No CD....you think they could have put one in. My wife would cross the car off her list for that.
To be fair, your wife is in a massively small minority that still uses CDs. Load up a USB stick for her with the capacity of 5,000 CDs for a trivial cost and all of a sudden, CDs are completely obsolete.
I remember in the 1997 Cavalier that we paid something like $800 to 'upgrade' so that it could have a CD player - and it broke 3 times (under warranty - when it broke a fourth time after about 6 years' of ownership, we stopped fixing it).
He he, yep, a stick is the only music source I use in my car.......but you don't know my wife! 
I am sure it gets less and less common. But some people with CD players already in there car, that aren't Bluetooth ready, or have USB, or AUX in still use CDs. I sometimes use CDs. Especially for kids music. Considering the Odyssey at the time wasn't ready for newer media. My parents still use CD's. As do my wife's parents. And my Aunt, who has a 13 year old Civic.. It will be an adjustment.
The last thing I need is to get phone calls, from the older generation. How to rip their CD's on to a flash stick, or to a phone..
Yeah this "people just gotta adjust" argument doesn't hold water at all. Just chest thumping, "I know the latest" talk, or manufacturer's employees promoting their product. The proof is, music CDs are on sale pretty much everywhere. Today. Anyone who doesn't believe that, check the links;
www.amazon.ca/http://www.walmart.ca/en/movies-music-books/music/N-1187http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/category/music/20554.aspx?path=b7ab64a099b5ac3f70c33eaf5c233224en01What percentage of upcoming Civic buyers know how to convert their future CD purchases and all their past CDs to a USB stick? What's the cost for that (equipment + their time)? Horribly inefficient, little net gain. Why some Civic buyers, maybe lots, don't even have a computer capable of doing it, or at the very least, know how to use it. Some people just have smart phones, some don't even have those. The only purpose for USB stick music for a car is narrowing the songs to the ones the person really likes, as well as converting video music to play in the car.
No, what we have here folks is a Manufacturer trying to save $ 15.00 in equipment and electronics costs and streamline interior design at the same time. What do you want to bet there will be an expensive dealer add on "option" (for added new profit margins) where before it was standard equipment - I call it sleazy marketing 101.
Unfortunately this kind of greed sometimes bites back. People may actually realize that its their money and they aren't a slave of the manufacturer. What a concept! So, lost sales and market share result when they go elsewhere.
