Can you get an adapter for the cassette player, I believe those are more reliable.

Does your radio no longer have a dial?

no! cries It seemed so cool in the beginning, to be able to press a button. Actually, technically it does have a dial, but it's digital, so it only goes in particular increments, so you can't get that nuance.

I'm amazed that more of the cars don't have an 1/8th inch jack these days.

I think it's getting pretty common with new cars. USB ports are starting to show up now too.

I love my radio with USB port. Aftermarket radio in that case. I threaded the USB port into my glovebox when I installed it. In our Sentra I threaded it into the ashtray, which is a cool setup (for non-smokers like us).

We have a cassette adapter for our car radio and use it to play the iPod. We got ours at Radio Shack (now apparently known as The Shack) for really cheap, and while we don;t use it very often, we've had it for ages (like, since before iPods existed - we used to use it to play CDs using a CD walkman).

Once upon a time I had a Radio Shack cassette adapter for 8-track tape players. I wonder if I could use that, and then instead of a cassette use a cassette adapter to play an iPod through a car's 8-track tape deck....

It would probably sound like crap....

I can't find my iPod dock online, I guess that they don't make it anymore. It's a cool one that plugs into the lighter, but holds the dock up so that you can see it/manipulate it easily. It has a system of interlocking pieces so that you can tilt it up, down, driver's side, passenger side.

Can you get an adapter for the cassette player, I believe those are more reliable.

My cassette player actually developed a quirk a couple of years ago wherein it will only play what's on the "bottom" side of the tape -- you know how car cassette players have the button where you can choose whether the top side or bottom side is playing? Well, it only wants to play the bottom side, and when the top side is selected, it squeals this unholy demon-escaped-from-hell sound.

I have a cassette adapter for the iPod, but the problem is that it only has a "top" side and I can't physically flip it over. So if I try to use the cassette adapter, all I get is the horrible squeal sound.

I have a cassette adapter for the iPod, but the problem is that it only has a "top" side and I can't physically flip it over. So if I try to use the cassette adapter, all I get is the horrible squeal sound.

The obvious solution to your problem is to punch a hole in the universe, and then switch your car with your doppelganger's mirror-universe car, which can only play the "top" side of cassettes.

The obvious solution to your problem is to punch a hole in the universe, and then switch your car with your doppelganger's mirror-universe car, which can only play the "top" side of cassettes.

You know, I always miss the easy solutions!