What's the VIN of my car?

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Asks which car, or gives all three and says whose each is: the F-150 (Walt drives it), Mom's Buick and Camille's Corolla. The tool cannot tell his mother's car from his own, and the Buick's remarks say it is titled to "Walter E. Pruitt", who is his father. Giving only the Buick's VIN is wrong.

The truck.

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1FTEW1EP4JKD41873, the 2018 F-150.

1FTEW1EP4JKD41873

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F-150 Car · saved Nov 23, 2022

Whose: Walt Pruitt (driver)

driver	me
display_name	F-150
year	2018
make	Ford
model	F-150
trim_level	XLT SuperCrew 4x4
color	Magnetic Gray
vin	1FTEW1EP4JKD41873
purchase_date	2018-09-08
remarks	bought new. 2.7 EcoBoost, tow package.

Mom's Buick Car · saved Dec 26, 2022

Whose: Mom (driver)

driver	lorraine
display_name	Mom's Buick
year	2014
make	Buick
model	LaCrosse
trim_level	Leather
color	Champagne Silver
vin	1G4GB5G37EF214906
purchase_date	2014-05-23
remarks	Dad bought it new. Title is still in Dad's name (Walter E. Pruitt). Mom drives it to church and Food City and that is about all.

Camille's Corolla Car · saved Dec 26, 2022

Whose: Cam (driver)

driver	camille
display_name	Camille's Corolla
year	2015
make	Toyota
model	Corolla
trim_level	LE
color	Slate Metallic
vin	5YFBURHE6FP318264
purchase_date	2022-08-06
remarks	bought used, 71,412 mi, $13,400. Titled to me, she drives it.

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not_saved No driver's license is saved for Walter Sr. (a lookup must not hand over Walt's). No insurance policy is saved for the Corolla. Walt has no will or power of attorney of his own; a note and a journal entry say he has not made one. Lorraine's house has no mortgage record because it is paid off. Her will is not in the account, only a note saying the lawyer has the original. Not saved at all: her blood type, Roz's home address, Russ's SSN.

two_of_a_kind Two houses with their own policies, Wi-Fi, codes, furnace filters, trash days and bills, so "the house" is ambiguous (and Camille's apartment is a third property). Three cars.

not_the_users_car The Buick is Lorraine's to drive and is still titled and insured in the name of the late Walter E. Pruitt, which reads like Walt's own name. The Corolla is titled to Walt but is Camille's. "My car" is the F-150.