Hi, I have just purchased a lovely 03 reg Vectra 1.8LS but it only came with one key (the 3 button type, has p/n=24415490 on the back). When I asked Vauxhall how much a replacement would be they quoted £106+vat!!!!

As I'm now skint after stretching my budget to buy the thing I was thinking of buying one of the ones seen for sale on ebay.

Does any one know what this entails? (how much should I expect to pay for the fob itself, how much does a replacement blade cost? How much does it cost to have the blade cut, who does the key get coded to the car, and how much does the re-coding cost? etc)

I've seen a few on e-bay but they seem to have the original blade, and bit of plastic (the bottom half of the fob that comes off with the blade when opened up) missing. When you buy the blade does this bottom 1/2 cover come with it?

Cheers