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The problems I've seen with key cutters is that the steel Porsche keys are supposed to be cut with a special carbide cutter that most locksmiths don't have. Most keys, including the replica Porsche keys are made of soft brass. If you find someone who doesn't know this (i.e. Home Depot) they may cut it for without knowing they will destroy their cutting wheel, like cutting through nails with a Skilsaw blade. The other and more significant problem is that some if these guys don't know how to cut the double sided key properly (and this I would not trust my expensive Porsche blank to Home Depot) Single sided keys are easy because the master and new blank have a flat side to base against on the machine before cutting. Not so with a double sided Porsche key. If either the master or blank are not exactly centered in the jig, and when flipping over the copy to cut the other side, the distance of the groves from center will off - I've seen it happen several times. Even the master locksmith I've used here in L.A., Via Zapata, notes that he has to use extreme precision when cutting the blanks. So I'd make sure the guy you use knows what he is doing.
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