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Definitely the biggest con is COVID 19 pandemic that hit some how every one to the single detail of our living. However , what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ! And here comes the pros one single big event for me during 2020 is knowing @Carnity and joining the Carnity offroad club and for me it was the gift of 2020. My second family what do I want more ! I hope that 2021 will bring the best out of me for family, friends and the desert that I have always loved to explore it with you guys. I wish to all of you a year full of energy and success and i hope the pandemic regress and fades away. happy new year ! Mohamed 🙏🏻🌷🚙

Everyone was excellent on this drive! Thanks to @sertac @Luca Palanca Falsini and @Nivin for good leading and to all others having perfect speed with no stuck in the main part of the drive. @Athula Dharmadada hope you can easily fix the radiator problem and back to the sand soon. Even the ending part of the drive was funny for me since it was a good experience for everyone to handle in such a difficult technical area. This was my first time in this track and now it has become one of my favorites. All types of dunes are together here so we were able to play on long dunes as well as challenged with difficult technical dunes in a single drive! I will follow all drives in this area to join! See you all on the next challenge!

Current Waitlist for Fewbie Plus Drive Rizwan Waheed Luca Palanca Falsini MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Sajit Modiyil Ahab Shamaa Mukundan Nair Abu Muhammad Nabil Bishara Abu Muhammad Yousef Alimadadi Shaaz Sha Probir Mukherjee

Thank you so much @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader, hope to see you soon my friend. Looking forward to join you again @Frederic Thank you so much dear @Rahimdad for trusting me. That day was priceless. Your attitude and smile is contagious. I truly admire you and very grateful to know you. Thank you for everything. Alf Shukur azizi Dr. @Mohamed Seidam. Happy new year to you and your kind family. I've known you from your informative posts. Will hopefully meet you in person soon inshallah. Teslam habibi @ALI ALMOUMAR, hope to meet you and your kids again soon Have a nice holiday and a safe return @Luca Bregni. Thank you @Chaitanya D, appreciate your support to teach me the basics while climbing the pink rock for the first time. Thank you @Thomas Varghese, hopefully we will meet your son and son in law again next time. Looking forward for some nice pics with your pro camera Merry Christmas & Happy new year to all my dear friends at Carnity. It is unbelievable how few weeks ago i didn't even hear about this club. Now, it is my second home. I keep thinking about the weekend drives and Carnity teammates every single day of the week!! Thanks dear @Gaurav for the promotion and for everything you do to all of us.

@Ahab Shamaa @Rizwan Waheed, I agree. I opened the link the second the RSVP opened, but was greeted by a fully booked drive 😂. @Gaurav bhai, hoping for a positive response towards a 2nd Convoy; It would be a great start for a new Year 😉.

Same for me It was the pandemic, lack of options for external activities, inability to travel etc, made me seek out for alternative entertainment. I start in June/July and was my weekly activity and I enjoyed it immensely.

Then you should come on Saturday 2nd Jan morning 😉 ., the iftar bowel , ghost village and further east toward showaib its challenging , super soft sand technicals , lost and found games and many ... etc cheers 🤞

Thanks a lot! Thank you very much!

Congratulations @Aus Alzubaidi for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 5 Newbie drives are required within last 3 months for Fewbie promotion. What you'll learn Basic dune and sand reading Basic self-recovery techniques Advance side sloping and hill climb Basic ridge riding and criss crossing Basic control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Presence of mind and attention to detail Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie and Fewbie drives And Fewbie Plus, after 5 drives at Fewbie level only Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

More like 7:03 😂. Hope something works out, I am literally addicted to these drives 😂😂.

Dear Ahab @Ahab Shamaa thank you for the kind words I am just trying to help in sharing the joy and happiness with my second family .and BTW you drive really good !

Well done @Frederic. I took my 1st classes for desert driving from you as an absolute newbie and these 2 absolute newbies are really fortunate to join for a newbie drive straight away under your guidance. U are just an awesome teacher and explained everything so clear and loud that it still is the basis for my other drives.

Hi @Salty3Arab and @ZakWarah welcome to Carnity and its offroad club. As we don't have any absolute newbie drive in upcoming weekend so we have reserved two spots in both newbie drives for first timer with Carnity. You both have been added to this drive and I look forward to seeing you both. Please check if both front and rear tow points are available on your vehicle so we can safely recover you when needed. As a first timer with Carnity, please go through this drive topic fully and also watch the Absolute Newbie Briefing. P.S. This is one time preference for absolute newbie as you have joined mid-week. P.S.2 Kindly join the Carnity Drive Notification group for getting the drive notification for future drives, please. Keep an eye on this drive topic the coming days where we will announce the convoy list on Thursday morning. See you both on Saturday !

I will do that with great pleasure , enjoy your holidays my friend 😉

Would be perfect but unfortunately I will not be able to go any drive next week 🎅 I'll look for the next... Have extra fun on my behalf as well!

Dear Gaurav, I joined Carnity today and would like to join your Sharjah drive on the 2nd. I have a 2014 Jeep Wrangler, upgraded in June 2019 with terraflex suspension kit, steel bumper and winch. I have been driving this car in the UAE desert for about 3 years (crossing Wahiba desert, Oman, in stock mode and leading groups of up to 12 through RAK desert and back from Sharjah - Sphinx/Fossil rock area). I appreciate the learning cycle never stops but would appreciate your recommendation and advice for me to join a more advanced group as an outcome of this drive. Kind regards Willem

Thank you very much indeed!

Thanks @Gaurav for leading us in a wonderful drive that afternoon. Everyone drove wonderfully and it was so scarce of any refusals that we had to look outside our convoy for one. Learnt a lot from that recovery. I have added few snaps in the gallery.

As usual it was a pleasure driving with you @Wrangeld - will look forward to driving with you again. Thanks for the guidance from @Veedooshee. I have added some snaps in the gallery.

Congrats @AlexPol

Congrats @Aus Alzubaidi

Congrats @Aus Alzubaidi

@Aus Alzubaidi congratulations

Congratulations @Niki Patel

@Niki Patel Congratulations..!

@AlexPol Congratulations...!

@AlexPol congratulations

Congrats @AlexPol you were an asset on our last Newbie drive with your extended shovel and willingness to help in every refusal or stuck. Look forward to catching up on the Fewbie drives

The story of this geyser is different than it looks. We let the car cool down a bit maybe 10-15min. In this time we continuously sprayed water to the radiator. Than we opened the cap. There wasn't any water splashing out. So we start adding water to the radiator. I guess what happened was, since we sprayed to the radiator it cooled down but engine was still hot, so the water we poured went in to the radiator and from there it went in to the engine. When it reached to the hot engine it started boiling and got sprayed out.

Thanks;) Thanks a lot! Thanks, looking forward! Thanks a lot. Can’t wait for the new drives and learnings)

congrats also to you @Aus Alzubaidi

Congrats @Aus Alzubaidi

Congrats @Niki Patel, wish you a Happy New year

@AlexPol Congratulations!

Congratulations @Aravind Padmaraju for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 5 Newbie drives are required within last 3 months for Fewbie promotion. What you'll learn Basic dune and sand reading Basic self-recovery techniques Advance side sloping and hill climb Basic ridge riding and criss crossing Basic control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Presence of mind and attention to detail Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie and Fewbie drives And Fewbie Plus, after 5 drives at Fewbie level only Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Thanks a lot, will keep moving up)

@Ahab Shamaa I found it tricky getting true independent advice here in UAE as the few garages I visited were licensed to sell certain brands and therefore were biased to those. That’s one of the challenges in our market in that exclusive rights (subsidized stock) limit true independent garages so us giving true reviews can be a massive help! I am like @topgear on stock suspension and it’s been great as I am learning on these so any future upgrade I will really be in a position to appreciate the improvements. OME 51’s had a great and easy manual adjustment so within a minute you could move to softer rebound so Sat-Thursday we would have a really nice ride on the road and then a quick adjustment to firm things up and be ready for the desert. That said (I understand but need to confirm) the shocks cannot be rebuilt ... they have a 3 year warranty which helps but need to read up on >3 years what’s needed. Beauty of others like King/Fox etc is you can get them rebuilt and effectively like new annually/whenever so a bit more research to do for sure! In the new year I will start up that show and tell thread if others haven’t and do a bit of detective work to find out who on our drive had the OME 51s to encourage a quick review for our benefit we need to find something to talk about right... our cars are not breaking down that often so our community looks silent 🤣 ...

Congrats @AlexPol

@GauravPlease can you add me to the waiting list...Thanks

Congrats @Niki Patel

@Gaurav wait list list request , I have waitlisted my self on other morning drives and will take whichever comes through first,if any and drop thr others Thanks

Plz add me to the WL 🙏

congratulazioni @Federico De Chirico

Dear @Gaurav kindly also waitlist me for the first drive of the week and first of 2021 😂.

Congratulations @Aus Alzubaidi best wishes bro drive safe and happy new year 🚙👍🙏🏻

Please add me to the waiting list. 1st drive 😀

@Gaurav Please add me to the waiting list. 1st drive of the week.

Congratulations @Aus Alzubaidi. It was my greatest pleasure to have you as my second lead this week and this promotion is well deserved. Enjoy learning new tips and tricks at this level while you further enhance the skills you have already picked up.

Ohh , guys please take care , scald burns are serious for long term ... 🙏🏻 I wouldn’t open the cap at all !

@Febin Frederic We wait sometimes and that was happened after watering to the radiator.