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Brilliant drive and immaculately planned by @Gaurav bhai. Well supported by @skumar83, @EmVarlet, @Mujtaba, @hossein and @BIG T. Everyone met on time and after a quick brief and deflation we were off. We drove around Big Red with a few ideas for entry, but not daring to enter the forbidden zone. Once the circle was complete we had a slight issue with one of the vehicles which was soon sorted out and we were off to some amazing rolling dunes. Everybody managed well and I got really lazy at sweeper duties. We played all the way to Pink Rocks where we were able to attempt through the dug out area, all the ars managed to touch the rocks on top as they safely made their way down again. At this point we crossed over to the other side of Pink Rocks where we found a nice spot and everybody took out their goodies. A good drive meant we were hungry for some food and refreshments. As we sat down talking about the day, we also shared some cool stories to go with the snacks. But this was not it, we were all hungry but this time not for food, but some more action. @Gaurav bhai obliged and we were off again. We reached the Big Red again in a matter of 20 minutes which is a record time. Everybody managed well and it seems people can see better in the dark with zero stucks. At this point we decided to play on the back side of Big Red and the 10 minutes turned out to be a little over an hour. We had 3 stucks in places where a tug or pull would not do. So we got our shovels out and started digging. After all the digging its surprising that the Big Red is still there. At this point we decided we had enough and headed out where we inflated and had another nice chat with tea. This also signalled an end for @hossein ride as he collected his car from the meeting point and we headed back. No surprise that @BIG T managed so well, really happy with his progress, patience and understanding of the different situations we've been through. Respect my 3 star captain.

My pics are uploaded in the Gallery. https://carnity.com/gallery/category/103-big-red-to-pink-rock-fewbie-drive-28-dec-2018

Cheers.

If you use the right oil and change oil exactly on time or Lil bit before time with original filter then no need to do anything

Thank you @Asif Hussain

You know exactly what it means. The amount of men you have in your company is a status symbol. It doesn’t even matter if they don’t know the difference between a 10 and 13mm spanner. If you have 15 employees who don’t know shit, you are more successful than the guy with 2 good mechanics

It is worth it for ordering parts. Like you say, if you’re sending stuff away to get rebuilt, prices can get a bit mental. For transmissions, you can send them to dexol in al quoz. I’ve been using them for a long time and their work has always been perfect. There are some good engine builders here too. The sad reality is some people don’t recognise quality, they just want to pay the smallest price. Then when they get an engine that burns oil, they complain all mechanics in UAE are crap. They’re not. There are crap mechanics but there are good mechanics but good mechanics won’t work for crap mechanic salary. I turn down work every day. I might be a bit crazy but I’m not going to do shite work. I take pride in what I do. If someone wants good work, time costs money. If I had a dirham for every time a customer wasn’t happy with my price and got it done somewhere else then came back and asked me to fix it, I’d have enough money to leave Dubai and sit on my porch playing guitar, listening to Bob Marley and smoke ganja every day. I have an emirati friend. He collects datsuns. Every year he sends all his engines to japan for a rebuild. Proper expensive. I asked him if he was mad. He says he doesn’t trust the labour here. And I don’t blame him. He keeps asking me to open my own garage. I’d love to but properly trained mechanics are expensive. I have investors. I can hire one trained mechanic for 10k per month or hire 10 bengalis for the same price and spend my days fixing things they broke. What would you do? Ill stick to my day job for now