Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Area 53/Around - Sharjah - 5 Nov 2021

[M.Seidam]

Superb drive report @Chaitanya D with nice pictures depicting the issues whatsoever , well done 👍

[Vishal Nair]

23 hours ago, Chaitanya D said:

Drive report

Thanks for joining this drive

• Sudhanva Sonawane @Sudhanva Sonawane
• Harshad Ashraf @Harshad Ashraf
• frederic demolder @frederic demolder
• Vishal Nair @Vishal Nair
• Shams Bin Majeed @Shams Bin Majeed
• Marcin Wronowski @Marcin Wronowski
• Goh KP @Goh KP
• munkybizness @munkybizness
• Rizwanm2 @Rizwanm2

Immense thanks to Rizwan @Rizwanm2and Mayank @munkybiznessfor supporting this drive. Having you was a reassurance that all was well in your watchful eyes.  As you all drove really well , most of the issues were sorted with simple shovel and gear changes.

Pajero guys need to sort your transmission heating lights, which come up especially when you push your car and in this Area 53 , you end up doing that due to the challenging terrain. And to add a skid plate or cover at the back so that the rear bumper doesn’t scoop a lot of sand which will invariably come off.

More Info in the link below ( for transmission heating in Pajeros)

 

 

 

Some more information on skid plates for pajero in links below

 

 

Driver of the day was @Shams Bin Majeed accepting to do 2nd lead in the nick of time and driving really well. Great to see how you recovered from a side slope with simple shovel and manual “blip blip” crawl.

@Vishal Nair used his 4L and diff locks to get out of situations , easily done. Hope you get your rear bumper issues fixed .

@Marcin Wronowski did well except for a smallish dune cross, probably due to lack of momentum or the weight considering the passengers inside your car ( perfectly ok). Why I tell this is even a single extra kilo in your car matters as you progress in your drive levels, and you have to adjust your maneuvering/momentum accordingly.

@Sudhanva Sonawane did well in his montero, hope you get your flag next time around. It is a mandatory requirement.

@frederic demolder welcome back after a hiatus, drove really well considering the soft terrain and churned sands. It is all the driver matter behind the wheel and your experience did the trick for you.

@Goh KP did well in his SWB pajero. You have a great car and with more drives and experience you will definitely become a better driver on sand. We learn with each drive

@Harshad Ashraf was slightly shy of gas in earlier sections, but as the drive progressed you did well considering you were at the back. 

You all did really well in this difficult terrain, considering the soft sand and super churned tracks.  Very nice to see your energetic smiles even when you have some refusals and stucks.

Some more pictures uploaded in the gallery 

See you all some time soon.

@Chaitanya D thank you very much for the motivation & solution, I'll get my bumper fixed soon..  see you next time..

 

[Harshad Ashraf]

@Chaitanya D Will be less less shy with gas next time 👍.  

[Goh KP]

@Chaitanya Dthanks for your compliment. Hope to see you soon in next drive

[Rizwanm2]

at first i was surprised to see newbie convoy in area 53.  its a testament anything is possible if we have right people around us.   

Kudos to @Chaitanya D for taking newbies for challenging area.  Thank you  @munkybizness for the support and tug. 

I hope everyone enjoyed same as i did. 

See you all next time. 👍