Immobilizer (theft control unit) replacement question

[itsnotanova]

If your deductible is $500 and your insurance will pay for a new immobilizer? I say take that deal! I sell a used immobilizer,DME,locks and key for $350. For $150 more you're getting a brand new immobilizer and reprogramming at the minimum from your insurance company. Heck you might get new key fobs and a DME out of the deal too. Consider yourself lucky though(that's if you like your boxster), a lot of insurance companies write off Porsches with wet immobilizers. Sometimes a wet immobilizer can take a lot of other electrical components down with it.