Last night I was contemplating a minimum of 260 miles of driving today just to satisfy bureaucracy.
Today the original title to the Exploder finally turned up; my aunt had pulled it from the files, as I'd requested while in Iowa, but had either not told my grandmother or else my grandmother forgot. Either way, I wasn't told until this morning.
And, on the original title, the lease has been signed off.
I've called the insurance company, and the settlement should be taken care of in the next couple of days.
I could still use help with funds for the replacement, though... I'm aiming for the best car I can get with whatever money I have in hand, and odds are I will be pretty deep in debt when this is all said and done.