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Australia's Best Cars Australians Have Tended to Downsize Their Vehicles in Recent Years, Making the Small-Car Class the Best-Selling Sector of the Market DECEMBER 2013 www.aant.com.au THE ROLLING VILLAGE WIN A All aboard the Indian Pacific MITSUbiSHI Mirage! CharitY on the road The 2013 Variety Bash Australia’s Best Cars The 2013 winners uncovered Automobile Association of the Northern Territory Inc. december 2013 President Sharon Winks Council Members Doug Phillips (Vice-President), Win a 2013 Graeme Buckley, Robert Bradley, David Loy, Daryl Manzie, Suzanne Morgan, Kylie Taylor. General Manager Edon Bell Office 2/14 Knuckey Street Mitsubishi DARWIN NT 0800 Postal Address GPO BOX 2584 DARWIN NT 0801 Phone (08) 8925 5901 Fax (08) 8925 5902 Web www.aant.com.au Mirage! Email [email protected] 24hr Roadside Assistance and Battery Service The rolling village – 28 Phone 13 11 11 SouthernImage © Great Rail. SMS Service for Hearing and Speech Impaired SMS 0427 131 110 Technical Advisory Service Phone 1300 661 466 AANT Membership Phone (08) 8925 5901 FEATURES REGULARS Email [email protected] Welcome 08 Charity on the road 04 AANT Touring The 2013 Variety Bash In brief Phone (08) 8925 5901 04 10 Australia’s Best Cars 05 Insight Insurance Enquiries The 2013 winners revealed Phone (08) 8925 5901 18 Shopping Web www.aant.com.au 21 Members’ Report 20 Ask an expert and Approved ntmotor 28 The rolling village Repairers Editor All aboard the Indian Pacific Emma Waterman 27 Show Your Card & Save Email [email protected] 31 What’s on NT Advertising HWR Media & Communications Phone (08) 8379 9522 Design Patrycja Whipp Printer COMPETITIONS Lane Print & Post 05 WIN a Qantas Luggage Set AANT is giving you the chance to win a brand new car! Become an AANT 07 WIN a model car Member today and you could be the lucky person that wins*. Call 8925 5901, 08 WIN a set of Lonely Planet books visit aant.com.au or the AANT Shop at 2/14 Knuckey St, Darwin. And if you’re already a member, you can win by visiting aant.com.au/winacar ntmotor is printed on environmentally responsible COVER IMAGE paper, manufactured under the environmental Management System ISO 14001 using elemental Australia Best Cars – Ford Ranger XL. chlorine-free (ECF) pulp sourced from sustainable, Image © Autonews. well-managed forests. ntmotor is printed using vegetable-based inks from renewable sources and low-energy perfecting print processes. ntmotor is Disclaimer – No responsibility is accepted by the AANT for the accuracy of information contained in TM TM mailed in totally degradable plastic (TDPA ). TDPA advertisements in ntmotor. Publication of an advertisement does not constitute endorsement by the AANT of technology enables products made from polyethylene any product, nor warrant its suitability. ntmotor DOES NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED MATERIAL. (PE), to degrade when discarded. © Copyright Automobile Association of the Northern Territory Inc. All rights reserved. This material is copyright * Terms and conditions apply. Promoter is Automobile Association of the Northern Territory, 2/14 Knuckey Don’t forget to recycle this magazine. under Australian and international laws. Except as permitted under the relevant law, no part of this work may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission of and acknowledgement to the AANT. St, Darwin NT 0800. Draw to take place at 10:00am Monday 10 February 2014 at AANT. Winner will be To find out more visit www.pneb.com.au MNSHjDCAXOGNMD@MCL@HK /QHYDU@KTDC@S¨ -3/DQLHS-TLADQ-3+ www.aant.com.au 3 brief welcome in AN app saves the daY insight BY EMMA WATERMAN Gone are the days of sticking up and scraping off registration BY SHARON WINKS stickers on your car window; however, the changeover hasn’t EDITOR AANT PRESIDENT Local hero come without flaw. Without the visual reminder of the sticker, remembering to When buying a new car, we’re spoilt for It was with absolute pleasure that I check your registration status can prove difficult. What’s choice, and although it’s nice to have accepted the role of AANT President for A Northern Territory man’s crusade to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities on more, finding out if a second-hand vehicle you’re purchasing options, it does mean making a decision the coming year, at the Annual General the roads has been recognised at the 2013 Pride of Australia Awards. is registered isn’t as simple as glancing at the windscreen. often becomes a daunting task. However, Meeting in October. It's an honour to it doesn’t have to be. This edition, we Warren Purse – who has worked at St John Ambulance for over 14 years – stood out to To help, the Motor Vehicle Registry has launched a new be asked to represent our 20,000 plus reveal the much-anticipated 2013 winners judges as a worthy recipient of the NT Heroism Medal, in recognition of his dedicated app, addressing the problems that have arisen following members, and I look forward to working for Australia’s Best Cars. With expert volunteer work. Mr Purse devotes his spare time to teaching road safety in schools, and the scrapping of the stickers. The new app, NT REGO with the AANT Council and the wonderful judges scoring hundreds of cars across raising awareness at community events and in sporting clubs. – available for smartphones and tablets – allows you to team in the AANT Office to serve you manage the registration of your vehicle and set up personal 14 categories, ABC is the ultimate bible An everyday person doing extraordinary things, Mr Purse has kept away from the better. We are a 50-year strong organisation reminders when you’re nearing your renewal date. Even when it comes to buying a new car – you’ll spotlight, carrying out his work with little fanfare and publicity. committed to serving the better, you can check the registration for any vehicle find all the details on page 10. AANT congratulates Warren Purse and all the 2013 Pride of Australia winners. We will NT are looking to continue our growth in registered in the NT. The app also includes a list of all And for cars of a different breed, flick to continue to support those who promote and contribute to road safety in the NT. coming years. A huge vote of thanks to authorised vehicle inspectors, including many of our AANT page 8 to see a collection of this year’s Bob, who has expertly guided the Council Approved Repairers. eccentric Variety Bash vehicles. Driving over the past six years as President and across Central Australia, the annual To download the free app, or for more information visit who will continue to serve our members Bash is the culmination of a year-long www.mvr.nt.gov.au as a councillor. fundraising effort to help out children Whilst being appointed as president is in need. an exciting time, it's also a concerning With the holiday season fast upon us, the Champions OF one; the NT Government has recently opportunity to take a break from our busy announced the reintroduction of open schedules has never looked so appealing; the green speed limits on a section of the Stuart so, if you’re in need of a getaway, we’ve AANT Members came out in droves for the Highway, north of Alice Springs. AANT got the perfect solution. Step aboard Auto Club Golf Challenge held for the first – as well as Australia’s other motoring the Indian Pacific and relax on a journey time in Darwin and Alice Springs. clubs – has long been an advocate of across the vast Australian desert – it’s a More the 50 AANT Members and their reducing speed limits on our roads to truly unique experience. partners competed in the Darwin event, save lives. There is ample national and international evidence to show that speed With Christmas merely a few weeks away, held on 29 September, and while there kills. Only recently, AANT applauded the we have some fabulous member benefits were some great efforts across the board, NT Government's decision to reduce speed to make sure you get the best deals for there could only be one winning pair. With 78 points, limits on sections of the Arnhem Highway. your silly-season shopping – from gift Nicholas Morgan and Nick Feeney (pictured) were the victors for the inaugural Like many of our members, their families, ideas on page 18 to exclusive AANT Darwin event. and their friends, I spend considerable discounts from Show Your Card & Save In Alice Springs, a windy day and challenging conditions didn’t deter 40 eager pairs of hours driving in the NT and strongly believe (page 27), we’ve got you covered. What’s golfers, battling it out for the top spot. Husband-and-wife team, Amanda and Stephen 2013 AnnUAL General Meeting that we need to do more to protect those more, to celebrate another successful Vandenberg, were crowned the winners in a nail-biting final count-back, following travelling, and bring them home safely. year, we’re giving all new and existing The Association’s 50th Annual General Meeting was held on 22 October 2013 at the Mantra tied scores. AANT does not see the proposed open members the chance to win a brand-new Esplanade, Darwin. AANT wishes the winning pairs the best of luck ahead of next year’s prestigious national speed limit trial as conducive to this, nor Mitsubishi Mirage. The minutes of the 2012 AGM were confirmed and the Association’s Annual Report and final to be held at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast. aligned with the Australian Government’s Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2013 were accepted.
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