COVID 19 Complaint - Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Murquab to Last Exit - Dubai - 11 Dec 2020

[Pickey Singh]

Hi guys !!! totally confused with the mails thread ... can't figure out whether or not I've qualified !!!

Thanks, Cheers !!!

[Wrangeld]

12 hours ago, Nitin Mohan said:

@Wrangeld I have to pull out as my vehicle is in the garage for the last 36 hours for an ac fix. Don't think it be ready by tomorrow evening. Don't want to keep the spot with the uncertainty looming. See you in the sand soon!!!!

Hi @Nitin Mohan thanks for the update. This promotes the next person on the wait list for the drive, that is @Aus Alzubaidi

Aus, please confirm your attendance. 

There are others on the waitlist so if anyone else is not coming, please tell us now. We have at last three waitlisted. 

[Aus Alzubaidi]

Thank you so much. Confirmed. 

[Wrangeld]

Good afternoon to the Murquad maruaders

Please find below the convoy and numbers. 

@Luca Bregni @Arman @Arun Mathew @patrick noack @Nihal17 @Aus Alzubaidi @ALI ALMOUMAR @Niki Patel @pramod @Explored Dubai @Ken Hüüdma @Janarthan

You've made it to the list. I am afraid that the waitlisted members are not included in the drive as we are at the limit for this drive taking the terrain and length of the proposed route. Please, knowing that there are people waiting to drive, if for any reason you will not be turnign up, make the space available to others. 

For those that missed out, there is still some space on the Afternoon Newbie with Gaurav. Perhaps it's not as preferable in timing, but it will get you a great drive. 

We will brief in the morning on the expectations on the drive and the radio channel. 

 

[Arman]

I owe an apology @Wrangeld and to everyone that was on the waiting list...i hadn't charged my phone properly and my alarm didn't ring to wake me up for the drive.....im very Sorry.

[syed salman raza]

@Arman 🤐,

[Arman]

On 12/11/2020 at 8:12 AM, syed salman raza said:

@Arman 🤐,

looking at the wait list i believe i owe you and @Wrangeld a beer, or whatever equivalent you prefer.

[syed salman raza]

@@Arman 🤐,      Thanks for great offer , it was not deliberate from your side so  Okay ,infact I admired your confession telling us the truth not faking or giving some lame excuse,  hope to see you in some drive next time

Edited December 12, 2020 by syed salman raza

[Wrangeld]

Murquab maruaders, 

Another great drive this weekend - even through it was yesterday it seems like it was weeks ago!

After the Fewbies had assembled in our midst (and then disappeared to their staging post) it was a great start to the day with an outside [socally distanced] briefing and departrure for our drive a few minutes after the Fewbies had disappeared. The dunes that follow are a great opportunity for Newbies to test the basic skills as they are neither too hgih or too simple to cross and have all the challenges of larger dunes with out the danger of failign and falling. 

And, to boot, there are plenty technical dunes we can enter where the challenge is completely different and while not having the adrenalin of fast paced crossing and rises, have the chance to develop essential dune driving skills for later stages in a 4x4 journey. 

The Sheikh Zayid Sandway is always fun - but the soft sand at the Solar Park/Qudra area was too soft for our troop so we had to redirect a little and because of the number of recoveries we did not make it all the way to last exit. 

Having said that, we also got to work on an unusual 'pop out', as the shredded tire from Rakesh necessitated a wheel change and there were soem interesting opportunities to dig people out or help them out of trouble. 

Specific feedback: 

@Luca Bregni: excellent job as 2nd lead. Impeccable control and care. You really know how to make your jeep sing how it should. 

@pramod: You need to use the power better in the car. I know it was your first drive as a newbie and so a struggle ebcause it's all still new, but you need to use the power better (i.e. don't be scared of it) and you'll fly through all the sort of places where you got stuck. 

@Arun Mathew: I am delighted fo you that the car worked out and passed this shaledown - get back to Fewbie drives. they are just waiting for you. 

@Nihal17: A good drive for you, but a few times you need to be in better control of the power delivery, espceially when climbing hills and getting enough momentum. 

@Aus Alzubaidi: I am glad you made if from the reserve list to get on the drive as you did a great job and followed up your previous drives with a good controlled drive showing that youa re learning every time you get behind the wheel into the sand. 

@Sai Baskaran: I think that the fact that I really did not notice you on the drive (that's a good thing) says just about all I need to know in your development. You really are in control of the Pajero and using the power well. Your control improves each time I see you on a drive so keep it up. 

@Explored Dubai: I feel a bit guilty Rakesh that it seems your car always comes out a bit worse for wear on these drives. The 2014 tire, was probably due for renewal as it really should not shred the way it did on the drive. In some ways, better to blow out in the sand than on the highway. Apart from that, great to see you are not getting stopped in the palces where you were before and much more controlled drive than the last time we were in this area. 

@Niki Patel: I really think that you under estimate your and your car's capabilities. Yes, there were a few times that you failed and tried again, but that's how you learn and how you understand that things you thought impossible or scary are all acheivable. I am looking forward to the next time we get to drive together because then I can give special focus to the one ot two things in a drive that will transform your experience just that little bit more. 

@ALI ALMOUMAR: I really like the way that you are driving the prado - you use the power when you need to, you are not scared to push you are managing the challenges really well and I can see you are enjoying the drives more and more each time, as we are enjoying your company more and more each time. 

@patrick noack: Brilliant - I simply love that Defender and the family adventurers inside made the day super fun for us all. You seem to use the torque at your disposal to float on the sand in ways that the raw power of the petrol engines cannot match. I especially like how you redirect to find the route that makes sense for the vehicle instead of trying to match the way that some of the other  cares perform. Really admirable. 

@Ken Hüüdma: Firstly, I hope that you got the compressor sorted. What I have seen in the drives Ken is that the practice youa re doing with us and in friend drives is really paying off. You are great in the technical dunes because that is a challenge you set yourself and decided you would conquer. For the rest, I have to admit, I love seeing the Y62 out in the convoy because it shows just what that vehicel was actually designed for. Next time out - I propose you are a 2nd lead. So you can show just how controlled you can be rather than ploughing and playing and leaving a large wake in your path. 

@Janarthan and @Jeepie thanks for both keepoing everything moving, sorting out the problems, supporting in your brilliant and effective way and making sure that everyone, as ever, got out safely and having had great fun.

@Rahimdad and @Foxtrot Oscar thanks from coming by to check everythign was alright in our drive especially after you guys had had your own challenges earlier in the day. It's always great to see other Carnity convoys in the area and for the different levels to see what awaits them. 

See you soon in the sand.  

@Arman - your apologies noted. It's a great shame when this happens because, yes, it denies another club member the chance to join. On drives like this where extending the convoy is not possible (because of the risk of more stucks in soft sand) and then in the morning having to wait and wonder if people will arrive, absences really do impact other people. 

[Niki]

@Wrangeld appreciate the way you managed such a technical route with  a large and long convoy of us newbies!!  Appreciate the opportunity to use the ATrac on the car  and the trust you gave me to allow self recovery from the many refusals! Excited to learn more and build that confidence ... in car and myself! Thankyou! 
 

@Rahimdad was great to meet you in person as I tried to self promote to fewbie  look forward to an adventure under you lead soon.   Have you flying in as Superman when we had the torn tire caught in the gallery. 
 

@Janarthan @Jeepie what super patient calm and reassuring support you have to us near the back half of the convoy! 
 

other pics are in the galary of the adventure and look forward to the next one! 

Edited December 12, 2020 by Niki Patel