Hello and welcome to the April issue of the MotorMouth Newsletter.

We have recently received a number of emails from motorists wanting to know where they can obtain information on biodiesel and asking why we are not advertising biodiesel prices on MotorMouth.

At this stage the answer is when a reasonable number of service stations in metro areas display their biodiesel pricing on their priceboards, then MotorMouth will change the service to reflect these prices.

Unfortunately our drivers can not drive onto the forecourt to check prices on pumps because it adds significantly to the cost of collecting the data.

So if you are currently using biodiesel in metro areas, please drop me an email as we are keen to build up our data base.

There have been a few service stations opening up selling biodiesel. The most obvious one being The Biodiesel Station - http://www.thebiodieselstation.com.

B100 biodiesel, which is considered a superior fuel to distillate in many ways, is currently at least 10c cheaper than distillate, as it gets blended lower with distillate, the price goes up, due to distillate being more expensive.

There are currently 46 retail outlets selling biodiesel (often called "premium diesel") from the South Australian Farmers Federation (see: http://www.farmersfuel.com.au/sites.html).

There are now 3 stations that have been reported in Sydney on a biofuels forum (see:
http://www.biofuelsforum.com/showthread.php?t=145) with many more regional sites.

There are said to be more coming on line in the coming months as well.

BP has recently announced that it will be using 5% biodiesel and most of the majors are already using it in small blends.

Drive carefully over the Easter holiday break and do not become another road accident statistic.

Until next month…

Alan Price
Marketing Manager - MotorMouth
apricemotormouth.com.au

This month's winner is Mark from Brisbane in QLD. Mark's entry - What is a day's difference? "I am wondering how the same petrol in the same tanks can change prices in a space of 2 hours. This is a theft in my view, the service stations are stealing from us every time we fill up. They will lower prices in the beginning of the week to ensure that customers will go to their station, but when it is close to payday they will up their prices. This is the same petrol, just a different day." Congratulations Mark! Your prize will be sent out to you shortly.

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The average, lowest and the highest Unleaded prices for March 2006 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Unleaded in each city in March 2006 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Matilda Address corner Boundary Road and Tile Street Suburb Carole Park Average Price for month 110.1
Sydney	Service Station Speedway Address corner Smithfield Road and Victoria Street Suburb Smithfield Average Price for month 115.2
Melbourne	Service Station United Address corner Princes Highway and Belgrave-Hallam Road Suburb Hallam Average Price for month 118.0
Adelaide	Service Station Southern Cross Address corner O.G. Road and Yaralin Avenue Suburb Klemzig Average Price for month 117.9
Perth	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address corner Grand Promenade and Lowick Road Suburb Dianella Average Price for month 116.4

The average, lowest and the highest Diesel prices for March 2006 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Diesel in each city in March 2006 were:

Brisbane	Service Station United Address corner Johnson Road and Dickman Road Suburb Forestdale Average Price for month 120.2
Sydney	Service Station Helou Petrol Address corner Rawson Road and Ferndell Street Suburb Granville Average Price for month 125.4
Melbourne	Service Station United Address corner Princes Highway and Belgrave-Hallam Road Suburb Hallam Average Price for month 125.8
Adelaide	Service Station Coles Express Address corner Grand Junction Road and William Road Suburb Mansfield Park Average Price for month 126.3
Perth	Service Station Yule-Du Roadhouse Address Albany Highway Suburb Bedfordale Average Price for month 130.5

The average, lowest and the highest LPG prices for March 2006 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for LPG in each city in March 2006 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Ampol Address corner Browns Plains Road and Third Avenue Suburb Marsden Average Price for month 57.1
Sydney	Service Station BP Address Hume Highway Suburb Bass Hill Average Price for month 51.7
Melbourne	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address corner Boronia Road and Wantirna Road Suburb Wantirna Average Price for month 50.4
Adelaide	Service Station Liberty Address Hanson Road Suburb Woodville Gardens Average Price for month 55.5
Perth	Service Station Black and White Distribution Address Fauntleroy Avenue Suburb Belmont Average Price for month 57.6

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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