City blamed for destroying chrome rims worth $8800
NEWPORT Bank – You know those movie chase scenes where the sports car zooms over a crest in the road, catches a no 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 dwelling has filed a legal claim against the city of Newport Beach, saying a four-inch-exaggerated 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 unendingly, he wants $8,836 – the cost of replacing his full chrome Vellano rims and accompanying low-revenue tires.
He's also asking for $450 to cover the cost of the vehicle he rented from a friend following the Aug. 7 event.
According to Steimann's written claim, his fiancee was driving the Mercedes about 20-25 mph at night along Irvine Avenue at Mesa Impel when it hit the uneven section of road.