acside wrote:... a street that is in the process of bing paved so all of the sewer plates are raised ...i hit a pot hole which drops my car onto the plate
Darn! Sorry to hear this.
Also, talk to the city folks ... since this was caused by street damage, many of the the cities have funds to pay for damages they cause to cars due to bad road conditions. Typically, they fix windshields busted by hitting pot holes pretty readily, but this also seems to be an easy call in your case - the road was not finished and the pot hole was a direct cause of problems.
Z