Has anyone with a chipped car tried to locate a stock spare chip at a junkyard? I know Wett owners don't have to worry, but I purchased TAP and just had the idea today. I wanted to see if anyone already did this. How sucessful were you and how much you pay?<p>Just figured if I can get one for cheap, it couldn't hurt to have a back up for when I go to the dealer! Your comments are appreciated.<p>Larry<br>98.5 TAPPED 1.8T

I am in the same boat now. Im looking throught the local yards to come up with a second computer to chip. I want to leave the one that came with the car stock and chip the second one. No luck so far.

I have a spare stock chip for my 97' A4 1.8T. If you are interseted, e-mail me.<p>A4 mando@aol.com

I'm sure they exist, but they are rare. $20,000+ cars are hard to total! Another problem is that you will have to find a stupid junkyard owner in order to get a bargain on the ECU. Junkyards these days know what new parts cost! For a new ECU that will run $1200 new, they might mark it down to $800. But you can get it from Clair for around $1000, I think, new. The bargains in junkyards are reserved for the parts nobody wants due to low demand and excess supply.<p>There are some outfits that have advertised in the Quattro Club magazine as specializing in used parts. You might try one of them. Try the link below for a list of Audi parts vendors.<p>Dale<ul><li><a href="http://coimbra.ans.net/quattro/tech/parts_vendors.html">Audi Parts Vendors</a></li></ul>

I think I was unable to e-mail you. I received some sort of error message. Can you please e-mail me and let me know how much you want for it. <p>Just curious, how do you have a spare????<p>Thanks!<br>Larry