Wife killed the car

So last night the wife and I were going to dinner when some deer ran across the winding mountain road we live on. This was unfortunate since it caused the car in front of us to stop. My wife was not paying close enough attention and ended up rear ending them.

The hood of her 2001 honda civic came in contact with the bumper of the suv in front of us. We did very little damage to their car but our car is probably dead (will post pics later):

The hood, front corner panel, and bumper are all torn up pretty good.

The radiator is compromised, I noticed oil on the ground after we pushed the car to the side of the road, and the tow truck driver noticed that the car doesnt go into gear anymore.

we had the car towed home. Money is really tight right now. I am guessing once we are done dealing with the insurance company, that I am going to need to try to sell the car to a salvager. How much do you guys think I can get for the hulk? Any thing else I should be aware of?

there's a ton of cheap aftermarket suppliers. being a civic, your car will most likely be repaired even if it is "totalled". the radiator contains the transmission cooler, that could be where the oil came from on the ground, and the reason it doesn't move. if the transmission wasn't damaged by the tow truck driver trying to drive it while low on fluid, that may be a non-issue. drop in another & sell it privately as a running driving project.

Do the manual trans cars have transmission coolers in them? for some reason I always thought they were found only on automatics...

Even if the manual car has the cooler in the rad it wouldnt have any thing in it. You may have had a power steering fluid cooler. Usualy a pipe in the return side that snakes around and is in front of the radiaton. Could also be oil from the A/C system if the condensor was holed.

If insurance pays for your car, they take it and sell it for salvage in most cases. You'd actually take a deduction to retain it.