can a thief find out where you live by running your vin? i live in texas if that helps

 

why would a thief know your vin and not your premise address?... but yeah, they could find out if they put enough time into it. but why?

 

the VIN # and the license plate will show the address where the car is registered to.

you can use a PO box if you'd like

 

our local website requires we post vins in our for sell threads. we got into an argument over this. i said we should supply them upon request through pm. one of the mods said it wasnt possible to find a car through the vin. i dont know for sure so i thought i would ask you guys. the po box idea is great.

 

Your mod doesn't know everything. Yes you can get he registered address with a VIN. Go to DMV and request a title search $10 later you have every prior owners address.

Some states like Oregon now block this. But every state is different so you would need to check with your local DMV.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akunamatta &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why would a thief know your vin and not your premise address?... but yeah, they could find out if they put enough time into it. but why?</TD></TR></TABLE> Lets see, crook sees your car, wants to steel it, can't do it in the busy parking lot in the middle of the day, but can take down the vin, [off the dash] and license plate number, run a lean check on the car, and steal the car out of your driveway at 3:00 in the morning.
A small fee and 15min is all it takes here to get a printout of registered owner and address and if there is any leans or chattels on the car and who holds them. 94

 

never thought about it like that. good looking out. im going to cover my vin at meets. god know how many people i never met go up and look my car over like its for sell. thanks guys.

 

I cover both the vin and my plates when I am at an autocross meet or show and shine with the autocross club, and a parking stub covers it the rest of the time 94

 

Most states now block this info to the public. You need a tag # to get an address and like I said, most states will not give you this info anymore. With a VIN you can get a tag # and with a tag # you can get an address.

Not to mention, anyone who works at Honda can get a key made for your car with your VIN!!!

 

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Not to mention, anyone who works at Honda can get a key made for your car with your VIN!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

incorrect, you need to have some sort of documentation that you own the vechile or its in your name... unless you know the worker at the parts counter really well.

but still even if someone had a key made for my car they would have a tough time getting the alarm to go off lol.

 

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incorrect, you need to have some sort of documentation that you own the vechile or its in your name... unless you know the worker at the parts counter really well.

but still even if someone had a key made for my car they would have a tough time getting the alarm to go off lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Dude I'm not incorrect. I said "anyone who WORKS at Honda can get a key made for your car". I never said anything about them being allowed to do this.

 

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Dude I'm not incorrect. I said "anyone who WORKS at Honda can get a key made for your car". I never said anything about them being allowed to do this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

reading &gt; me.

 

no chit. i had no idea they could remake a key based on my vin. good info guys. from now on im covering my vin at all times with some electrical tape or something. kinda hard to keep the plates coverd. cops might not like that. lol i might reregister my car to a po box next time i go for stickers. once again thanks guys