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@desertdude you are just one of the thousands of member exist in any club, and you have no right to belittle Abu Dhabi 4x4 for their rules, policies, and procedures they have in place to tackle this extreme adventure sport. We have had this "no structure" for a long time and after so many lessons learned, all senior members voted to put a comprehensive structure that works as a guiding light rather than an obstruction to an offroad enthusiast's. This structure actually tells any offroader in Carnity Offroad Club of their capabilities, skills, and experience to join the appropriate level drive with a confidence than living on the edge of ambiguity - will I be able to cope up or not - oh this drive is so boring - omg why did I sign up for this.......! I and Rahimdad have already clarified here that we respect everyone previous offroad experience and all it takes from them is to speak out and share your "unicorn skills" or "safari train track skills" so that we can put you in an appropriate rank. We have had gazillions of the instances where many newcomers say that they have been driving for 2 years and then within 30 minutes we find them stuck on the first dune like a poster. Same story with Gulf news fun drive and Xplore UAE where you can tick any checkbox and then a few hours later sweep team spots 100's of posters sticking on one dune. So far everyone who has come and drove with us has only appreciated this structure and quickly understood it's importance than butting their tight ass in their comfy 4x4

Hi Vishal, welcome to Carnity!

That is what the automotive industry is all about futuristic advanced space age technology at the price of consumer electronics...so back to the over land trip it's safe to say that a series 100 is as comfortable and as reliable as it can get without breaking the bank 😀

@VishalJC do you have what it takes to survive here...? i just give you a heads up open arms open heart and lots of smiles....☺️ welcome here bhai

@VishalJC thank you for sharing your details with us. I am glad you have time to escape the hectic Dubai life and camp out when possible. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Totally agree with @Gaurav bhai. We respect your experiences, only we need to gauge your driving skills and understanding of our core values.

Batteries not included 😁

Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t the Tesla cars just run on a load of 51650s linked together, which is basically a glorified AA? If you’re using your head, you should be able to find the bad cells and solder new ones in. I have a 1/2” battery impact wrench. Stopped working. A replacement battery pack was 400dhs and 3 week wait from the uk. I took it apart and tested it. Ended up soldering in 2 51650s from a dragon mart vape and it was good as new. Cant wait until these cars are classed as “old” and I can have a play around. No carbs, no EFI, no fuel pumps, no ignition systems. Just a battery, a motor and a fancy tablet screen, maybe a set of brushes or an armature here and there. It all seems very simple and blown out of proportion due to lack of parts and wide scale training.

if that's the case then we do see crazy hulk sized engine mounted on lcs and petrol doing the moreeb dune in one go but do you wanna bet if it can cross from ajman to dubai by road without breaking down or burning up in flames...

Literally, if Porsche can win a desert rally back in the day when they were only making sports coupes by throwing a ton of money at it. Even now, you see "mini coopers" takimg part in the Dakar

@Gaurav @Rahimdad my experience as an offroader in the desert for long drives and dune bashing is something new to me but i have an off-road experience in a different way and different country and it’s totally different i think u can understand what I mean, whats new to me is the things that can pass by the experienced people like you @Gaurav and @Rahimdad such as where is the best place to get the tools, the 3 times recovery horn and these kind of stuff but in terms of driving am sure my background is quite helpful and my experience in other driving styles will back me up big time thats why I suggested a test so you can highlight the most important parts in levels (newbie fewbie etc..) and evaluate my skills based on my results and how I handled the situation, and to be honest am with @desertdude on the fun aspect I joined to have fun and get my adrenaline pumped up, i do appreciate the system and as i said earlier I absolutely totally understand how and why this structure is important, Nonetheless you guys are amazing and very kind and thoughtful and thank you for your leadership, patience and for sharing your expertise and for sure your grading system just to keep everyones safe

Yeah, If money is not a problem and you have a proper technical support team, you can win any competition in any vehicle

P.S : You are way too over obsessed with power to weight ratio. Seems to be your later buzzword. That helps in street racing. All that power to weight ratio is pointless when you have shit ground clearance and approach and departure angles of a whale

I remember Qatar Rally champion Saeed Al Hijri from back in the 80s using a Porshe 911 Turbo Cabriolet to give Mohammed Bin Sulaiyem head in his Toyota Celica.

I would love to have Dakar version Porsche 959 with 2.8L twin turbo spitting 444 hp and 500 Nm Sorry forgot to mention 1450 kgs means 300+ hp / ton power to weight ratio, it was quite daring and clever of Porsche to use 959

@desertdude I can never beat you in a good sense of humor Dakar Rally was an "OFFROAD EVENT" Unlike Camel Trophy - brand medallion for Camel cigarettes and Land Rover (Main sponsor) who used "heavily modified Land Rover Special Vehicles" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_Trophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar_Rally

I know two people myself who took their modern Range Rovers and came back so its all good in my book. They are pretty much as capable if not more in stock form. Do I need to post videos of the L405 ridge riding in Liwa and ripping MOAB again! But unless Im made of money I myself would take a Land Cruiser. Also because I love Range Rovers too much and can't bear to seem them get finger up and dirty! No scratch that if I was made of money I would certainly try it in a Range Rover right off the showroom floor. Just to see how far I can go. If anything happened I would just call my chopper tp come rescue me ans leave the car with the keys in it for the locals as a gift

There are two Africa's- one where people can do quick, two-week long runabouts in Range Rovers around a few cities, and one where you can get some real off-road driving experience over the 20 000-odd km "route" from Cape Town to Cairo and points further north via central Africa, where tracks can change and/or disappear overnight.So, did these guys do any actual off-road driving, or did they keep to the popular and reasonably well-maintained tourist routes, the same routes the people who load European students into modified 10-ton trucks use? Or the routes people use to cross the continent on Chinese-made scooters? Of course it is possible to cross Africa in any direction- people do it all the time, but whether you are successful or not depends on you experience, your skill, the vehicle you use,the number of people and vehicles in your party, and not least, on the amount of money you are willing or able to spend on the trip. Documentaries? Meh- they never show the real stuff- like experienced drivers in expedition grade vehicles taking three days to do 40 km during the wet season. After all, who wants to be shown getting stuck every couple of hundred meters? Or remain stuck for the week or more it can take for the mud to dry sufficiently to recover a vehicle? Off course, going into central Africa during the wet season is just stupid, but I was forced to abandon a vehicle there because the monsoon season started three weeks early- as it happens sometimes. A proper north-south continental crossing can take up to eight months if you really want to see and experience the continent, and I have yet to see a Range Rover, and particularly a petrol Range Rover survive eight months of real off-road driving.

wish i had seen @EmVarlet last way point pic of yours☹️!! we went around the mountain and parked on the other side. and walked with our gear to this specific spot. sure there was a big crowd last national day holiday, but by the night time everyone left, only a handful were camping. next time will plan for camping @sila beach shore..

Welcome to Carnity Vishal, we all love cars here, do share some more details about camping on shuwait island on below thread

Was in Hatta Sunday, seen about 5-6 of these parked around the hill park so asked one of the drivers about this sighting, it’s for moving equipment and stuff around (I think he said mainly in that area, I could be worng) and since there are quite a few unpaved roads in that region it allows easy access to such places - hilux driver How much of this is true or is the actual reason of having hilux taxis, I have no idea.

I agree with Gaurav on this one, get the biggest you can afford but do test drive both first and see of you really think the difference is worth it. I had a Supercharged L322 for a few days and really didn't feel too big a difference between the NA one and the supercharged one. Even after many 0-100 pedal to metal launches. Same with a Land Cruiser VXR 5.7 V8 and the 4.5 inline 6. The difference was even less noticeable. But usually the bigger motors are from the top spec line and all the extra goodies and bells and whistles more than make up for the difference. Nothing more shitty than dropping a big chunk of cash on a car only to see blanking plates and dummy buttons reminding you, you've bought the low spec model and you are missing quite a few things. Japanese and American manufacturers are notorious for doing this, thankfully the Europeans don't follow this route of cheapness.

the vk56vd is a scarce item should the engine go kaboom it doesn't come in any other application except patrol and vk56de is available and shares with armada titan and such so i think you will be enjoying the drive more while you have the 320 hp one as the 400 hp has quite a wicked reputation for it....you can even get a xterra and put a vk56de without the alteration of chassis or motor mounts its a straight fix only the bcm and wiring has to be altered and enjoy much more fun the patrol can ever provide.....

It does bug me too, but when you know, you have the responsibility to educate people. With knowledge comes power. Not everyone knows even simple things like thinking their oil needs to be changed every 3k instead of every 12k, they believe what they’re told by the dealer. It’s up to us to share real knowledge and not spread bullshit and create the next informed generation of petrolheads.

If you are not an offroad guy, then do consider UK, German or US SUV's - excellent fuel mileage and reasonably good value for money and reliability when slightly used (3-5 yr old). I had ML500, that gave very good fuel mileage instead of V8 with 5.0 engine, same for my Mustang 5.0 L gave around 12 - 14 L/100 and my current Range 5.0 with supercharged gives me 16-18 L/100.

More horsepower is ALWAYS more fun even if you are not sheikh. Speeding is one thing and jumping from 60-120 in flash is another well within the speed limit. Totally wrong way to think to buy I6 Patrol that will be sluggish like 2.7 liter V4 Prado. Body weight and horsepower should reasonably match to each other to give you some confidence to drive than having a huge body and can't move fast enough. I agree with desertdude that if fuel consumption is your top priority then you may be in a wrong league for Patrol. Patrol is very thirsty since they are born and that is for a reason that they deliver some top end torque and HP for good offroad capabilities. I had 2006 Nissan Patrol in 2008 and that is the only car in which I could see the fuel needle movement even on the highway at 140 speed with 3.5 - 4 K rpm.