Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Faqa - Dubai - 20 Feb 2022

[Pacific]

34 minutes ago, Shaaz Sha said:

hello off roaders. @Vaibhav, @Sree - Fortuner, @Imran Kashif, @luwaimn, @MMansoor, @Tareq Al Turq, @ASAD., @Pacific. @Vinod Damodaran, @Pascal, @Pieter Potgieter, @Jona, @Joseph Raju, @Shahid Mehmood, @Morshedi and @Thomas Varghese. Here is the  order for two convoys and Convoy 1 will be using carnity channel 4 (44608125) and convoy 2 will be using carnity channel 5 (44610625) for the communications. Thank you all for RSVPing and see you tomorrow.🙏

4 prado, wow 

[Vaibhav]

Seems like Prado gang. Good @Waqas Parvezis gone to Liwa. Definitely he would be the 5th one 😂

[ASAD.]

Looks like all the Prados are coming to party. This should be fun. 

[Tareq Al Turq]

Hi Thomas. 

Confirmed for tomorrow driving in al Faqa. 

Sorry for delay. 

Regards

 

[Shahid Mehmood]

@Shaaz Sha Apologies, I will not able to drive in the morning. 

[luwaimn]

Hey @Shaaz Shaplease excuse me today for the last minute dropout as I am not feeling well at the moment. See you again next time. Really was looking forward for the drive 

[Vaibhav]

@Shaaz ShaThank you for the wonderful drive and trusting me with being the 2nd lead.  Its never the car its the driver and you showed it even after you did not have your no 1 car the X.  The goals set in the start of the drive were very well achieved.  We went through the same patch which had thought us a lot from our last weekend drive. Felt very proud of you going there and capturing it the right way. 

There were few refusals and one pop out. But the energy in everyone was good though out. I would like to point out 2 thing to everyone in the Convey.

1) Do not break the convey number. 

2) Distance from front car is very important. many of the refusals that took place is due to less distance.  

 

@Sree - FortunerYour first fewbie drive but you did very well. with few more drive in fewbie you will be able to get a hang of the pace. 

@Imran Kashifall the way from AUH. drove exceptionally well and looking forward to AUH drives with you

@Tareq Al Turqhope your uncle and child enjoyed the drive. thank you for getting down and supporting.

@ASAD.Good driving buddy. thanks to you everyone got a chance to witness the fastest pop out removal. 

@MMansoor with the Big elephant and CF. Your support was amazing. Always ready to rescue like @Pacific as the sweep .

Hope to see everyone soon in the sand 

 

[Thomas Varghese]

Should I write about the drive or not? Big dilemma. What shall I write about @Ale Vallecchi's drive? Its always the best drives. 

Thanks to everyone for showing up on time and off on our way on time. The drivers in convoy responded well to the track laid out by @Ale Vallecchi. Beautiful clean sands and nice technical dunes for warm up. Everyone in the convoy performed very well considering their experience as FB. Never gave me or Ale any tense moments. Minor refusals and stucks which could be dealt with under supervision of Ale. 

Some pictures are posted in the gallery. Unfortunately not much as I was the support and the convoy didn't stop much due to driver's mistakes. 

Thank you @Vinod Damodaran, @Pascal, @Joseph Raju, @Jona & @Morshedi for the wonderful drive. 

See you all soon in the sands. 

[Shaaz Sha]

hello desert explorers.

It was a real pleasure to meet you all and drive with you all today. Thanks to @Ale Vallecchi for joining and accommodating the waitlisted drivers. After a few drop outs and no shows we had a convoy of 8 cars and every one of you did a fantastic job. We had an eventful day out in the desert today with few refusals and stucks and a pop out to contend with and towards the end of the drive an extreme recovery to round off  the show. We started off 15 mins late after the briefing and entered the desert attempting some long range mid sized dunes . The terrain was challenging with soft sands and bushy patches and minutes after the start we started getting few refusals. But it was all well managed by @MMansoor and @Pacific kept the convoy moving. Around an hour after the drive @ASAD. had a pop out , which was fixed in some time and we resumed the drive attempting many criss crossings , sideys and steep declines. Every one of you performed admirably. Towards the end we had to spent some time in recovering @Imran Kashif car which was stuck side ways in about more than 40 degree angle. The engine was turned off and secured by ropes in front and back from @Vaibhav car and @MMansoor car and exited the passenger. After a few minutes of shoveling the car was in a position to move by its own.

Thank you @Vaibhav for being a wonderful and vigilant 2nd lead. You did a great job by keeping a very safe distance and by rerouting the convoy when ever needed. Did a great job in recovering the Prado. well done buddy.

Thank you @MMansoor for keeping the convoy moving. You did great as CF today and was nice to see you coming out and instructing the the drivers. Keep it up bro.

Thanks to @Pacificfor all your support and sweeping us all safely.

@Vaibhav @MMansoor and @Pacific..  you guys were the heroes today. and deserve a round of applause.👏👏👏
@Sree - Fortuner it was nice to meet you and hope you had a good time on your very first FB drive. despite  some refusals which is a part of this sport , you did a great job

@Imran Kashif it was nice to see you today and hope you had a good time driving  all the way from Abu dhabi. did a great job mate. keep it up.

@Tareq Al Turq.. dude you amazing today. you were all active with positive vibes. Thank you for your help with the shovel and great driving bro. its great to hear you and your uncle had a good time. keep it up.

@ASAD...it  was a pleasure to drive with you. It seems after the pop out every thing went well for you and didnt hear from you at all. Hope you enjoyed your ride.

Thank you guys once again and see you in the sand shortly. some pics in the gallery

[Imran Kashif]

It was the wonderful experience to drive in Dubai, Thanks all team to support. 😊