"I'm going to predict right now that this will boil down to "automobiles are not individuals"" A vehicle is literally considered an extension of your body, and

"I'm going to predict right now that this will boil down to "automobiles are not individuals"" A vehicle is literally considered an extension of your body, and this has been held up many times, starting with Carroll in 1929. More recently, the 9th circuit put forth a ruling vacating a man's conviction because a cop merely touched the vehicle, thus triggering a warrantless search complaint. There's a lot of case law that goes against what you're thinking.