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Big thanks to Asif Bhai for posting his first drive in such an interesting area that for first 3-4 hours we all had ear-to-ear smile on some most amazing set of dunes. This area needs to be explored lot more in the future. Asif bhai lead was so nice and tight that I almost felt that he has been leading desert drive since many years. With the precision of path and confident dunes crossing he demonstrated a true example of very responsible and confident leader. However, World's best start turned into World's challenging ending when we couldn't repair the bent rack-end without proper tools and spare parts.This gave us enough time to bond with each other and demonstrate excellent teamwork, trust, and coordination while dealing with any problem. This also resulted in bonus Saturday drive that we all loved so much, by calling a recovery drive to fool our mind and families to get a second chance of going to desert in a row. lol. Last but not least, we finally found out that those Pac-Man in google earth are grass growing commercial farm from Elite Agro farm and requires formal permission to enter into the private property. Maybe next drive we can plan the route around Pac-Man to enjoy lush green grass circles in the middle of a desert.

Greetings All, The last few drives have been amazing, It’s time to have some nice newbie easy and relaxing DAY drive. Idea is to make newbie more comfortable with sand. the plan DRIVE and enjoy the serene desert. When: 13 October 2017 Meeting time: 2:00 PM, convoy will move sharp at 2:15 PM (Sharp) Where: Adnoc Petrol Station Maleha Road GPS Coordinate: Assembly Point Level of drive: Absolute newbie, Newbie - Fewbie - All level of driving. Type of Car: Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 10 inches of ground clearance Plan: Day drive from Fossil Rock to Fossil Rock (end point subject to change based on convoy level) What to bring along: Evening snacks - whatever you like with little extra to share, plenty of water, liquids, smiles. Approximate finish time: 6 - 7 PM Please RSVP on below calendar

Never a good idea. Puts extra load on your motor as its engaged all the time, robs it of a few hps and your mpg drops. Not to mention noisy as hell all the time. Why not just buy another clutch from another place or if you are too jaded after the last show, get it directly from Habtoor.

Congratulations on your first drive post @baselsm83. Proud of you bro.

The unfortunate break down was mine, but it made me realize how fortunate I am to have such fabulous friends with so much patience. It took time and energy at the hottest hours of the day, and without any hesitation everybody had just one goal....how they could help me out. It was not easy but with some great cordination and great team work we got my Pathy out of danger and onto some flat ground. To find the tools part of the team drive through some treacherous dunes at the peak heat to source the tools. Returned to realize the tools were useless and we needed spare parts and more tools. With the sun setting we left my Pathy and ride out with Gaurav bhai who with a smile handed his trusted Pajero to me. The next day Saleem helped me to source and buy the parts and got the tools ready. Under the w8atchful eye of Gaurav bhai and his immaculate planning we met up and headed in. Everybody was soon at work and Saleem bhai was at his best. Not only did he manage to replace the spare part, but also did his best tire alignment possible in the middle of the desert with a rope so that I could drive back with no issues. Hats of to Asif bhai for an excellent trip, which was well led and enjoyed by all of us. Looking forward to more such fun drives and experiences.

Oh please, let me not start. Atif Bhai is very modest in calling his mere refusal or one stuck in 5 hours a trouble. And yours is not a bag full buddy, they are car full of troublesssss

Good initiative @baselsm83, well done for posting a newbie drive as it's time to share the desert too Please count me and Rahim Bhai, with full support for humous and kebab drive (that's my favorite). 34/26 degrees temperature looks nice too if everyone wishes to sit or bbq after the drive.

Naqhra "The Little Liwa" this was my first drive post and big thanks to @Gaurav who encouraged me to step forward and post this drive and to lead the convoy. Friday "6th" morning I was the first one to reach at meeting point and after sometime everyone started turning @gaurav @saleem @srikumar and @rahimdad finally arrived. After having a cup of tea and sandwich we all left to our deflating point. After deflating as usual practice breafing began and it was my job. Gaurav Bhai & Rahim Bhai made me so comfortable that my fear to lead disappeared, after numbering the convey gaurav bhai was in second lead to correct me if i move wrong. We started our drive around 7.30 AM and we all enjoyed a lot and after playing around at Naqhra's tallest Dune by 10AM we were on the top of the dune which is around 250mtrs above sea level. After a short break and picture taking we continued our drive, and here is the real story began, one of our vehicle got stuck while slide slopeing and we tried recovering which was not moving even an inch. After a moment we noticed one of the wheel was not turning and we found that right side tie rod was bend. Somehow we recovered the vehicle to flat surface and tried temporary solution to fix it which did not work. And finally we decided to leave the vehicle in the middle of the desert and come back next day with proper tools and parts. Our drive continued next day it was Naqhra "Recovery Drive" all of us met at a decided point at late afternoon and reached to the spot on time and replaced the parts with the help of saleem's mechanical skills and we safely exited. This whole drive was our longest drive which is calculated roughly around 24hrs... Thanks to all for joining the drive and stayed till the end and special thanks to saleem.

Both of those places don't sell any oil, brake fluid etc. They sent me to Sharjah, and apparently nobody has ever heard of brake fluid, clutch fluid, brake oil, dot 4 high temp or any combination of the above including one place insisting I was mistaken in thinking my brake fluid should ever be changed. Tazweed nope, Golden car nope, Ramy doesn't even sell it. Someone here sell it. The hunt continues. Please gents unless you actually know where to get it, please don't send me on a wild goose chase. I wasted an entire morning driving in circles. I don't want to ship it from the US or Germany if I don't need to. -Byron

Just got back from Dolphin and they asked 2500 Aed. Me on a budget