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Re:Why I think Tesla is building throwaway cars by lttlrck on Sunday March 06, 2016 @05:06PM (#11235781)
Actually you do need to go to a VW dealer to get a new key paired to the immobilizer. It's been that way since at least 2002.

Edit: http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/key-and-remote-replacement...

Tldr: You need the SKC to do it, only VW knows what the SKC is. Or you can hack the immobilizer.

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