[Vwdiesel] A4 keys

[Jason]

I've been using one of those $30 tacho cables for a few years with success.
 Even for a 1 time use it is worthwhile.

Jason

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

> I can't remember who now, but someone wanted to know about results from
> experiments I'd planned to put the transponder chip near the ignition but
> use a different key.  I finally got to try it today.  I have a non-smart
> key for it that normally will not start the car.  I put that key in the
> ignition and held my transponder key up to the lock.  It did indeed start
> and I could take the transponder chip away from the lock and everything
> kept running.  I did, however, find that it was very finicky about where it
> was held.  Apparently, there's a tiny range on the system.  I don't know if
> putting a transponder chip in the ignition housing would do it.  A few
> millimeters off and it's a no-start.
>
> I found someone from Fred's who lives locally that has the ability to get
> in and pull the SKC.  I expect I'm going to just go to him and pay to get
> the code and some keys coded.  There are times, even as cheap as I am, that
> I eventually decide to just pay some money and get the problem fixed.  I
> kept hearing scary things about the Chinese hack Tach-Pro software.  If it
> doesn't cost hundreds of dollars, it's a hack. And, I don't have a running
> Windows computer anyways.  (Linux)
>
> -Shalyn
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