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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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I went to a paint shop today for an estimate and they ran my vin through the computer. It came back with a list of all options on my car, but i noticed some errors. It says that my car has cloth seats, but I have leather. It also says that it has a 5 speed tranny but I have a 4 speed sporty. All the other options (every option the car can have ... *grins*) are correct, but I was just wondering why there were the 2 errors. Anyone have any clue what this could be from?
 
Old Mar 20, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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never herd of that before, I would get into contact with the dealer and see if they can do something about that. It may not really be a big deal now but if you ever want to trade in the car or sell it people may think that their getting a raw deal.
 
Old Mar 20, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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That's kinda weird... No history of mods done to the car?
 
Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Previous owner said there was $2,500 invested into aftermarket. I can unerstand the change to leather, but why go with a sporty? Why even change the tranny at all?
 
Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Check your pedals. Look and see if the brake is the smaller indicating a manual WAS in there as well as looking up under for the mounting bracket and or cable for the clutch pedal. Telltale signs that is WAS a standard.
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 04:11 AM
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Mits changes their VIN decoders fairly often- it could just be that they're using the wrong decoder.

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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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yea i seriously doubt that the guy would spend alot of money changing to an auto. It must be a mitsubishi mistake
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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That's my guess as well but hey you never know lol... Though I doubt an auto conversion would be $2,500 or less...
 
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