scott wrote:
>> 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 


My first car [which cost me several hundred pounds] as an ancient Ford 
Siesta. The clock had been back to zero twice. Changing gear required 
using your right foot to force the gear to enguage. The brakes... well I 
*think* they were hydrolic, just very unresponsive. (!)

Similar things can be said about just above every car my family has ever 
owned. They're all old wrecks. What can I say? Cars are expensive.

>> (You know, "radio buttons"?) If you're lucky they have FM as well.
> 
> Find me a car radio that doesn't do FM.

They were common when I was a child. I would think now there can't be 
*that* many of them left. (I hope...?)

> Dude, you are decades out of date.

No, all the cars I've come across are decades old. ;-)

Sure, *new* cars probably do have a whole load of good stuff in them. 
But who can afford to buy cars new? That's why the second-hand car 
market exists...

>> 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?

Well I imagine they give you nice cars while yours is being serviced. 
That way they can say "hey, that car was nice, wasn't it? Would you like 
to buy one, sir?" ;-)

I hired a car once - I forget why - and it didn't have an ignition key. 
Go figure. (Was really horrible to drive though... I think it was an 
Astra? Might be wrong.)

I very much doubt many people can afford to buy one of these things new 
though...

> 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 :-)

Or rather, how many people are richer than me?

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