Popular Post Danish Mohammad Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 Dear @Abdul Rahman AK @Srikumar @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Frederic @Islam Soliman @M.Seidam thank you so much for your feedback. I am so proud and feel safe to be with Carnity where such a caring members are with me. All your feedback's are noted.... sure I will try to work on my week points and improve myself. Stay safe, (Insha'Allah will see you tomorrow) Good Night 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Mehndiratta Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 33 minutes ago, Danish Mohammad said: Dear @Abdul Rahman AK @Srikumar @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Frederic @Islam Soliman @M.Seidam thank you so much for your feedback. I am so proud and feel safe to be with Carnity where such a caring members are with me. All your feedback's are noted.... sure I will try to work on my week points and improve myself. Stay safe, (Insha'Allah will see you tomorrow) Good Night Great to see all support..just to add @Danish Mohammad surely A/T vis-a-vis H/T will be better and going down to 17 from 18 will make it even better..however my personal experience over last 6-7 months has proven repeatedly that these machines in as is form have a lot to offer..much beyond we are using them at our present level. Me and @Lorenzo Candelpergher both drive JLU, while going down to 11/10 psi makes me cautious he regularly drives at 9/10 psi, perhaps even lower at times I wonder... And does it with elan (surely Rubicon at 17 has adv but it's more to.do with driving skills than anything). So don't get bogged down with refusals and tech issues from vehicle, learn from each drive ... We have many here who handle Pajeros, grand Cherokees and even Montero's at much tougher terrains and in much smoother way. . so let the learning as a driver continue and be the focus. See you tomo...and let's ensure we make our next refusal better than the last one..😃😃 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Danish Mohammad said: Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher Good evening As per previous drive i felt that my car has some tire issue even keeping 13 psi (less than 13 psi it gets pop-out) its not enough for an intermediate drive and in result most of the time it forced me to take a turn and rejoin the convoy with new route. This turning and rejoining breaks the full convoy's movement and lost track. Currently I am using Bridgestone H/T size 265/60/R18. Please advise as i am confuse to join tomorrow's drive, if these tires again make an issue then everyone will be effected at the back which I don't want too. Shall I join tomorrow OR should I change and then join in next week "if yes" which tires/brand would you recommend ? Please.... will be happy to hear some feed back from Pajero owners also before making final selection of tire depending on brand/model and cost. Regards... @Danish Mohammad even after refusals you were able to do all maneuver second time, which means you and your car both are capable. 3.8 SWB has lot more power and better power to weight ratio than my LWB. Definitely change of tyre should boost your confidence and performance, but if you are opting for higher tyre profile make sure its not touching the fenders, if so you have to cut your bumpers. I am wondering why you have to be too concerned while driving with carnity convoy. We all have both good days and bad days, these all are experiences. If you leave the thought of refusals behind, be relaxed with more concentration and try to push a little more if you see churned up sand or steep incline you will be able to avoid refusals. See the amazing support from every one and you should not give up easily, I hope to see you tomorrow as usual and focus only on enjoying the drive!!!! 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 @Danish Mohammad don’t go below 12.5 psi on HT tyres risking a popout. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Muhammad Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Fantastic drive by @Lorenzo Candelpergherand good Perfermance by drivers. We enjoyed it and Thank you all so much. My driver’s of the day @Dodi Syahdarand @Francois Germishuys Well done guys. see you 🔜 on the Sands. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted August 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 DRIVE REPORT Dear Desert Wanderers, The fact that this was going to be a complicated drive was evident already at 4:30am, when I realized my phone had not been charging and had died overnight so I had missed my 4:00am wakeup alarm . I managed to reach the meeting point by 5:30, finding a fully lined up convoy with everyone diligently ready and deflated. By 5:44, after the briefing, we were on the move. Apologies for the delay, guys! We immediately headed East, towards Fossil Rock, but just 1km into the drive we had the first two stucks / refusals by @Lakshmi Narasimhan and @Ranjan Das, the first sliding down the slip face and the latter crested before they even knew they had actually started the drive 😂. To make them more comfortable in such an embarrassment (I'm joking, of course.. 😂😂) I felt it appropriate to get crested myself while backtracking to have a look at what was going on. Thanks to multiple zelant shovelers, I was out in no time. As we headed west, we pinpointed back-to-back all the play areas marked on my navigator between Mahafiz and Fossil Rock, enjoying long sidesloping and bowl riding. We did have fun, but we also collected a few more refusals and we also had a couple of stops to fix @Francois Germishuys's flag: he must really be fond of his flag as he ignored my advice to put it away and drive without flag, given his position as Sweep.. But better safe than sorry, so with the flag somehow fixed, we were good to go again. It was at this point that @Abdul Rahman AK announced his front right wheel was making a strange noise during climbs. It was initially decided that he would try to continue, but once we made it to Fossil Rock we concurred it wasn't a good idea to stress the car more, so we opted for an exit. Unfortunately the exit towards Maleha, the most obvious one, turned out not to be as obvious after all, given that the newly built fence forced us to reach the tarmac more on the east side. After greeting our friend, we entered the sand again, made it back to Camel Rock, then looped around the Sphynx, while progressively increasing the pace in the attempt to catch up on the accumulated delay. As we started our approach Faya, along a sustained long climb the convoy suddenly split: @Lakshmi Narasimhan had a refusal on a tricky S-shaped climb, which forced @M.Seidam and @Ashok chaturvedi to loop around and hold. Apparently the rest of the convoy, probably too much enthralled by the on-going climbing effort towards the coveted Faya hills, ignored the fellow drivers in trouble and kept going for another 400m, where I had stopped the convoy upon the realization that we had two missing cars. It is important to stress here, once again (as I did on last week's Drive Report) that, while it is OK for the one driver immediately following a car having a sudden stuck/refusal (or aborting a climb) to safely overtake and continue the climb not to lose momentum, it is generally considered correct convoy procedure for all the cars following to hold, allow the car in trouble to reattempt as many times as needed and only then follow. This is, of course, unless specific circumstances do not allow, which should clearly communicated on the radio. Furthermore, it must be reminded that the sweeping position in a convoy is meant to ensure that no car is left behind at any time. The two cars who had been lost today had not gone out of track (I found them back-tracking along my own route) but had simply stalled at a difficult point and were left behind without assistance. Last but not least, it is also important to notice that too many times, especially at the back, I could see the convoy overstretched, with too much distance between cars. I understand everyone wants to have a clean line but if you leave so much space that you can't see where the car in front has gone, you are most likely going to get lost..especially in a place with so many tracks as today. Once the convoy was again orderly reassembled, we tackled the final ascent to Faya from the north side, which is one of my absolute favourites and always gives me a great sense of accomplishment. @Danish Mohammad drove as if he was on steroids... Following my tail no matter what, actually doing even better than me when he crisscrossed correctly at the exit of the last big bowl behind Faya while I had made a mistaken and fallen back inside the bowl. @Ranjan Das is slowly but steadily coming to know his Rubicon and I could see today that the few stucks incurred were mostly because of a moment of hesitation while deciding what to do or because of an unexpected response of the car. @Lakshmi Narasimhan is still occasionally fighting to come to terms with his car. Maybe @M.Seidam, who could closely watch him today, will be able to give some more insight. We then made it to the bottom of Faya Big Dune, where everyone had a chance to make an attempt climbing from both the right and from the center. The big power loaded truck guys at the back, @Shehab Alawadhi, @Dodi Syahdar, @Abu Muhammad and @Francois Germishuys had their chance to let their engines roar... But surprisingly, no one managed to join me at the top and only @varunmehndiratta reached quite high even if not at the top. Cearly it wasn't meant to be: too soft and churned up sand. As time was shortening and temperatures rising we didn't indulge and promptly made our way to Suweidan, after crossing S153 Road at Mahafiz Roundabout, where unfortunately @Shehab Alawadhi had to quit as his passenger was feeling some motion sickness. We then entered the Suweidan stretch of desert, which was meant to be more a straight transfer to 2nd December Road than anything else. It was a boring bushy sabkha area which we crossed rather quickly with a couple of short detours on appealing nearby dunes, until we reached the last group of dunes North of 2nd December road.. These dunes are beautiful but very tricky. In fact, after a very shot ride at the top, @Danish Mohammad made his only serious (but very unlucky) mistake of the day, ending up with a crested car, one wheel in the air and the other deep in sand with a pop-out and the back completely sitting in a pocket. Quite a combination! It wasn't an easy stuck, and it took two winching attempts to move the car out, after which we fixed the pop-out. By the time we were done, we were also drained by the extreme heat and it seemed the only reasonable decision that of cutting the drive short, leaving the 2nd December Cafeteria - Pink Rock - Big Red stint for another day. It was a though drive, challenging, beautiful and probably a bit frustrating for some because of the many stops, even though we always restarted quickly with the exception of the popout recovery. We drove for 70.5km in exactly 4h, at an average moving speed of 22km/h, with approx 1h 5' of stopped time (my GPS recorded me moving back and forth to help, but the convoy was certainly idle for longer time) and a total ascent of + 1378/-1326m. Everyone drove well and hopefully enjoyed the experience. Kudos to all those at the back who made it through churned sand: I had only occasional views on @Ashok chaturvedi, @varunmehndiratta and the trucks gang behind, but my overall impression is that you all handled well, with little problems except maybe in some more technical stretches with tiny manouvering spaces in Suweidan. Thanks to @M.Seidamfor his fantastic support and to @Francois Germishuys for holding the fort as Sweep. When temperatures will go down, rest assured we will reattempt the full itinerary to Big Red! See you soon in the sand! 4 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Thanks @Lorenzo Candelpergher for the amazing drive. Had everything to keep us always on the edge. Full of fun and enjoyed ridge riding, nice bowls, tall dunes, criss cross and the marathon run along the tarmac. Hope every one enjoyed the drive except for the hot scotching sun!!!! More pics in the gallery. Edited August 7, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan Edit 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul Rahman AK Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Such an amazing drive @Lorenzo Candelpergher, unfortunately missed most of the fun... hope to join you again soon. Thank you! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Mehndiratta Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Thanks @Lorenzo Candelpergher for fun drive..lovely terrain and comvoy. Was my first long awaited visit to Faya dune so a good way to start the day and put a tick to another beautiful location.. Thanks all for the nice morning drive .See you all soon. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakshmi Narasimhan Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said: As we started our approach Faya, along a sustained long climb the convoy suddenly split: @Lakshmi Narasimhan had a refusal on a tricky S-shaped climb, which forced @M.Seidam and @Ashok chaturvedi to loop around and hold. @Lorenzo CandelpergherI had refusal on other 2 spots where you came back to lead me. Since Dr. @M.Seidam had refusal and while reattempting unfortunately convoy behind split and took another track. 3 hours ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said: @Lakshmi Narasimhan is still occasionally fighting to come to terms with his car Yes, I had my bad day today. Same like Gaurav soni’s car I also had rich fuel smell from car and slowing down suddenly. As mentioned, I will have to focus more as well. Thx to Dr @M.Seidam as he already gave me tips!!! Edited August 7, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan Edit 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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