Malcolm - cheers, i'll try and get a key from a scrap yard. Will it do any damage with the red bit missing from the bottom of the key?
Sharvy
I guess your last resort will be to go to MB. I have been quoted several key prices this morning as I would like a spare key (old one has been broken). MB Coventry quoted £179 but £219 for the new design (chrome), MB Solihull quoted £230 while MB Bham Central / Leicester quoted £219.
Either way its daylight robbery...BMW charge £90 all in!