Wheel mostly unusable when connected to car

Hello, for years, I used a third party connector which connects my ipod to my car stereo. I recently upgraded to a 80g Classic from my old 40g, and I find whenever I try and use the wheel, it barely works when connected to the stereo. When I disconnect the iPod, the wheel goes back to it's normal sensitivity and works fine. I've tried reconnecting my old 40g, and that still works fine. Anyone have any idea why this might be? Thanks!

If you are connecting via the dock connector, then I'm surprised that you say the 40Gb iPod wheel works when connected. Usually, control of the iPod is from the car stereo's controls, not always complete control though.
My sister-in-law's 2007 two-door (sport) Mazda will only play from the first five playlists by selecting the "preset" buttons on the car stereo via the Mazda iPod interface. But my 2006 Mazda 3 will play all Songs at random, providing that I set the iPod to do this before connecting via a third party connector. My car did not come with a built-in interface.
So the answer may be simply that the your Classic iPod does not like the car stereo's interface as much as the 40GB iPod. Try experimenting b setting the iPod before connecting as I do. It's a compromise, but at least it's my choice of music, not some radio station executive.
Good luck.

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