I went to make a spare key for the sd and was shocked at the $35 price.

Does this sound right?

Steve

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85 300d in progress

Be thankful that you don't pay $40.

But some dealers definitely charge less........however, not in the NE AFAIK.

I have a brass key made at the local hardware store for emergency use.
I'd rather not have the particles in the locks. We keep the good key for every day use.
I've seen the good, genuine, blanks on ebay from time to time. If you're not in a hurry, I'd suggest that. If you go that route, ask the seller questions and for close up pics of the key blank, easy to do with todays digital cameras.

Then again, that could be looked at as a lot of work, multiple searches, questions, photos, etc. The $35 is just at the cusp of being ridiculous, but you'd at least be done with it with a genuine key.
For $35, I'd suck it up and do it, but I wouldn't tell my wife about it
$40- maybe not.

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85' 300D No inspection, No registration fees, Cheap insurance
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

Yeah, the Mercedes dealers charge do charge that high for a miserable key.

I bought one about 10 years ago and I think it was $25-$35 even then, in Southern California

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

i got a key for mine from MB of Wilmington for $17... it seems that each dealer even in the same area is different cause i went to MB of West Chester and it was $45

Buy a chipped key at Ford sometime-- you'll surely appreciate that luxuriously low price of $35!

They charged my sister $100.00 more to make a key for her Taurus!

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I paid about $35 after tax for my key from the dealer. Be careful of the plastic key head, it breaks off pretty easily with normal use. I ended up filling mine with superglue to keep it on the key and make it stiff.

I paid $22 for the plastic key head (when I bought the car it was missing). WHAT a ripoff!

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Andrew

1989 Volvo 745- 202K

I paid $19 for a new key for my 190E from Mercedes of Bedford (ohio)

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thats what jim skinner ford wanted for my ranger but i just got 2 keys on ebay for 15.00 and had them cut at ace for 1.00