Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Quick Fix - Qudra - Dubai - 13 June 2026

[Looper]

DRIVE PLAN

Will have a Quick 2-hour drive, and near to our homes (mine at least 😁). The objective of the drive is to avoid refusals. This area, being technical with uneven dunes, will give us a lot of situations where we find ourselves facing refusal or worse a stuck. We will also try to find some nice dunes and practice ridge riding and crisscrossing. After that, we will enjoy a drive that will take us back to where we started.

Request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette, and responsibilities.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquettes
• Emergency details for all off roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

DRIVE DETAILS

Level:  Fewbie and above
When: 13 June 2026, Saturday 
Meeting time:  6:45 AM - Sharp (Without any exceptions)
Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/f782dd5PLRj9sRV36
Approximate finish time: 9:30 AM
Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.
What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn.

MANDATORY OFF-ROAD GEAR:

• Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge
• Compressor
• Walkie-talkie radio
• Off-road flag
• Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles
• First-aid kit
• Fire extinguisher.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list.
• RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list.
• We will not wait for the latecomers, and they will be returned - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned - Without any exceptions.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
• Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.

PLEASE RSVP ON BELOW CALENDAR

 

[Myrko]

Apologies, @Looper, I have to pull out. The Defender has a coolant leakage and fixing it will take longer than expected.

[Jose Luis Campos]

Good morning @Looper,

I'm so sorry but I also have to pull out. My car is not good and I have to take it to the car shop.

Have a great drive!

I removed myself from rsvp

[Looper]

Lately I have also started to think about bushes in the desert not as a bug but as a feature. It gives us an opportunity to drive like rock crawling or should I say bush crawling. Only issue is that if we were to get stuck on them it might become a fire hazard. Hopefully we won't have to do it because the area where we are going to drive tomorrow is a very small strip of dunes that which has very less greenery. But they sometimes are very soft. That is what I felt when I drove there for the first time.

The meeting time is 6:45; please be ready to raid the dunes by 7:00. It won't be a very long drive, perhaps 2 hours with a couple of breaks for half hour so we should be out by 9:30, depending on the refusals. 

@Bjoern is the "Second" Lead at #6.  @J-P L will be Center Forward with @Cha at the sweep. We will converse on Ch4.

The convoy, partially reversed, because why not. I am not biased but jeeps got stacked up neatly at the front because of pure statistics.

 

[Yerem Davtyan]

13 minutes ago, Looper said:

Lately I have also started to think about bushes in the desert not as a bug but as a feature. It gives us an opportunity to drive like rock crawling or should I say bush crawling. Only issue is that if we were to get stuck on them it might become a fire hazard. Hopefully we won't have to do it because the area where we are going to drive tomorrow is a very small strip of dunes that which has very less greenery. But they sometimes are very soft. That is what I felt when I drove there for the first time.

The meeting time is 6:45; please be ready to raid the dunes by 7:00. It won't be a very long drive, perhaps 2 hours with a couple of breaks for half hour so we should be out by 9:30, depending on the refusals. 

@Bjoern is the "Second" Lead at #6.  @J-P L will be Center Forward with @Cha at the sweep. We will converse on Ch4.

The convoy, partially reversed, because why not. I am not biased but jeeps got stacked up neatly at the front because of pure statistics.

Thanks @Looper! Somehow you still have Tahoe as my car, in fact its Xterra if that changes anything:-) Looking forward to tomorrow!

[Abhishek Chikara]

Hi, I'm sorry, but I'll have to pull out of the drive due to some last-minute commitments. I hope you all have a fantastic drive.

[Looper]

17 minutes ago, Yerem Davtyan said:

Thanks @Looper! Somehow you still have Tahoe as my car, in fact its Xterra if that changes anything:-) Looking forward to tomorrow!

I have a file in which I record all data for my drives, I have not updated it lately hence the discrepancy, I will correct my file.

[Yerem Davtyan]

6 minutes ago, Looper said:

I have a file in which I record all data for my drives, I have not updated it lately hence the discrepancy, I will correct my file.

Not an issue at all

[Looper]

1 hour ago, Looper said:

Lately I have also started to think about bushes in the desert not as a bug but as a feature. It gives us an opportunity to drive like rock crawling or should I say bush crawling. Only issue is that if we were to get stuck on them it might become a fire hazard. Hopefully we won't have to do it because the area where we are going to drive tomorrow is a very small strip of dunes that which has very less greenery. But they sometimes are very soft. That is what I felt when I drove there for the first time.

The meeting time is 6:45; please be ready to raid the dunes by 7:00. It won't be a very long drive, perhaps 2 hours with a couple of breaks for half hour so we should be out by 9:30, depending on the refusals. 

@Bjoern is the "Second" Lead at #6.  @J-P L will be Center Forward with @Cha at the sweep. We will converse on Ch4.

The convoy, partially reversed, because why not. I am not biased but jeeps got stacked up neatly at the front because of pure statistics.

 

Updated the convoy order. Together = the # of actual scheduled drives excluding other non-driving events.

[Amer Alsabbagh]

Apologies @Looper an urgent trip to Abu Dhabi came up tomorrow. I have to pull out from the drive. Enjoy the drive.