Cheapest key option for 2013 non-comfort access key BMW X5?

[wildirishtime]

Obviously you can say "go to your dealer" but clearly the price between dealers varies greatly, and some dealers are willing to ship the key to you, so I'm curious if anyone know the most economical source for a replacement key on a 2013 X5? I've already seen a $75 variance in the two dealers near me. ($300 to $225) If you know of someone that can ship the key after proper identification is provided, I'm interested...

Second question - are there ANY independent key places that can do it, or is it EXCLUSIVE to the BMW dealerships to get these programmed?

-Brendan

[belarus27]

go to any indy shops that work with bmw , german cars , i think they would be the cheapest option available. you just gonna need your registration and driver license.

[wildirishtime]

What do the Indy shops do? Order through BMW with little to no markup? OR, are they programming them themselves somehow?

[belarus27]

Originally Posted by wildirishtime

What do the Indy shops do? Order through BMW with little to no markup? OR, are they programming them themselves somehow?

exactly , they order it through BMW but with out bmw fees , which comes out cheaper as if you went to dealer.
and they also will program it for you ,even tho im pretty sure its smth you could of done yourself.

[wildirishtime]

Anyone know of any specific independents (or dealers) that are 'lowest price' for ordering keys that would mail to me in Oregon USA?

[bmwx5er]

Originally Posted by wildirishtime

Anyone know of any specific independents (or dealers) that are 'lowest price' for ordering keys that would mail to me in Oregon USA?

sent you PM.