Category: automotive

Shell’s Target One Million campaign

Target One Million is a Shell FuelSave campaign to help one million drivers across the world learn how to save fuel. Shell has developed a series of interactive, online mini-games for people to complete at http://www.shell.com.sg/targetonemillion. The mini-games have been designed to show motorists how the right choice of fuel, like Shell FuelSave and a few simple changes to their driving habits can help save them fuel, and in doing so, reduce their fuel costs.

Shell did a research based on 500 drivers in Singapore, some of the key points are :
– 46% say they would be more active in saving fuel, if more information and tips are available
– 59% of drivers are not selecting a fuel that improves fuel-economy
– 85% of drivers will change the way they drive if they can save more money on fuel

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To quote from Shell
“Shell has over 100 years’ experience in helping the world’s motorists get more out of their fuel. The Shell FuelSave Target One Million campaign is the latest step in this journey and aims to educate and inspire one million motorists around the world in how to save fuel”
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Now for the good news, Shell FuelSave wants you to challenge your own fuel-saving skills, and they will reward you with $5 vouchers too. Do read the Terms and Conditions here. You can have up to 4 different email-registrations per IP address, ie you can get a maximum of four vouchers worth $5 each.
Dateline for contest will be 26Aug at 11:59PM.

As one of Shell Fuelsave’s selected bloggers, Daddy’s job is to help promote http://www.shell.com.sg/targetonemillion to more people.

Ready to start saving money? Follow the steps below. Login and Register a userID for yourself. 1. Go to http://www.shell.com.sg/targetonemillion

2. Fill up your particulars. Remember to enter B108 for Daddy’s unique code. Once userID creation is good, click “Login” to proceed

**B108 will be used to trace Daddy’s followers, please leave a comment when you have register under with B108, so that Daddy Andy can help shortlist you for more Shell giveaways. As more people join, Daddy will stand a higher chance to score the highest “points” and win $1000 voucher.

3. Click on “Start Shell FuelSave challenge”, we **strongly recommend you to go to workshop for more tips. Follow instructions in photo below.

4. Step (click) gently on right mouse key to “move the car”. Refer screenshot below.

5. Aim to complete four stages, without losing fuel or time (countdown).

*** Detail setup instructions are here.

In this first post, Daddy wants to help Shell to encourage drivers to improve their fuel economy, and hopefully win some vouchers along the way. In the next post, we will share how bigger fuel-vouchers awaits you πŸ™‚

Stay tune. Drive safe.
Drive down to –>http://www.shell.com.sg/targetonemillion and start playing to get your $5 Shell vouchers πŸ™‚

We are Mechanics under Bosch’s Amazing Race

**updated 10Jun ** you can help us win a HTC one by voting for us from now till 16th Jun πŸ™‚ Click here for details.

We blog about Bosch’s Automotive Check-in Week earlier. The week long campaign ended with six bloggers competing in Bosch’s Amazing race.
Our team consists of two families, Daddy Andy and Boon Wee, together with Auntie Phoebe and Denver (from BPDG blog)

You can tell from our Twitter timeline above, that we had a lot of Fun along the way.
Read on to discover how we fare during the Race πŸ™‚

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The day started with a question from our boy.

Boon Wee : Daddy where are we going?
Daddy : We are going around Singapore with Auntie Phoebe and Denver, we will bring our car for servicing.
Boon Wee : Honda workshop ?
Daddy : Bosch
Wee : Bosch ? Oh, washing machine… (to be continued..)
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We arrived early at Tampines Ethoz, which is also our first #01 Pit Stop. The kids help Daddy to checkin his Honda Stream for a car wash and 18-points check.

While we were enjoying our breakfast, Uncle Bob pop in to support the team members πŸ™‚ (disclaimer : Daddy Andy only borrowed the costume, and he is not an authorised Bosch mechanic haha)

Bloggers attended a briefing about “accident and claims”. We learn that the most important thing to do during any incidence is to stay calm, do not panic, and never argue about liability. If the situation permits, take some photographs for documentation.

Ethoz is one of the authorised accident assessment centres in Singapore.

Normally, we do not know what goes on when mechanics are inspecting our cars, but today, we get to tour Ethoz’s workshop and learn new maintenance tips.

Everyone took an interest in Bosch’s IPAD Diagnostic kit. This device talks to our car’s onboard computer system, and can alert us to potential parts malfunction.

We hope you know what to do when you have an emergency. Do not call SengkangBabies, call Uncle Bob at 6654 7777.

Task #01 – At Ethoz Tampines, we perform our first two tasks :
1a) Identify the correct psi, and pump up the tyres.
1b) The computer sensor indicate airbag malfunction. We are supposed to detect why airbag sensor is faulty.

Auntie Phoebe holding our results slip for #Pit Stop 01.

#Task 02, we set off to “Euro 5 Common Rail” at Defu Lane.

We have to complete three task under 60s :
– jingle to the tune of “Bob the Builder”
– spin x5 rounds and throw Bob toy, partner need to catch 5 toys consecutively!
– assemble a battery box


We took 19min to complete our task, thanks to Daddy’s bad lip sync πŸ™
But we suspect the kids had much fun cheering the adults haha.

#Task 03 – We head to Autovox at Tagore, and saw a pretty ride. Maybe we could drive a Porsche as one of our “Detours”?

At this Pit stop, Boon Wee and Denver represent our team to play a game of Mix and Match. They had fun guessing and looking for identical pictures.

We are very proud of them.

#Task 04 – We head to Loyang’s Autobacs next.

Auntie Phoebe can only draw what she see from some flash cards, and Daddy has to guess what are the drawings. Can you guess which drawing depicts cooking engine-oil :p

It is not easy when you are running against time, but Uncle Victor gave us some hints πŸ™‚

#Task 05 – We head to Ethoz’s HQ at Bukit Batok for R&R. This is our end point, and we have to wait for all the teams to assemble. The only task we need to complete is Eat and Rest πŸ™‚

Meanwhile, Bosch and Ethoz’s committee members are in the war room tabulating bloggers’ results.

Team Cheryl proves to be “Too fast too furious”, the other competitors can only smell her exhaust. The winning team won for themselves a 2D1N stay at Resorts World Sentosa, with a pair of Universal Studios tickets, Congrats πŸ™‚

We would like to take this opportunity to thanks Bosch and OMY for hosting us.
Bosch and Ethoz’s staff were really friendly and accommodating.

Besides having fun, we learn new stuffs too!
Boon Wee and Daddy now know Bosch is involved in a lot of back-end automotive processes (and not only washing machines). We witness how mechanics diagnose our cars. We even got tips on how insurance companies access liability through BOLA (Barometer of Liability Agreement).

** Checkout how the teams fare on Bosch’s inaugural Amazing race πŸ™‚

If you are curious about future Bosch promotions and adventures, do “Like” their Fanpage.
–> https://www.facebook.com/Bosch.Automotive.Singapore
Click for more Amazing Race’s photos from SengkangBabies Fanpage’s album.

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** On a side note, SengkangBabies are finalists in OMY’s Singapore Blog awards, if you love our kids, Read our story, and Vote for us πŸ™‚