Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Faqa - Dubai - 12 Mar 2022

[Paolo Morresi]

Thanks @Frederic and everyone for the nice ride. It has been indeed a smooth and very enjoyable drive.  Thanks @Looper for your advises. I will definitely follow your suggestions in the same order. 

[Alfred Alinazar]

On 3/12/2022 at 2:54 PM, Looper said:

 

@Alfred Alinazar I am sure you had a wonderful drive at the tail end. So much more to do in the sweep, or rather nothing, choice is always yours. Last time I saw you, I was shadow supporting in my wife’s drive. Initially thought you are are fresh newbie, but looked up the profile and realised the number of drives you been to, I salute your simplicity in the drive preparation, not many have the patience as you do.

 

Thanks for the wonderful report @Looper. You were right, I was very much enjoying the drive at the tail. Not so much to sweep as the convoy was very smooth yesterday. Driving at the back is always my favourite.

Thanks @Frederic for the lead. I always enjoy the track that you've chosen. 

See you again on the next drives

 

[Emanuel]

5 hours ago, Alfred Alinazar said:

Thanks for the wonderful report @Looper. You were right, I was very much enjoying the drive at the tail. Not so much to sweep as the convoy was very smooth yesterday. Driving at the back is always my favourite.

Thanks @Frederic for the lead. I always enjoy the track that you've chosen. 

See you again on the next drives

 

It was a really great drive. Thank you @Frederic, @Looper and @Alfred Alinazar.

[Juan Carlos Prego Perez]

Thanks @Looper and @Frederic for amazing drive! for me was the fastest one!. Thanks for pushing us! 

[Azam V2.0]

Thanks @Frederic and @Looper and everyone else for a great drive. I have really enjoyed the drive. I did not think that getting stuck was a fun experience but it is!!

I look forward to getting stuck more and more

[Zulfikhar Naiyar]

Thank you @Frederic and @Looper for a great drive. The pace was definitely higher than the last Faqa drive with Frederic  

[Emanuel]

2 hours ago, Juan Carlos Prego Perez said:

Thanks @Looper and @Frederic for amazing drive! for me was the fastest one!. Thanks for pushing us! 

Me too. Fastest and smoothest drive so far. 

 

[Gerrit Bus]

@Frederic, @Looper, thanks for an enjoyable drive. Well managed as always. 

Fellow dune bashers, here a link to some Gladiator POV videos of our Al Faqa convoy. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1yruWyet7TcNPiYF8

Edited March 14, 2022 by Gerrit Bus

[Frederic]

17 minutes ago, Emanuel said:

Me too. Fastest and smoothest drive so far. 

 

Thanks @Emanuel. That is mainly due to the very strong convoy that morning that i was able to keep the smooth pace. We ended up doing almost 60kms in about 3:30hrs driving time, which is around 17kms/h average in a mixed terrain of long range dunes and technical dunes. 

[Emanuel]

On 1/21/2022 at 4:43 PM, Islam Soliman said:

Both you  @Emanueland @Joao are confirmed 

 

On 1/30/2022 at 8:41 AM, Frederic said:

Faqa's Foggy Flavours...

It was a wonderful morning, seeing everyone arriving on time and putting up the flags while the sun was rising. It was still a bit foggy but as soon as we started driving the veil started to lift and before us we could see the mighty dunes appear

The plan was to "brush" alongside Faqa and not venture in too deep, as we had a long track ahead of us if we wanted to exit  on the Bab Al Shams area. Due to the construction at Solar Park i rather keep away from there for the time being.

A few minutes into the drive we had a pop-out, and this was also a reminder to all of us that the sand was still compact in most areas and that we needed to steer gently and avoid sharp turns. This was easily fixed and we resumed the drive quickly. 

We came across technical sections, big long range dunes, and practiced some sidesloping and the occasional ridge-ride practice. Everyone did so amazingly well !

The Patrol guys @Kishore Venkat @Yesu Yarlagadda @Eli Zandro Hamoy were gliding over the terrain effortlessly, just like the Xterra friends @Mohammed Sirajuddin and @Zulfikhar Naiyar. 

Overall we had very little refusals or stucks, so @Srikumar could turn up the radio and enjoy the scenery in the back ! 

@Rajeevan Vickneswaran was an excellent support in the middle of the convoy, it's good seeing you back in the sand buddy !

@Federico De Chirico was my second lead, and did that brilliantly. His buddy @Federico Galbieri was doing a shakedown of his brand new FJ Extreme. Congrats buddy it's a fantastic offroad vehicle and from now on there will be no limits to what the car can do under your guidance.

@Amr Aydin, hailing from Abu Dhabi, you drove superb. Great to see you with us in Dubai !

@Emanuel with the silver arrow Pajero, you drove amazing as well. Must be the experiences from driving in Canadian snow while steering clear of any deer 😁

@Eduardo sos the FJ is a fantastic offroader and its good to see you're finding your way in it drive after drive. Well done !

@Gerrit Bus made the drive "instagrammable". Thanks for joining us with the great looking Gladiator !!

@Alfred Alinazar you had the honor of driving in front of Sri, i hope you were able to keep him from playing around too much at the back. 😁Well done !!

 

@Nadeem Ansari if you join Carnity Offroad Club for the first time, you will need to sign up for an Absolute Newbie drive first. We have those every weekend in Al Qudra area. After completing that drive, you will be a Newbie level offroader and can start signing up for Newbie level drives. Take some time to read your introduction email with the various articles. Don't be afraid to post your questions on the forum if you have any. 

See you all in the sand soon again !

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Gerrit Bus said:

@Frederic, @Looper, thanks for an enjoyable drive. Well managed as always. 

Fellow dune bashers, here a link to some Gladiator POV videos of our Al Faqa convoy. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1yruWyet7TcNPiYF8

Amazing video of our drive. Thanks a mil @Gerrit Bus