Sunday Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Cruising Fayah - Abu-Dhabi - 11 Oct

Morning @Rachid Elbouabidi - Welcome to Carnity! I'm looking forward to you joining our drive on Sunday.

I just wanted to check if you had completed the onboarding - carnity.com/onboarding

This will provide you with some key information and items to check ahead of our drive.

Welcome to Carnity @Rachid Elbouabidi!!

2 hours ago, ChrisW said:

Morning @Rachid Elbouabidi - Welcome to Carnity! I'm looking forward to you joining our drive on Sunday.

 

I just wanted to check if you had completed the onboarding - carnity.com/onboarding

This will provide you with some key information and items to check ahead of our drive.

Good morning Chris, thanks for the welcome and for letting me know about the onboarding process! I'll make sure to complete it before Sunday's drive. Looking forward to it!

2 hours ago, Ishak said:

Welcome to Carnity @Rachid Elbouabidi!!

Thank you for the warm welcome Ishak! I really appreciate you letting me know about the Carnity club and for all your guidance. Excited to be part of it!

RSVP NOW CLOSED

@Vanessa8580 @Stephan Guglieri @RickardM @Rachid Elbouabidi @Ishak @Hakan @Nagarjun S @Rasna @Diego @Ana @saumik1989 @Imran Asghar

Morning all! Ahead of our drive tomorrow morning I wanted to reconfirm our plans. 
 

We will aim to meet at the point below for 06.30 tomorrow morning. When you arrive we will line up on the left side of the track. Please be aware of the speed cameras close to the meet point - they are set at 100kph and it’s Abu Dhabi, so no buffer!
 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/cuTYFzjjs9ZkkJez8?g_st=ic

24.3818030, 54.9872800

I would recommend you do final checks tonight, in particular making sure your car is ready, you have water and snacks packed, you have key equipment (flag, tyre deflation/inflation, shovel etc), and your radio is programmed for Channel 10 (446.231). 

When you arrive please do go ahead and deflate your tires (around 12-14 PSI should be fine for highway tyres, and you can go a little lower for all terrains), put up your flag and get ready. We will then get together for our briefing. 
 

The main goal for tomorrow is to enjoy ourselves in the desert and gain experience of how our cars feel on the sand. We will drive at a level which allows all of us to do this with smiles! I also 100% expect many of us to get stuck occasionally, and that’s totally fine - it’s all part of desert driving and nothing to fear  We have some excellent support tomorrow with Vanessa. Ishak, Imran and Diego.

Looking forward to seeing you in the morning, and if you have any changes of plan, please do let us know here. 
 

Good morning @ChrisW the meet up point link is not working, could you please share pin location again ? 

2 minutes ago, Ana said:

Good morning @ChrisW the meet up point link is not working, could you please share pin location again ? 

Hi Ana,

As a fall back, if you copy this into Google Maps or Waze, it’ll take you directly to the meet point: 24.3818030, 54.9872800

9 hours ago, ChrisW said:

Hi Ana,

 

As a fall back, if you copy this into Google Maps or Waze, it’ll take you directly to the meet point: 24.3818030, 54.9872800

 

 

Hi @ChrisW, I have enrolled to the drive, could you please confirm that it is still possible to be in  the drive tomorrow. Thanks

47 minutes ago, Lazy Frog said:

Hi @ChrisW, I have enrolled to the drive, could you please confirm that it is still possible to be in  the drive tomorrow. Thanks

Hi @Lazy Frog - I have added you to the drive list; convoy updated as below.

Please note that we usually lock the RSVP 24 hours before the drive - so it's good to have you along but in future please avoid joining at the last minute.

JUST AS A REMINDER TO ALL - IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE GOOGLE MAPS LINK, COPY/PASTE THESE COORDINATES: 24.3818030, 54.9872800

10 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

Hi @Lazy Frog - I have added you to the drive list; convoy updated as below.

Please note that we usually lock the RSVP 24 hours before the drive - so it's good to have you along but in future please avoid joining at the last minute.

JUST AS A REMINDER TO ALL - IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE GOOGLE MAPS LINK, COPY/PASTE THESE COORDINATES: 24.3818030, 54.9872800

 

Chris, thank you and well noted.

Hey guys,

It was great seeing you all again this morning for our drive in the desert. As I mentioned, this was my first newbie drive as well (...as lead!), and I couldn't have asked for a better group.

We started out initially moving slightly to the west, before turning back towards the east and heading into the sun. The initial dunes were flat and open, moving into slightly more technical areas which required precise steering, use of momentum and power. We had a few minor refusals and one stuck - all easily dealt with and a good way to build experience of how to move our cars on the sand.

We then cruised easily towards the Fox Dens, making a few stops along the way to check tyres and manage a few more refusals. The Fox Dens sadly had no foxes today, but was a nice moment to stop and chat. Thereafter we proceeded east - some larger and more flowing dunes this time where we could practice driving at a slightly higher speed, before joining the "desert highway" and proceeding towards our eventual exit at Tilal.

There was some great driving and friendly help towards each other today, which is the ideal environment for us all to be learning in - thank you. For future drives we can focus on finding the right spacing between cars (to allow us to better flow through soft/more complex lines). The level of radio/comms was great, and we even got to practice some more advanced stuff like losing our Sweep... 😉

A quick cut of clips from our drive, and a summary of our route below...see you next time! My thanks again to @Vanessa8580 for smoothing out my lines and helping me pace the drive correctly, and to @Ishak, @Diego and @Imran Asghar for helping to keep the drive flowing.

(you may need to click the gear icon and chose a higher resolution to watch properly)

Very enjoyable newbie drive! Amazing work everyone. Great lines @ChrisW Good mix of terrain and challenges, gave everyone of us a taste of what is like to drive in the dessert. sometimes “boring” sometimes challenging.
loved it! 

Bloody good drive Chris and all thank you 

Thank you so much for the outstanding drive on Sunday morning! The landscapes were absolutely stunning, and the drive was extremely enjoyable, offering a great variety of obstacles and challenges.

I thoroughly enjoyed every moment and look forward to joining you all again soon.

A very special thank you to Chris, Vanessa, Ishaq, Diego, Amran, and everyone else involved in organizing such a great outing.