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Go to a shop, buy a valve tool and a tyre pressure gauge. 20-30 dhs. Watch some videos on YouTube to show you how to remove the valve and deflate and stick it back in again before the wheel goes flat. If your budget will stretch to it, buy a tyre inflator/compressor thing. If you can't afford a tyre inflator, buy a double barrel foot pump but be prepared to sweat. Driving on the road with deflated tyres will wreck the sidewall. Big bulges will come on the side of your tyre and it could blow out and throw you off the road. Off road, you want around 15 psi in your tyres, maybe more maybe less but try 15 first time and see how it goes. Too high pressure and your wheels will spin, too low and your tires might pop off the rim. Pop off is a pain in the ass, especially if you have no spare, no tools, no experience and are alone. I use the petrol method to seat beads but it you don't know what you're doing, you'll end up with a burnt out car in the desert and a long walk home. I still recommend going on one of the Carnity desert drives on a Friday for your first time. Go in with an open mind, be willing to learn and don't be cocky and you will pick the basics up quickly. I am into drifting and rally driving and I learned in no time at all because I accepted the fact I was a novice in the desert and didn't know anything but was willing to listen. @Gaurav and at @Rahimdad are pros at desert driving. They have many years below their belt doing this and didn't get to being marshals without reason so these are the guys to stick to. If you like chicken, @shadow79 will be your friend. Please bear in mind, I am not an off road expert. I am just trying to steer you in the right direction. If you head out into the desert alone with no experience, you'll end up walking to find a signal on your phone or hoping some hospitable local will come along and rescue you.

Eid Mubarak to all our members in the group and their families.

Barry, everything has a price to pay for tax benefits, rights and stay in the country without a job called citizenship. Anyways leave the economics and politics aside let's talk about our favorite subject: Cars. The way I see the future is nobody gonna put a ban on ICV but it will come with heavy prices to discourage it's usage. On other hand electric / hybrid will be on discounts / cheaper viable option to encourage people to switch to cleaner means of transport. In my last visit to London - 2 months back I was surprised to see that every second car get switched off instantly on red light / stop and go traffic as soon as car comes to complete halt. These all cars comes with some device that switches off car engine instantly when stopped and restart the car in fraction of a second when you lift off the foot from brake pedal. Now that is something genius way to save fuel, controlling emission, etc.

GCC version has cvt radiator oil cooler, so it lives longer than maximas with US spec. Anyway NS-2 cvt oil is not expensive 120-170dhs for 4L bottle so I'm changing it every 20,000km(express change using extractor) Nissan recommends to change every 60,000km

Chipcentric in Al Quoz are the ones to go to. Speak to Murat. He's a pro and he knows what he is doing and can advise what will work for your car. He's a real car guy too, has a Delta Integrale. I have been to their garage a few times and it is well set up. They are one of the few that have a dyno so they can actually set your car up properly rather than just guessing parameters and hoping for the best. When it comes to something like this, quality is more important than cost. It's better to pay for a proper job than to end up with smooth engine bores and a sump full of petrol which will eventually necessitate a full rebuild.

Be 100% sure what transmission oil was used. These new mazdas have that fandangled skyactiv technoligy nonsense and require specific branded oils ( translation : Expensive). If its not the right fluid you could be soon looking at an expensive transmission job. I would flush the entire system and have it refilled again with the proper fluids. Just for that extra mental satisfaction. And yeah with that much money get your self a nice lexus LS or even an older LX. If you are going the jap crap route, might as well be stylish and comfy about it.

mazda 6 is a strong car but its value breaks really fast and parts are not easily available if you can go for a lexus or a toyota it would be a much better option and later on you are sure to sell it off when you want to as toyotas and lexus goes very fast if price is fair

So finally VAT will pave the way for Hybrid and Electric cars bright future in UAE......! Nice and sad at same time. Click Sad on this comment if you are said and click like if you really happy with Hybrid / Electric future