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Trip Report - @shadow79 coming to a drive and it goes without hiccups, never gonna happen. Being a busy Thursday I was glad to leave office on time. But the universe was already in action knowing @shadow79 was on hos way too. My car started hiccups so I would momentarily loose power and back again. So forget about any rest, dropped my wife home and headed to his garage. After 40 minutes of sweat and hard work it seemed better. Headed home again to pick up my stuff and on to the meeting point. I was the first one to reach and after consultation with the car doctor decided to take my vehicle any ways. After deflation and a brief we headed in but close to the road to be on the safe side. We had 2 long climbs and I missed out on both of them and couldn't manage to reach the top. At this point I felt that I was totally off my game, and the throttle seemed to be high as well. After a quick reset which had no effect we headed in deeper. At one of these points I felt the race had gone normal and everything seemed smooth. The convoy was also moving well and we were thoroughly enjoying what the area had to offer. Playing through some wonderful but challenging dunes, we reached the Super Bowl. At this point we all decided to take rest and fill up with some nice food and a refreshing cup of tea. After the rest with the sun about to come out we headed towards the Iftar Bowl. These dunes are really nice for playing and keep you engaged throughout. We were not even half way through when we heard @Gaurav bhai on the radio that something strange was happening with his car. Unfortunately the tire rod end had broken, but luckily he was on a small dune. After taking out the tire rod end we backed up the Pajero on to a slightly straight ground. We had to leave her behind and @Gaurav bhai rode with me. With a little play still left due to awesome dunes we exited the area, inflated and headed back home. My car trouble also started again but reach both of us home. Thanks to @Javier M for the second lead. Since I was not there for the second part of recovering the Pajero I will let @Gaurav bhai tell you the rest of the story. My pics have been uploaded on the gallery.

Municipality here is EXTREMELY strict with any food businesses here, so Im sure that to get bottling plant license and all associate permissions must be super strict and they need to maintain certain standard like NSF, FDA, ISO, ESMA Etc. Read here: https://www.maidubaiwater.com/whatson/mai-dubai-water-gets-nsf-certification/ For saving the environment from plastic bottles, I am using the 20 liter water dispenser from al bayan since long time. Second best way I feel is the use of RO filtration process.

Hi, guys! Just want to share my experience with you, it might be helpful for somebody. These days you can notice tons of LED light bulbs designed to replace conventional halogen light bulbs. First of all, I have some doubts that it is legal. If you are ok with it, you might want to install them because they are so bright! First type. A lot of LEDs on all sides of the light bulb. Looks great, but almost useless. The light is blinding fellow drivers but the road is not lit well. Second type. Two big LED chips on both sides of the bulb. It is a bit better but still it lights everything around and not the road. Third type. Three tiny chips on both sides of the bulb. It is almost perfect. In reflector type headlights it is not ideal, in lens type headlights should be good with descent border between light and shade on the road. Quality of the light bulb and precision of LED chips placement plays a big role here. Forth. A-Brand light bulb. Almost perfect in most of situations but considerably more expensive. General rule. The smaller LED chip, the better shape of the light. It is like that because conventional lights are designed to focus light from tiny halogen light, thus, position and size of LED chip should be as close to position and size of halogen light bulb as possible. My experience. I bought my car with second-type bulbs installed in high-beam lights. Well, for high-beam it was not that bad, for dimmed light it was not suitable at all. I decided to change it to something better. I bought third-type light bulbs for High-beam, dimmed and fog lights. Some with active cooling (with fan), some with passive (just radiator). After several months, one active-cooling light bulb failed in dimmed head light, the rest is still fine including passive-cooling fog-lights which I use a lot. After the failure, I decided to buy Philips light bulb to install them into dimmed headlight. Generally, LED light bulbs are bright. Not as bright as Xenon lights but still way brighter than halogen light bulbs. I'm satisfied with performance of lights and, important, its price. It is a significant improvement for a reasonable price!

Ajman, totally different story.

Go-to any automotive paint shop and give them your colour code. For a perfect take a sample, like the fuel door flap. In 5 minutes he will mix you up a batch

Unfortunately the CAM print already released online. Reviews are not doing justice to the movie. IS it worth watching in iMAX? Also here is a list of fav cars and all the gals of F&F.

Well consider yourself lucky to be the few gora bhais who experience racism first hand 😁

Just an update, U-Drive skeewed me for AED 280/-, when I called and checked what the charges were, they informed me that it is a fine for leaving a Dubai car in Sharjah and those are the removal charges. I argued that their website says that the charges for leaving the car in another Emirates in minimal and even Taxi's charges AED 20/- for crossing the Emirates, but they told me that that is a fine and just like a Dubai taxi needs to go back to Dubai, their cars from Dubai should also be left in Dubai. I could have taken a taxi for atleast 3 days at that price. So be careful, not everything that shines is U-Drive.

I have recently tried yo get the plugs changed as my Pathy was missing. Coming home on Thursday evening the race drops and picks up again causing a hiccup effect. I took it to the garage and they cleaned the throttle body and checked the fuel pressure and that seems in tact. So now to the speed of 80 KPH it's all OK but once I go past 80 KPH the hiccups start again and very violent at times. My suspect is still the plugs. However when trying to remove the plugs I've been told the they might break and once broken we would have to open the head. I've been watching some YouTube videos and patience seems to be the key. As long as there is some movement we have to turn it off as much as possible, again tighten it and keep repeating the exercise till it comes off. Still there is a chance that the plug might break. But on YouTube there is a solution other than opening the head. There is a tool called a screw extractor. Need to just hammer it into the broken spark plug and start screwing it. This should get the broken piece out and we are ready to fit the new plugs. Can someone with the right tools guide me where I can get this done, as I am a bit tight on cash and don't want to get into a big expense right now. Any help will be much appreciated.

Hi I m planning to visit Muscat during this EID holidays, I m planning to take my Mom with me she is on UAE visit visa and i am applying getting oman visit visa for her from local agent in Oman My concern is can she cross border via Hatta border crossing in my car or she has to fly in to muscat I have spoken to General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs and they confirmed there is no issue with UAE immigration but i don't want last minute shock at border Note - She will be leaving for home town from Muscat airport A quick suggesting/advice is required to make arrangement

@Richard Mellish educate these guys on leptospirosis

I have done the Dubai:Oman drive a few times. It has never went smoothly. I always had problems. Dubai/Oman return flight is around 600 dhs with Emirates and you get a free meal.

Sounds more like a bad coil to me. Does the DTC flash when it's rough? Disconnect one coil at a time when running rough to see if there are any changes. If you take out a coil and there is no change means that coil is knackered. Or try using a simple obdii scanner one can be had off amazon for 20dhs. Also disconnect the MAF when idling rough. If it gets better means MAF has taken a dive. Plugs will in majority of the the cases not cause intermittent problems.

Posting some pics of the kitten might help others decide.

Mix ATF and acetone (nail polish remover) 50/50 and pour it on the threads every day for a week. It will soak into the threads though capillary action and make them easier to remove. But you need to give it time. It’s not an overnight thing. Keep repeating. Doing it on a warm engine will help. If you’re using a spark plug socket, take the rubber insert out. I don’t know how, I don’t know why, but when you use the insert, there is a higher chance of breaking the plug. An old mechanic told me this years ago and from my experience he was right. Use a regular socket. When it’s loose, use a magnet to lift the plug out. Screw extractors, also known as Ezee Outs serve a purpose but you have to be careful using them. They are made of extremely hard metal, therefore extremely brittle. They are harder than drill bits so if you break a screw extractor it’s not just a matter of drilling it out. Are you sure it’s a spark plug problem? Speed is irrelevant. Bad plugs will cause a misfire under load, ie when you are holding the throttle down and trying to accelerate. If you want to drop by the shop I’ll take a look at it for you, FOC.

@desertdude Thanks! Will do 😃

Just recently there was some spilling of sewer line in to the water lines in Ajman towers those people were not even drinking that water only mouth rinse and usual stuff slowly the whole building people ended up in the hospital...your safety is your responsibility not of anyone elses. I am born and raised here from that time what I have seen is that we have been buying our water...

Hi, guys! Could you pls share your experience in restoring small chips on the body? I have a few of them on my Prado, both on metal surfaces and on plastic ones. I believe they are caused by furious shoppers in the malls 😃 The biggest one and the most irritating one I have on a driver door handle, as big as 5mm. I do not want to repaint the whole thing but don't know where to buy a bit of paint and small handy brush to make it not perfect but at least less visible. Any advises? Thanks!

Hi, guys! Probably, water quality depends a lot on the location of the building and its maintenance. We are lucky to live in a fairly new village built from scratch in the middle of the desert so I can be sure that all pipes and tanks are not older than 5 years at the moment. Also maintenance provider cleans everything regularly. We drink tap water which is boiled, that's a must. Water could be chemically clean but contain harmful bacteria or vice versa. The only thing, when water is not clean chemically, we might feel it. When it is contaminated by bacteria, it is much harder to notice. As a precaution, we boil all water which we drink or use for cooking. So far we have not got any problems and, hopefully, we will not have any. Also, one more thing. We are concerned about water tanks and pipes condition in our buildings. But where is a guarantee that tanks and pipes in water bottling plants are better than in our buildings? Anyway, in some areas it is not that safe to drink tap water so it is always your choice! Stay safe!

Never bother with those

I can negotiate but if someone is going to give me a stupid first price because I’m gora I will just tell them to F off and I won’t deal with them. They don’t deserve my business. I’m not a tourist and I know how much things cost, I know their profit margins. Case in hand, I was selling some scrap at work past few days. First guy offered me 250, I told him F off. Then he offered 300, I gave him same response. He eventually offered 500 and I told him I would call the police if he didn’t get out of the garage. Ended up selling it all to a nice honest Punjabi guy today for 5,000, his first offer. Any this a hole wanted me to take 10% of that because he thinks I’m stupid gora? Its racism, pure and simple. At home I am a sheep farmer who likes to play with cars. I’m not a rich man, never have been, probably never will be, but when people think I’m stupid or try to scam me because of the colour of my skin it makes my dung boil.

For 10,000 you can get an entire Accent and maybe even two. Batteries included!

Part and parcel of the gora Bhai package. Plus you folk have no negotiation skills!

The gora life is a tough life. You come to Dubai and expect to be handed 100,000 dhs cash as soon as you get off the plane, but in reality all you get is some guy trying to charge you 150 dhs for a set of fake apple earphones in karama 😂

That's part and parcel of the gora Bhai package

When I first came to uae my Indian and Pakistani friends used to tell me all about gora privilege but all I see is people trying to charge me extra for stuff 😂

@Gaurav nice to know! Actually, I never had any issues with food poisoning or something similar in the UAE. I think that I do not trust 100% to the food industry just because of my background from the home country 😃