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Tbh, it would be kind of nice if sensors weren’t put in easily damaged areas of cars. They’re part of why bumpers and tailgates are so much more expensive. I wonder if cars could have all the safety features using a couple little LIDAR and camera packages instead of chips on every piece of plastic.
Yep I've recently learned that a crushed bumper can total a car, there's thousands of dollars of electronics in there somehow, it's insane. I miss that car.
that's totaling from an insurance perspective, not from a repairability perspective. if somehow your bumper cost more than like 70% of the car's value then you had a decently old car which would have required very specific parts to fix.