Tero Vallas Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Hi Great drive again, thank you @Vanessa8580 and @Srikumar for hosting and teaching us. It was rewarding to get out from refusal ! Few photos attached. Have great EID... 3 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Hi guys, thank you for this drive, great way to start a day. We had tons of fun at the back and I think it’s safe to say everyone had fun too. @Srikumar always great drives and tracks, thanks 🙏🏽 @Vanessa8580 thank you so much for the tips I cannot wait for the next one to put them in practice, it’s always nice for me to learn as we learn something new on every drive, specially from someone with so much experience 🙏🏽 I’ll add some videos of the back having fun 😍 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgear Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Thank you @Srikumar @Vanessa8580 @Chaitanya D for making the drive a great one. My first solar park drive great fun today and I have never done so much side sloping and definitely good opportunity to practice. Especially when @Vanessa8580 told me to steer down when I lose power and to my surprise I actually gain momentum to continue with the side sloping when I steer down slightly. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Srikumar Posted August 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 TRIP REPORT An almost perfect drive, that's what it was. I had reached the meeting point at 4:35 AM. Was pleasantly surprised to see that already few cars had reached by then, with all the remaining cars arriving at the meeting point before 5:00 AM. A reminder to everyone that as our Club is growing rapidly we are having multiple drives in same areas. So it's important to arrive at the exact meeting point mentioned on the drive thread. I got to know after the drive that @VipinShetty despite being on time was at the wrong meeting point with the other convoy. After completing the Newbie Briefing we entered the desert. @Biju Abdul who was recently promoted to Fewbie was my second lead and he maintained the perfect distance from me to reroute as and when needed. @Enoch Mbatiah and @Ammar Naji were immediately behind the second lead and though they had some initial refusals and stucks in the soft sands you could see their confidence and control growing as the drive went along. Also I was happy to see Enoch self recover himself by some quick steering movements and get himself out of a soft patch. Well done guys. After getting through the initial patch of dunes we headed towards the long range dunes were there was plenty of opportunity for side slopping. Such was the convoy response that I guess we had practically done a side slope on every possible dune from both sides. @Tero Vallas was in his Prado and he was gliding through the dunes and the highlight moment was when crawled himself out from a churned up area. The Wrangler boys @h1fny @Neale Faulkner @Edgar @miguel @Hennie Schoeman all did exceeding well and it seemed they have had lots of fun at the back of the convoy. @Mukundan Nair didn't hear much from you on the radio and that for me is a good sign that all was well. It was good to see @topgear and his overly enthusiastic son again. You are a good learner and it's nice to see that you are putting the instructions given by Vanessa to practice. Congratulations to @Chaitanya D for successfully recovering the stuck cars in his first attempt. Appreciate the support towards the drive. A big shout out to @Vanessa8580 for keeping an eagle's eye on the entire convoy and giving the guidance to the drivers as and when needed. Bravo. See you guys next weekend on the sand. 2 5 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biju Abdul Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 Thanks a lot @Srikumar for a wonderful ride. Yes totally agree that we did a lot of side slopping this time and I guess almost everyone got so comfortable with it by now. It was a great experience to ride as second lead, I had to be so focused because I shouldn’t be judging the challenge in front of me by seeing how seamlessly you pass through it 😀 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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