Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:18:15 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <linternospamnet> wrote in message news:zaA_d.65102$7z6.54760nospamread04... > two days ago i got my first saab, a 2002 9-3, and am wondering if i > have to use the remote key or whether i can't get a key without > remote that'll still open & run the car. problem is, i'm a surfer > and in the past, with my trusty 92 volvo, while i'm in the water, > i've just hung the key around my neck on a cord. can't do that with > the saab key, of course, and yet i still need some way to lock the > car at the beach and stow the key. can't wrap it in a towel and > leave it on the sand, as that's too vulnerable. any thoughts? > thanks! > Yes you can. Probably the best place is at the SAAB dealer because the key will still have the immobilization transponder in it and will need to be programmed (married) to the car. Otherwise it will not allow the engine to strat which is kind of the whole point of having the key... ;-) -Fred W