Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nazwa to Big Red - Sharjah - 13 Jan 2024

[Simon D]

Dear @Mahesh_, @Rafey Hashmi , @Gautam Banka, @essam ibrahim, @Julien Recan, @Abhilash Kottakkal, @Mike M., @Marek_was003,  @Benjamin.

Thank you for joining the Drive yesterday and i hope you have enjoyed it as much as i did. we have achieved our target of exiting from the big red side passing through pink rock .. 

we had a couple of refusals and stucks , but nothing serious that required us to get out the ropes or the shovels .💪

in between @Rafey Hashmi Jimny had a pop out , which i have to say was one of the easiest  and fastest pop up fixes we ever had to deal with .

I have to say  everyone drove really well, 💪🎉

thanks @Benjamin for the great support and @Mike M. for sweeping the convoy . 

and of course special  thanks to @Frederic for making this drive possible 

Looking forward to see you soon on the next drive 

below are the drive details

[Frederic]

12 hours ago, Simon D said:

Dear @Mahesh_, @Rafey Hashmi , @Gautam Banka, @essam ibrahim, @Julien Recan, @Abhilash Kottakkal, @Mike M., @Marek_was003,  @Benjamin.

Thank you for joining the Drive yesterday and i hope you have enjoyed it as much as i did. we have achieved our target of exiting from the big red side passing through pink rock .. 

we had a couple of refusals and stucks , but nothing serious that required us to get out the ropes or the shovels .💪

in between @Rafey Hashmi Jimny had a pop out , which i have to say was one of the easiest  and fastest pop up fixes we ever had to deal with .

I have to say  everyone drove really well, 💪🎉

thanks @Benjamin for the great support and @Mike M. for sweeping the convoy . 

and of course special  thanks to @Frederic for making this drive possible 

Looking forward to see you soon on the next drive 

below are the drive details

This was indeed a great drive @Simon D ! You took us from the easy warm-up dunes nearby the farms into the bowls closer to the 2nd december cafeteria, where the pace and intensity was taken up a notch. From there, crossing Pink Rock itself and heading towards Big Red we had a good run with only minimal refusals and a mini-pop out  

Thanks for the support @Mike M. and @Benjamin !

[Marek]

I love the energy! +12oC in the morning and nobody complained!

I took a few shots of your cars, I hope you don't mind if I pasted them here (the gallery is maxed out with compression making pictures look so flat).

@Abhilash Kottakkal in his Pajero Montero Sport (say what you want, we all know it's a Pajero underneath and that's why it looks so good on the dune!)

The quietest and the smoothest of them all - 407 horses of driving pleasure @essam ibrahim

@Frederic, I had to google to figure out the car you had... congrats on the rare piece of automotive legend!

@Julien Recan flooring to make it count!

My wife said it looked like an RC car from the distance. Awesome ride @Rafey Hashmi, congrats on your first popout on this car!

@Benjamin reaching the top of the peak:

The White Rhino: @Mike M.

And the mighty 392, doing it so effortlessly... @Gautam Banka

@Simon D I have a new profile picture for you

Thanks again for the drive! See you next time!

[Frederic]

6 minutes ago, Marek_was003 said:

I love the energy! +12oC in the morning and nobody complained!

I took a few shots of your cars, I hope you don't mind if I pasted them here (the gallery is maxed out with compression making pictures look so flat).

@Abhilash Kottakkal in his Pajero Montero Sport (say what you want, we all know it's a Pajero underneath and that's why it looks so good on the dune!)

The quietest and the smoothest of them all - 407 horses of driving pleasure @essam ibrahim

@Frederic, I had to google to figure out the car you had... congrats on the rare piece of automotive legend!

@Julien Recan flooring to make it count!

My wife said it looked like an RC car from the distance. Awesome ride @Rafey Hashmi, congrats on your first popout on this car!

@Benjamin reaching the top of the peak:

The White Rhino: @Mike M.

And the mighty 392, doing it so effortlessly... @Gautam Banka

@Simon D I have a new profile picture for you

Thanks again for the drive! See you next time!

Great pics @Marek_was003 !

Yeah the green Kermit is rare, that's for sure  

[Abhilash Kottakkal]

@Marek_was003 Thank you very much for the pic...My new profile pic...

[Mike M.]

50 minutes ago, Frederic said:

Great pics @Marek_was003 !

Yeah the green Kermit is rare, that's for sure  

 

57 minutes ago, Marek_was003 said:

I love the energy! +12oC in the morning and nobody complained!

I took a few shots of your cars, I hope you don't mind if I pasted them here (the gallery is maxed out with compression making pictures look so flat).

@Abhilash Kottakkal in his Pajero Montero Sport (say what you want, we all know it's a Pajero underneath and that's why it looks so good on the dune!)

The quietest and the smoothest of them all - 407 horses of driving pleasure @essam ibrahim

@Frederic, I had to google to figure out the car you had... congrats on the rare piece of automotive legend!

@Julien Recan flooring to make it count!

My wife said it looked like an RC car from the distance. Awesome ride @Rafey Hashmi, congrats on your first popout on this car!

@Benjamin reaching the top of the peak:

The White Rhino: @Mike M.

And the mighty 392, doing it so effortlessly... @Gautam Banka

@Simon D I have a new profile picture for you

Thanks again for the drive! See you next time!

Great shots @Marek_was003! Definitely reusing The White Rhino’s pics. Thanks!

[Rafey Hashmi]

My first time with @Simon D, def won't be the last! Nice and challenging - very enjoyable!

Learnings from the drive
1. Spacers are necessary after a lift. Thanks for the tip @Frederic. Installed and done!
2. Watched closely to learn as much about the pop out process and yes it was a satisfying pop!
3. Able to do Pink Rock climb from the right for the first time - thanks to the extra momentum and 1st gear only.
4. Egg levelers are a thing for over landing expeditions - thanks to @Mike M. for the info!

See you all on the next one

#JimnyPower
 

[essam ibrahim]

@Marek_was003

thank you very much for you nice gift ( a nice phono for my car while driving in desert ) many thanks but one note only that my car is 409 HP any way 2 hP not make deference . 

many thanks and wish we meet a gain . wishing you all the best.