[V8] Has this ever happened to you? Road Debris

[Greg Furstenwerth]

I hit a pothole in north bend doing 75mph and blew out my front tire on 
i-90. I have to say though the 4000S quattro was 100% stable throughout 
the slowing down process given it was the passenger side front tire.

Jeremy Ward wrote:

>So I was driving to work this week, and there was a mini-manhole cover
>sitting up in the road.  (You know, the small 6" ones that cover your
>water shut-off valve for your house out in the middle of the street.) 
>It was sitting vertically in its flange instead of flush,
>horizontally.
>
>One road that I take to work is under construction and they have big
>orange barrels and cones setup to tell you where to drive on the fresh
>asphalt.  I see this round metal plate (like a giant-sized ashtray)
>sticking up out of the road vertically; it must have been 3" or 4"
>high.  Couldn't really swerve around it, so I decided to straddle it. 
>Now if you will remember my car has H&R sport springs and sits a
>little low...  BANG!  Holly crap!  No idiot lights came on, oil
>pressure was fine, the only thing I noticed was a stain in my seat.
>
>Got to work and there is hole in the exhaust X and the pan for the
>transmission fluid is majorly dented and scratched (fortunately no
>holes in that one!)
>
>Soooooo, anyone have advice on the following:
>1) dealing with the county to get them to pay for my repair bills
>2) price of a good used exhaust X
>3) price of a good used steel pan for the transmission
>4) advice on how to replace items 2 and 3
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>- Jeremy
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