COVID19 Compliant - Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Al Khatim - Abu Dhabi - 02 Jul 2021

[Erik Ean]

[Lakshmi Narasimhan]

@Gaurav thanks for adding me to the newbie drive even though it was a back to back one for me. I had chance to take good rest in between at the meeting point and most importantly I never felt tired or fatigue even for a second during the drive and post drive recovery.

I was not completely satisfied with one aspect in todays drive!!! Kathim terrain offered very nice dunes and I was tempted to take the ridges after seeing them so sharp and virgin, hope I will be taken for riding on those ridges asap!!!! Abudhabi terrains are truly beautiful and today was no exception as you can see in the few snaps posted.

Your clear briefing, appearing in no time for all the support needs and rolling the sleeves to get into action and explaining what went wrong and what should have been done are true blessing to newbies. If social gathering was allowed I wonder how much more learning is on the store for every one in the convoy.

@Zed you were amazing in the sweep. Keep enjoying these opportunities!!!

As @Wrangeldand @Chaitanya D insist I truly realized the amount of learning on much lower level drives and specifically with relatively fresh newbie drivers and the immense joy in sharing/passing the knowledge gained till date. Thanks to them and all my leads/seniors for channelizing  my focus in the right direction.

I could see the newbies and relate how I was less experienced at that stage when compared to todays newbies. They all really performed very well, I am very much happy for them.

Thanks to carnity for making even me as an off-roader to this extent, if not the best at my level. Thanks @Gauravfor trusting me for CF position even on a newbie drive and grooming under your watchful eye and with full safety. Looking forward to much more learning and fun.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan
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[Zed]

16 hours ago, Erik Ean said:

The outsider 😁

Amazing! First time I see a Subaru on the desert, plus with those rims. I think you also didn't have any refusals, so kudos for great driving 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 *although i would still worry bringing this to Sweihan 😅

[Erik Ean]

6 hours ago, Zed said:

Amazing! First time I see a Subaru on the desert, plus with those rims. I think you also didn't have any refusals, so kudos for great driving 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 *although i would still worry bringing this to Sweihan 😅

You know, it is surprising how effective was the response of the traction every single time I went to the throttle to overcome the spots having soft sand and also to climb those small dunes. The Subaru AWD system is the best.  It would be amazing if this car had 4low gear and some kind of rear diff lock as well. But this is not the meaning of this car.

However, for a newbie light fun drive, the car is appropriate.  

I have not had any refusal, however my hands were shaking every time I had to go drive down those dunes. It fells like you are going to free fall from the edge of the dune.

For the record, i have killed some desert plants  LOL. The victims where there in my bumper LOL

Looking forward for the next newbie drives