> As far as music goes, most cars come with an AM radio. With mechanical 
> tuning buttons.

I have not seen a car with mechanical tuning buttons for ages.  Even my 
sisters 12 year old Clio has a radio with electronic buttons.  My first car, 
which must be 20 years old now if it was still alive, had manual tuning for 


> (You know, "radio buttons"?) If you're lucky they have FM as well.

Find me a car radio that doesn't do FM.

> And if it's a really expensive car, there might be a tape deck. My current 
> car is unique in that it can play *CDs*. In fact, it has a *six* disk 
> changer in the boot. Advanced!

Dude, you are decades out of date.  Even my bottom-of-the-range Peugeot 206 

first car which was bottom of the range 20 year old wreck 950cc had a tape 
player and FM radio.

> Sure, I know there are absurdly rich people who can afford expensive shiny 
> cars that have all sorts of electronic gizmos in them. But seriously, 
> normal people don't have that kind of money...

The other day I was given a small Ford while mine was being serviced - even 
that had a 3,5mm input socket for an MP3 player - plus an SD card slot at 
the side of the radio (which had a small colour screen and CD).  These are 
not expensive cars, these are cars that normal people buy.  Can you even buy 
a car with a tape deck anymore?

Try glancing inside some parked cars as you are walking around, you'll be 
suprised how many of them have electronic tuning with FM and CD players :-)

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