Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Qudra Horizon Quest - Dubai - 22 August 2026

[Emanuel]

Hello everyone,

The convoy order is below for tomorrow mornings drive.

@Yerem Davtyan, @Cova, @Maneesh Madayan, @jamil abdollah, @Khalid Sharaf, @Kishor, @Vanessa8580

Lead    Emanuel                   The White Rhino    Expert
SL        Yerem Davtyan         2011 Nissan Xterra - Silver / 2016 Tahoe White    Fewbie
3          Cova                         2017 Pajero - 4 Door - Silver    Newbie
4          Maneesh Madayan  Denza B5    Newbie
5          jamil abdollah          Renger Raptor    Newbie
6          Khalid Sharaf            2023 ford F150 Raptor R    Newbie
7          Kishor                       2022 Jeep Wrangler Sport - 4 door - Red    Fewbie
Sweep  Vanessa8580            Jeep Wrangler - 4 door - Black    Marshal
 

We will be on Carnity channel 4, which is 446.081.

Get lots of rest and see you in the morning. Be early enough to be set up and ready for briefing at 6 am.

[Asif Ahamed]

Hello @Emanuel I hope you are doing well. Apologies for the short notice, but I won't be able to make the drive tomorrow. A few important appointments came up this evening.  Thanks 

[Emanuel]

6 hours ago, Asif Ahamed said:

Hello @Emanuel I hope you are doing well. Apologies for the short notice, but I won't be able to make the drive tomorrow. A few important appointments came up this evening.  Thanks 

Thanks for letting me know.

[Yerem Davtyan]

Thank you very much for the great drive @Emanuel , @Vanessa8580 and all the drivers!

it was fun this morning and I got to use the winch for the first time

[Cova]

Thank you @Emanueland @Vanessa8580and everyone for keeping it fun and safe!

[Maneesh M]

To Everyone - thanks a lot. It was a wonderful experience and next time will come up with more energy 😉

[jamil abdollah]

Good evening everyone,

Considering that today was my first session, I think it went really well. It was a very interesting and enjoyable experience for me.

I would also like to thank everyone in the group, especially our marshals Emanuel and Vanessa 8580. Thank you very much for your patience, support, and for being so welcoming and understanding with us. It was a great experience, and I really appreciate it.

[Khalid Sharaf]

Fun drive today, good drivers as well

 

thank you @Emanuel and @Venessa8580 for making it happen smoothly

[Maneesh M]

I just found out that for BYD shark , Denza and leopord  has a creap mode to get out of sands. 

 

He is also saying "we don't understnd this car" 

[Emanuel]

POST DRIVE REPORT

Thank you everyone for arriving early and being ready for our briefing at 6 am. We welcomed our newest Carnity community members - @jamil abdollah, @Maneesh M, and @Cova.

From our discussions yesterday and your posts above, it seems like you all enjoyed yourselves. Indeed, there were plenty of learnings for Maneesh and Cova.

We successfully made our way through our planned route starting at Three Trees, making our way northwards through some nice sloping dunes to get everyone used to driving in sand with some skill building along the way. We had a break on the sabkha before making our way to Qudra Secret Dunes. Always a fun place to have some fun. We had to exit Maneesh about 3 hours into the drive because he was down to 1/4 tank of fuel. We re-entered after ensuring he was ok reinflating. After about another 40 minutes we made our way to the exit point, on time.

Maneesh had the pleasure of trying to figure out how to drive this hybrid in varying sand conditions. Vanessa and I had some learnings around this too. @Maneesh M it will be especially important for you to ensure you fill up completely at the nearest petrol station to the meeting point so you don't have to exit early on our drives like today. As you progress in drive levels, you will use more petrol as these are increasingly more difficult drives and harder on the cars requiring more petrol. A jerry can may also be a good idea in future. 

Cova had the experience of driving with his car with limited electrics turned off and then during one of the recoveries we removed the relay. It's important to remove it when the engine is off and to put it back in when it is off as well. It will reset all the warning lights after you do this. Check out Fred's post about this.

Thanks a mil to @Vanessa8580 in Sweep and @Yerem Davtyan in Second Lead. Vanessa assisted with many of the stucks and refusals. The drive was a far better experience for everyone as a result of her assistance and support. Yerem's winch, first time use, was a key contributor to getting Maneesh out from a soft mucky patch. 

@jamil abdollah your previous experience driving in the desert and with your car really showed. You will enjoy the next level more in just a few more Newbie drives. Your quick offers to help during refusals and stucks was very much appreciated. Thank you.

It was good to see you again @Khalid Sharaf and good to meet you @Kishor. You both drove well.

Our track is below. Having completed 53 kms for a Newbie drive is pretty good actually considering we had some very new desert drivers with us. From the elevation profile, we can remember the nice rolling dunes we had along with our hill climbs.

Have a great weekend everyone and see you next time.