Outrageous pricing.

srh335xi · 11-10-2010, 05:37 PM

Interested in getting the "Smartkey+" so I did a little googling and found Mods for cars who stated that the Canadian dealer is Pfaff. I contacted Pfaff and was told it would be $640 plus taxes installed......WTF. I did a little more digging and found it for $249 plus $18 shipping USD from EAS and was told it was an easy do it yourself job. I guess I won't be going to Pfaff for ANYTHING.

hubble bubble · 11-10-2010, 07:08 PM

Stealerships Suck

2000gsr · 11-10-2010, 08:58 PM

Welcome to Canada my friend!

farbmw · 11-10-2010, 10:55 PM

It is very easy to install, dealers always want to stick it to us!!!

2kaccordocoupe · 11-11-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 2000gsr

Welcome to Canada my friend!

tom @ eas · 11-11-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by srh123

Interested in getting the "Smartkey+" so I did a little googling and found Mods for cars who stated that the Canadian dealer is Pfaff. I contacted Pfaff and was told it would be $640 plus taxes installed......WTF. I did a little more digging and found it for $249 plus $18 shipping USD from EAS and was told it was an easy do it yourself job. I guess I won't be going to Pfaff for ANYTHING.

A good alternative would be to try your local +12V audio installer - who could probably install the system at a lower rate.

Time needed for installation would be about an hour.

srh335xi · 11-11-2010, 11:35 AM

I'm led to believe the Smartkey+ will allow the clown nose to be active on a 2006 330i with alarm pre-wire, but was told by someone that this feature will not work unless you have the actual alarm installed??????

tom @ eas · 11-11-2010, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by srh123

I'm led to believe the Smartkey+ will allow the clown nose to be active on a 2006 330i with alarm pre-wire, but was told by someone that this feature will not work unless you have the actual alarm installed??????

That's incorrect. The reasoning for remoteKEY+ was to emulate alarm features, not requiring a OEM alarm be installed.

Alarm emulation in the remoteKEY+ includes confirmation chirps when "arming" as well as the LED mirror flash, which is used as a deterrent.

srh335xi · 11-11-2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tom @ eas

That's incorrect. The reasoning for remoteKEY+ was to emulate alarm features, not requiring a OEM alarm be installed.

Alarm emulation in the remoteKEY+ includes confirmation chirps when "arming" as well as the LED mirror flash, which is used as a deterrent.

Thanks for the info.

perfectg · 11-11-2010, 01:00 PM

http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...oducts_id=1796

thats the part? Works on e90 2008?

tom @ eas · 11-11-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by perfectg

http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...oducts_id=1796

thats the part? Works on e90 2008?

That's the one, fully compatible with your e90.

Astroboy · 11-11-2010, 02:05 PM

+1 to EAS

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