Alan Surrey
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Can anyone recommend an automotive locksmith in Surrey, or, perhaps warn me never to go near one?
It seems to me that the dividing line between an automotive locksmith and a professional car thief might be a fine one.
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Background
One of the two keyless entry fobs for my BMW i3 has stopped working.
My options appear to be.
1) Live with it. (not going to do this. Need a fallback key fob.)
2) Get a new one from BMW. £313.
3) Call the AA who will come and analyse the electronic lock and configure a replacement key fob to work just like the old one but not BMW branded or the shape of the old one. £450
It seems to me that this is a good way to go if I am out and find I have lost my keys. (Never happened, but you never know...)
4) Call an automotive locksmith who can come to me, open up the fob, replace the faulty circuits then configure it to work with my car just like the fob did before it broke.
But will his mate show up at four in the morning with another key fob he configured just like mine and drive off in my daily completely silently, of course: the car's electric?
So that's the quandry. Any recommendations?
It seems to me that the dividing line between an automotive locksmith and a professional car thief might be a fine one.
***********************
Background
One of the two keyless entry fobs for my BMW i3 has stopped working.
My options appear to be.
1) Live with it. (not going to do this. Need a fallback key fob.)
2) Get a new one from BMW. £313.
3) Call the AA who will come and analyse the electronic lock and configure a replacement key fob to work just like the old one but not BMW branded or the shape of the old one. £450
It seems to me that this is a good way to go if I am out and find I have lost my keys. (Never happened, but you never know...)
4) Call an automotive locksmith who can come to me, open up the fob, replace the faulty circuits then configure it to work with my car just like the fob did before it broke.
But will his mate show up at four in the morning with another key fob he configured just like mine and drive off in my daily completely silently, of course: the car's electric?
So that's the quandry. Any recommendations?