I was in a car crash my car was declared "total" What is the best legal, profitable way of disposing of it?

Question

I was rearended at about 20 mph, thus I ended up hitting the vehicle infront of me. Car damage is mostly frame and body, I believe, the motor, transmision, tires, are ok, the inside is ok. But since this is my first car accident ever, and since the insurance has declared it "total" I do not know what to do with it. pls help. thanks.

Answer 1

Donate it, if you do taxes then you can write off the whole value of car, otherwise you have to part it out and your not a junkyard, onother money maker is ebay but make them take whole car

Answer 2

As others have said, the insurance company may want to keep it after they have paid you, but not always. My '93 Bonneville was just totaled, and the insurance company let me keep it. I put it on eBay under "parts cars" and got another $325 out of it. You could also sell individual parts from your car on eBay, then have it hauled to a salvage yard after it is picked over.

Answer 3

Usually when an insurance company "totals" a car, and pays the claim.....that is the insurance co's car....they usually take it for salvage

Answer 4

When my car was totaled and the insurance paid me out for it, they gave me a check and kept the car... I assume they sold it to a salvage yard or something.

Answer 5

Normally the insurance company will arrange to have it disposed of. When they pay the settlement for the car, the car becomes theirs.

Answer 6

if your car was totalled your insurance company now ownes it. they will deal with it. unless you opted to keep the car if so call a salvage yard. good luck

Answer 7

I have no idea what kind of car you have but, parting it out for what you can get is most likely your best bet.

Answer 8

if you didnt have collision on it just liability your entitled to $500.oo dollars if the other person was the cause of the accident.

Answer 9

strip it for parts, and for scrap metal