Yup - confirmed that I can get a full non-remote key from a different Mini
dealer.
$36+Tax, pay first, must have current ID and registration. 3 business days
for delivery.
"jmk" <jkr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1151181644_25123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dauph59 -
>
> I just bought an '02 Mini and have the same situation.... it only came
> with one key. I just went to the Mini dealer here in Minneapolis and
> bought a full metal spare for $43 + tax. It looks just like the regular
> key but does not have remote control capabilities. Ordered it today and
I
> should have it in 3 business days.
>
> They also offer a plastic (?) wallet key for ~$56, which I decided not
to
> pursue.
>
> Jim
>
>
> --
>
> "dauph59" <dauph59@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:%Q3ig.7637$7G2.1370@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I need to get a new key or two as well. I just bought my MINI a few
months
>>ago, but it was an '02 MCS, and only came with one key! I'm living
>>dangerously, I know!
>>
>> dauph
>>
>> J. Patrick Brandt wrote:
>>> Bingo! That's where I remember reading about the "$35" key.
>>>
>>> I guess I'll just have to go to the dealer and try to order one.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link, it was bugging me where I saw it.
>>>
>>> "dauph59" <dauph59@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:fc0ig.6860$Ui7.4746@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>>J. Patrick Brandt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>I'm not positive, I'm only passing along this information. On the
>>>>"North American Motoring" web site I found some good info on the
"valet"
>>>>keys. Check it out:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61035&page=2
>>>>
>>>>dauph
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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