The cassette player in my old car had a cover that was also a display panel. It folded out, then you put the tape in and flipped the cover back so it locked, then you could play.

Got one of these adapters to plug in an iPod. Stuck it in, then went to close the panel. The wire got in the way so it couldn't lock. No way to jam it without damaging the cable.

No return policy back then. It sat in the dashboard until the car died many years later.

I had one of these and somehow it also picked up a radio station, so no matter what I played it'd be mixed with some random techno music

Thanks for reminding me. I always wondered how exactly those worked, so I looked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4n8fUjtLQ

I always found them so cool for some reason. Kinda felt like magic back then, which I guess magnetism is the closest thing to it anyway.

I literally just got my first portable CD player on Sunday. The sound quality is way better than my super cool DRM-free digital library.

Gotta Velcro that bitch to the dash!