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I'm cleaning out my wife's 2008 Subaru in preparation to sell it. In the door pockets, I have found a protractor, a 3.5" floppy disk, and a cassette tape. All

by rconti 7y ago

I'm cleaning out my wife's 2008 Subaru in preparation to sell it. In the door pockets, I have found a protractor, a 3.5" floppy disk, and a cassette tape. All of these things were outdated when the car was new (well, except the protractor, but I still find it funny. She was well out of school when she got the car.) The car came with a CD player. I have no idea what's on the floppy.

bsanr2 7y ago
I know we're not supposed to meme here, but the fact that you are essentially living an SNL send-up of a soppy Subaru commercial needs to be pointed out. Because it's hilarious.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  Better if the floppy, protractor, and tape were part of a MacGyvered (MacGrubered?) solution to some jam out in the wilderness.
anon4242 7y ago
> I have no idea what's on the floppy. Luckily for you, there now is someone who wants to maintain the floppy driver for the Linux kernel...
- gridspy 7y ago
  Pity the floppy would have been demagnitized by years in a hot car.
  - tgtweak 7y ago
    If it wasn't in direct sunlight or of it was a light color there's a good chance it's still readable. Come on OP, don't let us down here.
duxup 7y ago
I found an old Oldsmobile tape recently. I couldn't play it (without hooking up my old tape player), but I did find it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8P-RVqWnR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8P-RVqWnR4
squirrelicus 7y ago
Wait... A protractor isn't out of date :P
- jfk13 7y ago
  If you've replaced paper and pencil with a CAD tool...
- saalweachter 7y ago
  Eh, I'm sure there's a phone app for that.
  - setr 7y ago
    There is, actually; iphones have the measure app as of ios12 (though I’ve never successfully used it), which does angles
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gregwtmtno 7y ago
Interestingly enough, my 2019 Subaru came with a CD player. I doubt it will ever be used.
- wrycoder 7y ago
  There are dash mounts for mobile phones that key into the CD slot. Works great on my Subaru. The latest ones have integral wireless charging and motorized grippers (!).
  - anon4242 7y ago
    So finally the CD tray is the cup holder we always knew it to be...
- rconti 7y ago
  My in-laws gave us an audiobook CD maybe 6-8mo after I bought my 2016 VW, and I honestly had to think about whether it had a CD player or not. I had a vague recollection that there was something in the glovebox, was hoping it was a CD player for the audio system and not for nav -- and I was right! Our Tesla 3 definitely does not have a CD/tape player, although you can plug in USB sticks with music.

by rconti 7y ago

bsanr2 7y ago

I know we're not supposed to meme here, but the fact that you are essentially living an SNL send-up of a soppy Subaru commercial needs to be pointed out. Because it's hilarious.

kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
Better if the floppy, protractor, and tape were part of a MacGyvered (MacGrubered?) solution to some jam out in the wilderness.

anon4242 7y ago

> I have no idea what's on the floppy. Luckily for you, there now is someone who wants to maintain the floppy driver for the Linux kernel...

gridspy 7y ago
Pity the floppy would have been demagnitized by years in a hot car.
- tgtweak 7y ago
  If it wasn't in direct sunlight or of it was a light color there's a good chance it's still readable. Come on OP, don't let us down here.

duxup 7y ago

I found an old Oldsmobile tape recently. I couldn't play it (without hooking up my old tape player), but I did find it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8P-RVqWnR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8P-RVqWnR4

squirrelicus 7y ago

Wait... A protractor isn't out of date :P

jfk13 7y ago
If you've replaced paper and pencil with a CAD tool...
saalweachter 7y ago
Eh, I'm sure there's a phone app for that.
- setr 7y ago
  There is, actually; iphones have the measure app as of ios12 (though I’ve never successfully used it), which does angles
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gregwtmtno 7y ago

Interestingly enough, my 2019 Subaru came with a CD player. I doubt it will ever be used.

wrycoder 7y ago
There are dash mounts for mobile phones that key into the CD slot. Works great on my Subaru. The latest ones have integral wireless charging and motorized grippers (!).
- anon4242 7y ago
  So finally the CD tray is the cup holder we always knew it to be...
rconti 7y ago
My in-laws gave us an audiobook CD maybe 6-8mo after I bought my 2016 VW, and I honestly had to think about whether it had a CD player or not. I had a vague recollection that there was something in the glovebox, was hoping it was a CD player for the audio system and not for nav -- and I was right! Our Tesla 3 definitely does not have a CD/tape player, although you can plug in USB sticks with music.