Best way to buy a spare key

[brough74]

Whats the best way to get a spare key for the GTI

1. Go to the dealers.
2. Go to timpsons as they apprantly do them
3. Buy a 3 button remote off ebay, get the blade cut and then get it coded at the dealers.

Any other options ?

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Dont do the ebay option as its a pain in the backside and still work out expensive, I did it this way and am still trying to get my key coded for a decent price locally.

My advice would be to bite the bullet and go to the dealers saves so much hassel.

[Stevenebm]

I could be doing with a spare.how much roughly are they from the dealers.

[liver]

about £150 from the dealers

£50 for the key part
£50 for the button housing
£50 for the coding to the car

thats what i heard a sales person telling a customer about a month ago anyway

[MitchGTI]

When i had my gti it cost me £200 for a new key at the dealers 

[DaveR77]

Coding was a fixed price at my dealer, 27 quid, I got my key from eBay for 40.

[WolverineMAc]

My key cost £180 however was paid by the independent dealer as I was only given one key

[adamf]

A local auto electrician can do me one for 100 quid 

[alackofspeed]

I bought a key from the dealer, then got an independant to do the immobiliser element. The independant had to extract the hex codes to decript the SKC, which means I've now got that to make future keys easier to code. Not only was the independant more helpful / flexible, they were cheaper for the coding too.

[gizmo68]

I bought a remote from eBay, key & transponder from hickleys.com, key cut by a local locksmith, got the SKC retrieved by a friendly member   then coded it myself (with VCDS) all for less than £50

[brough74]

Took the old key apart and found the part number, ordered one of ebay with the blade, chip etc brand new original part for £42 now need it cut and then programmed

[golf nutter]

i am in the same boat...need to get another key but not happy to pay 180 notes to the stealer.  any links to an appropriate ebay/cheap, but good source of the bits needed.  assume stealers are ok about coding keys that they havent provided?

[brough74]

The company ive bought mine off

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-VW-THREE-3-BUTTON-FLIP-KEY-FOB-BLANK-1K0-G-/170692249086?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27be0d05fe

[DaveR77]

assume stealers are ok about coding keys that they havent provided?

Mine was, VW Leeds

[brough74]

Price of coding the key at the local dealers £45

Getting the key cut tomorrow at timpsons, then all ready for the coding a week a thursday