vin decoder

Hi, Just bought a Jan 1998 T4 1.9 TD 800 Special and need a decent manual for it. There seem to be a few Elsawin options available on ebay and I'm wondering if any of them are any good/are what they say they are? It's just that £3.50 seems a little too good to be true for every VAG model ever...

The 17 digit chassis number or Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) was introduced in 1982 and applies to all vehicles built - and sold - in the European "home" market, which includes the UK. Vehicles built - and sold - elsewhere may have different codes. A typical T4 VIN number is WV1 ZZZ 70 Z...