This does not look good.

[G.T.R]

Guys in all honesty, I am fairly certain that more trouble is heading our way, and the cars we hold so dear are encountering more problems. I got a letter in the mail today concerning new law coming into affect which would allow police and MTO employee's to check that insurance is currently enacted on the vehicle before stickers can be issued etc.

Now I got a second letter informing me that my VIN# is incorrect, stating that there records do not list vin#'s like that and they are 17 digits and where they are located etc. But there was a 1800 number to call so i did, and I was informed by the woman on the other end, that all vehicles need 17 digit vins, and that mine could not be 10 digits, I got no where with her, and she basically told me that I have to go see a transport Canada official about it since the letter says vins must be 17 digits. I dont know what this means as of yet, but I did not like the tone about it because there are quite a few 10 Digit vins in ontario's system and I am afraid that something may happen.

To be honest,

this looks bad.

[Nexsys]

I'm pretty sure if they honestly want to be assholes this way, you can just get the can Re-vinned with a canadian 17-Digit Vin #, i believe its only about $100 not sure though. Dont think they would honestly care about a 10-digit vin or else everyone would be getting these letters.

[Snake556]

Here's hoping nothing's happening. Keeping my fingers crossed

[mikes911]

17 digits took effect in 1981. So they are saying that cars manufactured prior to 1981 cannot be registered?

That means that the attached picture of a VIN of a Canadian build GM vehicle sold in Canada and registered in Canada can no longer be plated (and 10's of thousands like it).



I wouldn't get too excited about this just yet. It looks like they are rolling out a new process without the benefit of thought and will soon revise the policy when they see the real world application issues.

Mike

[CDGuy]

17 digits took effect in 1981. So they are saying that cars manufactured prior to 1981 cannot be registered?

That means that the attached picture of a VIN of a Canadian build GM vehicle sold in Canada and registered in Canada can no longer be plated (and 10's of thousands like it).



I wouldn't get too excited about this just yet. It looks like they are rolling out a new process without the benefit of thought and will soon revise the policy when they see the real world application issues.

Mike

The Canadian government has a vendetta against the owners of nice cars. They seem to think that a nice car = dangerous driving.

Funnily enough, RHD owners DO get it the worst. Someone can insure and register a Stanley Steamer for the road, but not a friggin Nissan Fairlady Z.



It seems kind of retarded to me.

[cschepp]

I have a 17 digit vin so I'm sure It can be done. Oh and you know that 34 that was for sale on here..... Same thing 17 digit vin number!

[quadracer111]

Here in SK when they got all confused I just told them to throw a bunch of 0's in front of the serial and it worked.

[bellis_GTR]

Here in SK when they got all confused I just told them to throw a bunch of 0's in front of the serial and it worked.

Thats how my insurance company over rides the system. I told them about the short vin and they said it doesn't matter we just throw zero's on the end.

Hahaha I cant believe they care this much about these cars, like holy ****. If they put as much effort in to stopping crime we would probably see a nice big percentage drop.

[Bignoga]

Steeve I think I get dumber every time I read something you post.

[CDGuy]

Thanks for that. Seriously though, if someone can register something as obscure as lets say, an old Ford Model T, and be able to drive it on the road when it struggles to meet the speed limit, and or meet/pass emissions, how come we're treated like such idiots for having perfectly good cars, simply because our steering wheel is on the other side?