what to do with a 'total lost' car?

[rvan.lim]

Hi.
i have a query for a good friend of mine who drives a Mini Cooper.
She meet an accident - its considered 'total loss' AND the worst thing is, she forgotten to pay her insurance and the car was not insured!

so the damage was to the front left of the car and it will cost more than 20k to fix and definitely not worth the trouble.
So what can she do with the car now? The workshop says it will only fetch $1000 if she sent it to the wreckers...
air bag was not out and she was OK. There must be some value to the rest of the parts in the car like all interiors, rear bumper, rear lights, doors, wheels etc etc??

any advice?
thanks in advance!