Using iPod docking station in my car.

I just bought and aux cable that plugs into the back of my vehicles factory stereo. The aux cable does not control the iPod. Since the cable plugs into the bottom dock of my iPod would I be able to instead plug it into the Apple docking station I use at my computer so I can use the remote? Any help would be great.
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It is really surprising to me that Apple would not be aware before releasing the new nano that this is an issue. I have had the same car stereo for over 6 years with my old gen nanos and never a problem. I got the new one with 16 gb so that I could have a much wider range of playlists to choose from while driving. ***** that it shuffles constantly. Can we skip the first track in order to get normal playback?
*Also another issue I am having is that the nano does not automatically charge as it is playing*. Never had that issue on any of my past nanos. Anyone else bump into this problem?
I am really disappointed so far and I never thought I would feel this way about an Apple product. How do we recommend directly to Apple that a firmware update is needed.

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