Need input on selling my 2001 Prius that was in an accident

"More money" is not going to happen with a nearly 20 year old hybrid. Parting it out will only get slightly more money as there aren't much demand for gen1 parts. Call around to wrecking yards and see how much they'll offer. My guess $500

 

If you can claim insurance, they may pay out according to the receipts you have on the money you've spent recently on the car.

 

I would try to sell it whole on Craigslist. Don't expect a big payday, but you might be able to help someone who's trying to keep theirs alive. You also might want to look for a gen 1 prius that needs a HV battery. Usually really cheap, and often not in bad condition. You kinda live in the center of the known universe for cars that need help.

 

That you're asking this question tells me you've never parted out a vehicle. Potentially you can make much more money over selling it but it is a lot more work and time. I mean a LOT more. I would only part out a vehicle that is both a highly popular (collectible) model and no longer has OEM parts available and that's after judging the used part market (ebay, CL, etc) very carefully.

GOOD LUCK!

 

If you aren't going to buy another one and transfer the best parts over to it, sell it off as a single unit so somebody else can.

It's got nearly no value as a car, even less as a no-effort parts pile, and somewhat more if you are willing to invest the time to extract, package, market and carefully ship the parts. The way forward with it is to get another one the same age and keep it going yourself. The way forward without is to dump it as a single item as fast as you can. The same formula has worked for "old cars" for at least 30 years that I've seen, probably longer.

 

You'd get more for just the battery than for the whole car. Don't know if warranty transfers, probably not tho. You could pull the hv battery out and some other little bits and a junk yard would still come and haul it away. If I had a dead prius in my yard, I'd pull the brake booster pump, its a $1k part, sells used for around $100 to $200. And is easy to package up in a flat rate box.

My guess is that you might get a grand for an almost new HV battery. and it isn't that hard to pull out. Real sorry your car is toast, mine is a favorite.

 

You could try selling both batteries and then sell the rest of the car or sell it to a junk dealer. How many miles on the engine?

 

How did you end up with the car? I'm assuming the insurance company settled up with you.

 

Selling the two batteries and booster separately would make for a decent value recovery... On the other hand most commercial carriers want nothing to do with shipping batteries, or they make it prohibitively expensive. It's not impossible, but it adds complications. If you sold them locally/direct pick up you'd be on easy street.