After decades of incident-free motoring a pheasant flew up from its hidden position right beside my car and of all places had to die in the centre of the front grill. Result: one new front radar "camera" and grill needed, with calibration. Total bill: £1000 exactly. These things happen, but it seems a lot. Apparently it's £360 just to calibrate the new camera, it needing specialist VW equipment and taking three hours. I suppose I'm must venting, but I wonder why it is so expensive. For a while I was driving around as follows: