Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
What we have learned:
Transplanting a SKREEM and ECM (with the chip from the donor car's key) yields a running car.
This means "parts cars" are of more value than I thought they were.
Good show, sir.

That warm weather has got to you, you knew all this before.
This has been obvious for quite some time, reading the service manuals etc explains this plus what has been posted before.
I must add that this is a neat solution as long as the parts are cheap enough.