300k miles, transmission has about 100k. green bean battery with lifetime warranty. scrap is 3-400 but I'm wondering what I could reasonably ask for this if I were to sell it.
Where are you located? How bad is the damage under the hood? Can't be repaired? How does the rest of the car look? SM-S918U ?
insurance estimates 4600 to repair, but I'm not sure if they were looking at every ding on the car or just the accident damage. Haven't looked under the hood as it's stuck. It still starts and rolls, right side door won't open all the way. back of the car has the trunk handle taped on, inside there is a lot of cosmetic damage, pretty much everything that could be wrong. MFD is cracked and still displays but touch functions are dead. when it's cold the cluster gauge doesn't come on so you have to do the hold the brake and flick the lights trick. center console doesn't stay closed, AC blows warm and needs more than a recharge, I tried popping out the overhead interior light and lost it behind the panelling and never got around to fixing it, similarly the lights in the trunk are also missing as I was going to replace with LEDs but never got around to it. weather stripping around the trunk is a little too small and often falls off. does burn a little oil, but nothing unmanageable. I'd been changing every 5k with synthetic and maybe 1-1.5 quarts burned in that time. whenever the car is turned off you hear a whirring sound which I assume is some kind of bearing. a couple of small exterior dents on the rest of the car but nothing major. also replaced the inverter pump last year. cat is aftermarket (walker) and there is currently an exhaust leak somewhere.
right. I'm looking at maybe getting a 2009 so am trying to squeeze the most I can out of this to bridge the gap.
I guess I'd be banking on selling it to someone who could fix it themselves or has access to a friend/family mechanic, as I think the main selling point would be the newish transmission and the lifetime battery warranty. Maybe I could sell it for a grand, and if they somehow get it in shape for 2 grand, they've got an okay car for 3, but that might be asking a bit too much. maybe 700?
The most money would come from parting it out. I assume no collision insurance on your policy? If yes, how much are they offering?
Sounds like most of the parts on the vehicle are damaged the MFD is no good I'm imagining the car didn't have navigation or anything so just a standard MFD You got leather interior? Looks like a gray cloth car to me. No one will fix that kind of damage to a generation too not an insurance company and not a poor human being that needs a car more than anything in his life You can get a whole rolling chassis in many parts of the country for a couple hundred bucks if you search them out I mean without any dents and big damage like this where you're replacing body parts here you're going to be replacing a couple of pieces of metal bracing and things like that straightening the inner fender apron whatever else goes on it's just not worth that kind of time and money not when you can go out and buy a roller for $700 or so maybe less if you look carefully all the ones I pay 700 or a thousand for I've been able to walk up to him and get them running in place and drive them home the farthest was 60 miles approximately so far with no trouble doing this. They're out there and they're everywhere I see them in people's yards everyday there's so many I can't stop and ask about them all. I don't have any place to put them all and I have two acres of space.
Put it on Facebook marketplace for 1200 maybe with notes about the battery and transmission and see if you get any bites. If your buying another one perhaps you can take the parts for yourself and stick them on a shelf in case you need them. Take whatever else might be worth while and sell the rest for scrap. Aftermarket cat isn't worth much. SM-S918U ?
I forgot the HV battery warranty is now void due to the car being totaled, so there isn't much of a selling point anymore. Unfortunately I can't keep the car sitting around for parts as it's in my parent's driveway and they don't have space for it, and it isn't worth the time for me to take anything major off of it before selling. If I had the room, I'd probably try to fix it myself over time with junkyard parts. I wish that were the case here. You can't really find a gen 2 for less than 3 grand and in most cases they're 4+.
Without having a place to keep the car and part it out you are screwed. If you had the space and time there might be 2 grand of stuff there, but that involves taking it apart, finding a buyer and shipping. So is it worth your time? Buyers of the complete car are scavengers and will low ball you. So the thousand dollar number is pretty accurate. You could pull the battery, cat and wheels, then see if a scrapper would haul the rest away and keep that stuff for yourself. Sorry, it sucks but unless you get lucky that is how it goes.
Yeah but you're a day's bus ride away from plenty of them I used to live in Western Massachusetts and drive to North Carolina or South Carolina to pick up cars every 3 years as they rusted away this is back in the days of TE27 Corolla coupes like 73 and 4 but still same process If I lived in Western Massachusetts today I would be coming down here every two maybe three years picking up one or two Corollas or Prius and back I go I finally got smart enough to get out of that cold and oh well. I mean people here try to sell them for $9,000 people will try anything but they're plentiful down here needing actually minimalist amount of work it's kind of funny people scared of these funny little cars which is a boon for somebody who isn't.
Definitely worth parting out: HV Battery is worth $500+ 12v Battery maybe $50+ Battery Fan and Components $150+ Wheels and Tires $300+ Seats $100+ Catalytic Convertor $200+ If the HV ECU is good $50+ Wiring Harness has potential $100+ Inverter could be salvagable $100+ Inverter Coolant Pump $25+ Trunk storage bin $40+ Spare tire $40+ Floor mats, scrap metal and everything else. Lots more potentially.
Thats why I said 1200. Gives you wiggle room to move to 1k lol. Bought and sold over 200 cars privately people always haggle.. well the smart people lol. Stripped a few in my driveway when I was younger too. Selling as a whole is easier option for you for sure SM-S918U ?
Before you sell it check with the insurance company. They normally calculate payout based on getting the car back. Normally you can renegotiate a number and keep the car.
