After much discussion and thought due to Sugar Plum's infirmities over the course of the last few days, I went to my Credit Union this morning and walked out 10 mins later with a check. Tomorrow, my brother Joe and I will take a road trip to pick up Black Phoebe the Prius.

Big thanks to OCTFCU for a rapid and painless auto loan process and to Jeff Fredrichsen at Perry Motors for making a phone deal on a day old black Prius fresh from Toyota with no time to collect dust or a waiting list. Gotta love small town auto dealerships.