One of the first things I noticed -and subsequently mocked- about my Camry was that it had a tape deck. Seriously, '05 model and you're still running out a tape deck? Where's the 8-track, underneath the dash? (And there's a flipdown turntable in the backseat, but watch out-- it skips.) But that tape deck has suddenly become one of the beautiful quirks that makes the car awesome.
For the low-lowly-low price of nine-ninety-nine, I bought a cassette adapter. This slick gadget originally came out so hep cats back in the day could play their spankin' new discmen on their car systems. This same slick gadget is back and better than ever with the rise of mp3 players.
Apple puts out its own device for the iPod, the FM transmitter. It's pretty cool transmitting your playlist to the radio. But, as my friend noted, it's entirely useless inside any major metropolis because of all the radio interference. And in lunges the cassette adapter for another surge of relevance.
No static, less quality loss, and -not for nothin'- it has a sweet auto-retracting cable that keeps cable clutter to the minimum. Excellent purchase. Could not be happier.
Testimonial over.
Sep 24, 2007
I Am Not a Paid Advertiser, But I Should Be
Post by David Laszlo Birinyi at 5:40 PM
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3 comments:
it's sucks how expensive it is but seriously take out some cash on a GPS navigator. My GOD is it a lifesaver in LA.
For the moment, I'm going with the retro navigation aids that Rand McNally prints.
If it turns out I absolutely need a GPS unit, I'll jump off that bridge when I can't get there.
i used to have one of those tape adapter thingies.
pretty spiffy dave.. pretty spiffy indeed.
(i hear its a chick magnet too!)
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