Comments on: 4,000,000 Listen to Auto-Radios http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Twilight Sentinel http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-1047961 Twilight Sentinel Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:11:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-1047961 In response to above, I bought a Civic CX in 1996 with no radio. Canadian market. Even the antenna was an option. In response to above, I bought a Civic CX in 1996 with no radio. Canadian market. Even the antenna was an option.

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-994480 nlpnt Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:00:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-994480 I wonder when the last new car was sold without a radio? In 1994, my aunt bought a new Chevy Cavalier with only an AM radio- she didn't want one at all, I thought AM-only was ridiculously outdated! Car manufacturers are consistently behind the times with sound systems- MP3 connectivity in a car stereo must cost next to nothing at the manufacturer level but they try to get as much extra for it as possible by bundling it with at least a $250 stereo upgrade if not reserving it for the top-of-the-line trim level. Which is why cars as late as the early 2000s had cassette players, and that 1994 Cavalier had an AM radio... I wonder when the last new car was sold without a radio?
In 1994, my aunt bought a new Chevy Cavalier with only an AM radio- she didn’t want one at all, I thought AM-only was ridiculously outdated!

Car manufacturers are consistently behind the times with sound systems- MP3 connectivity in a car stereo must cost next to nothing at the manufacturer level but they try to get as much extra for it as possible by bundling it with at least a $250 stereo upgrade if not reserving it for the top-of-the-line trim level.

Which is why cars as late as the early 2000s had cassette players, and that 1994 Cavalier had an AM radio…

]]> By: jmyint http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-994317 jmyint Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:56:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-994317 Yes it is the same William Lear of LearJet fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/94.html Yes it is the same William Lear of LearJet fame.

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/94.html

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-993014 Randy Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:47:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/05/4000000-listen-to-auto-radios/#comment-993014 William Lear is the same Bill Lear that later invented the 8-track tape and developed the Learjet. William Lear is the same Bill Lear that later invented the 8-track tape and developed the Learjet.

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