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What component holds the electronic VIN?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Gino Veltri, May 12, 2023.

  1. ColoradoCrow

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    Tombukt2 uses dictation to type out what he says with his voice. This is why there is no punctuation and many grammar issues. It is just the way he communicates. I've gotten used to it and his content is helpful and amusing at times but not really abrasive or dogmatic unlike some others. "Ignore" is a great button. So is "like". some other forums have a "drunk" button or "dislike" and they are used often. There is a LOT of great info on this forum. But also a lot of negative content..(Tesla Hate rages sometimes:rolleyes:) But cars a tools IMHO and tools break, some repair broken tools others buy new ones. I enjoy your ability to repair your cars even if it means mixing parts from others. When you sell you can get into trouble for misrepresentation. But if you don't sell and your just keeping your cars on the road....cool? 2nd Gen prius car parts hustling is not exactly a way (I think) people to get rich or make a living..LOL
     
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    I for one welcome PriusChat's first Tombukt2 impersonator.

    (as long as you don't get stuck that way when asking real questions)
     
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    I believe the member in question simply uses voice to text dictation.

    Dictation Example:
    even an iPhone is not all that great I have the time message app.
    Actual:
    (Even on an Iphone its not that great and half the time it messes up.)
     
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    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    "Anyone can wreck a nice beach"
    (anyone can recognize speech)

    ...was an ad campaign by an early dictation system for personal computers. Impossible for me to forget.
     
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    OK. So......if the software in use does NOT have reserved "key words" to effect some formatting, or he is too lazy and rude
    to find that out.......he should get some different software.

    No matter who does it or why, I am unable to follow past line 3 or so without my eyes getting lost in the maze.
    Others have expressed the same sentiment.

    If he chooses to ignore those suggestions, then he is doing more damage than good.

    That is a mixture of opinion and facts......and while I really don't like to use the "ignore" feature,
    It is time that I will for his messes.
     
  6. Gino Veltri

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    Oh ive swapped so many fenders and hoods and doors , ive swapped everything. It is a shit show
     
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    Nope i tried this. Voice to text adds punctuation . You have to try for that kind of nonsense.
     
  8. sam spade 2

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    No more snide remarks from me.

    You NEED to find a custom car builder in the area who can tell you how to navigate the legal system
    where you live and solve this problem once and for all.
    There HAS to be a way......but you have to be willing to do exactly what is required.
     
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    They’re all the same colour?
     
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    yup tideland pearl . or i bought some of that spray paint OEM stuff for my white door once. i love the color because nonone knows whhat to call it. grey? green? ive even gotten a parking ticket that said blue once
     
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    I just realized my lawyers gonna put my nuts in a vice for making this post. I gotta delete this.
     
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    Why do the numbers all need to match? What's going on I've got tons of Prius parts body parts fenders etc. They can all go on any car I want I own them. The parts that is and any car I buy I'll loan it so I can put any parts I want on any parts here in the driveway right And if I change my heads up display or speedometer or whatever I don't care what it says on it I just need the car to drive I can remember I put it in with $290,000 mi on it and the car has 340.
     
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    Every door has a VIN also. Are you swapping doors as well, probably not.
     
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    Oh I’ve swapped so many doors I dk which are which. I think I’ve taken care of the sticker bins on most parts tho a long time ago. I even printed up a replacement for the door jam but need to waterproof it/increase quality of the sticker. Definitely more work than it’s really worth for a car with somewhere around 500,000 miles on it… but like I said I’m already in trouble for it so it’s about damage control right now. I’m lucky I wasn’t arrested on the spot.
     
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    Because a nosey neighbor called the cops about it and got them snooping around and now they keep confiscating my plates thinking they’re on the wrong car. It’s really dumb seeing as they were both my cars and I’m not trying to defraud anyone.
     
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    Govt interjecting itself into my personal life for literally no reason what so ever. Just making my life really difficult because they can, and I didn’t follow proper paperwork procedure for replacing parts on my own car. My life long war with the dmv is reaching new riskier levels. My lawyer doesn’t think it’ll be a problem to get thrown out in court but still having to even hire a lawyer and have my plates taken over and over , I won’t even drive my Prius in town any more cause they have nothing better to do then harass me.
     
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    This is what happens when you have to live around people It is unfortunate buddy I didn't think Colorado was like that too much but I have friends out there but they live in places where they can keep people a little further than arms length away A lot of people can't afford that luxury they're stuck in HOA neighborhoods and all that kind of nonsense.
     
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    Amen to that And ya know Colorado didnt used to be this way but i went to california for ten years and i swear i brought LA back with me. because it lost so much of what i used to love about CO. We even adopted california bs emission standards.i think my next flight from civilization/society might be via RV (a step up from my 91 dodge van)
    ...oh and dont get me started on HOAs. They are the root cause of all this nonsense, because they kept towing my parts car, thats when i had the bright idea to put my front plate on the back of the parts car (neighbor saw me and called cops; who just gave me a warning but they also put a note in their system about it so thats why every cop thinks im switching plates around in the first place)
     
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    Lol, this is why i cant continue. Im afraid of getting stuck that way.
     
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    i think this will be my besty defense. It is not like im selling the thing or disguising the identity for any nafarious reason. I like the other comments suggestion of finding a local custom car builder to detail the "legal" procedure for rebuilding your own car. It's frustrating because i couldve sworn I was in a Merica, with the fredums and such.