I can't even fathom this kind of Hell.[/QUOTE]It's tan, actually, but your idea made me laugh.
Truth is, I have no air conditioning in this car, so I ride with the windows down. That means that unless I blast the speakers, I'm not going to hear too much. In the winter, the heater needs to go way up, so again, too much air noise to be worth investing in a sound system. Hopefully the next car will have at least working AC and a CD player.
You get used to it, but driving with all the windows down is a necessity.
As for buying mp3s (which I have done, to listen to on my PC) I usually go through Amazon.com. I avoid iTunes.