I feel dumb

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 02/07/2015 at 04:38 • Filed to: denver and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad week

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And now Im a bit freaked out. I hit a fire hydrant tonight and I only damaged my passenger door, no damage to the hydrant. Ive never been in an accident before and I didnt know what to do, so I just went home. But I hung out in the parking lot with my brother for about an hour before I left and no one came over to me, so I dont think It has been reported. Would that have been a hit and run? If It is, Im reporting it in the morning and I'll do the right thing. But for now I have to locate a new passenger door for a 1993-1997 cayman blue metallic Ford Ranger XLT Supercab. The damage:

Im really worried Im gonna get in legal trouble over this. My mom is telling me that It snot a hit and run, but Im not sure

Tohru > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 04:43

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It's not a hit and run, you're fine, stop spazzing out.

How the hell did you hit a hydrant with the door?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Tohru 02/07/2015 at 04:44

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I was backing out of a spot, it fell below my belt line and it was in my blindspot. My mirrors dont adjust down. I knew it was there I just couldnt see it

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Tohru 02/07/2015 at 04:46

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Ive had alot go wrong this week, more than Ive posted here. I think the stress of it all combined is getting to me. Ive really had a crummy week, nothing has gone right

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 04:48

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That sucks. Well on the positive side, its just one door you have to replace. In my case, I crashed in December because the rear end got loose and had no control over the car. i hit on to a wall with the back of the stang. It was raining and the road was very slippery. And the damages are the rear bumper, tail light, The exhaust muffler, The trunk looks fine but doesn't close correctly and the side panel is a bit dented. Oh and the gearbox makes some "somethings wrong" noises when the suspension is working, like on a speed bump.

I think its not a hit and run, and you say the hydrant didn't look damaged.

Tohru > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 04:50

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At least it's just the door and not the cab side.

You *might* be able to get a painless dent guy to pop it out - it's not badly creased.

Otherwise just steal Nibbles' door and swap it with yours.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 02/07/2015 at 04:51

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I should have got a photo of the hydrant. No it was an sub 5mph collision, If I had airbags they wouldnt have gone off. I dont think it was possible for me to damage the hydrant at at that speed. I am really lucky its only the door. 1 more centimeter and I would have had to do body work

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 04:53

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Yes, only the door, think on the positive, out of the negative.
The positive thing i get out from my crash is that my car is still driveable and didn't have to get a tow truck.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Tohru 02/07/2015 at 04:54

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How much would the painless dent repair be? a new door is $60 form the junkyard, assuming I can find one in the right color. But thats alot of labor on my part

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 02/07/2015 at 04:55

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Okay positive: the door still latches, It still locks and the window still rolls up and down even though the window mech rattles a bit.

Tohru > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 04:58

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No idea, I've never used them. Plus PDR prices would probably be different between Wisconsin and Colorado.

But a salvage yard door probably won't have the matching striping on it. If they can PDR it, once the dent is out you buff the paint transfer out.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Tohru 02/07/2015 at 05:07

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they might have the right pinstriping, the one I have was the most common one on that gen

pip bip - choose Corrour > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 05:13

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don't sweat the little things.

shit happens.

Bricks > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 05:15

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Tohru is pretty much spot on. Try to relax about the whole thing, could've been a WAY worse (E.G. my first accident)

promoted by the color red > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 05:18

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You'll be fine. If it wasn't spurting water into the sky, I don't think the cops will chase you down.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Bricks 02/07/2015 at 05:19

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This isnt actually my first accident, its the first one to cause any sort of damage. Back when I had my old tires I got stuck at a stop sign and got out to push, I rolled back into the stop sign. No damage to my truck or the sign then. Also I backed into a concrete pillar before I had an understanding of how long my truck was, again no damage to my truck or the pillar. The ones that left no evidence I dont consider to be accidents, but I guess they technically were.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > promoted by the color red 02/07/2015 at 05:20

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It wasnt

Bricks > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 05:32

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Bah, as long as the police didn't show up, It's an oopsie, not an accident. (though in my first accident the police didn't show up, but I did cause a couple grand worth of damage to the car)

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 07:54

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It's not a hit and run. You don't have to report it to anyone. You're not headed to Guantanamo for hitting a dog toilet, trust me.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 07:56

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Try pulling it out with a plunger .

speedygopher > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 07:57

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I backed into lots of things when I first started driving ('74T-bird). If whatever you hit isn't damaged, it's not an accident. Of course, I drove mine for a few months with almost no brakes (long story), so I drove into lots of things with both ends of my car.

Sam > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 08:11

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No, you aren't in trouble. It's not even an accident, just a mistake made. Keep in mind that it could have been much worse, my first accident totaled two cars and landed someone in the hospital. And I have a feeling you could easily find a door at a scrapyard somewhere.

Jonathan Harper > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 08:37

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PDR in nyc is usually more than $60, but like tohru said prices definitely vary

Nibbles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 09:14

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That looks like it'll buff out

Seriously. Pop the dent, remove the yellow, live with a minor battle scar

NinetyQ > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 09:24

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Probably nobody was even watching you to know that you hit it. If there was no damage to the hydrant, which you say there wasn't, you have literally no reason to worry about it. "Hit and Run" refers to multi-car collisions, I think. Or maybe also property damage. But this property wasn't damaged.

Only thing you need to worry about is dealing with the damage on your own vehicle.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 10:04

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That dent should pop out- it's only in the door skin sheet metal. Pop it out and you've got some character. Worse comes to worse, doors are a dime a dozen for Rangers. You could pull any passenger door off any year Ranger post 93 and it will fit, although electronics might be different.

LuczOr > Tohru 02/07/2015 at 14:53

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I don't think PDR will be enough here. He has some serious deformation and it even pushed far enough to contact interior door parts. You can see it above the yellow steak where it's popping out and paint chipped off.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/07/2015 at 22:32

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bah, the dent on my passenger-side back quarter panel is probably 3x bigger than that (dent was there before I got it), i think it gives the car character.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man 02/07/2015 at 23:03

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Im gonna get a junkyard door and just replace it in my driveway at some point