Hello again from the team at MotorMouth

Well the price cycle appears to have returned to the local fuel market in Sydney, with prices shooting up late on Friday afternoon. Some people might look at this as timed perfectly to coincide with the weekend but it had been a few weeks without any cycle at all and the independents were obviously hurting.

The media had correctly reported that many outlets were being forced to sell fuel at or below cost to remain competitive and for any business that is not good news, particularly small business owners.

Let’s not forget that independents keep the market humming and without them it’s no good for anyone. Prolonged discounting to the point of selling at or below cost will hurt small operators without a shadow of a doubt.

On a related topic, we noticed this article in the New Zealand Herald about how modern service stations won’t provide driveway service due to health and safety precautions. Sadly this is also the case in Australia and a far cry from a time when stopping to buy petrol was more than just about discount vouchers.

So that made us think.

Would you pay extra for driveway service?

So that’s the topic of our poll this month. If driveway service was available at your local service station, how much extra would you be prepared to pay?

Are there any service stations out there that do? Let us know what you think.

Until then, take care and safe motoring.

Cheers
Sean Rennick
MotorMouth

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The average, lowest and the highest Unleaded prices for April 2010 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Unleaded in each city in April 2010 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Mobil Address 1429 Gympie Rd & Brickfield Rd Suburb Aspley Average Price for month 124.2
Sydney	Service Station Volume Plus Address 406 Terminus St Suburb Liverpool Average Price for month 119.4
Melbourne	Service Station United Address 208-212 Bulleen Rd & Manningham Rd Suburb Bulleen Average Price for month 125.1
Adelaide	Service Station Liberty Address 25 Og Rd Suburb Klemzig Average Price for month 125.1
Perth	Service Station Liberty Address 2038 Wanneroo Rd Suburb Neerabup Average Price for month 123.5
Hobart	Service Station Coles Exp Howrah Address 2 Howrah Rd Suburb Howrah Average Price for month 127.7
Canberra	Service Station BP Address 77 Canberra Av Suburb Kingston Average Price for month 125.2

The average, lowest and the highest Diesel prices for April 2010 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for Diesel in each city in April 2010 were:

Brisbane	Service Station 7 Eleven Address 354 Redbank Plains Rd Suburb Bellbird Park Average Price for month 118.9
Sydney	Service Station Volume Plus Address Hume Hwy Suburb Strathfield Average Price for month 118.5
Melbourne	Service Station United Address 85 Hallam Rd & Enterprise Av Suburb Hampton Park Average Price for month 120.1
Adelaide	Service Station United Address 369 Prospect Rd & Audrey Av Suburb Blair Athol Average Price for month 122.0
Perth	Service Station Liberty Address 2038 Wanneroo Rd Suburb Neerabup Average Price for month 124.6
Hobart	Service Station United Glenorchy Address 436 Main Rd Suburb Glenorchy Average Price for month 125.2
Canberra	Service Station BP Address 289 Canberra Av Suburb Fyshwick Average Price for month 127.5

The average, lowest and the highest LPG prices for April 2010 in each city were:

The price leading service stations for LPG in each city in April 2010 were:

Brisbane	Service Station Freedom Fuels Address 2494 Logan Rd Suburb Eight Mile Plains Average Price for month 59.6
Sydney	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Address 862 Hume Hwy Suburb Bass Hill Average Price for month 56.0
Melbourne	Service Station Mobil Address 84 Frankston-Cranbourne Rd & Mcmahons Rd Suburb Frankston Average Price for month 54.9
Adelaide	Service Station United Address 369 Prospect Rd & Audrey Av Suburb Blair Athol Average Price for month 59.6
Perth	Service Station Coles Express Address 1-5 Guildford Rd & Walcott Rd Suburb Mount Lawley Average Price for month 59.9
Hobart	Service Station Caltex/Woolworths Glenorchy Address 463-465 Main Rd Suburb Glenorchy Average Price for month 74.2
Canberra	Service Station BP Address 77 Canberra Av Suburb Kingston Average Price for month 59.9

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