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Next time you get stuck, i will let you shovel out your entire car with your little foldable spoon. Trust me that you will go and buy a proper shovel the same day 😁

It's sold so that it breaks and you buy another one again.

The location i shared selling only proper shovel. If you ask them fold-able shovel they wont even understand what is that This is construction materials shop.

Sorry @J J but 2 back to back wake up calls at 3:30 are too much to handle for me (if I want to stay sharp)

I will get a full sized shovel as the risk of me getting stuck is quite high😅 It is a blasphemy though that foldable spoon is for sale all over the place. When I googled spade/shovel offroad on Amazon, I get quite a few foldables.

You should get a full-size (not foldable) proper laborer shovel with a handle on top, and a v-shaped tip. Available in most hardware shops (Speedex, Ace, or general hardware shops). Make sure it's long enough so you can reach far enough underneath the vehicle. (the one on the right is PERFECT).

If you are close to DIP. I got it from below location. Only 15 AED it was.Get the one with handle at the back side it will be easier to use at sand. https://goo.gl/maps/DVqXr8D8PRrDjXfA7

Attention all Carnity Explorers! @Mehmet Volga @Rajeevan Vickneswaran @Janarthan @Kalahari @Shiju Manuel @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Najeeb Mohammed @Tbone, @Biju Abdul and @Jeandre Bezuidenhout thank you for joining this drive, on Friday morning. Since a few of you are either brand new or relatively new Fewbie drivers, I would like to reiterate, for all, the tools you will be required to carry with you for this drive. It's a MUST to have 1) a proper shovel, 2) a compressor and MOST OF ALL, rated tow points both front and back. The lack of these items will inevitably lead to the driver being sent back from the deflation point. I am trying to make this point clear early on in the week to allow anyone who may not have these required items to equip themselves with them. While a shovel and a compressor are easily available respectively at any Speedex and Dragon Mart, the tow hooks are usually already mounted on most 4x4 cars. Just assure yourselves that they are in good conditions (not rusty, or loosely bolted), and make sure they are visible and accessible (in case of cars where the tow points are hidden behind the fender). The importance of this particular equipment is paramount in case of the need to recover the car, and not having the tow hooks both in good conditions and accessible will be reason enough to ask the driver to exit the drive from the start. Having said this, I will get back to you with more information on the drive as we get closer to Friday morning. I wish all of you a great week.

As we have been respecting authorities guidance & Carnity COVID guidelines to resume desert drives with caution by keeping social distance and wearing mask at all times outside the vehicle Unfortunately few off-roaders have difficulty in understanding and abiding these guidelines. As published in the national newspaper of UAE, everyone need to understand that still there are no gatherings allowed and authorities are issuing fine for 10,000 AED for host and 5,000 AED for attendees. https://gulfnews.com/uae/health/people-caught-violating-covid-19-safety-instructions-prosecuted-1.1591381059748 If you spot anyone stepping out of the car not wearing a mask, please remind them on the radio immediately. As we all are in this together, so we all have to help each other to remind. Failing to abide below list of restriction will result in an immediate ban from Carnity Off-road Club: FIRST WARNING Minimum 1 month ban from joining any Carnity off-road Club drives. Written warning will be issued on your Carnity profile. SECOND WARNING Minimum 6 month ban from joining any Carnity off-road Club drives. Written warning will be issued on your Carnity profile. If you do not like these restrictions, please stay at home and do not join for any off-road drives. Every Carnity Off-road Club Member has to COMPLY WITH THESE COVID19 GUIDELINES FACE MASK IS MANDATORY, WHENEVER YOU STEP OUT - NO EXCUSES. LEARN TO CONFIGURE YOUR RADIO, before the drive. Nobody will teach you or exchange radios like before. Read the detailed instructions posted here - to configure. If you still cannot configure, ask on forum ahead of time. Click "TOTALLY AGREE" Emoji here before RSVP any drive or else trip lead will remove your name.

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST Two Way Radio Guidelines Every Off-roader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic. We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving. Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops... No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it. Drive Details Level: Intermediate and above When: 15 Aug 2020, Saturday Meeting time: 4:00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/y8TL2hpPpVGwwmhR8 Action Plan: Long range dunes, side sloping, ridge riding and crossing, in a beautiful landscape, dotted with lone trees Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Please also make sure you have all the equipment required on board as an Intermediate. THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE. Approximate finish time: 08:00 PM LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 8 Intermediate drivers maximum. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members that do not confirm the terms of the COVID requirements will be removed from the RSVP list. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

Thats a super deal, thnx for sharing.

Yes it is 1386AED for 4 including fitting and one time free rotation and alignment at 10K

@Xaf 265/65R17 Yokohama Geolander A/T G015 2019 - AED 693 per tire

Could you also provide us the size of the tires, "size does matter", especially regarding price

Rav 4 is alright but not really an offroader. LX470 is good, it's basically a Land Cruiser and has great resale on top everything and comes with Lexus reliability. And great on road too. But some here measure a car with only one metric and that is how high a car will climb a particular dune. Everything else secondary. But IMO unless your only aim is to wining dune climbing competitions then it's not the car for you. But if you like to dune bash up till a pretty advanced level its a great car. And that's just my opinion

@Biju Abdul they are out of stock now. Was looking for a friend and he couldn't get it. G015 2019 is available with Juma Al Majid for 1400 for 4. +971504660765 Juma Al Majid Sharjah

Best ones - good quality for the price are at Speedex .

Luckily I asked, otherwise, I would have gone for a foldable for ease of storage. 😆

@Frederic Please remove me from the waiting list as I got a place at a second morning drive with Guaram. Thanks!

Well deserve ! Congrats @Jeandre Bezuidenhout

Hi Car is a Land cruiser Rear hook Front hook Tyre deflator / inflator available Radios to be bought- dragon market

1. Which 4x4 do you drive? - Jeep Cherokee Limited 2007 2. Confirm your vehicle has a front and rear tow hook - Yes 3. Do you have any previous offroading experience? - No For your first offroad adventure, please bring along a deflator and pressure gauge. Yes, I have

@Ale Vallecchi Yep wish it was morning Can't do afternoons unfortunately - family calls !

@Tamas Hoffmann @izzumonv @Juan Carlos Elizalde Reyes @seosamh nash @Probir Mukherjee welcome to the Carnity Offroad Club. Please provide us with the following details : 1. Which 4x4 do you drive? 2. Confirm your vehicle has a front and rear tow hook 3. Do you have any previous offroading experience? For your first offroad adventure, please bring along a deflator and pressure gauge. @Dagdag Sofiane this drive is for Absolute Newbies or First Timers with Carnity. Please sign up on the other Newbie drives and incase if they are full you can add your name on the waitlist.

@Probir MukherjeeI just bought the Baofeng UV5R at AED70 from Dragon Mart about 2 weeks ago. I have used it for 2 drives, so far so good. The only comment is to make sure that you press the talk button for 1-2s before you start to speak. Very good value for money for AED70

@Frederic I have left the Pink Rock event and I am staying on this. I am looking forward to my first drive with you.

Hi @Frederic can you please add me to the waiting list? Thanks.

@Frederic, please add me to the waiting list.

Add my name in waiting list please

Thank you @Chaitanya D for the response. You must be right about the availability, two of the garages nearby have told me too that this mode is not available now. I am waiting to hear from one garage at Rashidiya too and if not available I will go for the AT Geolander G015. Thanks.

Dear fellow Carnity drivers. In preparation for the drive, knowing that there will be many newly promoted Fewbies eager to test themselves at this higher level, I would like to introduce you to the drive’s nature and driving focuses. The area of Al Faqa is the north-eastern extension of the Qudra basin, bordering with Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain province. We will visit its northern reaches, entering from a tarmac road just before the main Faqa exit. The main features of this part of Faqa are long ranges of open dunes, starting to get a bit tighter and more technical moving east toward Al Ain, with a wide open sabkha stretching parallel to our playground, to the east, toward Solar Park. The northern limit of this Faqa area is dotted with beautiful gnarly trees, mostly lonely, but at times bunched in small groves, for which I have chosen to call it “the arboretum”. We will drive south-west into the long-range dunes, test ourselves a bit in the tighter dune area, then cross the sabkha and another range of low dunes, before heading toward Solar Park. We will focus on side sloping but will also spend some time going through the main elements of ridge crossing, and of course practicing them, whenever safe. In order to get more familiar with these skills, you may read Dune Crossing Tutorial and Techniques, on the Carnity Off-Road Club’s page. In the meantime, I look forward to seeing on Friday at dawn all those who will decide to join. Have a great week.

Congratulations @Frederik Bisbjerg. You will do very well considering " Fred's" in this group are excellent !! @Frederic & @Febin Frederic

There is one guy Mr Warren in Fast Lane tires Al Qusais , is pretty knowledgeable with regards to wheel aligning and balancing. Note Yokohama Geolander ATS (Made in Japan) is no longer available as per the dealer, so you will have to go for the AT Geolander G015. (Made in Thailand). In general pretty similar in performance compared to the ATS.

Well that's the same fault, I meant to share and highlight here before people go happy with gas peddle on low gear with brakes on, as GM didnt bother to put a cap on how much rev is needed.

Let me introduce myself first. My name is Rahimdad and I have been on the off-road scene now for over 10 years. I am registered with EMSF (Emirates Motor Sports Federation) and I have marshaled many events including the Gulf News Fun Drive, Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Dubai Desert Challenge and the Dubai Desert Moto X events. Now that you know me a bit better, lets find out what are modifications, basically modifications are any changes made to your vehicle which change the characteristics of the vehicle from its original built. There are power modifications, which change the power and torque ratio of your stock vehicle, some of these can be done without detection while others are visible and illegal in UAE. The ride height of the vehicle can be modified, and where some people prefer to lower their rides as a sports modification, the off-road community looks at increasing the height of the 4x4 for better clearance. Than there are visual modifications which change the look of your vehicle, this can be achieved through some body kits, spoilers or something as simple as stickers. So with all my experience what would I recommend for off-road modifications. many a times I have seen people who get interested in off-roading and want to experience it first hand. First things first you need a 4x4 which would serve your purpose, so you ask a few experienced drivers and they give you a few models to choose from. Than they start asking for mods for their chosen vehicle and they would go for the mods ending up spending a small fortune. Than they would venture out to the desert with a group who would guide him through the terrain. They would either feel that the small fortune they have spent in making their ride does not perform well as it is getting stuck or its not quite the sport for them. Guess what, this small fortune they have spent is a complete waste, as now they do not want to pursue the sport for one reason or the other and they would never get back the money spent to built the vehicle, which means a total loss. I have never made any power mods and never felt the need to upgrade the power of any of my off-road vehicles due to my style of driving. As I have not made any power mods I am not the best person to comment on this either. For small power gains which would not be noticeable and would not get you in trouble with the law, you can install platinum plugs with high performance wire set. Another small gain from changing the stock filter to an after market one with similar look and feel as your original air filter (cone filters are against the law, although sold in a few shops). Changing the exhaust pipe give you moderate gains, but a nice sound to your car added with a cone filter (straight pipes are also not allowed as cat back system is important). he main gains would come when you change the header and reprogram your vehicle (also not allowed in UAE). This is for information purpose from my understanding and I have never made any power mods and I will not recommend it to anyone. The lesser engine power you have, the more scope you have of learning and the better you can perform with a higher spec vehicle. I feel a lift is important for some of the vehicles, specially the newer ones, but you cannot make any mods on a new car without losing warranty. Trading Enterprise, Jeep are the only one who void only the warranty for the suspension if you make any mods through them and loads their system with the warranty of the company that you are using to change the suspension system. There are many ways to lift a vehicle, mostly through aftermarket suspension kits which come with a warranty of their own. in my case I had lifted my Jeep Commander 5.7 Hemi with Coil Spring Spacers which were the only option, this gave me 2 inch more of clearance and the ability to put in slightly bigger tires. On my Land Rover Discovery i did not lift it at all, since I really liked the feel of the original soft suspensions and I found a way to manage my Discovery without having any major issues. For my pathfinder I have just gone to one of the Sharjah suspension shops and got it done really cheap by just changing the springs to slightly harder and about 2 inches bigger than the original springs. With bigger tires I have managed enough height to give me a peace of mind in any terrain. With my Pathfinder I do feel that there is slight issue with the tire rubbing on full turns, but I try to manage it without further mods. I have never tried to change the looks of my car, and it is also something which is not allowed by the laws in UAE, even stickers are not allowed and at the time of passing they can fail you car for a simple sticker. This is just a short write up to make people aware that you do not need to mod your car before bringing it out to the desert, only make the mods you feel necessary when you are serious about the sport. Don't think that overly modified vehicles will give you knowledge on how to treat a terrain and navigate through it. I will end with one of my friend's example, he had a Pajero 3.8 liter 2008 model and the only modification he ever made was a steel plate on the rear of his vehicle to protect the rear bumper, this was a bolt on application that could be removed at the time of passing. He has manged all terrains with us and is very capable with minimum modification. Everybody, please feel free to comment and add to this thread, or start a new thread on this section if you feel you have something new to add.

It's interesting that a lot of power modifications are illegal but it's something I see a lot of. A guy who lives opposite me has a SWB patrol and he has fitted a big turbo to it. It's pretty obvious because of the huge intercooler behind the bumper. Then there's the dump valve every time he lifts off the throttle. It's impossible to miss. It does sound awesome though. Engine remaps are also widely available too and everyone knows these companies don't exist just to work on race cars. Stickers being illegal is another interesting issue because it's something I also see every day. Some are nice and suit the car but some are just plain tacky. So just how illegal does illegal really mean or is it usually a case of wasta?

Please share with other Off-roaders, friends, relatives in the Al Qudra area.