That's impressive. I don't know that I ever owned a car with a cassette tape player. Definitely my parents car that I drove as a teen after getting my license had a cassette player but pretty sure the first car I bought had a CD player only. Maybe both. Hard to remember.
I think Americans buy their first car much younger than Canadians. It isn't really a rite of passage to buy your own car here. Some rich kids get gifted cars but mostly kids just use their parents cars until they move out or finish school and have a full time job. It is also not that common for people to go away to college especially if they live in or near large metros.