Hello again from the team at MotorMouth.

This month we have some special news about a FANTASTIC competition from the team at Shell.

It’s really simple. If you like the idea of driving around Italy in a luxury car, staying in 4 star accommodations all the way and having $2,000 spending money in your pocket, go to http://www.shell.com.au/vpowerclub/ and sign up. Once you’ve made a purchase of VPower and registered your purchase, you are in the draw to win.

Imagine! The sun on your back, the wind in your hair – ah…it seems too good to be true. Seeing as I can’t enter I’m already incredibly jealous!

Of course, full terms and condition are available on the website and the competition closes on 19 August so you will have to hurry.

Enough of the day dreaming!

This last month the price of oil and refined petrol has jumped out of bed with a shock. Back in early July the price of a barrel of refined petrol was around the $85.00 AUD mark, and now it’s about $100.00 AUD. Were it not for the mighty Australian dollar the price at the pump would have been much higher so that’s small comfort.

Word from up in Queensland after the demise of the 8c per litre fuel subsidy has it that there was very little evidence of irregular prices in the market, with only a handful of retailers getting a please explain. All in all we couldn’t see anything too out of the ordinary, however as someone mentioned to me lately there is no law compelling fuel to be sold at a reasonable price.

No law of any kind.

However in reality if someone is charging too much they lose too many customers and it’s not long before they drop their price to try and win customers back. And most of the time those forces work just fine.

Which brings us to my last point. If you want to get the best deal when buying fuel and maximise the effect your choice has in keeping prices low – start looking to fill up before the car gets to empty.

Driving around on fumes give you less opportunity to exercise choice and makes you more susceptible to not getting the best price.

That’s in for this month, take care and safe motoring.

Sean Rennick
MotorMouth.com.au

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The average, lowest and the highest Unleaded prices for July 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Unleaded in each city in July 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station 7 Eleven Redcliffe Address 77 Anzac Av & Oxley Av Suburb Redcliffe Average Price for month 118.7
Sydney	Service Station Joes Petroleum Address 101 Hector St & Waldron Rd Suburb Chester Hill Average Price for month 114.6
Melbourne	Service Station Independent Address 31 St Albans Rd Suburb St Albans Average Price for month 120.4
Adelaide	Service Station SAFF Address 237 Martins Rd Suburb Parafield Gardens Average Price for month 116.7
Perth	Service Station Peak Address Cnr Rockingham Beach Rd & Ocean St Suburb Kwinana Beach Average Price for month 115.8
Hobart	Service Station Coles Exp Sandy Bay Address 142 Sandy Bay Rd Suburb Sandy Bay Average Price for month 118.5
Darwin	Service Station Bp Northway Address 187 Bagot Rd Suburb Ludmilla Average Price for month 130.7
Canberra	Service Station BP Address 77 Canberra Av Suburb Kingston Average Price for month 117.9

The average, lowest and the highest Diesel prices for July 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Diesel in each city in July 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Choice Petroleum Address 930 Boundary Rd & Orange Grove Rd Suburb Coopers Plains Average Price for month 118.1
Sydney	Service Station Speedway Address 251 The Horsley Dr & Fairfield Suburb Fairfield East Average Price for month 115.7
Melbourne	Service Station BP Address 839-843 Whitehorse Rd & Wellington Rd Suburb Box Hill Average Price for month 117.2
Adelaide	Service Station Liberty Address 895 Main North Rd Suburb Pooraka Average Price for month 116.5
Perth	Service Station United Address 178 South Western Hwy Suburb Mount Richon Average Price for month 120.4
Hobart	Service Station United Bellerive Address 2 Rosny Hill Rd Suburb Bellerive Average Price for month 123.2
Darwin	Service Station Mobil Address Bagot Rd & Totem Rd Suburb Darwin Average Price for month 130.5
Canberra	Service Station Fyshwick Service Centre Address 2 Ipswich St & Canberra Av Suburb Fyshwick Average Price for month 125.1

The average, lowest and the highest LPG prices for July 2009 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for LPG in each city in July 2009 were:

Brisbane	Service Station BP Address 1069 Wynnum Rd & Creek Rd Suburb Cannon Hill Average Price for month 48.5
Sydney	Service Station Super Save Casula Address 572-574 Hume Hwy & Leacocks Ln Suburb Casula Average Price for month 44.6
Melbourne	Service Station 7 Eleven Address Cnr Frankston Dandenong Rd & Amayla Cres Suburb Carrum Downs Average Price for month 45.1
Adelaide	Service Station Liberty Address 895 Main North Rd Suburb Pooraka Average Price for month 48.1
Perth	Service Station Coles Express Address 492 Mandurah Rd Suburb Singleton Average Price for month 48.5
Hobart	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Glenorchy Address 463-465 Main Rd Suburb Glenorchy Average Price for month 61.0
Darwin	Service Station Mobil Address Bagot Rd & Totem Rd Suburb Darwin Average Price for month 75.90
Canberra	Service Station BP Address 289 Canberra Av Suburb Fyshwick Average Price for month 50.7

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