How's this for resale value?

Wow, sorry to hear about your car.
I'm making the assumption that you weren't hurt... which is great.

Do check into the replacement sticker thing. Other Californians can tell you more; I think there is a way to get them.

 

Unfortunately there is no legal way to transfer CA carpool stickers to a replacement vehicle.

Congratulations on the great financial settlement, hope that you did not suffer personal injuries.

If you have any photos of the damaged vehicle rear, they would be interesting to see.

 

ya... i laugh so hard when people tell me i will never recoup the "hybrid" premium in gas savings when i know full well that i will recoup the hybrid premium PLUS all my gas costs simply by selling the car..

i had a 2004 pkg 1, out the door price just over $22,000....drove it 25 months, put 30,000 miles on it and some lady hit me...

well her insurance company put me into a rental for 3½ weeks, then cut me a check for $23,800...

so i got my hybrid premium AND all my gas money, (actual gas receipts totaled like $1600...so throw in a few oil changes as well!!)

 

Lalawhite,
What a deal, What insurance co do u have.
Bill Hager

 

Probably someone else's insurance is paying since Lalawhite was in front.

 

Hmm, the damage doesn't look that bad. I do not suppose any airbags went off?

I'm surprised the vehicle was totaled. Looks like a reasonable project car for someone who can take advantage of the CA carpool stickers...

 

Do you happen to know how for much the Insurance company would sell the car back to you ?

 

Right now, buying a Prius at invoice price is money in the bank. I paid $24K for mine in May, and the money I will save in depreciation more than offsets the small difference I paid in a trading my old car with much greater depreciation. The big savings with Prius are depreciation and gas.

 

You are better off to get a new one with that sort of cash. It's different when you have a vehicle that with a replacement value of less than $7,000 or something like that.

The insurance company ought to do well selling this at auction so they can afford to be generous with the total.

 

The dealer is only half-right and mis-info you.

There's a battery damage no doubt, but that location is hosting the small 12V Aux battery which costs around $100+ to replace only. The traction battery (for HSD) is sitting further inside the trunk area (or right behind the rear seats).

By looking at your pics the Traction Battery didn't seem to be damaged.
I'm also surprised they totaled your car with such 'typical' rear-end damage. Wow.....it makes us fellow Prius owners think we are driving a Soda-Can/Toy model car out.....One simple hit and it's done!

Still, glad you are OK and got a 'fair' market value for another Prius.

 

I wouldn't clue the insurance into the fact that the traction battery is probably fine. You are getting a new car price for one with 3+ years and 93,000 miles so you can't really lose. If on the otherhand they have it repaired you have a vehicle with 3+ years, 93,000 miles, and some major repair to the frame and rear suspension. (My major concern is that it wouldn't track or align quite right in the future.) This seems like a no-brainer decision: Sure thing on one hand, uncertainty and older/repaired vehicle on the other.

 

I bought my '08 #2 last December for $22,700 and just the other day saw an identical car on the local Toyota lot, same color even, with 10K on the odo, priced as a 'certified' used car at $27,999. First new car I've ever purchased that went up in value in the first year. What is the world coming to?