the chassis rail behind the front RHS wheel. All locations must have a matching VIN.

I've been meaning to check if they are there for months. But except for the last 12 or so, I copied all my phone pictures to my netbook and from there to a flash drive and from there to the desktop and the new laptop. And they all look good, at least not damaged.

How cool.

I wonder why.

I didn't want to admit this, but I've been getting a startup warning about my sd card since last fall. But I've been too busy and maybe short of HDD space to copy everything off, reformat, and copy everything back. This seems to be the first time I've ever had trouble because of it.

It is a shame I lost parts of about 8 pictures but they were mostly long shots, farming landscapes, with loads of sky. And maybe the flash never did go off and maybe I never took the pictures of the VIN, I tell myself. At any rate, I was supposed to buy the car tonight, but it's postponed to tomorrow. After I own the car, I can take another picture.

Another time couldn't find the car because I'd parked on the street two blocks from the beach at Coney Island instead of oen block where I was looking.

This is the last really good story, however.

Dropbox is an Android app that will automatically upload pics to the cloud so you have it backed up and access it from any PC, etc. Mega is another a pp. I'm using mega now. Dropbox is the more automatic of the two, mega is auto for pics if you want, but I think it's simpler, easier to understand how to make folders, etc. It pretty much looks like a drive in the cloud. It also has end to end encryption. You get 50gb storage free.

I've seen worse. Years ago at a company Christmas party at a hotel, a cowo rker found out when it was time to leave that his car was gone. He had th e cops come, when they were done I was going to drive him home. We're wal king out the hotel now and he says to me, there's another side to this hot el? And he had his wife with him too.

More than that on a modern vehicle. Half of the modules have the VIN written into memory.

. If your house has a VIN number...you might be a redneck. .

I'm mainly concerned where they are *stamped* in.

LOL. Well this isn't about not finding the car, but when I had a dark green car, I would, say, turn the corner onto the block where the car was parked and I never immediately noticed it. I'd have to look for it. And this was after I'd had my car stolen once [and returned], so my stomach would fall into my gut for the seconds it took to find it.

When I got a cream colored car, it was the first thing I saw, even when not trying to see it. And I also hear that other cars are less likely to hit light colored cars. Buying the gold Sebring was a violation of my rule, but at least when the car failed I could melt down the gold fenders. Darn, I forgot to do that.

Was to Coney Island a few times but took the subway.

It's been over 40 years since I've driven in NY

I counted 8 places on my car and there may be more.

I do take minor issue with the term "must have matching VIN" If you know the car was in an accident and the door was replaced from a junk yard, the VIN on the door would be removed or not matched. It can still be a good deal on the car.

The important VIN locations are the plate and the one or two stamped locations. They must all match otherwise the car may have been illegally resurrected. All the others are subject to being replaced during a repair. I'm not in any way disputing your point.

Correct - but if any one VIN does not match, you KNOW something out of the ordinary has occurred - and if it is listed as "no accidents" you can be pretty sure SOMEONE is lying.

Didn't they find the VIN number for the truck that McVeigh used on the rear axle a block away? It was either that or maybe a part from the first bombing of the WTC, where they had a VIN number quickly from a part.