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Very exciting day today. Morning absolute newbie and afternoon newbie drive Thanks chaitnya, Mahmoud, anis , Alex for leading and managing the convoy. Very adventurous drive and learnt how to manage and control your vehicle in this different terrain and team work when someone stuck. Will meet you all in next drive.

Echoing Thomas, the afternoon trip was really enjoyable, challenging and the most importance is really safe. Special thanks for excellence lead and guide by @Chaitanya D and supported by @AlexPol, @Anish S & @Mahmoud Hamzawy

@Brette@Rahimdad@Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran @Michael Glavanis @Bala Krishnan @Alphin Aloor @Hisham Masaad @imranaasghar81 @Ben84 @Sara EL FANIDI @Kaile Barrameda @N@ved Thanks alot all the beautiful participant for todays drive

Drive report It was quite chilly this morning and the heavy wind made it even feel colder than it was. I was happy to have my hoodie en my scarf with me and I had my seat warmers on in the car .... Once everyone arrived and deflated, I did a quick briefing and we started to move. I explained in my briefing that we were going to do some technical terrain first, then a few kilometers on a dirt track before we would reach Faya. We had no issues at all in Suweydan and could keep a good pace so we reached Faya after 1 hour. Luckily it was very quiet at Faya so everyone had a turn to try and make it all the way up from the front. @Salarios @Yusuf Esaf @AlexPol @Jack Thomas @Nivin @Vineeth John Joseph @Karthik Krishnakumar and even @Jon M with the Montero Sport made it up ! He was very impressed with his car and he had a smile from 1 ear to the other !! The 3 Pajero's all had a try but couldn't make it and @Ranjan Das missed a few horses I'm afraid or maybe it was the very heavy tyres on his car, he was a bit disappointed he couldn't make it up but he will make it one day .... After a while, we saw @sertac convoy approaching so we made space and moved on to the bowls behind Faya. It was getting a little more busy in the area with a lot of different other convoys so we had to be careful. Everyone drove very well in and out the bowls and we didn't have any mayor issue just a few refusals which could be handled very easily. After last week's drive with a lot of shoveling, I didn't have to take out my shovel this week ! Thank you @Nivin and @Salarios for all your guidance over the radio, I was lucky to have such good support. I think everyone had a lot of fun, I sure did have a lot of fun, and I hope to see everyone again very soon .....

What a wonderful afternoon desert drive. @Chaitanya D. Special thanks to @AlexPol, @Anish S & @Mahmoud Hamzawy for the support as 2nd lead, center forward and sweep respectively. @rajeshkumar rathod you did wonderful today after your 1t drive as an absolute newbie in the morning. I wish I could be this flawless during our initial days of joining the club. It was a pleasure driving with @frederic demolder & @Dodi Syahdar two new friends I made today. Seeing the way @Danish Mohammad & @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader driving today who actually joined with me for my absolute newbie drive I'm impressed by the way the senior team members have imparted the knowledge of offroading to us. Put a smile on my face when I saw them negotiating the dunes without any hiccups and self recovering from tight situations. WOW. If this is what just a few newbie drives makes us how to learn to negotiate the desert hurdles I just awe what the fewbie drives will do to us. As this was my 5th drive with Carnity I have applied for a promotion to be a fewbie the moment I hit my computer and pray the team will grant me the opportunity to be a fewbie and grant my wish to join the future fewbie drives in my learning process. Please pray for me that my wish will be granted soon. Again I thank everybody or the wonderful evening along with my wife who enjoyed the entire drive episode and the spectacular views of the desert. Hope to meet you all very soon for another drive.

@Chaitanya D thank you very much for the incredible drive this afternoon. The course was beautiful and very varied on a technical level. Thanks to all the participants for their kindness and team spirit and to @Anish S @Mahmoud Hamzawy for their support . @AlexPol thank you for helping me with my air compressor and by the way your Jeep is beautiful !👍 It has been one of the most beautiful journeys since I joined Carnity !👍 See you next time !😉

Thank you all for a great drive. I have attached some of the photos taken by the drone. We are very lucky that we get to drive in a place this beautiful.

@Chaitanya D Thank you so much for the wonderful drive today, loved everything about it. Thank you @AlexPol @Anish S and @Mahmoud Hamzawy for the support throughout the drive. Completed 5 newbie drives today along with @Danish Mohammad and @Thomas Varghese 😃.. Thank you everyone else for a wonderful drive today. See you all again in the sand.

@Wrangeld great drive today, different terrain than what im used to, very tight, had the nose and tail in the sand a lot but we made it. The beats is pulling well with the new air intake 🤤. The wind started making it difficult to follow the track later on which was quite interesting. @Kalahari hope you enjoyed the soup behind me ✌🏼

Thank you @Vanessa8580 and the entire team for an incredible day today. It was a good mix of technical dunes in the beginning, an exhilirating ride up Faya Mountain, and finally a nice cruise through the bowls. Here are a few snaps of the day. Have a great weekend everyone! Cheers, Salar

Great selection of terrains that made this drive extra Intresting. Thank you all specially @Wrangeld, @Kailas and @Kalahari for smooth management. See you 🔜 on Sand.

Thanks @Vanessa8580, it was great morning with beautiful sunrise, amazing red dunes and great people. Appreciate your efforts, very positive atmosphere and interesting and sometimes challenging route. See you all guys in the dunes for next drives. Have a lovely weekend. So great photos, very nice views! Thanks for sharing.

Hello Everyone, it was great driving with you today, It was an amazing day and I really enjoyed it. Attached some nice photos, and I am sharing as well the link where all your photos are uploaded. Note the link is valid for 1 week. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RMQvrrFg5YA32vUelHDt0lld7-zcpTSD?usp=sharing @sertac @Denizzalbayrak @Malachy McGrogan @Ashy @Senthil Kumar @Mehmet Volga @Mohamed Abo ElKomsan @RaYan E @Aus Alzubaidi @Arda Yagcioglu @Jose Martin @Rahimdad @Gaurav

Trip report. Today was a smooth drive. We didn`t had any major stuck or any technical issue. We needed to use the rope only 2 times. Thanks to @Mehmet Volga and @Arda Yagcioglu those situations handled well. Path between start point to Fossil rock was bit bushy. OMG this desert became a forest now. Once we reached to the Fossil Rock it was the sunrise. We had beautiful pictures and nice view to watch. After 5 min of break at Fossil Rock we start moving again. Sand formation on the Fossil Rock wouldn`t let us pass to the other side. Actually there was no sand at all, so we went around that. We start heading to the Bowl before the Faya. Man that was fun, everyone pushed their cars to the limit. While we were at the bowl @Jose Martin`s radio battery start alarming for charge. In this point we replaced the sweep position between Jose and Arda. With our new sweep we start heading to the famous Faya. We had some nice rolling dunes and finally we reached to Faya. There we met with @Vanessa8580, @Nivin and rest of their convoy. We were lucky that Vanessa was having spare radio and we landed it to Jose. Everyone made their attempted to the climb. I was impressed with everyone`s climb. After Faya we start heading to 2nd December area. On the way we noticed that Mehmet`s flag was missing. EVen he went back to find it but he wasn`t lucky. Since he lost his flag we made another change on the convoy. Now Arda became CF and Mehmet took the Sweep position. On our wasy we came across with huge camel group. One of the camel get too close to us to get some petting We had nice pictures and moment to remember. After that we had some sideys and left the area safely. Thank everyone for the drive and hope to see you again.

@Vanessa8580 was such a lovely ride really enjoyed going up the Faya Dune , thank you guys for an amazing weekend @Nivin @Salarios.

WOW I see many of you were thinking or planning suspension upgrade and I'm happy to clear just a tip of an iceberg with above pointers as there is a big ocean lies in front of you boys to choose the correct and "useful" product. Also adding more points that I forgot to mention before: Stiffer suspension is really needed when you massively upgrade your tire size from 28 - 35 Inch. Small upgrade of 2 Inch is acceptable as many stock suspensions has 8-10 inches of travel anyways. Secondly if you plan to do rock crawling or serious mountain climbing then they are very useful too. But don't end up being a showpiece with monster truck running 35 Inch BFG with stage 3 suspension for road. Even worst you bring that showpiece to sand like going for swimming with ice hockey gears. Last but least, please don't be a guinea pig and ask for demo - certainly.

Preface: Having a proper off-road suspension DOES help a lot for off-roading in negotiating cross tracks, long hill climb at a faster speed to take bumps, making a jumps - literally air-borne with all 4 wheels in the air, so that when you land on all 4 or 2 or 1 wheel first they are strong enough to hold the car weight (unlike most of stock suspensions, which are not designed for jumping). My view: All of the above benefits a Baja driver lot more to win the races than a weekend driver. Secondly any off-road suspension type, brand, budget you choose will SURELY kill the road comfort, even with adjustable setup. So if your FJC is your daily driver, do not go for off-road suspension in my opinion. I had a rally bred 18 ways adjustable suspension in my Patrol and even on the softest setting I used to have a sore back on tarmac. While raising this argument, many companies and salespeople will say now technology has changed and things have improved (might be true), so ask them to let you drive a demo car with the same suspension for an hour on highway to decide. How do you approach choosing a suspension upgrade for your car? - The day you make your FJC a weekend car, you qualify for off-road suspension. at what point does spending more give limited returns (example would the additional spend to have a setup with remote reservoirs bring proportionate benefits) After the mid range setup of 5-6K (approx) anything above is mostly offering a marginal benefit, more on paper and talks than in action. Stay away from entry level setup of 2K spend as they aren't very much advisable for real off-road fun that you wish to achieve and more focused for people who "just want a lift". Ultra higher end bracket of 20-25k Setup comes with real good benefits with long travel suspension and have super jumps capabilities. is a budget upgrade a false economy Not really, but they are just good for entry level job. Offer 2 inch lift. Period Making suspension harder without much compression or rebound damping etc. are there suspension brands that work better with certain car brands and if so, are there combination of suspension/car brand to avoid It's usually the other way around, select the brand of suspension first and then ask them FJC specific product. Then cross compare those FJC specific products of brand A vs B vs C. Reason is some company makes awesome product for one car and then replicate generic version without much research of car weight and weight distribution (front and back). Read lot of genuine google or youtube reviews than what company website reviews. suspension considerations to be avoided (example a lift via a spacer isn't desirable?) Lifting car with 2 inch spacer is not a bad idea as oppose by many suspension companies because if you lift car in 500 dhs, you wouldnt be buying 5K product. I have used my present Pajero for 2 years with rear 2 inch spacer. Now im with diesel Pajero springs which is for heavy load (not heavy duty) so I don't compromise my road comfort and still get 2 inch rear lift. Though my Pajero is a weekend car but still I value road comfort over jumps and 1 less dune as road comfort gain is substantial in my view. Ultimate choice is yours. Im still running on stock suspension as in my model I have adjustable setup with a flick of button inside the car, which I dont want to loose (If I change) and its borderline not bad for off-road at Hard setting. is the adjustability of a set of shocks valuable i like the idea of being able to easily adjust for the regular tarmac drives and adjust for our weekend drives? however is it as easy and required? do you actually end up just keeping them at offroad setting and accept a bumpier ride after a while? 99% it was a myth, now you can check by yourself if they have changed.....! In my Patrol case after months of driving I gave up and accepted the sore back as my fate. My final view: Drive your FJC in stock state as they are made of weekend offroading and they come with Bilstein 5100 shocks which are made for off-road use. When you reach to the point that stock suspension is the bottleneck and preventing you to do something extreme, then start researching on suspension upgrade specifically "SOLVING" that bottleneck. As this topic is filled with endless good and bad decision you will make based on lot of fluff floating in the market. https://www.bilstein.com/us/en/product/bilstein-b8-5100/

abundance of choice is the true first world problem. Preface: I am not planning upgrades NOW, i do however want to understand/educate and research independently so when i do spend on mods, its done with more confidence and without the influence of the garages keen to 'sell'. advice needed: How do you approach choosing a suspension upgrade for your car? at what point does spending more give limited returns (example would the additional spend to have a setup with remote reservoirs bring proportionate benefits) is a budget upgrade a false economy are there suspension brands that work better with certain car brands and if so, are there combination of suspension/car brand to avoid suspension considerations to be avoided (example a lift via a spacer isn't desirable?) is the adjustability of a set of shocks valuable i like the idea of being able to easily adjust for the regular tarmac drives and adjust for our weekend drives? however is it as easy and required? do you actually end up just keeping them at offroad setting and accept a bumpier ride after a while? I have a Toyota FJ Cruiser and have been advised and reading about the following setups - any of our forum members have any real world experiences with below? (i haven't listed the full specs, just the diameters but can share more if it helps. Kings Stage 3 2.5" remote Reservoir .....etc Radflo Stage 4 2.5" remote Reservoir .....etc OME BP51 .....etc Dobinsons 2.5" remote Reservoir .....etc Bilstein B8 6112 Bilstein B8 8112 remote Reservoir .....etc thanks in advance and i want to keep this thread relevant to any brand of car, so please feel free to share experiences with your own vehicle and setup even if not listed above.

@Chaitanya D great lead and wonderful enthusiasm drive, you manged the ride by scaling from easy to moderate as the convoy moves ahead, you didn't spare an effort to come back whenever needed to help and support drivers, going through Margham desert with beautiful sights seeing was amazing, am used for your fewbie drive but was amazed how you managed this newbie one @Anish SS as always, you managed center forward position in professionalism of leaders you know perfectly how to help and support drivers to maintain safety @AlexPolour first ride together, you made it perfectly for 2nd lead position I was worried when I saw @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader and @Thomas Varghese stuck near to each other that's why I announced on the radio and asked them to stay on standby without movement even I know it can be managed but the cars where very near to each other with families inside that's why I didn't want to risk and asked for @Anish Ssupport, as we learned in carnity ALWAYS SAFETY First, it was managed perfectly and safely Wishing I was able to be good sweep to the convoy making sure all cars moving well, sorry for the radio interference and am wishing it was managed well Over all I really liked the drive and looking forward for Afternoon fewbie drive next weekend

@Asif Hussain ... wow!!!! I think those that made this trip are the luckiest of the weekend drives! Look forward to my chance to experience Sweihan and your lead!!!

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@Gaurav thanks for the practical and sensible advice that are fully backed up by personal experience and facts

Thanks Ale, confirmed. See you tomorrow

Yes @Ranjan Das, since I had no reply from Goutam you are next in line. Let me know if you confirm, and I'll see you tomorrow. Thanks

<<fixed 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ >> pls delete this post I had the channel lock on (Symbol by the battery with a key displayed). removed that by holding down the # key @Frederic @Gaurav I have been using my Baofeng UV-5R since starting with the club (6 rides no issues). testing for tomorrow’s drive my unit is stuck on the channel I last used (2). The buttons when pressed make a sound to show they are functioning however none work? The menu button, a/s band, up-down buttons and all numbers do not seem to work. I have removed the battery and given it some time but still not allowing any keys to work. have you experienced this previous and is there a way to hard reset the device. It’s nice having a second radio so if I can get it working that would be great! @Ale Vallecchi I do have a spare radio so am all good for tomorrow so no troubles there. thanks in advance

DRIVE REPORT These winter mornings are lovely, but rather chilly this morning with the very strong wind that lasted throughout the day. I was blessed with a very strong convoy and hence I was looking to bump up the level a bit and everyone managed themselves very well Did we have shoveling ? Yes ! Did we had stuck and refusals, Yes ! Have we learned something today ? Oh Yes definitely ! With @Mario Cornejo in my second lead who never set a foot wrong in the amazing Super Safari, followed by @Adhir Saxena who was super motivated to spend his morning the desert and drove very well for a first timer. Well done ! @Matthew Ticehurst, @BipinM and @Larry Cadden brought their Wranglers to the game today and except for some minor refusals digested the terrain very well ! The same goes for the Xterra boys @Tareq Ghosheh and @rajeshkumar rathod who came to understand the capabilities of their cars. Good work guys ! @Jasim Khumi brought his wonderful short wheel base Pajero to the drive, and you did great today ! No offroad drive without a Patrol team, and @Pranjal Varsani and @Humayun Ghias both drove their big beasts like they stole it, without restraint and perfect momentum. Very impressive ! @Luca Palanca Falsini was of great help today and we both shoveled and assisted a big deal. Thanks for your help buddy ! Moving forward you all will be joining the Newbie drives and not an Absolute Newbie drive. Drives are announced every Sunday at 11 am, and they go live on Sunday at 7:10 pm. Due to the high demand, these drives get full in about 10 minutes, so please be online at 7 pm to book your spot. If you miss a spot, put your name on the waitlist asap. Generally, by Thursday with dropouts everyone does get a spot if they have waitlisted. For the next drives, please bring along a deflator, pressure gauge, flag and radio as a minimum. Learn to deflate your tires and checking them precisely Learn to fix a flag on your car Learn to program and fully charge your radio Also like I mentioned during the debriefing, join the Carnity Whatsapp Drive Notification to get the latest updates on the drives, so that you can RSVP on time for the next weekend's drive. Please have a look at below topic which describes the tools needed for every level. There is a separate tutorial inside which explains which radio we recommend and how to program them: (Please do not buy the Baofeng 888S spare radio we gave you, as these cannot be programmed without a special cable and software). Please have a look at below grading structure that explains various off-road levels: See you guys soon in the sand again !

Thank you @Vanessa8580 for leading such a terrific drive through the technical dunes to the big Faya and everything in between. I look forward to returning to Faya to conquer the heights but today's experience was just splendid. thanks! @sri ganesh thank you for watching my back Have posted some snaps in the gallery wish you all a great weekend ahead.

Getting ready for the adventure. Will leave in half an hour. Flag, Walkie Talkie, Shovel, Deflator, Compressor, tools, fluids all are packed and is ready in the boot for an adventurous afternoon with my wife. See you all guys in the sand soon.

Real king of logic in sand is power to weight ratio, which nobody talk or mention as you cant do much on that, clubbed with minor variables with tires, suspension, bash plate, exhaust, air flow etc. But sadly every car mod provider make it sound like that 1% variable will make all the difference in faya climb. And when you fail after buying there product, they will simply put back on your car is too old, underpowered, previously abused engine etc. Been there done that x 3 times. Btw just to put in perspective role of suspension will help you climb faya easily and not any higher or substantially higher. Two year back me and Sri climbed Moreeb and he was little below my car height and this year we tried again and he was little bit above as he recently changed the suspension and had much better grip to climb. To put in numbers it was like 60% vs 62% height and not 92%.

No they can't either. Suspension has zero role in above scenario. Stiffer suspension can and will allow climbing faya at 60-80 speed instead of 40-50 and plus when car bounce on those 3 nasty speed bumps, stiffer suspension vehicle will not loose momentum nor the line.

Off road suspension is a never ending topic of discussion among off-roaders and indeed making a separate thread for it is really highly appreciated . Thank you @Niki Patel for starting this thread in such elegant orderly fashion that surely of relevant concern I would say to every one. @Gaurav your sincere unbiased response in the relevant issues which was highlighted for me is a “gold mine “ 😉🙏🏻of reference.and now even making my decision to wait and see what the tide may bring is even more firm. I drive a stock Nissan Xterra ( only mods are considered non major such as bash plate and kill switch ) and to tell the truth I want or at least I wish to keep it this way as It’s my daily rider as well as my weekend off road leisure companion and no plans for a third car ( at least now ) and for me this vehicle is giving me the best of both worlds so far. I believe that skills refinement can partially compensate to certain extent ( example and it’s me : in my Stock suspension can’t for example take off immediately from a short distance to climb feya while another vehicle with comparable engine power and tires but with 5k suspension may do it , however I will need to adopt slightly slower approach building pace slowly ( momentum increasing slowly ) with distance needed ) then when the right place and time comes boost the beast out of it but still I have the halter straps in my hands with control ..) In conclusion it’s all what you do and what you need to accomplish in specific time and place! cheers

@Ahab Shamaa you are the most dangerous kind of friend!! This started off as a thread to take a considered choice when spending AED for suspension and now you have my mind drifting to convert the FJ into a weekend car and buy another daily drive!!!!! Your profile needs to come with a warning! I will keep reminding myself I cannot buy another car ... and get my mind back to the feedback and advice from Gaurav

Thank you @Gaurav for your super post!! I was thinking about upgrading my fortuner so now I have a quite different plint of view!

@Gaurav this is incredibly useful and needs to be pinned in the ‘advices’ section. Understandably it’s impossible to get such unbiased and experienced based guidance like this!! I have only skimmed the content and will likely have follow up questions ... which i hope others joining the thread also contribute to! .. knowing a spacer isn’t ‘bad’ I will come back to ask about leveling the FJ as it has the factory lean (lower at the front & slight drop to drivers side) massive thanks for taking the time to write this!! A lot for me to consider

For any type of off road driving in the UAE you need to reduce your 4x4 tire pressure. For mountains and wadi it's easy to reduce between 20-25 PSI irrespective of the tire brand, shape, type and load. For sand the tire pressure deflation is little bit tricky and if you follow below steps, you can decode this better. Before that you also need to understand that why deflation for off road driving is so important: Deflated tires are hard to sink in or dig in the sand due to lesser resistance. Deflated tires increase the sand flotation to reduce the load on Engine, 4x4 and Transmission. By deflating tire pressure you increase the footprint, that help you stabilize & offer better directional control. Image shows the two tires track: One with 35 PSI (left) and other with 12 PSI (right). Finding a perfect tire pressure for off road driving for your specific tire and 4x4 is based on bit of learning and experiments. Of course the lower the tire pressure better it is for dune bashing, climbing and self recoveries but too low is also dangerous for popping the tire out of its wheel. You can follow the below chart, if you are totally new to off road driving as an indication (ONLY). If you have a pop out on normal driving, then increase 1 PSI next time to find the best tire pressure for your 4x4. If your 4x4 is Long Wheel Base (LWB) with full load then increase 1-2 PSI more than below indications. Type/Brand of Tire Regular Driving Intermediate Driving Self-Recovering All HT Tread (Highway Tread) Dunlop Grandtrek Bridgestone Dueler Yoko Geolander HT Michelin Latitude Pirelli Scorpion Goodyear HT 14 PSI 12 PSI (Avoid sharp steering) 8-10 PSI (Inflate after recovery) All MT Tread (Mud Terrain Tread) Mickey Thompson MT BF Goodrich MT Cooper STT - MT Nitto Trail Grappler MT Toyo Open Country MT Dick Cepek Extreme 12 PSI 10 PSI (Avoid sharp steering) 6-8 PSI (Inflate after recovery) All AT Tread (All Terrain Tread) Yoko Geolander AT Michelin Pilot A/S3 Hankook Dynapro 10-12 PSI 8-10 PSI (Avoid sharp steering) 4-6 PSI (Inflate after recovery) Disclaimer: If you can't find your tire brand in the list then rely on HT / MT / AT section to be 90% safe. For knowing how to deflate the tires, please speak to any of the Marshal or senior member to show you how its done properly. There are more than a couple of ways and tools off-roaders use to deflate depending on their choices. All tools, ways and method are correct as far as you achieve the correct tire pressure. If you are new to offroading, I highly suggest to double check the tire pressure twice once you are done. Borrow the fellow offroader tire pressure gauge and check again, as many times your new gauge might go wonky and give false readings. Once you are 100% sure that your gauge is correct always, then you are fine to rely on your own readings. PLEASE DON'T DEFLATE WITH KEY AND STOPWATCH AND ASSUME IT'S 14 PSI. Secondly, always check / adjust tire pressure again after 30 minutes of sand driving as it might increase due to the heat and stress. If you are facing constant refusal at the beginning of any drive, I bet your 14 PSI has shot up to 18 PSI and you need to reduce the tire pressure more to bring it down to 14 PSI. This happens on almost every newbie drive, so it's fine and proven gazillions of time.

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Hi Nikki , last time I was in desert I faced same issue and luckily I always keep a spare radio , it turned out when I went back home that it was on Lock Screen , unlocked it and issue solved 😄 Don’t worry about it bro , things sometimes seems strange and you need a friend for it and here we are all friends of yours 😉

Nice snaps @Salarios

Hi Frederic and Luca Thank you very much for the mini adventure today. Your intro to the drive and your instructions were invaluable. Your support to the convoy in terms of recoveries was also amazing. Thank you so much for everything!

Most welcome @Gaurav Soni see you tomorrow!!!

I agree sir and that’s why due to less stiffness I have to start slower in order not to loose the momentum and line . Maybe I presumed they are more stiffer than my stock . Truthly it took time to find the proper approach in stock Xterra to bring it to top eventually and not always from first time !

@Abdul Rahman, @Frederic, @Mehmet Volga, @Nivin, @sertac, @Chaitanya D, @Mohamed Seidam, @Rahimdad, @Frederic @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader @Gaurav thank you so much for your wishes, see you on the board very soon🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊

Dear friends Please note the convoy numbering as below 1. Chaitanya - Black Xterra - lead 2. @Alexander Alcala - Black Wrangler - 2nd lead 3. @Mukundan Nair - White Xterra 4. @Anand Nataraj - Red Xterra 5. @Tero Vallas - Golden Prado 6. @Kailas - Red Wrangler 7. @Mohamed Seidam - White Xterra 8. @Yousef Alimadadi - Silver Pajero- Sweep We will use Channel 2 ( 446.03125) for radio communications. Adjacent cars will be managing recovery if any, focus will be on self recovery as much as possible. Arrive in time to prep so that we start driving at 6.30 am sharp. Come with a fuel tank as full as possible at the deflation point. See you Saturday morning

Congrats @Yousef Alimadadi. Well done.

Many Congrats @Yousef Alimadadi

The Abu Dhabi government stole our idea which we have developed over the past 4 years. Learning off-roading in your own vehicle while enjoying off-roading. Confused whether to give a pat on our back or kick my back side.

@RahimdadThanks for trusting me as sweep ,

Gotta love it when everything works out aye.

How common is it that the engine in a moving car stalls? I think this is the second video that I have seen where the rollover maybe caused by the engine losing power, whilst the car is in motion.

With the tremendous increase in the number of COVID cases in the UAE, we all have to be responsible while off-roading. Failing to abide by any single precaution at any time during the drive, will result in an immediate ban from Carnity Off-road Club. ZERO TOLERANCE First offender - 1 Month Ban. Second offender - 3 Month Ban. Third offender - lifetime ban and report to authorities. COVID19 PRECAUTIONS 2.0 All Carnity off-road drives will be LIMITED to driving only: No Socializing and gathering allowed at any time. No break for taking photos, breakfast, smoking, etc. No exchanging of off-road or recovery gears. Wear a mask at all times, while outside your vehicle. For passengers restrictions, follow RTA or NCEMA guidelines. All passengers should be inside the car, at all times. Maintain a minimum of 2-meter social distance at all times. Sanitize your hands and recovery gear after use. PS1. If you and your passenger cannot sit inside your vehicle for 3-4 hours please DO NOT JOIN CARNITY DRIVES. PS2. A Member who has RSVP the drive is RESPONSIBLE and LIABLE for their passenger's compliance. PS3. The above precautions apply to everyone irrespective of their vaccination status or schedule. PS4. You can confidentially submit the photo of any offender by sending an email to [email protected]. How to comply Read the drive post before arriving at the meeting point, so that you know your convoy numbering and radio channel. Arrive at the meeting point and switch on your radio to the pre-set frequency of the drive. Stop your vehicle at least 10-20 meters away from each other. Deflate your tires, while wearing a mask, and then go back inside your car. All briefings will be done on the radio now, so pay full attention to a briefing for your own safety. After the briefing, fall in your convoy position just before the drive starts. While driving if you get stuck, announce on the radio and be inside your car at all times. Trip lead and/or support will guide you on the radio for self-recovery or tow-rope recovery. While there is a stuck or a refusal, everyone else supposed to be inside their car at all times. You can only take a bio-break during the drive, by requesting trip lead permission. Once the drive is over exit out to inflate by maintaining 10-20 meters distance from each other. While inflating, only the driver supposed to be out and with the face mask at all times. After the drive, you can talk on the radio for any feedback, suggestions or help you need.