Newbie Desert Drive - Maliha - Fossil Rock - 7 Feb 2020

[Muhammed Riyaz]

Dear Frederic 

Front side two hooks are there

back side i have to check

Regds

Riyaz

[Frederic]

@Marko Todorovic Welcome to Carnity !

Kindly share with us the following information:

* Which 4x4 are you driving ?

* Do you have any prior offroad experience ? If so where and when ?

* Are your vehicle's towpoints in good condition ?

[Wrangeld]

For anyone not aware, tomorrow it the Dubai 70.3 Ironman. If you are anywhere in the Jumeira beach area, you probably already know about this. If not ...

The bike ride route is attached - which means anything on and around the route to Al Qudra from the Marina will be closed from early on. 

While we all have an early start for drives normally, don't get caught out because it looks like roads will start to close from 5.30am

ironman_703_dubai_bike.pdf

[Gaurav]

37 minutes ago, Muhammed Riyaz said:

Dodge Durango Citadel 2012 V8 5.7L AWD

I have no off road experience 

I think vehicle in good condition 

Hope you have checked the ground clearance too to be at least 8-10 inches.

If not, you can simply remove the bumper skirt (lower lip) to save at home.

[Muhammed Riyaz]

Thanks for the advice, as per the record citadel has 8.2" ground clearance 

and i will remove the bumper skirt (lower lip) 

 

[AbdulBasith]

1 hour ago, Frederic said:

Dear @AbdulBasith

Welcome to Carnity ! Your compressor will come in handy to inflate after the drive. Your rope we won't be needing on your first drive. If you have a tyre deflator and pressure gauge lying around you can bring them. Once you join more often, then a flag, deflator, shovel, and two-way radio will be essential.

Dear Muhammed, No problem we are here to teach you.

Our question with regards to the towpoints is quite important, as we have seen time and time again that people enter the desert with defective, rusted, or even without proper tow points or recovery points. In that case we can't recover the vehicle safely. Please do check and verify if you have towpoints and if they are fixed properly.

Thanks. Did RSVP. 

[Marko Todorovic]

@FredericHi, I have Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0

Had some small trips to the desert, nothing crazy. 

Yes, I have all the equipment and the car is ready... 

Edited February 6, 2020 by Marko Todorovic

[Gaurav]

Please be on time by 6:45 AM (Sharp), as we understand that sometime 5-10 minutes delay is unavoidable and that's why we always factor 15 mins buffer in every drive.

Stretching this 15 minutes buffer further is extremely rude to all other member's time who are respecting each other time.

Secondly briefing is must for everyone to attend at ALL LEVELS, even if you have attended already few times.

[Frederic]

@Mostafa Taha welcome to Carnity !

Kindly provide us the following information:

* Which 4x4 are you driving ?

* Any prior offroad experience ? If so, where and when ?

* Are the vehicle's towpoints in good condition ?

[Mostafa Taha]

Hi Fred, thank you for your message, I already attended two Newbies before with my Prado, towpoints are good to go

See you tomorrow inshaa Allah