Hi Dave, Im looking on the bright side, i am a mechanic not in trade for a while and having had success with aftermarket coders in the past for various key codings i thought id have a go at my e46 3 series. I bought an ak90 key reader coder off ebay as it had excellent reviews on youtube, all went well until i tried in the ignition but no joy, and after several attempts the original key is now inop. So was hoping for a good recommend of some wiz kid out there if there is someone?