Make an MP3 CD for car stereo

In reviewing a number of postings here and elsewhere, I've had no luck in making such a CD. I have a playlist that I'd like to burn to a CD for the car. I've changed Preferences/Import Settings to mp3. I've selected the tracks in the playlist using Cmd-A. From the menu, I selected Advanced/Create MP3 and the mp3 file is located in the same folder as the original. But selecting File/Burn playlist to disk reports most of the files can not be burned to an MP3 CD. I then tried holding down the Option key and selecting Advanced/Convert to MP3. I select a folder and get another error: "none of the selected files could be converted"!
This really shouldn't be this tough. Anyone see what I am missing or doing wrong?
Thanks.

I see what you are doing wrong.
Your steps are not correct.
In case I am missing something obvious, here are the steps I am following:
1. Set Import preferences to mp3
2. Select (highlight) a track in a playlist whose "kind" indicates AAC audio file.
3. With the track highlighted and holding down the option key, select from the menu Advanced/Convert to mp3...
And a dialog box pops up asking you for songs you want to add to iTunes and convert in one single step.
You already have the songs in iTunes.
Don't hold Option.
Just right click > Create MP3 version.
4. Make a new folder to theoretically receive the converted file. Select that folder.
This is incorrect. By holding Option and select Convert to MP3, iTunes is asking you for songs add to iTunes.
It tells you nothing was converted because you did not select any songs in the dialog box.
It does indeed addd an mp3 file to the same folder that the origianl track was in. But the mp3 file is not visible in iTunes. (I am working on an 89 track playlist
These songs will not get added to this playlist (unless it is a smart playlist and the rules will include the new files).
Do this...
Create a playlist with the songs you want to convert.
Select all these songs.
Right click > Create MP3 version.
Now there should be 89 new mp3 files.
Create a new smart playlist.
Match rule;
Kind is MPEG audio file
Sort by Date added.
This will show all MP3 files. The most recent 89 will be the MP3 files (copies from the playlist you made earlier0.

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