$1200 vs $150... A no brainer. That was the price that VW was charging for a programmed ECU. But Volkswagen in their intimate wisdom decided that they no longer needed to make the ECUs so I was forced to find an after market provider. The ECU connection was the company that I found on E-bay and I can honestly say that it was fast and easy to get the correct ECU for our 2004 VW Golf GLS. It arrived on a a Friday afternoon and my wife and I had it installed in about an hour, plug and play...