As far as I know, you don't need the dealer to program a key. My 2001 A4
manual tells you how to do it. I had to reprogram the key when I changed the
battery in it.

"Doug Warner" <dwarner22@ccharter.net> wrote in message
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remove22@sonic.net (Timothy J. Lee) wrote:

>Maybe the local dealer for him is more than typically expensive.
>Many newer cars have keys that require the car to be programmed to
>recognize the chip in the key, which adds to the cost of making the
>key and reduces the competition from non-dealers.

Do these encoded keys actually keep car thieves from stealing your
car, or are they just a way for the dealers to make money?

(On the morning of 9/11/2001, when I realized it was a
attack, I thought to myself: "Here comes the police state.")

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Makes me wonder just what they thought this guy was gonna do.

"Ok everybody, I'm taking over this plane. Anybody tries to stop me and I'll
scratch you with this fancy key."

Kneejerk reactionary dimwits. I also said, "Hello Police State" on 9/11.



Fly Guy <Fly@Guy.com> wrote in news:42B96A68.6B68A9AA@Guy.com:

> Interesting exerpt:
>
> "Paperwork, of course, was required. His driver's license and other
> identification papers were photocopied."
>
> Since when do security agents record personal information at a
> screening checkpoint?
>
> Maybe because they are going to send this guy's keys back to him in
> the mail? Or maybe this guy's name is going to be put on a watch list
> now?
>
> (Doesn't Volkswagon also have "switchblade" type keys?)

 

Makes me wonder just what they thought this guy was gonna do.

"Ok everybody, I'm taking over this plane. Anybody tries to stop me and I'll
scratch you with this fancy key."

Kneejerk reactionary dimwits. I also said, "Hello Police State" on 9/11.



Fly Guy <Fly@Guy.com> wrote in news:42B96A68.6B68A9AA@Guy.com:

> Interesting exerpt:
>
> "Paperwork, of course, was required. His driver's license and other
> identification papers were photocopied."
>
> Since when do security agents record personal information at a
> screening checkpoint?
>
> Maybe because they are going to send this guy's keys back to him in
> the mail? Or maybe this guy's name is going to be put on a watch list
> now?
>
> (Doesn't Volkswagon also have "switchblade" type keys?)

 

Makes me wonder just what they thought this guy was gonna do.

"Ok everybody, I'm taking over this plane. Anybody tries to stop me and I'll
scratch you with this fancy key."

Kneejerk reactionary dimwits. I also said, "Hello Police State" on 9/11.



Fly Guy <Fly@Guy.com> wrote in news:42B96A68.6B68A9AA@Guy.com:

> Interesting exerpt:
>
> "Paperwork, of course, was required. His driver's license and other
> identification papers were photocopied."
>
> Since when do security agents record personal information at a
> screening checkpoint?
>
> Maybe because they are going to send this guy's keys back to him in
> the mail? Or maybe this guy's name is going to be put on a watch list
> now?
>
> (Doesn't Volkswagon also have "switchblade" type keys?)

 

Makes me wonder just what they thought this guy was gonna do.

"Ok everybody, I'm taking over this plane. Anybody tries to stop me and I'll
scratch you with this fancy key."

Kneejerk reactionary dimwits. I also said, "Hello Police State" on 9/11.



Fly Guy <Fly@Guy.com> wrote in news:42B96A68.6B68A9AA@Guy.com:

> Interesting exerpt:
>
> "Paperwork, of course, was required. His driver's license and other
> identification papers were photocopied."
>
> Since when do security agents record personal information at a
> screening checkpoint?
>
> Maybe because they are going to send this guy's keys back to him in
> the mail? Or maybe this guy's name is going to be put on a watch list
> now?
>
> (Doesn't Volkswagon also have "switchblade" type keys?)