I agree with Joe, Busted are cool. Err, I mean, the Ixus 40 is a great cam. I have had mine for a while now, it's good. Tried the ixus 55 the other day, bigger screen and stuff, well cool.
Ripping the music yourself in media player gets the same results as if you would download it... Look around for a bit and you'll probably find a 320kbit rip which is good enough, and settle with the full audio quality at your home or in your car.
Caustic should eat anything. I remember the paint on my Crescent, it was so tough! Tried 3 different strippers before I found one that did the job of removing the coat on the Crez.. I had to really slap on a lot of stripper onto the frame, and put it in a plastic bag for 30 minutes, and it took 3 or 4 sessions to get rid of the paint.