Just hit a deer

Have it towed to a experienced mechanic to asses damage and costs to fix?

 

Buy an obd2 dongle for about $30 on Amazon and Torque Android app for your phone (or an old Android cell phone). Then you can monitor engine temperature (and battery voltage cell-by-cell, state of charge (AKA "SOC"), timing advance, rpm, etc.) on the Android cellphone using the Torque Pro app.

Link on Amazon to dongle that I use on my Gen2:

Link to Torque App for Android (yes, there is a free version but really should spend the $4.95 and get the full version): Torque Pro (OBD 2 & Car) - Apps on Google Play

PS If you have Amazon Prime, then will likely receive the dongle tomorrow (or the day after).

 

Wow? You drove a year without the combination meter? That sounds super dangerous! You can get it fixed cheaply here: Prius Speedometer Replacement

As for the deer damage, sounds like you don't have a problem with driving a partially broken car, so just call around and find a mechanic who will make sure it will keep going and start visiting local junkyards for replacement parts.

 

No combo: no way to see if you have any obd codes and you will have many many codes. Its only $100 for a new one you install.

Hope you checked the radiator fluid and engine oil and inverter coolant reservoir. Running empty on any of those will be $$$$$.

Don't bother looking at the rad overflow tank that's meaningless. Take the black plastic cover off the top of the rad and open the rad cap on the top left.

if the ac doesn't work that means the front condenser got hit hard which probably means the rad got hit hard too.

Go on youtube and search:

Prius Inspection

it will show you the button push chicken dance to put the engine in inspection mode where the engine will idle continuously for inspection till you shut it off.

1000 miles a week wow.

There's also a great video on youtube for the combo meter install:

Prius Combo meter

 

If you were able to drive 20 miles you're good. I saw a car fry an engine in about 3 miles without coolant.

 

No one concern about the deer??

 

Ya good point. Hey OP did you get that deer in the freezer?

 

Probably not.
Because:
Joisey.

If I'm accurately informed, you can keep roadkill in Joisey but you have to have a permit.
Not sure what that means to somebody with a rumpled Prius but in many states you ARE allowed to keep a deer in some cases if it is struck by a car without much in the way of paperwork or BLM involvement.

Other states are a little bit more of a .....um ......PITA about it.

YMMV
https://www.newsweek.com/it-ok-eat-roadkill

A family member squished a doe large enough to have to call a tow truck (driving a 9 pax SUV) and when it was made clear that the carcass was up for grabs there was a good natured discussion among the responders about who should take home some venison......

HOWEVER (comma!!)
This happened on a federal installation so....no meat for the humans this time.