I thought I would post under e9 because more of you may opt to order one of these then us second class e3 owners LOL. Anyhow, I don't hear much about the BMW owners sending away for these as the vintage Porsche guys do. Main reason is BMW used their head and made the chassis number the same as the motor# DUH.......Never could figure out why they didn't do that and make it easy on everyone. So essentially there is no way of knowing for sure you have a matching# vintage Porsche motor unless you send away for a Cert. of Auth.
Second, Porsche gives out a lot more information on the cert. All BMW does is give you Manufacture date, Ship date, to Hoffman like all of them, matches VIN to color and motor/chassis# but we all know they are supposed to be the same. Porsche will give list of options that came with car etc. A/C, sunroof, FUCHS, steel wheels, interior, etc. Maybe BMW will add more stuff to these down the road. I know they have the information, not sure why they don't give that out (well I don't know for sure, just assume they do).
Maybe we can start sending nice letters to them when you request one of these to change they way they give out information. Anyhow, not that I wasn't sure I had an original Golf Bavaria, but it's kind of cool to get this I guess. They come with the Hologram sticker with the number of certificate in it. Just thought I would share as I have not been to a BMW gathering in a while and not sure if these are displayed with the cars or what? I know it is a requirement at some of the Porsche gatherings. Yes it's sort of trivial and unnecessary for the most part, it's not super hard to tell what original paint is without doing a little digging, but what the heck, I've spent money on worse things, won't go there now.....
Second, Porsche gives out a lot more information on the cert. All BMW does is give you Manufacture date, Ship date, to Hoffman like all of them, matches VIN to color and motor/chassis# but we all know they are supposed to be the same. Porsche will give list of options that came with car etc. A/C, sunroof, FUCHS, steel wheels, interior, etc. Maybe BMW will add more stuff to these down the road. I know they have the information, not sure why they don't give that out (well I don't know for sure, just assume they do).
Maybe we can start sending nice letters to them when you request one of these to change they way they give out information. Anyhow, not that I wasn't sure I had an original Golf Bavaria, but it's kind of cool to get this I guess. They come with the Hologram sticker with the number of certificate in it. Just thought I would share as I have not been to a BMW gathering in a while and not sure if these are displayed with the cars or what? I know it is a requirement at some of the Porsche gatherings. Yes it's sort of trivial and unnecessary for the most part, it's not super hard to tell what original paint is without doing a little digging, but what the heck, I've spent money on worse things, won't go there now.....
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