COVID19 Compliant - Morning Intermediate Desert Drive - Shuwaib - Sharjah - 18 Jun 2021

[Rizwanm2]

Thank you @Srikumar for an exiting drive in shuwaib today morning.  We enjoyed all the dig dunes with out any ploblem. 

 It was rough start for @Rob H and airbag popout. Hope to see u stronger n better next time. 

Btw here is some video clips. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Islam Soliman]

Thx @Dodi Syahdar @Mario Cornejo @varunmehndiratta @marks @Abu Muhammad  and

@Nabil Bishara for the smooth drive and great support.. We went all the way from Shuwaib till Badayer shops going through the different terrain and key stopovers at Iftar and supper bowls and Badayer area.. smooth ride with moderate pace and few refusals quickly managed.. definitely an area and route I’d like to do more often.

 

thanks all for the great drive and thanks @Mario Cornejo @marks and @Nabil Bishara for supporting the convoy.. special thanks to @Srikumarfor giving the chance for a second convoy and all the logistics in the background ..

 

@Rob H I am sorry to hear about your car incident .. hope everything goes smooth with the repair.. I have been through the same in my 3rd Carnity drive .. can help with ideas for the repair if you want.

 

c u all soon on the sand

[Mario Cornejo]

@Islam Soliman and @Srikumar thank you both for organizing and leading the convoys today.  It was a fun drive, we managed to cover a good distance above 50 Km.

Thanks to everyone else in Convoy 2, we had a good pace and managed to play in some areas in the route.  Here is a short clip of a loop taken from the left side of Iftar bowl while following @Abu Muhammad and @Dodi Syahdar: 

Wish you all a good week ahead.

 

[Gok Krish]

14 hours ago, Srikumar said:

Convoy 1 : Trip Report

After our quick morning greetings, at the break of dawn, Convoy 1 and 2 departed towards the huge bowls and dunes that Shuwaib has to offer.

As we started scaling the first set of dunes, we heard the message on the radio that Rob's beast had a nose dive in one of the pockets. The impact seemed to have disturbed all the sensors along with a bit of bumper damage. After resetting the computer the sensors seemed to have been working properly as he was driving for next hour or so at a brisk pace through all the bowls and hills.

As we reached approx the half way mark to Iftar Bowl, we reached a massive bowl which was begging to be ridden on. With the fantastic set of drivers and cars I took the adventurous route of exiting the bowl by crisscrossing on the top of the dune on to the other side. As all the cars were making it through, it brought a smile to my face till we saw Rob's car getting stuck on the slip face. It took a while for us to realise that his car had stalled and after a few moments of stalling the side airbags were deployed. It was the first time I have seen the side airbags getting deployed in a Japanese car. Probably the fact that it was a US Spec car could explain the cause. It again showed that regardless of the brand or origin of the car, it's best that the side airbags are always deactivated especially on higher level drives.

With the seat belt tensioner also gone it was felt best that we exited Rob. It was a day where things didn't go exactly as per plan.

As the weather was still bearable, the entire convoy felt that we could spend another hour in the desert. So we reentered at Super Bowl and we spent the next hour of one of the most intense fast paced drives that I have been a part of. As I kept pushing the pace, climbing higher the convoy responded beautifully in perfect sync.

Among the chaos of multiple convoys in that area we found an opening that provided a smooth momentum to the top of both Super Bowl and later Iftar Bowl. It felt like all the other convoys had come to a standstill while our convoy was making an attempt.

Brilliant driving by everyone @Rizwanm2 @Gok Krish @Goutam @Rob H @Hisham Masaad @Kailas Thank you for participating in this drive which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Hope to catch up with you guys soon on another fast paced IM drive. Till then take care.

What a smasher of a drive ... @Srikumaryou made it feel so easy for us, helped us to build some more finesse in handling the approaches with speed! I wanted to sleep after that before heading to Swehan drive but could not as there was a lot of adrenalin, dopamine etc etc mixed in in the blood! It is a drive to remember. 

[Varun Mehndiratta]

2 hours ago, Gok Krish said:

What a smasher of a drive ... @Srikumaryou made it feel so easy for us, helped us to build some more finesse in handling the approaches with speed! I wanted to sleep after that before heading to Swehan drive but could not as there was a lot of adrenalin, dopamine etc etc mixed in in the blood! It is a drive to remember. 

Wow same terrain, we all did same things - awesome bowls and steep climbs up the Super and Iftar bowl,  yet such contrasting feedbacks across two Convoys... All n all, it was super fun, enjoyed it all thanks @Srikumar@Islam Soliman

On 6/18/2021 at 10:00 AM, Abu Muhammad said:

Thank you @Islam Soliman and everyone for a calm, relax full of joy drive 

 

 

Feel like that irrespective of part of one convoy would have felt that  missed the fun on other side ..and for that credit goes to the leaders of both Convoys. .cheers 

[Gok Krish]

On 6/15/2021 at 2:11 PM, Srikumar said:

As @Islam Soliman has agreed to lead one more convoy we shall be increasing the RSVP. 

@Gok Krish i have added you to the drive. Please confirm

 

On 6/17/2021 at 12:19 PM, Srikumar said:

Drive RSVP has closed

Convoy No. 1 : Lead - Srikumar (Carnity Radio Channel 3)

1. Srikumar

2. Rizwanm2

3. Gok Krish

4. Goutam

5. Javier Lucero

6. Kailas

7. Rob H

8. Hisham

 

Convoy No. 2 : Lead - Islam (Carnity Radio Channel 4)

1. Islam

2. Mario Cornejo

3. varunmehndiratta

4. Dodi

5. Marks Sorial

6. Abu Muhammad

7. Nabil

 

See you all tomorrow morning at 4:45 AM sharp.