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Did your headlights have the self leveling and turn with corners features? Ours does and I actually really like those features, especially on our dark winding country roads.

It did, and I can't say it wasn't nice to have. That said, Xenon lights are pretty damn bright anyway so it's very possible I was appreciating that as much (if not more).

Forgot to mention, that car also had runflats, which is quite possibly why the hit was so damn hard. While the idea behind runflat tires is brilliant, in practice I've found them to suck colossally.
 
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It did, and I can't say it wasn't nice to have. That said, Xenon lights are pretty damn bright anyway so it's very possible I was appreciating that as much (if not more).

Forgot to mention, that car also had runflats, which is quite possibly why the hit was so damn hard. While the idea behind runflat tires is brilliant, in practice I've found them to suck colossally.

replaced the run flats on the wife's benz as soon as I could. That being said, my fillings still fall out on a pothole.
 
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$2000 for the passenger headlight on hers when we (I) hit a deer. Fortunately that one was covered by insurance.

That seems to be an across-the-board price range now. My stepmother has a newer Acura and took out a headlight, and hood, via mailbox. :LOL: The headlight assembly alone was north of $2K. Just another reason I don't like or really want newer vehicles.

They don't even bother installing oil dipsticks anymore

IDK when it happened or to what extent, but my neighbors ~'14 Toyota Tundra doesn't have a trans dip stick or traditional fill plug. He asked me to check it one day and after a while I learned it's a "dealer serviced only" item, and the refill via return line. Basically, the truck will tell him if it's low or needs servicing, which I don't like.
 
IDK when it happened or to what extent, but my neighbors ~'14 Toyota Tundra doesn't have a trans dip stick or traditional fill plug. He asked me to check it one day and after a while I learned it's a "dealer serviced only" item, and the refill via return line. Basically, the truck will tell him if it's low or needs servicing, which I don't like.

Early-mid 2000's seems to be when these types of systems started popping up, mostly on mid to higher end vehicles. I suspect it's common on most new vehicles now. I don't do "dealer serviced only" anything, and while I may choose not to fix something myself, I prefer that decision remain mine and not something delegated by the car manufacturer.

That '07 Bimmer was the same, it would tell you when it needed service. They did give a very primitive oil level indication on the dash if you manipulated the stalk on the column, but there was no way to tell what the actual level was with any accuracy. Never had a dipstick fail to tell me what the level was, but I feel like an oil level sensor is bound to go south at some point.