[Noisebridge-discuss] Need a locksmith, VW mechanic and/or advice

[David Rorex]

I have no idea if VW is like other brands of car, but oftentimes you can buy
kits to program it yourself for $30 or $40 on ebay. Failing that, locksmiths
will often either be able to program it themselves, or refer you to someone
who can, for much cheaper than the ripoff prices charged by the dealer.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Autumn Tyr-Salvia <tyrsalvia at gmail.com>wrote:

> I just bought a car, which is awesome. What is not awesome is that it
> has a fancy computerized key that will cost me like $250 to get from a
> dealership. Especially frustrating is that since it's a used car, it
> only came with one key - which we suspect is actually a valet key, as
> it does not open the hatchback. It also did not come with the remote
> entry dongle.
>
> I can buy blank keys online for $30, but to get it to work in the car,
> it needs two things. First, it needs to be cut much like a regular
> key. Then it needs to be hooked up to a specialized piece of equipment
> that uplinks directly to some VW secure server to get the proper code
> for my car.
>
> Do we have any community knowledge about these things? Do any of you
> know a locksmith who might be able to help, or a VW dealer or
> mechanic? Advice?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Autumn (Atala)
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