08' Prius II 53K, rebuilt title. How much it worth?

The clouded title would be worth 3 grand less than what you would pay for one with a clean title.....just my 2 cents:fish2:

 

Even though it looks mostly cosmetic after reading so many horror stories
of Prius rebuilts I would not touch a Prius with a rebuilt title. Its the wrong car
rebuilt to own unless your capable of repairing/replacing anything including the transmission.
I mention the trans not because it would be damaged in this instance but as a worst case to gauge your skills.

Whats your plan if 3 days after you buy it you go turn it on and it throws every check engine light that's in the dash?

If you say I'd take it to the dealer....don't buy a rebuilt title Prius.

There's a million other simple cars out there with rebuilds. Easy and uncomplicated to fix when they blow up.

 

The amount of damage doesn't get much more benign than that. Value also depends on options. Given that you also have an '04, you know exactly how the car should look, feel, and sound. Looks like a good deal to me, so long as they are discounting the asking price relative to the clear title marketplace.

 

Not that benign. They totaled it out. Really good hit on drivers side. Quarter panel plus rear door plus hatch plus lower header plus absorber & bumper cover.

Problem with a rebuilt is you never know what else got messed up in the accident that whoever fixed it went the cheap route. Man, we've seen that a hundred times on this forum. How long it sat in the lot with the interior corroding etc.

Thousands of other basic car rebuilds out there if you want to roll that dice that would be easy to fix if they have big problems later. People buy rebuilds cause they think there getting a deal. Its only a deal if you have a garage full of tools & ready to fix anything that goes wrong on the car yourself. One good hit at the dealer and you've paid retail for a rebuilt title car.

If op is fixed on the car pull a Carfax on it at least to see what else its been through. It may be a very unlucky car.

 

The OP will need to get to know Steve at Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle PHEV in southern Indiana if he buys a salvaged Prius.

JeffD

 

It looks like the damage has completely missed any important mechanical or electrical components. I have to agree with Seilerts that it looks pretty benign to me.

I think the only possibility for ongoing problems is if the impact compromised some electrical connections that could go bad at some future time.

 

Insurance companies have given the Prius a very low total loss threshold. For front-end collisions, this is very much deserved, because the potential for hidden damage is far greater, and I would not trust a car coming out of a common body shop or margin-squeezing rebuilder if it was a front end airbag deployed collision. I would trust anything coming out of the AutoBeYours shop, however.

If one were to buy a salvage rebuild, and you had your choice of the impact focus, the driver side rear is optimal. There just isn't anything back there electrical-wise to damage. As long as this car passes the car wash test, it should be good to go.