Taimur Khan Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Hi All. What is the opinion of the senior off-roaders on the Gulfnews Fundrive ? Is it safe for newbies ? It's scheduled for the first week of March. Had been on it as a passenger 20 years ago and it was fun dont know now. Thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Varghese Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) On 2/19/2022 at 6:22 AM, Taimur Khan said: Hi All. What is the opinion of the senior off-roaders on the Gulfnews Fundrive ? Is it safe for newbies ? It's scheduled for the first week of March. Had been on it as a passenger 20 years ago and it was fun dont know now. Thanks Don't know if its fun or the level of drive. For me fun is when I drive with drivers I know under a lead I can trust. To put in more simple words fun is when I know I am safe with friends and will not be discarded inside the desert when some mishap happens. Edited February 22, 2022 by Thomas Varghese 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunil Mathew Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) I've not been on GN fun drive, but i have gone with a local radio station for couple of drives, long before joining carnity, and that too with my Ford Explorer - 2011. It was definitely safe for newbies (*refer end of story below also ) , and i presume GN also will be safe for newbies, provided they dont ask for any offroad experience as a pre-requisite. The drive i went for had a dinner at a good desert camp with all regular stuff in a desert safari - barbeque, belly dance, tanourah etc etc, so that took care of the fun element to a certain extent. The drive itself was a new experience for me, so it was kinda fun at that time. But now, after drives with Carnity, i think the drive part would be boring, because 90pc you would be going through flat/low terrain, with a bit of climbs and drops - managed one car at a time by the marshalls/organisers. **now the bad news - i had a very bad experience on the second drive - the drive was marshalled by a popular offroad group from Dubai, and there were many convoys, and you wont believe it, one of the convoy leads lost his way!!! and i was part of that convoy. they kept on coming back to the same point (i didnt have Gaia gps that time, but from my interest i downloaded a basic app which would show offroad tracks and i could clearly see that we were moving around in circles) it was getting dark, and they panicked. Finally , to get us out , they took us through really tough terrain, sharp drops, very technical areas etc etc and i and many others sustained damages to cars. One car was abandoned (i think it was a honda pilot) and i dont know what happened afterwards. We reached the desert camp at 9PM , while the scheduled time was 6PM for dinner. So had to satisfy ourselves with some leftovers and go home , a bit shaken. I believe this would be an exceptional case, but since this topic is opened, i thought i would pen down my experience as well. Edited February 22, 2022 by Sunil Mathew 2 1 2 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisham Masaad Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 I think there are more than enough drives in @Carnity to join, enjoy, and get out safely. Personally my experience with few off-roaders groups and independent drives similar to the above is simply…. Horrible @Taimur Khan 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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