Charlotte Off Topic

[voyager12]

Pretty random question but that's what this thread is for. I did a great job of getting into an accident yesterday. Knocked my fender off. The cop helped me rip it completely free and I drove home last night. Prayed that a less cool cop would not pull me over. My car looked busted and I was out in Huntersville. Made it. Phew. My car is now at Wilburn Auto Body on Mint St. They came highly reccomended from those I checked with. And they are on State Farm's list. Has anyone had experience dealing with them? Dropped my maimed baby off this AM and it all went very smoothly. Enteprise delivered a Ford Edge for me to drive around in. I hate SUV's so this is a weird feeling. It's so suburban. I feel like a soccer mom. I have had prior dents and scratches on the impacted part of my car for years. One positive note will be getting it back completely smooth. Scary though. I have never been able to go very long without dinging my cars

[Charlotte_native]

Do you miss your car, or your stickers more??

[voyager12]

^ That's a tough question to answer...I have a gnawing urge to decorate this rental which I am going to resist. It's not a very curable addiction to those into this mania. The sides and back of the car were not affected. It's taken a lot of time to cover all that space The important thing is that nobody was hurt in the accident. I do miss my car already though. I guess this thing is not that large relative to most suvs but it feels like a tractor trailer to me, after driving a Civic for so long.

Edited February 25, 2009 by voyager12

[Charlotte_native]

You're a nut! I'll help you do some temporary decor -- we can plastic wrap the back window then sticker it!

Really though -- glad you weren't hurt. Sounds like the genuine fender bender. I had to drive a family members ford truck the other day to get some landscape stuff and felt like I was taking up the whole road, so i understand.

As for Wilburn -- they've been around as long as I can remember - i'd feel safe working with them.

[UrbanFuture]

I've heard good things about Wilburn too, plus that's a brand new shop, should be running very smoothly.

Stay away from B&R body shop though!!! They maimed my Nissan almost worse than the accident. After an extremely unpleasant (for them) and unfriendly conversation in front of their other customers in their lobby, they took it back and fixed it properly a week later. Upon picking it up, I looked underneath and noticed immediately (empty screw holes!) they had missed 5 very important screws on the bottom of my front bumper which I pointed out and was told wasn't a big deal. I took pics with my blackberry and threatened to call the insurance company and have them reported to the BBB and magically someone was promptly installing the missing screws.

I hate hate HATE threatening stupid stuff like calling the BBB, but I mean, just freaking fix it right the first time, its what you got paid $thousands to do.

[voyager12]

^ Thank you for the advice. I think the repairs should take a week or so. When they are done, I am going to bring along a friend who knows cars to look it over with me before driving off. As I am clueless on this score.

[Guest]

Do you miss your car, or your stickers more??

Haha, this proves it, I did figure out who voyager12 is! Thanx! Next time I see you in Dilworth voyager I must stop you and say hello.

[suburban george3]

Pretty random question but that's what this thread is for. I did a great job of getting into an accident yesterday. Knocked my fender off. The cop helped me rip it completely free and I drove home last night.

First off, I'm glad it sounds like no one was hurt in your accident!

Second, you didn't have a bunch of stickers that could have held the fender on after the wreck? lol

[nonillogical]

has anyone seen the new hbo series Eastbound and Down? its pretty hilarious, stars Danny McBride and has occasional appearances by Will Ferrel. Anyway it is set in Shelby and that is mentioned often (particularly in Ferrel's Schaffer BMW dealership commercials), but is filmed mostly in and around Wilmington. but being that the location is brought up a lot, i wonder if Charlotte might get a mention or an episode filmed here.

[InitialD]

Not surprising that NC is featured. Danny McBride attended NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.

[voyager12]

NoDa is running away with the online vote for CL's latest Battle of the Hoods. Even so, everyone knows that Dilworth is the best neighborhood, so there is no reason to vote for us or have a contest

[Guest]

I voted 50 times to try to get Dilworth up to 1%, this thing is rigged. How does Starmount get more votes than uptown, dilworth, elizabeth. Maybe they are thinking the wrong kind of hood, LOL.

[DigitalSky]

I voted 50 times to try to get Dilworth up to 1%, this thing is rigged. How does Starmount get more votes than uptown, dilworth, elizabeth. Maybe they are thinking the wrong kind of hood, LOL.

I bet you the people who work for CL live in Starmount.

[voyager12]

^ I would not be surprised. Starmount was weirdly inflated last year too. The neighborhood does have a retro charm and it's only getting better but amenities wise..come on

[voyager12]

Willie is roaming the streets of Charlotte again. I was surprised to see him wandering around Presby last week. Last night he was back on his old turf along East Blvd. A cop happened to be nearby. They all keep an eye on him because he can get out of control when too drunk. The cop told me Willie had been clean for months, hence his dissapearance from the streets but recently relapsed.

[grodney]

Anybody remember a 2-guy band named "Good Foot"? My wife and I have fond memories of listening to them while sipping on a pint at South End. I find almost zero references to them on the web, so I assume they are gone? Anyone?

Here is one reference, from 2002:

http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrob...Content?oid=589

[voyager12]

I have always wondered who lives in the brick mansion on the hill at Sharon&Sharon Amity in SouthPark. Anyone know? I love their lawn.

[Guest]

I probably shouldnt give out info over the internet so I guess I'll PM you, I went to school with the owners kids.

Edited March 24, 2009 by Guest

[voyager12]

Thanks, someone had told me the owner of the Bobcats had bought it. Clears that up.

[grodney]

I probably shouldnt give out info over the internet

Land owners (not necessarily residents) are public info, as available at Polaris, probably among other places:

http://polaris.mecklenburgcountync.gov/web...sign/viewer.htm

[Guest]

Thanks, someone had told me the owner of the Bobcats had bought it. Clears that up.

The owner of the bobcats lives in the pentohouse at the radcliffe.

[DigitalSky]

Thanks, someone had told me the owner of the Bobcats had bought it. Clears that up.

The easy way to find out is to use Mecklenburg County's free Polaris System, public record is amazing these days. You can find the information on parcels by zooming in or searching the streets, and then in turn take the parcel number, and go to the meck tax real estate lookup and plug in that parcel number.

edit: oops i didn't see grodney already posted this

Edited March 24, 2009 by DigitalSky

[Guest]

So looks like Willy is alive and well. He has made a musical appearance on youtube, and looks and sounds sober, but I could be wrong.

[monsoon]

The owner of the bobcats lives in the pentohouse at the radcliffe.

He might own a penthouse there, but he doesn't live in Charlotte. He has a very large mansion outside of Washington DC. In fact it may be as large as the entire Radcliffe.

[Neo]

I don't know how to imbed videos, any pointers?

I updated your previous post so the videos are embedded. For future reference on how to do this please see the following instructional post:

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/YouTube-...deo-t36805.html