private int decodeMakeYear(string vin)
{
int retval = 0;
switch (vin[9])
{
case 'T':
retval = 1996;
break;
case 'V':
retval = 1997;
break;
case 'W':
retval = 1998;
break;
case 'X':
retval = 1999;
break;
case 'Y':
retval = 2000;
break;
case '1':
retval = 2001;
break;
case '2':
retval = 2002;
break;
case '3':
retval = 2003;
break;
case '4':
retval = 2004;
break;
case '5':
retval = 2005;
break;
case '6':
retval = 2006;
break;
case '7':
retval = 2007;
break;
case '8':
retval = 2008;
break;
case '9':
retval = 2009;
break;
}
return retval;
}