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@Lisa Pemberton and @Kieran McKeown please follow above idea to practice deflation at fuel station.

Hi @Gaurav, it was really surprising what happened as it wasn’t any big impact or move, but I guess the car was overreacting to a potential risk… luckily I have off road insurance cover and in the process of getting the unknown traffic accident police report given that there was no other car involved I honestly don't remember about disabling SRS and didn't see the video briefing, can you please send me the link? I always read the instructions and give the agree emoji but never noticed that there is a video. It should definitely be more emphasized I don’t think it is easy to disable SRS in the LR4 (it is easy to disable for the passenger side) and I saw posts in the community that it might invalidate the insurance or warranty if you install a kill switch Thanks @Emmanuel for a great morning in the desert. The most beautiful place I visited with Carnity. Now dealing with insurance company to get things fixed

Do consider weight, width and offset when you purchase wheels. bead locks are expensive unless you decide to run larger tires. A 9 inch wide rim can run upto 35s, where you should be fine without beadlocks. just my 2c.

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Will do! I have this week off work so will have time for practicing!

Thanks you @Emmanuel for the wonderful drive. It was well organised drive.I was in a bit of thoughts on how will the fewbie plus goes as it was my first drive. But later got more confident and comfortable with it,

Thanks Gaurav, saw my car in the "stuck" section of the video! I suggest that you emphasize the message of disabling the air bag and also show an example because it looks like you need to press button but it is more complicated than that

Thanks @Jorge Stepniak Felippe for your feedback, I think you must have joined Carnity and attended the physical briefing (pre-COVID) in which we always use to emphasize on disabling airbags and all traction aids. Here is the video now we use for all newbie briefings. Chapter 1: 00:48 Sec

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@Jorge Stepniak Felippe it's really sad to hear that LR4 airbag has popped on the criss-crosing, I hope insurance or warranty can cover this or else they must be expensive to repair. Just few days back we were discussing this internally that how to emphasis on video briefing because now with COVID we cannot do the live briefing like before. Can you please give us your feedback on the video briefing: Have you seen the video briefing and was it clear that you supposed to disable SRS? OR was it confusing or not clear and we need to improve that area to emphasize more? OR disabling the SRS in LR4 isn't easy and you were thinking on installing a kill switch?

Thanks Emmanuel. It was a fantastic drive and enjoyed well. its makes me more confident with my car to reached the top of the bowl without any hassle .

DRIVE REPORT Since @Lucky sAm had to cancel his participation (we hope that he will recover very soon), we were only 5 cars. Of course we love to have long convoys, but from time to time it's also nice to enjoy that kind of sweet little drive. Thanks @Jolly Abraham, @RohanH, @Jorge Stepniak Felippe and @AKR for managing very well and making this drive smooth and fun. All 4 cars were already waiting at 2nd December Cafeteria when I arrived about 10 minutes before meeting time, and most of them were already deflated, ready to move. After a quick briefing, as the daylight was on his way, we started gently heading to Pink rock, then, increasing the pace a bit, we found ourselves at the rear of Big Red in no time. After playing a bit on this lovely set of high dunes, we reached Big Red, and everyone reached the top from the back side, including @Jolly Abraham, my excellent second lead, who always impresses me with his 2.7L Fortuner. Unfortunately, we had to exit @AKR, who was sweeping, at Badayer, because his transmission was overheating and didn't cool down after he switched off the engine for some time. We headed back, in direction of Pink Rock with an even smaller convoy of 4 cars. It was a perfect opportunity to increase the pace and get closer to the intermediate level, which we gradually did as everyone seemed to me comfortable. @RohanH, who clearly gained some confidence since last time I saw him driving, only had a few refusals and one cresting during the all drive. Well done ! @Jorge Stepniak Felippe didn't struggle at all, I guess. Maybe he would just need a bit of practice in crisscrossing. Well, his LR4 wouldn't exactly agree on this last point : while we were getting closer to Pink Rock at good speed, Jorge announced on radio that his lateral airbags had deployed. Probably the car computer misread what is actually supposed to happen during a crisscross : a quick change in angles. Now you understand Jorge why in our newbie briefing, we ask drivers to disable the SRS. Sorry that you learnt it the hard way... After this incident, as it was almost time, I decided to finish the drive at slower pace and to exit at Nazwa. In spite of AKR's transmission overheating and Jorge's airbag incident, it's been a very nice drive. Congratulations everyone. Hasta la vista.

@Ale Vallecchi thank u so much for a wonderful and cool lead.. ur the DUNE MASTER.. U read the dunes like a book.. ur knowledflge od the dunes amd terrains is pretty impressive.. Its always fun to follw the lead of the Dune Master

Hands down .. one of the best terrain and routes , I have driven with carnity. Great lead by @Gaurav taking the fewbies into this terrain , had some real metal pants Very good support from @Tbone and yes , too bad we were just half a km from Iftaar Bowl - have to leave something exciting for next time anyway ! I must also say were impressed with @Anish S and @Pancho who were mostly in front of me , on how they have handled their vehicles in this route. Posted some pics and the below timelapse .. where you ll mostly see @Pancho , but yeah there were so many good moments - I had a hard time to choose and compress this to 2 minutes .

Congratulations to all members who have recently been promoted to higher levels in the off-road world! However, can Carnity Admin not create a dedicated announcement thread/channel/forum for these announcements? I only speak for myself when I say that I do not visit Carnity as often as I used to simply because I don't want to wade through long lists of promotion announcements before I get to something worth reading/discussing. I am, however, reasonably confident that many other members find these announcements clogging up the discussion part of the forum equally irritating. So how about it, Admin?

Another great day out on the dunes and I even had the honor of @Gaurav taking the helm to show me what my little Duster is capable of by getting it to the top of Fossil Rock. Thanks to @AviG and @Lisa Pemberton for all the great photos. I will upload some video footage over the next few days. Unfortunately my camera was mounted (taped!!) to the the passenger headrest upright so the back of my neck is blocking the view of Gaurav's ascent of Fossil Rock. Can't wait for Friday for more fun in the sun!.

hi JJ, thanks a lot. Was indeed a great trip and nice to see myself drive. was worth the covid test. next week I will be driving in Abudhabi again.

@Wrangeld it was an amazing experience and looking forward to have more fun ahead on the upcoming drives..

An amazing sunset drive. The temp was at scorching 47°c till sunset and dunes were tricky due to heavy wind. But with @Ale Vallecchi on lead, we have had nearly no challenges while venturing through the terrain. Everyone drove well. @Emmanuel was really unfortunate with his car which wasn't started after deflation . Hope its fixed now. See you all soon on sand until then stay safe and healthy.

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@FredericThank you so much for leading the team, it was full of joy and pleasant being member of the the team last week. and thank you everyone being on-time

Return Match At Lisali - Lisali 1: Carnity 1 What a difference a week makes ... and finding the entry point that is 1km further up the track where the technical dunes are a little bit less treacherous. @Frederic had found the entry point that cleared the technical dunes in 4 minutes rather than 4 hours and we were all able to enjoy the sweeping dunes and vistas of Lisali, all the way up to Al Qudra where @tjsingh started to have overheating problems and had to be left by the roadside waiting a pick up. Highlights of the day? @J J showing his skills of centre forward, @Nizam Deen woking hard to get his own pop out sorted, @Adam Marston getting through without any issues at all the whole day and @Brette finding out that the chip in the mighty beast is now under control. As second lead I enjoyed a nice relaxing drive following Freddie's excellent (as always) lead - so goo infact we had time for a little Qudra bonus before closing out the drive. See you soon in the sand.

Great drive route from @Frederic and support from @Brette. Everyone did great on this drive I initially thought Lisaili was going to be challenging based on what I heard from last week .. but yeah Lisaili conquered ! Posted some pics already and below video timelapse . Enjoy !

Eid Mubarak. Allah Kareem.

Hi guys, thank you for this drive, great way to start a day. We had tons of fun at the back and I think it’s safe to say everyone had fun too. @Srikumar always great drives and tracks, thanks 🙏🏽 @Vanessa8580 thank you so much for the tips I cannot wait for the next one to put them in practice, it’s always nice for me to learn as we learn something new on every drive, specially from someone with so much experience 🙏🏽 I’ll add some videos of the back having fun 😍

Wishing you all a blessed Eid Mubarak...

Eid Mubarak to everyone.

Eid Mubarak!!

Eid Mubarak to all of Carnity Family, have a lovely and blessed EID for you and your loved ones.

Eid Mubarak!!

In a perfect world, we should not have to pay a tad extra to get top-notch work from any garage. But then, we don't live in a perfect world so we often pays our money and takes our chances- written guarantees notwithstanding.

@Gauravs punch lines !!😉

We do a lot of Hummer repairs. H2, H3 mainly. H1 are a pain in the ass to get parts for.

Except: Long hill climb Steep hill climb Riding the crest Tugging the 3-ton cars Self-recovery with a smile Crossing the sharpest crest with ease Escaping from stickiest sand pockets Keep me cool in 50 degrees Hit the highway at 140 Still, turn a lot of head after 20 years

Here we see the mother truck accompanying her offspring out in the wild.