Car radio advise?

[Katymac]

The car radio is bust
I'm driving 320 miles on Saturday
Fiat can't fit me in until tomorrow and wouldn't get a new one in until next week sometime

Help

I think I have these options

1. Go with no radio (not practical - I'd kill DD & BF before we are out of Norfolk)
2. Replace radio (it has satnav/mobile/cd as well which all work - so I'm guessing that is an expensive option)
3. buy cheap radio which can be plugged into lighter socket & get it fixed after the holiday(not sure if they exsit and if we have a lighter socket)
4. Don't want to use a portable as I don't like using batteries

Does anyone have any suggestions which is the best idea or if there are any better ones?

BUMP

Oh no!!!!!! Definitely not option 1!!!! Do you have a Halfords near you? They might be able to help you find an alternative until next week to get you thru the weekend. You could buy a cheap radio from them , they install it free and then get the fiat one next week and sell the one you bought from halfords on ebay??

What does a cheap radio cost

I thought I could buy an adapter to run a normal radio off the lighter?

Hmmm probably the cheapest is about £50ish which isn't actually that cheap!!! You should definitely be able to get some sort of adapter - you'd just need to find the lighter socket!! Other than that buy some industrial strength batteries to run the portable

Halfords say you can't plug a radio into the lighter
Halfords say a cheap radio won't fit in the hole in the car

bugger that's no good. does the radio take batteries?

Damn & blast

I will have to take the battery recharger as well as half my house

Would this work

Looks fine to me as long as you can pick up the various radio stations on your travels