psychephylax
Mar 14, 06, 12:13 pm
One of my projects that recently ended was down in Virginia so I drove about 300 miles every Monday & Friday. I decided that with all that driving it would be rather convenient to have a Sirius receiver, that I own, in the car. That way I don't have to pay Hertz for it and save myself & the company some money....All was well since I had a Toyota Avalon Touring which had a tape deck in it.
Fast forward to today....I need to rent a car for my new project. After dropping off the Ford Escape I used to drive back up I went to the Gold counter and asked them if the car I was getting had a tape deck. They were not sure but told me I got a Subaru Outback which, I wrongly assumed had a tape deck. After getting to the Outback and seeing that there was no tape deck I went over to the lot attendant with a walkie talkie and asked if they could find out if there were any other cars that did have a tape deck. Her and I wound up walking around the 20 or so cars in the lot (ISP is a small location to begin with and it being a Wednesday didn't help since weekends/monday morning are the best times to find some selection). Out of the 20 something cars, there were 2 that had a tape deck. a Hyundai Sorrento and a Toyota Rav4(?) which I was not going to get because I booked an intermediate.
The Manager came out and talked to me about this. Gave me the local number and the Manager's extension so I can call on Friday and see if they got me a car with a tape deck.
Some notes on this, the car descriptions all say "Cassette" which of course was true about 4 years ago, but now it's not. I'm sure Cassette decks are no longer standard equipment and Hertz does not get the better stereo option. Also, I am aware that some cars now put a "Line-In" jack which would also work. Problem is, I didn't know which cars have that now.
So, does anyone know what cars have the line-in jack in the stereo?
Fast forward to today....I need to rent a car for my new project. After dropping off the Ford Escape I used to drive back up I went to the Gold counter and asked them if the car I was getting had a tape deck. They were not sure but told me I got a Subaru Outback which, I wrongly assumed had a tape deck. After getting to the Outback and seeing that there was no tape deck I went over to the lot attendant with a walkie talkie and asked if they could find out if there were any other cars that did have a tape deck. Her and I wound up walking around the 20 or so cars in the lot (ISP is a small location to begin with and it being a Wednesday didn't help since weekends/monday morning are the best times to find some selection). Out of the 20 something cars, there were 2 that had a tape deck. a Hyundai Sorrento and a Toyota Rav4(?) which I was not going to get because I booked an intermediate.
The Manager came out and talked to me about this. Gave me the local number and the Manager's extension so I can call on Friday and see if they got me a car with a tape deck.
Some notes on this, the car descriptions all say "Cassette" which of course was true about 4 years ago, but now it's not. I'm sure Cassette decks are no longer standard equipment and Hertz does not get the better stereo option. Also, I am aware that some cars now put a "Line-In" jack which would also work. Problem is, I didn't know which cars have that now.
So, does anyone know what cars have the line-in jack in the stereo?