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09-10-2009, 04:40 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 99
Car: e30
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Lost my only key plz help!!
hey.. i lost my key.. bmw said $108.00 + 5 day wait..
anybody have a faster cheaper alternative??
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09-10-2009, 04:52 PM
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Classifieds Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: T.Dot
Posts: 8,748
Car: e36 m3
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you have no choice, you should have made a spare.
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09-10-2009, 05:02 PM
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Montreal, Formely St-Simon
Posts: 413
Car: 325e 1986
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^^Sorry for you, but what he says...
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09-10-2009, 05:09 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 99
Car: e30
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This is the BS..
shouldve made a spare tho...
have to keep looking now!!!
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09-10-2009, 05:10 PM
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Classifieds Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: T.Dot
Posts: 8,748
Car: e36 m3
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I think it is pretty reasonable, I would even consider myself lucky that I am still able to get a key cut to spec for a ~20+ yr old car.
Not sure if all manufactures could do the same for older cars.
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09-10-2009, 05:14 PM
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Parts hoarding partner...
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,011
Car: 325IS 87-325IC 89-IC
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someone on here has key blanks I think, and or you can get the blanks from e-bay if you want an oem bmw key. otherwise you'll be dropping the coin through them.
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09-10-2009, 05:17 PM
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Classifieds Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: T.Dot
Posts: 8,748
Car: e36 m3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ceeker
someone on here has key blanks I think, and or you can get the blanks from e-bay if you want an oem bmw key. otherwise you'll be dropping the coin through them.
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blanks are useless unless you have something to copy.
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09-10-2009, 05:18 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 99
Car: e30
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the coin is not the problem... its the damn waiting... there must be an alternative... and they should have a record of there keys regardless.. i pay top dollar for everything that goes into this thing..
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09-10-2009, 05:57 PM
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JUICY J CAN'T
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: T.
Posts: 16,965
Car: S54 titties
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Get the cheaper key (58$) from the dealer.
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09-10-2009, 06:07 PM
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Techno Viking
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Scarborough
Posts: 1,572
Car: S54 E36 M3
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decent price if you ask me. my dad ended up paying bmw of toronto $180 for his e30 key a few months ago.
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09-10-2009, 06:43 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 1,592
Car: 2001 325i
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my friend once bought a car without a key and had the key made from a molding. i'm just not sure how much he paid for it or where he had it done. i'll try to find out, but by that time...the 5 days wait from the dealer might have been worth it.
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09-11-2009, 12:45 AM
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The Afro-stig
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: TDot West End
Posts: 4,527
Car: Is Fast. ;)
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If you can get into the car still call a locksmith, have him use the glovebox lock to make you a key.
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09-11-2009, 03:57 AM
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1st Gear Newbie
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 1
Car: Toyota
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Thanks so much for sharing the post
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09-11-2009, 07:36 AM
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SweetXi
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brampton, Ontario
Posts: 880
Car: 2004 330Xi
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@ least on e30s you can have a key cut. With e46s BMW makes 10 kets for each car during assembly (3 are shipped to dealer with car) and 7 remain in Germany @ the factory. You cannot make duplicates. The ONLY source is BMW...... If you had a key breaking or losing habit you could eventually run out of keys for your car...... LOL ;-(
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09-11-2009, 05:41 PM
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Parts Hoarding Specialist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,325
Car: '91 318i, '91 318is
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nachos23
@ least on e30s you can have a key cut. With e46s BMW makes 10 kets for each car during assembly (3 are shipped to dealer with car) and 7 remain in Germany @ the factory. You cannot make duplicates. The ONLY source is BMW...... If you had a key breaking or losing habit you could eventually run out of keys for your car...... LOL ;-(
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Hopefully no-one out there is that bad that they can go through that many keys.
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1991 E30 318i (cabrio, summer car)
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