Archive for December, 2008

Petrol prices not a rip-off: ACCC report

December 23rd, 2008

Petrol prices have closely followed international trends over the past 12 months, suggesting Australians are not being ripped off at the bowser, a new report has found. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday released the findings of its first annual report into unleaded petrol prices.
Australian petrol prices were still relatively low compared to international prices, [...]

Mackay has the cheapest petrol in Australia

December 19th, 2008

THROW your hands up in the air, do a little dance and yell ‘you beauty’- because we have the cheapest petrol in Australia.

JOHN Ruhle, of Slade Point, was smiling yesterday when he filled up at the United service station in Sydney Street. - Peter Holt
The latest RACQ fuel watch figures available yesterday revealed Mackay as the [...]

Officially official: Subaru leaving World Rally Championship

December 17th, 2008

Click above to view Subaru’s 2008 WRC car in our high-resolution image gallery
Rally fans who were troubled by the rumors yesterday that Subaru was preparing to do the unthinkable and scrap its WRC team will be disappointed to learn that the speculation has proven to be true, as parent company Fuji Heavy Industries has announced it is [...]

Aggressive WRX bites back: 2009 Model is here

December 15th, 2008

Its finally here and its on sale, and with the MY09 (2009 model) WRX, Subaru has made a very definite attempt to get the car back to something closer to the WRX of old. Reviews of the MY08 WRX as being too soft have been heeded, and the new model is an [...]

Mackay service stations selling fuel for under $1

December 8th, 2008

The Shell service station at Paget was selling unleaded fuel for 98 cents a litre yesterday, while Mobil in Sydney Street had unleaded at 99.7c.
Petrol stations in North Mackay, Andergrove and West Mackay followed suit with most motorists paying 99c to fill their tanks.
Fuel Trac general manager Geoff Trotter said it had been three years [...]

Pre-Christmas Meet: 21st December, 12:30pm

December 2nd, 2008

Pre-Christmas Meet – Supercheap Nth Mackay:
Monthly Meet N Greets are held so we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise. The meeting place is at Supercheap North Mackay car park at 12:30pm on the last Sunday of the month.
The next meet is on the 21st of December, so if your keen [...]