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I have asked the Jag dealer and they told me $500 and I told them to forget it

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You're not gonna get one cheaper - probably.

You REALLY should get one before you lose your only copy.

If they have to re-key it, it's gonna cost you more than the car is worth.

It kinda sucks. It's sorta mandated by law. Cars have to comply with anti-theft regulations because, well, car companies kept making cars that were easy to steal. So, the US (and other countries) require anti-theft standards.

It could be worse. You could be me. I pay to make sure there's always at least one spare - for some pretty exotic keys.

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I hope I don't lose my key before I get a replacement

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If you do, you are well and truly fucked.

It's gonna be at least a couple grand.

In theory, you could get a key from a junkyard car - but you'd need the sensors, the ECU, and then you'll still need to pay to have everything synced with your system.

Modern cars suck like that - and modern imported cars are even worse and have been worse since the mid 1990s. The EU was first to change the anti-theft regulations and then there has been a trend of making keys more and more special for luxury/sport/exotic cars.

Some of my newer cars don't actually have keys that start the ignition. It's a fob that sits in your pocket or has to be in a special slot. Those are a couple grand to replace - but you can lose 'em and replace 'em at the same price. They just need to be programmed.

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My key does not have a chip in it. It's just a different kind of cut

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Are you sure? It's in the right age bracket to have a chip. The chip isn't always visible. It's sometimes embedded in the metal or in the plastic at the top of the key - but it's sometimes right in the metal.

I'd be shocked if there wasn't a chip.

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My key does not have anything special or electronic about it. Its just a round shaft that expands at the last half inch with blocks carved into it, it really should not be that difficult to reproduce. like these https://files.catbox.moe/amb4iu.jpg

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I'd guess that it's in the plastic bit at the top. It's just a resistor at a special frequency. It has been in cars since the early 90s.

I'd be legitimately shocked if you didn't have one, especially on a Jag.

I'd say take the key apart, but you might break it. It's nothing huge and it can be embedded in the metal part of the key itself.

Yeah, scroll down on this page:

https://lost-car-keys-replacement.com/jaguar/