I’ve burnt an Audio CD and for the first time I’ve been able to rip music off a CD to my 360 so I’m assuming that I did something right. Still, I won’t be able to check it with the car’s player until later.
Thanks again for all your help guys. 
With all due respect to ACM, did this thread make anyone else but me feel really old?
I am greatly surprised that a 2009 CD player doesn’t read mp3s.
That’s exactly how I felt when I read the op question. I’ve seen car stereo’s with USB ports and no CD players.
I tested the CD in the car and it was a success.
I feel my joints stiffening as I type! It’s understandable, but weird seeing somebody post “I’ve been using MP3s all my life…”
These young 'uns don’t know how good they’ve got it, do they?
rewind is only a virtual function for them.
the Yaris is their “value leader,” so the base models come with practically nothing.
A burned audio CD disc will hold about 70 minutes of music. A burned MP3 disc will hold about 8 hours of music. Give or take.
Yes but it would be like installing a radio with a mechanical tuner. Who makes one anymore? Somebody had to specify that a normal function be left out.
they don’t want people buying no-option base models, so they count on the upsell of $495 for the “premium audio system” which has mp3 playback.
well, at least they did, 'cos at least now on the 2011 Yaris it’s standard.
Oh god, yes.