Airplay in your car

I have set up an Airport Express in my car so I can Airplay from my Iphone to the car stereo. My car has an aux jack I plug into from the airport express and it works great from Ipad, Iphone and Ipod Touch. BUT, since I have no internet connected to my car wireless network I can't use the wi-fi to airplay and still have an internet connection for my Iphone or Ipad 3g. Does anyone know of a way to still use the 3g for everthing else and still use wi-fi to airplay. By the way it is awsome to use airplay in the car but I would still like to have the 3g internet connection at the same time.

BRILLIANT comment!
I have wondered about that option for a long time and NO ONE seems to know about it. Many CD players for the car have an interface to hook up to an external changer. I have NO idea what kind of plug you need. (Are they standard? Or does every brand have its interface so you can only use, say, a Sony changer with a Sony head unit?)
Is there anyone else out there who is into car stereo that can shed some more light on this? It HAS to be a better option than playing through the stinkin radio or cassette player!!
W.

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http://www.theistore.com/ipod2car.html
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