COVID19 Compliant - Tuesday Afternoon Fewbie Desert Drive - Murquab - Dubai - 15 Jun 2021

[Darren Brooke]

13 hours ago, Lakshmi Narasimhan said:

Thanks @Anish S for todays drive, it was a stress buster for me and enjoyed it very much. Mix of slopes, technical dunes which was enjoyed by every one. You have an amazing copilot on action over radio today, thanks @Veedooshee.
 

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil good drive, you enjoy second lead position much!!!, enjoying the drive is the objective, continue enjoying!!! You have improved a lot on side slope couldn’t see any fish tailing, it was a pleasure watching you. If you manage to maintain the right momentum on climbing small dunes you will be perfect. But you self recover very well keep it up.

@Marwan Haddadyou did drive well, nothing to worry about exiting side slope early, you will perfect it with more practice, most important is to know when to exit which you did well today.

@Christopher Assal it was pleasure watching you from behind, couple of areas you slowed while approaching the dune but you managed to push at right time and crossed without getting refusal. Good drive!!!

@Zixuan Huang - Charlie you really drove well today maintaining safe distance. 
 

@Sunil Mathew I could see you driving beautifully, and your confidence level has made you enjoy the drive, well done.

@Darren Brooke hope you enjoyed the drive and managed on churned up sand and technical areas well. Hope you fix your car asap and rock as usual.

@TT_Dubai didn’t hear you on radio, as you mentioned you enjoyed technical area very much for first time, that too from behind. Good job, continue enjoying.

@RooRzOn thanks for sweeping the convoy and you did great job. Hope you also enjoyed the drive.

Over all we covered good distance in short time and exited on time with most of the time driving. It was a wonderful drive, thanks to every one in the convoy. See you all soon!!!

@darren thompsonhow could anyone miss you and the Raptor 💪

 

[darren thompson]

12 minutes ago, Darren Brooke said:

@darren thompsonhow could anyone miss you and the Raptor 💪

 

Quiet and unassuming at the back keeping out of trouble 😉

[Darren Brooke]

@Anish Sthanks for a great mid week drive, had a bit of everything which was great.

@Lakshmi Narasimhanthanks for the winch out, i don't think the Tahoe was coming out otherwise 💪. I was definitely working up a sweat with all the left and right steering even with the AC on full 😃 Thanks to everyone else that helped with the digging also

Thanks to @Lakshmi Narasimhanand @Anish S for the loan of the compressor at the end of the drive , really not sure what was happening as checked the alternator this morning and all was fine (will just have to keep a careful eye on it for next couple of drives)

One final thanks to @Anish S and @RooRzOnfor escorting me home just to make sure car battery didn't go caput on the drive back. really appreciated.

Wow that was a lot of Thank yous for 1 drive. Oh almost forgot @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilfor a great job at 2nd lead (That's it now)

Weekend almost here so can't wait till the next one

[Lakshmi Narasimhan]

39 minutes ago, Darren Brooke said:

@darren thompsonhow could anyone miss you and the Raptor 💪

 

Thanks for pointing out @Darren Brooke. Thats my bad, over looking Darren (Brooke) missed (Thompson).@darren thompson next time will have 🥃 together after drive!!!!🤭🤫🤐

Edited June 16, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan
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[Lakshmi Narasimhan]

37 minutes ago, Darren Brooke said:

I was definitely working up a sweat with all the left and right steering even with the AC on full

I can understand the pain of steering L/R when theres lot of resistance on the wheels as I was also in same situation quite few times!!! Thats the challenge for LWB we cant escape.

Edited June 16, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan
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[Lakshmi Narasimhan]

5 hours ago, Christopher Assal said:

. @Anish Si believe you have shown me that I love technical driving , mid paced , tight turns , small difficult bowls

Pls join any of the drive by @Wrangeldin Lisali area!!! You will enjoy and learn more technical du es!!!!!

[Christopher Assal]

@Lakshmi Narasimhan my first experience of those types of dunes was in Qudra with @Wrangeld but I think I was not experienced enough to enjoy it as much as I should of. Next drive like that with with Richard I will definitely sign up for. 

[Anish S]

 

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Marwan Haddad @Christopher Assal @Zixuan Huang @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Sunil Mathew @Darren Brooke @TT_Dubai @darren thompson @RooRzOn@Veedooshee

 

Hello again,

Thank you so much everybody for all the comments, pictures and videos 🙏.  Pretty much everything is nicely covered in the above comments.

It was pleasure to meet and drive with each one you.  Coincidentally, the drive had only LWB vehicles, there was no SWB at all, it appeared as if it was an only LWB drive😀. As planned, we  encountered different types of terrains along the way which gave us a good mixture and exposure where we got to learn from each other and practice. We started from the bushy area of Murquab and to its wonderful play areas too. After enjoying the play areas and some nice sideys, we headed towards the long range dunes of Lisaili, however to reach there, we went through technical terrains. Surprisingly, there was no refusal or stuck considering the huge vehicles in the convoy and tight dunes. All drivers  tackled the challenge very elegantly.

When we reached the Lisaili area, Darren Brooke got stuck on the side of super soft part of the dune. With the help of Rawad, Lakshmi, TT and Darren we were able to shovel and displaced lots sand to clear the resistance. Darren’s car was moving but since it was on super soft sand there was long way to reach flat ground or getting enough traction . Considering the angle of the car and there was not much space to tug, I decided to give few soft tugs to correct the angle to begin with. But then, I noticed actually Laksmi has a winch which we did use instead as it was much easier and quicker. The winch recovery was nice executed by both Lakshmi and Darren.

 As usual, Lisaili long range dunes never disappoint you and we tried to make the most of it though we were running short of time, until we started following the sunset and work our way towards Qudra which was scenic and picturesque. Through out the drive, we did get few refusal due to lack of momentum which with some more practise you will easily learn to build right momentum

 I would like to thank all of you for making the drive enjoyable. I am very thankful to the support from Lakshmi and Rawad for their assistance with recoveries and keeping the team together.  And they also went extra mile to join us to escort Darren because while exiting he noticed that he was having a voltage fluctuation which was more likely a loose connection, but once on road the glitch disappeared. It was an amazing team spirit and care shown for each other.

Lastly, I would like to thank my co-pilot Veedooshee for her unparalleled support.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Anish S