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Though everybody searches for Toyota Might be the best, but the dealer in UAE rips the hell out of people! Prices over here are SO high! Imagine how it would be after applying VAT next year! Bye Bye Toyota!

Defenders are crap. They're slow, uncomfortable, noisy, unstable at speed and you need a degree in welding to own one in a wet country. For some reason, some people just love them though and are prepared to pay an extra premium to own one. It's possibly due to easy self serviceability. I guess it's like jeep owners here. Most sane people know they're crap but a few keep buying them and paying too much for them.

Wow, this is now turning out to be a great group, love your company guys. @Gaurav kindly update the main list on the first post.

Hey all! Please count us in on the road trip. 2 cars Radhika 050-4732445 Ravi 055-4220344 Girish (Presism) 055-7446740 Neelam Aayush Thanks

Dubai announces passenger drone plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38967235 Dubai are introducing person carrying flying drones this year. Personally I think you would have to be crazy to fly on one of these. An aeroplane is one thing, at least it uses the laws of nature but quadcopters are completely different. Especially when there's nobody flying it. They are inherently unstable and work by taking the laws of physics and beating them into submission. If one motor stops you'll flip over and fall to the ground.

@Rahimdad Spot on... Patience is the key. This might sound a bit racist but I have noticed that the most impatient drivers that I've seen on the road are always the local Emiratis and the expats from the Arabic speaking countries. I mean no disrespect. They are perfectly nice people - very caring and very helpful. But the moment they get into the driver's seat, they're suddenly in Race-driver mode and they act like they're always in a hurry - even when they don't need to be. How do I know this? A couple of those people are friends of mine. Maybe it is a cultural thing, I do not know.. I've asked my friends many times about why they drive and behave like that, they just looked at me like I'm crazy. To them it is perfectly normal. Even your observations about driving in Europe is interesting. Yes, driving in Europe is certainly more civilized, but that is slowly changing I think. A friend of mine in UK was complaining about recently there are some people over there constantly tailgating and driving crazy on the roads. She managed to get 5 people to stop so that she can talk to them. All of them were people who migrated - Two Lebanese, one Egyptian, one Iranian and one Pakistani. The Pakistani guy grew up in Kuwait. For whatever reason people choose to tailgate or drive the way they do, it is clear that one person cannot make a difference. All we can do is drive as carefully, lawfully and respectfully as we can and hope that it gets better.