Determining how car was equipped from factory

[TRtom]

Is there any way to determine using the VIN to determine how the car was equipped from the factory? I own British cars also and I can still purchase an certificate stating exactly the color and options that were available from the factory and am hoping a similar service is available.

Thanks,

Tom

[Arne]

Bad news, Tom. While the British kept almost all records of this type (I had a Heritage Certificate for my MG), Datsun/Nissan has no similar information available.

[EScanlon]

Tom, sorry there isn't.

The "best" that you might glean is from a visit to www/Zhome.com and check the year and month of manufacture for your car (on the data plate in the driver's door) against changes or standard equipment.

E

[Two6TZ]

Is the Zhome website still going ? Can't seem to bring it up at all, but it still comes up on Google.

[Mike B]

Yes, Zhome.com is Carl Beck's site and it it still around, but it looks like it is not working right now for some reason. Maybe Carl can look into why it is down and let us know.

-Mike

[Arne]

I just loaded it, but was automatically redirected to http://www2.zhome.com:81/

If you don't get redirected, try going to the alternate URL directly.

[Mike B]

Yeah, it wasn't redirecting earlier but it looks like it is now, as Arne noted.

-Mike

[Carl Beck]

The actual URL remains the same. The server had a bit of down time, but it's up now. The re-direct is to a new FIOS line. Testing to see if it is actually faster downloading large image files etc. Right now it is a Speed vs. Cost evaluation.

On FTP transfers from a client to the host ... the FIOS is instant!

The T-1 is pretty price competitive... Before the economic slowdown, the push was to move to an all fiber network across America, but that might be delayed by a few years now.

FWIW,

Carl B.

Edited November 28, 2008 by Carl Beck