How To Generate a Generic VIN? (Auto Insurance) (6)
Hey!
We're building our own auto insurance offer and most of the lead buyers ask for a generic VIN mask or VIN stub.
We collect year/make/model/submodel and need to generate the VIN from this information.
Any idea of a script or tool that could solve the problem?
Thanks!
Is VIN mask/stub different from just VIN itself? Google says this:
"The car's vehicle identification number (VIN) is the identifying code for a SPECIFIC automobile. The VIN serves as the car's fingerprint, as no two vehicles in operation have the same VIN. A VIN is composed of 17 characters (digits and capital letters) that act as a unique identifier for the vehicle."
It is impossible to generate a VIN. You need the user to enter it.
Not a vin pro, but from what I researched and heard, there is a portion of the vin that's impossible to figure out unless the user enters it.
But, the rest of it can be generated based on the specs and details of the vehicle. Eg year, make, model etc
I assume that's what you are looking for?
Weird timing, but I just had a call yesterday with a friend that mentioned they had built this out. Not sure if it's something he wants to sell access to or not. But I sent him a message.
Thanks, that would be awesome!
Yes, I'm looking for the generic VIN, not the unique VIN with 17 characters.
Originally Posted by Mr Baffoe
Just go to wiki and look up what makes up a VIN and you can easily generate generic ones that are legit. You could generate real ones too, but why bother, since you might run into problems. There is just a checksum digit that is calculated based on the rest of the digits, but filling it in with a random value still makes a VIN look legit. I work for a software company that deals with auto insurance providers, and we have an internal tool to generate VINS and its very basic.
Originally Posted by arvoleads
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