This is one of the byproducts of owning a tulip tree: you may not be able to find your car in the morning. As it turned out, the 4-month-old battery in the Slattern couldn’t crank the engine over completely, so I may be returning to the junkyard to pick up an alternator at the end of the week. In the meantime, I topped off up the Scout battery, which was dead, with my neighbor’s charger, so I’ll swap them out this evening. Sheesh!