A First For TOC

TOC students and the automotive industry experts are no stranger to the word "skills competition".

Skills competition test the participants' knowledge, problem solving ability as well as technical skills related to servicing and maintenance of a car. They will be tested on various areas of the car and different models will be used as the subject.

This year, TOC embraces a new challenge by organizing the first TOC Skills Olympics 2009!

The competition is open to all service center and educational institutions, and each company is allowed to nominate a maximun of 2 participants for this competition.

It will be an interesting event to look out for as it will help to promote healthy competition between students and technicians, increase esprit de corps and camaraderie spirits. It will also serve as a platform for the participants to exchange and share knowledge and skills.

The Technical Commitee

The prizes for the competition is very attractive, the champion will walk away with RM5,000 cash prize, trophy, certificate, and also a plaque for the service center or educational institution he or she is attached to.

Registration for the competition is FREE and the deadline for submission of application form would be on November 11, 2009.

Go and grab the registration form from http://www.toc.edu.my/ or click here!

For further information, please do not hesitate to call Mr. Yao or Mr. Dean at 03-7955 2811.

Supercars Gathering

In Malaysia, it is not that easy to spot supercars driving down the road everyday.

Students involved for this event

Therefore, it was a really rare opportunity for 40 TOC students and staff to witnessed 118 cars gathered at Bukit Tinggi for a time handicapped race. Cars the likes of Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Lotus, Bentley, BMW, Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Volkswagen, Lotus, Audi and many more were all there for the race!

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Students were stationed at 4 major areas for duty: the starting and ending point, the 16 stations along the 8km race, as well as time attack zone. All these students had the chance to look at these gorgeous cars driving at their top speed.

On duty at starting point

One of the stations located in the 8km race

The time attack zone was where the cars were put to the real test. All these cars passed through a crowded obstables course and they were competing against time for this round. It was really interesting as some of the cars almost crash onto the tyre walls at one tight corner.

Students meeting with the P-I-C at the Time Attack Zone

Punching in the finishing time at the finishing line

It was definitely a very different experience for these students as they get to enjoy the cool breeze, the beautiful scenery and different types of supercars while they were on duty.

To view more photos of the event, please go to TOC Facebook.

Updates pt 1

TOC were in a buzz over the past 3 weeks as various events took place, and all of it involved students participation.

Let's start from the 1st event, which was the TOC Go-Kart Tournament 2009. This year a total of 43 TOC students participated in the race that was held at the Shah Alam Go Kart Circuit, and besides competing against friends and classmates, there was an element of surprise too.

TeleVAS Racing Team was there as well as they were scouting for potential drivers to join their go kart team. However, they are not only looking at the top speed or fastest time, they also want someone who can listen to instructions, who has the potential and will not drive recklessly. Therefore, the race was full on and everybody was trying their best to impress the judges.

The 3 TeleVAS judges in red

It was an amazing race between the students and staff, and although some face technical difficulties with their vehicle, fortunately everyone was driving safely and thus there was no accident.

TeleVAS team intended to select 1-3 students initially, after a long hour discussion after the race was over, they have finally announce that they are selecting 6 participants! Woo hoo!!

Congratulations!

A big thank you to all the committee members who put in so much effort and time in organizing this event!

The committee members!

Tips To Share #4

Automatik Lebih Praktikal
oleh Noor Azam Abd Aziz

Transmisi automatik kini menjadi pilihan pemadu kerana ia lebih mudah berbanding manual terutamanya ketika merempuh kesesakan jalan raya.

Oleh itu, ramai pemilik kereta di bandar kini menukar kenderaan daripada transmisi manual kepada automatik.

Dari segi penjagaan, kedua-dua jenis kenderaan ini hampir sama saja, terutama bahagian yang cukup penting, iaitu enjin.

Perbezaan yang ketara di antara kenderaan automatik dengan manual cuma sistem penukaran gearnya dan cara menggunakannya saja.

Jika kenderaan manual anda terpaksa menukar atau memasukkan gear menggunakan tangan serentak kaki memijak pedal klac, kenderaan automatik pula sebaliknya. Anda hanya perlu memijak pedal minyak untuk menggerakkan kenderaan.

Berikut beberapa panduan yang boleh dimanfaatkan pemilik kenderaan yang menggunakan transmisi automatik berbanding manual.

Sebaik-baiknya, sebelum memandu kenderaan automatik mahirkan diri anda dengan panel gear.

Biasanya, pada sesuatu kenderaan automatik, anda hanya perlu menggerakkan panel gear pada kedudukan "P" untuk parking, "D"(kenderaan bergerak ke hadapan), "N" (normal) dan "R" (mengundur)/

Satu lagi masalah bagi mereka yang baru bertukar daripada kenderaan manual kepada kenderaan automatik ialah meyesuaikan kedudukan kakinya.

Biasanya, apabila seseorang itu baru memandu kenderaan automatik, kaki kirinya sering kaki mahu memijak pedal klac.

Oleh kerana kaki kiri tidak digunakan langsung apabila anda membawa kenderaan automatik, biasakan supaya jangan mengangkat kaki atau mengalih kaki kiri ketika memandu.

Ketika menekan brek pula, jangan sekali-kali menggunakan kaki kiri. Kawalan di antara minyak dan brek seharusnya dilakukan oleh kaki kanan saja.

Satu lagi penjagaan penting kereta automatik ialah kekerapan memeriksa paras minyak gear, minyak stering berkuasa dan brek.

Penukaran minyak gear termasuk penapis seelok-eloknya dilakukan selepas 20, 000 hingga 30, 000 kilometer perjalanan.

Menukar minyak gear ini penting bagi melicinkan sistem penukaran gear yang amat bergantung kepada putaran minyak yang melalui penapis khasnya.

Pemeriksaan minyak stering berkuasa pula sewajarnya dilakukan setiap satu bulan. Minyak gear juga boleh digunakan untuk menambah minyak stering berkuasa.

Jika pemilik kereta gear manual dinasihati menyelenggara cekera brek setiap 20, 000km, pengguna kereta automatik pula seharusnya berbuat demikian lebih awal, iaitu setiap 15, 000km.

Ini kerana pad brek pada cakera cepat haus kerana setiap pemandu automatik bergantung kepada sistem cengkaman brek yang baik.

Anda perlu ingat bahawa kenderaan bergear automatik tidak mempunyai kotak gear manual untuk membantu memperlahankan atau memberhentikan kenderaan jika brek tidak berfungsi.

Dipetik daripafa Harian Metro, Sept 30.

An Event You Woudn't Want To Miss!

Calling all performance cars/supercars lovers and enthusiasts!!

Be prepared for the upcoming JPM Hills Climb Time Challenge 09 that is taking place next week!

This event is an opportunity for supercars and performance car owners to put their vehicles to the test, and let me assure all of you that you will be seeing cars from brands such as Porsche, Ferrari, Nissan, Lotus, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and many more!

These car owners will be doing either the uphill climb or downhill descents, as well as Forest-One Time Attack obstacle competition.

Let me give you a sneak peek of the cars they bring in for the event's press conference:

Are you a fan of this sexy red Ferrari?

Or, are you more into this sporty Lamborghini?

For me, this is my favourite.

If you are not really into these two brands, i'm sure one of these would be.

Now, imagine you are at the hills side, where 80-100 supercars/performance cars ranging from different brands gathered for a race. That means, you would see all Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and etc in various different colours and designs all at one go! Don't you think it's amazing?

Come and see for yourself, and you would be getting a breeze of fresh air too as it's held in Bukit Tinggi. Here are the details:

Event Name: JPM Motorsport Hills Climb Time Challenge 09
Organizer:JP Performance Motorsport
Location :Berjaya Hills Resort, Bukit Tinggi
Date:9th till 11th October 2009

See you guys there next week!