That's so funny about remotes!! My kids think it's hilarious when I tell them that I WAS the remote when I was their age. My dad would call me from whatever I was doing to change the channel for him.

As for 8 tracks, my first car had an 8 track player. It was a 1973 Dodge Coronet, robin's egg blue with a white vinyl roof and a bench seat. Quite the mode of transportation!!