City of Newport Beach Sued For Damaging Wheels and Tires worth $8,800
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10-29-2009, 01:09 PM
City of Newport Beach Sued For Damaging Wheels and Tires worth $8,800
City of Newport Beach Sued For Damaging Wheels and Tires worth $8,800
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/c...teimann-wheels
City blamed for destroying chrome rims worth $8,800
Wheels and tires damaged by road conditions, claim says.
By JEFF OVERLEY
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 70 | Recommend 2
NEWPORT BEACH – You know those movie chase scenes where the sports car zooms over a crest in the road, catches a little air and then keeps speeding along? Doesn't work out so well in real life.
Not if Bernard Steimann's story is true, that is. The 27-year-old Costa Mesa resident has filed a legal claim against the city of Newport Beach, saying a four-inch-tall ledge on a street that was under construction flattened his luxury sedan's tires and destroyed its 20-inch wheels.
Steimann has received loaner wheels for his Mercedes-Benz CLS-550, but to get back rollin' on dubs permanently, he wants $8,836 – the cost of replacing his full chrome Vellano rims and accompanying low-profile tires.
He's also asking for $450 to cover the cost of the vehicle he rented from a friend following the Aug. 7 incident.
According to Steimann's written claim, his fiancee was driving the Mercedes about 20-25 mph at night along Irvine Avenue at Mesa Drive when it hit the uneven section of road.
"It sounded as though the entire car was going to fall apart and (that) I had just driven into a wall," the claim says.
Seconds later, dashboard lights began flashing and an onboard computer stated "severe tire malfunction," leading the fiancee to pull over and call for assistance. In the end, all the wheels were "severely bent/cracked," and air would not stay in any of the tires, the claim says.
In an interview, Steimann said Newport Beach officials haven't formally acted on the claim, which is a required precursor to any lawsuit.
City officials did not immediately have a comment, and it is not clear they are responsible. That road construction project was a county effort, Newport Beach officials said previously.
Wheels and tires damaged by road conditions, claim says.
By JEFF OVERLEY
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 70 | Recommend 2
NEWPORT BEACH – You know those movie chase scenes where the sports car zooms over a crest in the road, catches a little air and then keeps speeding along? Doesn't work out so well in real life.
Not if Bernard Steimann's story is true, that is. The 27-year-old Costa Mesa resident has filed a legal claim against the city of Newport Beach, saying a four-inch-tall ledge on a street that was under construction flattened his luxury sedan's tires and destroyed its 20-inch wheels.
Steimann has received loaner wheels for his Mercedes-Benz CLS-550, but to get back rollin' on dubs permanently, he wants $8,836 – the cost of replacing his full chrome Vellano rims and accompanying low-profile tires.
He's also asking for $450 to cover the cost of the vehicle he rented from a friend following the Aug. 7 incident.
According to Steimann's written claim, his fiancee was driving the Mercedes about 20-25 mph at night along Irvine Avenue at Mesa Drive when it hit the uneven section of road.
"It sounded as though the entire car was going to fall apart and (that) I had just driven into a wall," the claim says.
Seconds later, dashboard lights began flashing and an onboard computer stated "severe tire malfunction," leading the fiancee to pull over and call for assistance. In the end, all the wheels were "severely bent/cracked," and air would not stay in any of the tires, the claim says.
In an interview, Steimann said Newport Beach officials haven't formally acted on the claim, which is a required precursor to any lawsuit.
City officials did not immediately have a comment, and it is not clear they are responsible. That road construction project was a county effort, Newport Beach officials said previously.
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10-29-2009, 01:44 PM
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10-29-2009, 01:55 PM
I support that guy! Theres bumps on streets that I have went over 30mph and it literally bent my wheels before. WTF. I should of start something like this. Then again Im just some average joe asian guy not some newport beach rich man so they wont listen to me but still!! I totally agreee! Theres some plazas I seen in some cities where I cant figure out how a sport car can even get in, or some railroad tracks, dips or even holes in the road that I try to figure out that if I had a corvette and it was stock I would still damage something! Same with other luxury or higher end sport cars let alone my G!!! I'm sick of potholes! Or raised grounds especially by the railroads, eve worse uneven pavement and roads WTF is that. This is fawking America and some roads back home in Vietnam is even better than this shiet for me HAHAHAHA their bicycles ride smoooth through it while we damanged our 30-40k+ cars on fvcked up roads that we pay our hard working tax dollars for and have lazy azz construction workers take forever to fix and have it ruined again cause i dunno why maybe they did a shietty job or sumtin ahhhh sorry for the rant, this sparked my anger! HAHAHA I dont care what the city says, blah blah blah bad economy blah blah no money blah blah stfu excuses and lies this is America we pose to be #1 now fix the roads you fawking azzhole!
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Steimann has received loaner wheels for his Mercedes-Benz CLS-550, but to get back rollin' on dubs permanently, he wants $8,836 – the cost of replacing his full chrome Vellano rims and accompanying low-profile tires.
oh crap.. i have 20" Vellano wheels.. better not drive in THAT street...
GLWS
good luck with suit
oh crap.. i have 20" Vellano wheels.. better not drive in THAT street...
GLWS
good luck with suit
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10-29-2009, 09:35 PM
I love how the city is now trying to push this onto the county. I bet the county tried to say it's the city's fault. Just shows how they keep bouncing things they don't want to deal with back and forth. No wonder why our nation is so screwed.