Vinny — vehicle history

Know the car before you pay for it.

Send the VIN. Get the odometer history, the title records, and a straight answer about whether the car has been rolled back or written off.

(833) 789-3942

Text a 17-character VIN to this number. English and Spanish. No app, no account.

$11.99

One report. One price. You pay by card, or with a prepaid code bought at a partner shop.

How it works

  1. You text us first

    Send anything to (833) 789-3942. Vinny answers with a bilingual greeting and asks which language you want.

  2. You send the VIN

    The 17-character number on the windshield, driver's side, or on the door frame. Vinny reads it and names the year, make and model — free.

  3. You choose how to pay

    Reply 1 to pay $11.99 by card, or 2 if you have a prepaid code from a shop.

  4. You get the answer

    A short verdict arrives on the same number you texted from, with a link to the full report you can read on a phone.

What the report tells you

  • Odometer history. Every recorded mileage reading, on a timeline, so a reading that goes down is impossible to miss.
  • Title records and brands. Salvage, junk, flood, fire, hail, lemon-law and rebuilt titles.
  • Theft and total-loss records. Whether the car was reported stolen or written off by an insurer.
  • Accident records on file. The count the data provider holds.
  • A verdict, not a spreadsheet. One line at the top that says clean or alert, and the reason underneath it.

Languages and channels

Vinny answers in English and in Spanish. Reply 1 for English or 2 for Spanish at the first message, and reply ENGLISH or ESPAÑOL at any time to switch.

SMS: text (833) 789-3942. This is the main channel and it needs nothing but a phone that sends text messages.

WhatsApp: also supported. During the pilot, WhatsApp runs on Twilio's sandbox number, +1 415 523 8886, which needs a one-time join message before it will answer. Email us and we send you the current join code.

Messaging terms

How you opt in
You start the conversation. You text your VIN to (833) 789-3942 from your own phone. There is no list to join, no form to fill in, and we never buy phone numbers. Vinny only replies to a person who has messaged it, and only about the vehicle that person asked about.
How to stop
Reply STOP to stop. Reply HELP for help. In Spanish, reply PARAR to stop and AYUDA for help. STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, CANCELAR and BAJA all work the same way.
After you stop
We confirm once, and then this number receives nothing further from us. Reply START, UNSTOP or COMENZAR to start again. HELP is always answered, even after you have stopped, because that is what the carriers require.
How many messages
One reply per message you send, and one more when your paid report is ready. Message frequency varies because it follows your side of the conversation. Vinny sends no marketing, no promotions and no recurring messages.
Message and data rates
Message and data rates may apply. Vinny does not charge you for the text messages themselves; your mobile carrier's normal rates apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Supported carriers
All major United States carriers. Delivery is not guaranteed on every network.

Privacy

We store one personal detail about you: your phone number. We need it to reply to you and to show you the reports you have paid for. We do not ask for your name, your address, your email or your date of birth, and we do not have a place to put them.

We store no personal information about the vehicle's owner. A Vinny report is about a vehicle, not about a person. It carries no owner name, no owner address and no registration-holder detail, and we do not request that data from our providers.

We do not sell, rent or share your phone number. Card payments are handled by Stripe, which receives your card details directly — we never see them, and we do not send Stripe your phone number. We do not use advertising trackers, and this website sets no cookies and runs no analytics.

To have your phone number and your report history deleted, email med.ched.brgb@gmail.com from any address and include the number. We delete it and confirm.

Terms

Vinny sells one thing: a single vehicle history report for one VIN, for $11.99, paid before the report is produced. Payment is by card through Stripe, or by a prepaid code bought at a partner shop. A prepaid code is good for one report and cannot be used twice.

The data in a report comes from third-party vehicle-history providers. We report what those providers hold. A record that was never filed with them cannot appear in a report, so a clean report is evidence about a vehicle, not a guarantee about it. Vinny is a source of information for your own decision; the decision is yours.

If a report fails to arrive after a successful payment, email us and we resend it or refund it. If the VIN cannot be identified at all, we do not take the payment.

Vinny is operated by Mohamed Chedhli Bourguiba, a sole proprietor in California, United States.

Contact

Email med.ched.brgb@gmail.com. We answer support questions, opt-out requests, deletion requests and refund requests at this address.

To buy a report, text (833) 789-3942. Email is for questions about the service, not for VIN lookups.