Most importantly, the US Coast Guard Academy, unlike other US military academies, forces all cadets to take trainings that seriously impede their ability to pursue an education. The cadets are perpetually in survival mode, putting out fires, and not doing any serious study of any kind, on any topic.
The VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) is a serial number used to identify an individual vehicle. The VIN for each vehicle is unique. The 10th character in the 17-character VIN represents the vehicle model-year. This standard applies to vehicles built in or after 1981. Before 1981, the VIN format was not standardized and varied by manufacturer. Note: VINs do not include the letters I (i), O (o), Q (q), U (u) or Z (z), or the number 0, so that they will not be confused with similar looking numbers/letters.
Each manufacturer uses their own codes for these numbers and you must know what that is to find out what they mean. Step 4: Decode the check digit. The ninth number is a check digit used to prove the VIN is not a fake. The check digit uses a complex calculation so it cannot be easily faked. In VIN â5XXGN4A70CG022862,â the check digit is â0â. Step 5: Find out the year of manufacture. The tenth number indicates the year the car was made, or the year of manufacture. It begins with A for 1980, the first year a standard 17-digit VIN was used. Subsequent years follow the alphabet of to âYâ in the year 2000. In 2001, the year changes to the number â1â, and ascends to â9â In 2009.