I don't know anything about keys for new minis I must confess! but try
looking at master automotive locksmiths, I have a Audi which I was told
would cost me £230 for a replacement key by the dealer, this had to be
ordered from Germany & laser cut then programmed to the car I was told, I
was then told also as a security measure I would have to provided 3 forms
of
ID to prove the car was mine plus the log book, a quick search on Google
pointed me to a master locksmith who cut a new key & cloned the chip in
it,
total price £30, no ID either, which proved main dealers tell lies!
Steve.
"J. Patrick Brandt" <null@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I have a new '06 MCS. I have the standard complement of two full
>remote-key-fob keys plus the plastic "spare" key.
>
> 1) rumor has it that the spare key will only work a certain number of
> times before ??? What? the car locks up? The spare doesn't work anymore
--
> permanently? until you use the real key again? what?
>
> 2) The dealer implies that there is no middle cost key - e.g. a real
metal
> key (w/o remote) but better than the "spare". Is this true? I would
really
> like a real, metal key, with RFID, but not the remote control bits, so
> that I can safely take it in my bathing suit into the ocean for a swim,
> etc... I thought there was a "valet key" available that was what I
wanted,
> but I don't remember where I heard this...
>
> Does anyone have a source for "real" keys that don't have the remote
> control built in?
>
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