Best car kit

I'm about to buy an E51 phone and would be grateful for advice about the best car kit to go with it. The main choices appear to be the CK-7W, CK-15W and CK-20W.
The features that are most important to me are:
- Call quality including noise suppression
- Ease of use when driving
- Integration with car stereo especially mute finction and preferably using existing speakers
- Ability to charge phone in attached cradle
The ability to plug an external audio player into the 20W via 8mm headphone plug sounds useful - how good is the sound quality?
Sorry if this is a newbie question - I'm happy to be directed to previous discussions but couldn't find much by searching the forum.

Thanks Danny,
I'm curious as to why using a pop port connection would be a safety issue? Surely once the phone is plugged in and sat in a cubby hole, it's no different to using the kit with bluetooth?
I think I've come to the conclusion that I may as well buy any bluetooth handsfree and a separate charger. Most of the time I will not need to charge the phone in the car, but I need the facility just in case. At least with a separate charger, I will be able to use it in a different car.
I could buy a CK-1W which appears to be exacly the same as the 7W apart from the pop-port snd cheaper. Otherwise there are numerous universal handsfree kits available. Any suggestions?
Nick.

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I'm curious as to why using a pop port connection would be a safety issue? Surely once the phone is plugged in and sat in a cubby hole, it's no different to using the kit with bluetooth?
I think I've come to the conclusion that I may as well buy any bluetooth handsfree and a separate charger. Most of the time I will not need to charge the phone in the car, but I need the facility just in case. At least with a separate charger, I will be able to use it in a different car.
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As you don't mention the rather important info on where you are in the world (this is a WW forum )
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Just for information for you and others with similar problems ... We also tried several car stereo systems that say they have bluetooth and iPhone compatibility built in to them .. Alpine in particular ... Not one worked !!!
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