Mix. Tape?

My favorite gift I've ever received was a good old mix tape. I like the kind that is recorded on a real cassette. I like the kind that you can play in your car tape deck and the sound is just tinny and right - until you park in the sun too many times and the heat melts the tape, and then the sound is all underwater-y. Or maybe you get frustrated and start winding the spools until the tape breaks and you throw it out the window in little spidery streamers.
The one mixtape I got that I treasured until its death had some really good stuff on it and was passed on to me by an elder, with whom I entrusted my virginal ears. I'm not sure where the tape is. I know I saved it for posterity's sake though, even if the actual cassette doesn't play. Those songs meant so much to me. Reverend Cheeseburger, if you're out there. I'm thinking of you.
I don't have a tape deck, but if someone gives me a tape, I'll find one.