Hello and welcome to the July 2005 edition of the MotorMouth newsletter.

Record High Petrol Prices

In the past month, motorists have seen record high average petrol prices throughout the country. So, what were the highest average ULP prices recorded by MotorMouth in each city and when were they recorded? This information is charted below.

Looking to buy a used car?

We highly recommend taking a few moments to read through the recently published USED CAR SAFETY RATINGS Buyers Guide Brochure (2005). Motoring organisations from across Australia and New Zealand have published the guide covering 288 passenger vehicles built from 1982-2003.

The guide clearly presents the following information:
a) How much is your vehicle likely to protect you?
b) How seriously is your vehicle likely to harm another road user?

To view the USED CAR SAFETY RATINGS Buyers Guide (2005), go to Page 1 or Page 2.

The used car safely ratings in the brochure were calculated using crash records from over one million police-reported crashes in Australia and New Zealand between 1987 and 2004. This information was analysed by Monash University’s Accident Research Centre in Melbourne.

To learn more about this and other car safely information, visit the NRMA website or the RACV website. To learn more about The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), click here.

In other news, don’t forget to send your entries through to our Open Your MotorMouth Competition. Each month’s winner receives a fantastic book (or series of books) to the value of $50 from QBD The Bookshop. Click here to enter.

Until next month, happy motoring!

Bernadette Murray
Marketing Manager - MotorMouth
bmurraymotormouth.com.au 

This month's winning entry - Fuel Saving Tips "1. Fill up your car on cold mornings as the fuel has contracted, as the day heats up your fuel will expand giving you more fuel than if you bought it during the heat of the day. 2. Never buy fuel whilst the contractor is delivering fuel to the servo as the fuel is still hot from the refinery and expanded. Servos loose approximately 1000 litres per 33000 litres from fuel deliveries because when the fuel cools over night it contracts." Congratulations! Your prize will be sent out to you shortly.

EMAIL IN AND WIN!

Do you have an opinion or comment about a motoring or fuel related issue or story you’d like to share with your MotorMouth users from around the country? If so, send through your contribution in 200 words or less and you could win a prize! Your entry can be positive or negative (but of course not rude). The person whose comment is deemed most interesting each month will be awarded a book (or series of books) to the value of $50 from QBD The Bookshop.

All valid entries will be posted on the Past Entries section of the website so everyone can see what’s on the minds of Australian motorists. So what are you waiting for? Send through your contribution. Remember to add your name, address and phone number to your entry so we can notify you if you are chosen as our winner and send you your prize. Please note, only users who are signed up to receive the MotorMouth Newsletter can win the competition.

Damien Reid, our guest editor, with more fascinating news on the Fuel and Auto front.
Honda Begins Retailing Natural-Gas Civic
Honda in America has started offering its Californian customers the option of re-fuelling at home thanks to the launch of its own natural gas re-fuelling appliance being sold alongside its latest Civic Compressed Natural Gas sedan.
[Read more]

Prius Officially Australia's "Greenest" Car
You might not win a prize for guessing it, but Toyota's super economical Prius petrol-electric hybrid car has been officially declared Australia's "greenest" car.
[Read more]

New Car Reviews proudly supplied by News Limited.
Hot Kompressor
There's every chance that if you buy a Mercedes-Benz C200 Kompressor you won't see another model exactly the same out on the road. Despite already having a staggering number of variants of the C200 in its line-up, Benz has added a Sport Edition with extra handling and dress-up kit.
[Read more]

Terracan: plain Jane with a value tag
Turbo and diesel. These two words alone, when said with a bit of attitude, seem to grab people's attention in conversations of the automotive kind.
[Read more]

The average, lowest and the highest Unleaded prices for last month in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Unleaded in each city last month were:

Brisbane	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address Deception Bay Road Suburb Deception Bay Average Price for month 93.9
Sydney	Service Station Petrol Point Address corner The Horsley Drive and Market Street Suburb Smithfield Average Price for month 102.3
Melbourne	Service Station Better Choice Address corner Langslow Road and Wells Road Suburb Aspendale Gardens Average Price for month 104.2
Adelaide	Service Station OG Speed Shop Address corner O.G. Road and Wilpena Avenue Suburb Klemzig Average Price for month 102.4
Perth	Service Station Coles Express Address corner Bannister Road and Service Road Suburb Canning Vale Average Price for month 97.6

The average, lowest and the highest Diesel prices for last month in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Diesel in each city last month were:

Brisbane	Service Station Ampol Address Middle Street Suburb Hillcrest Average Price for month 105.7
Sydney	Service Station Freedom Fuel Address Glossop Street Suburb St Marys Average Price for month 113.1
Melbourne	Service Station Lucky 7 Address corner Nicholson Street and Princes Street Suburb Carlton Average Price for month 112.9
Adelaide	Service Station Caltex Address corner South Road and Richmond Avenue Suburb Keswick Average Price for month 114.2
Perth	Service Station Ampol Address 106 Guildford Road Suburb Maylands Average Price for month 114.9

MotorMouth is committed to helping Australian motorists get a better deal on fuel by providing them with free and easily accessible information on fuel prices.

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