Car charger+Audio out recommendations

Question

I'm trying to find a good car charger+things for my mother's iPhone in her car, and hoping someone has some advice on the right equipment...I'm not turning up the right thing myself.
I really want something LIKE the Griffin RoadTrip, or Kensington LiquidAUX, but they just don't do everything right.
Here's my requirements:
- Needs to have a shelf (cradle?) that she can sit the iPhone in and remove easily.
- Needs to have audio out jack or auxiliary cable. My mom's car has a tape deck, and she can connect the iPhone that way.
- Must fit an iPhone *without removing the case*.
- Should have as few connections, cords, etc as possible. My mom has bad arthritis and I don't want to have her struggling just to hook the thing up.
Optional:
- Should have a power cord as well. If someone is riding in the passenger's seat and using the iPhone, would be good if they can use it and still have it plugged in.
- Wireless remote that connects to steering wheel?
- It can have a radio transmitter. She just won't use it. Just as long as it has an auxiliary port.
The Kensington LiquidAUX comes really close. Ideally, I want something like that, but with an extra power cord for when the iPhone isn't sitting in the cradle.
I saw something that was perfect at Fry's today. It was only $30, too. It was a charger that had a flexible iPod connector, adjustable width grips to hold the phone in. It had a USB port so you could plug another charger cable into it if you wanted. It even had a transmitter (won't work well with iPhone, but won't be using it). Unfortunately, it only had a Line *IN* port, not Line OUT. Gah!
Thanks for any tips...

Answer 1

It seems that your wish for a cradle + a separate power cord might keep you looking. Don't have any recommendation for a unit that I know covers both your requirements and optional considerations.
I did however drop in to share my experience with the liquidaux (both the deluxe and standard versions). First, either model of the device does what it purports to do well - it charges and connects via aux in. No fuss and no surplus wiring. The audio quality is clear and loud enough without having to mess around with the volume on the phone itself. This makes sense given the audio output is through the pin connector. Second, the remote is one of those items that become indispensable.
Now - in my experience, the deluxe model's cigarette connector somehow manages to fit tightly as you insert it but then develops a 'wiggle' once you seat it in all the way into the socket. This wiggle leads to intermittent power (and by consequence audio) connections. On the other hand, the standard model (without the gooseneck or dock) fits into the socket securely and does not exhibit the same intermittent connection. Initially, I thought the wiggle in the deluxe model was attributable to the weight of the gooseneck + cradle + phone. That wasn't the case. The wiggle was still present without the phone.
Since I am going on a road trip tomorrow, I decided to buy the Belkin Tunebase instead. Seems that the most recent model F8Z183 is just as hard to find in retail stores as the 3g iphone. So I settled for the liquidaux standard - thinking I could always return it if it exhibited the wiggle. It didn't - I'm pretty happy with it.
Of course, given your requirement for a cradle, I would say that the liquidaux standard might not be suitable for your mother. I'm not certain that the tunebase will leave enough room for cradling with a case either. Either way, as I said in my opening, I don't have a specific recommendation but hope that the information regarding the liquidaux deluxe is useful.
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