Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Solar Park - Dubai - 4 Nov 2023

[frederic demolder]

@Mahmut SARILI😲😇

@Islam Soliman

[Sunil Mathew]

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

[frederic demolder]

42 minutes ago, Sunil Mathew said:

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

@Sunil Mathew thank you very much for the compliment 😉 and this very detailed report 👏 well done 👍 and see you soon !

[Robk]

Many thanks @Islam Soliman for leading the drive and @Sunil Mathew for the much appreciated constructive feedback as usual. Not discounting thanks to second lead and sweeper. Was great to meet the remainder of the drivers and look forward to the next. 

[Islam Soliman]

2 hours ago, frederic demolder said:

@Mahmut SARILI😲😇

@Islam Soliman

Nicely captured @frederic demolder.. thanks to Allah @Mahmut SARILI, his wife and the car were all ok

[Islam Soliman]

2 hours ago, Sunil Mathew said:

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

Excellent summary @Sunil Mathew.. you are not  only great support but fantastic writer too 👏

[Dan S]

13 hours ago, Sunil Mathew said:

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

Thank you so much Sunil, for your words and summary, it was definitely a ride that expands your knowledge and experience, worth having!! See you on the next rides

[DP1011]

13 hours ago, frederic demolder said:

@Mahmut SARILI😲😇

@Islam Soliman

Hey @Mahmut SARILI - Thank God you+wife and kid were all ok. 
 

This was how i too did one of my crossing when I was newbie and in a night drive . After that drive, I learnt 2 things : 1. Never give too much gas, even if it means attempting 10 times or getting crested. 2. Never attempt when in 2 minds.  Please dont be afraid of refusals or stucks, the more we encounter this the more we learn🙂! Looking forward to see you soon. 

[Mahmut]

16 hours ago, Sunil Mathew said:

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

Thanks for feedback @Sunil Mathew and it was great ride leading with @Islam Soliman rest of the team. Great learning day for me. Looks like tyre pressure and driver  stressed the car and gave some fever.  

[Mahmut]

2 hours ago, DP1011 said:

Hey @Mahmut SARILI - Thank God you+wife and kid were all ok. 
 

This was how i too did one of my crossing when I was newbie and in a night drive . After that drive, I learnt 2 things : 1. Never give too much gas, even if it means attempting 10 times or getting crested. 2. Never attempt when in 2 minds.  Please dont be afraid of refusals or stucks, the more we encounter this the more we learn🙂! Looking forward to see you soon. 

Nice capturing my flying experience @frederic demolder and thanks @Islam Soliman @DP1011 wishes, we are all ok. Good lesson learn for me to keep tires on ground for future rides. Looking forward for next one.