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					Originally Posted by obthomas  Thanks for all your responses and assurances.  My dealer in West Houston wants $185 for the key, and will not accept I bring the key from somewhere else.  Moreover they want $70 to cut the key and $140 for programming.  After taxes, all in $410.  They make it very difficult to assemble this key from cost effective sources because they have the programming no one else seems to have. | 
	
 
Independents with a PIWIS or PST2 can program keys. A local Porsche shop here can do it, but they prefer to order the keys themselves (by VIN) to ensure compatibility.