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Good Evening guys and girls! It's been a while I hope your all well? I finally figured out how to make a "proper" video and here's my first shot I hope you enjoy I know a few of you were curious on the contraption I built attached to the side of my car check out the final result here : @Lee Wilson @Brette @Shehab Alawadhi @Ben84@N@ved @Alphin Aloor @imranaasghar81 @Michael Glavanis @Sreenath Giridharan @Hisham Masaad @ALI ALMOUMAR @syed salman raza @Thomas Varghese @Bala Krishnan @Arman @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran @Sara EL FANIDI @Paul Zeitoun @ZakWarah

What an amazing day we had today, enjoyed the track, play areas, sceneries we drove by and it was a joy to be at the top of Faya. Thx to @Pancho and @Rahimdad bhai. Entire covoy did extremely well, starting from @Hennie Schoeman our 2nd lead, @Danish Mohammad showing so much improvement from all the drives we did together as newbies, @Federico Galbieridriving in full confidence and control today, @Federico De Chirico drove superbly ahead of me giving me full confidence following him closely, followed by me the worst ever CF (I still need to learn a lot and hopefully do better in future if given a chance again 😅), followed by @Joe Biju Joseph amazed everyone with the capacity his truck 😎, @Niki Patel Your driving style is as good as your photography, @AlexPol another confident and stylish driver, @Mikhail Lukichev doing very well and it was a pleasure sharing space with you at the top of Faya. Finally our superman 🦸‍♂️ @Rahimdad, can't thank you enough for all the support, guidance, patience you give us and always encourage us to keep trying with all the safety in place... it may take 12 years of driving experience to drive the way you do but it only takes a person like you to show the real definition of being 'down to earth' and share all your expertise with so much Love and care, you are no less than a big brother to me ❤. Thank you guy's, see you all in the sand again.

Evening all! I finally figured out how to put a video together of this amazing drive! Link below https://youtu.be/lW7wNcM5ooA Let me know what you think! @Wrangeld @Sanjay Malik @Jen@Mike Kraher@Ben84 @Nitin @Nitin MohanMohan @Dodi SyahdarSyahdar @Mario CornejoCornejo @Lee WilsonWilson @Ashok chaturvedichaturvedi @Mehmet Volga

Hello guys, good day ahead. Thanks each and every one of you for a wonderful day. It was a good day ( not foggy and not too cold ) to start with and I feel all of us did exceptionally well 😁. Thanks to @sertac for the selection for the selection of the terrains, a combination of some sideys, technical dunes and mild crossing. It was my first drive with @sertac and I personally thank him for the opportunity he provided me to sweep the convoy. It was great to be a part of all the recoveries and pop out fixing etc with @Anand Nataraj and @Mehmet Volga and was very much helpful for me to proceed ahead in my offroad drives. Thank you @Anand Nataraj and @Mehmet Volga. And finally thank you @Ranjan Dasfor your help once again, this time with your compressor at the end of the drive. I believe all of you had a great day offroading and hope to join you guys soon. Thank you all once again and keep cool 😎 👍

Thank you @sertac for an enjoyable drive I posted a couple of videos in the gallery Clip 1 has @Nihal17 and @Mehmet Volga riding the dunes sideways, Clip 2 is a proof that my camera setup is solid after it got run over by the rear tire when it fell 🤣🤣🤣. It also shows @Ranjan Das @Jack Thomas @Jon M and @Shaaz Sha going down the big dune @Hisham Masaad find me on facebook, i got a 40 min video of you in the last section of the drive.

@Pancho @Rahimdad @Hennie Schoeman and @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader ... what a great drive you created for us! thank you 🙏🏽 this was my first experience to fossil rock and what a special drive this turned out to be! So much fun (and fear 😱) at the play areas and a LOT learnt for handling and controlling our cars in such a terrain! Superb route and support... @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader pls don’t be hard on yourself ... you were great!! And every moment was either a chance to help, learn or enjoy the views! I have added a selection of pics to the album showing that every refusal/stuck/pop out was an opportunity for us all to appreciate the location and surroundings! @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader how you described Rahimbahi is spot on ... inspired by his patience, passion and care to teach us .. thankyou 🙏🏽 see you all on the next drive!

Indeed it was @Thomas Varghese . Every one did well today.

An absolute fewbie drive. The fun we had is beyond words. @Wrangeld and @Janarthan & @Mohamed Seidam thank you for the wonderful drive.

Fantastic day guys. Thanks @Brette for a awesome drive. Thanks @Kailas for keeping a check on all of us. Thanks to everyone for a safe and fun day. Looking forward to meeting up one of next drives.

Good morning everyone, no fog, so far. Please be on time.

TRIP REPORT Another fun filled morning with amazing people. Everyone deflated as I reached flags up and raring to follow our lead for the day @Pancho. It feels strange to have not driven with him in a long time and now I am supporting his drive. I must say that he has been really on top of his game and I loved the route he managed today. Also I should compliment him on the convoy numbering for the day as it turned out to be perfect. A big thank you goes ot to @Niki Patel who made photography make a little sense to me capturing my first pic for the day. I have added similar pics, I felt the tip he gave me made a huge difference and hope to take better snaps in future. Our second lead was @Hennie Schoeman and I must say I've driven more times with him. Today he impressed me with an impeccable second lead as he enjoyed @Pancho lead. @Danish Mohammad was next and our jokes about treating us for some breakfast and lunch continued from last week. Very pleased to seeing him able to self recover and enjoying to drive by being one of the first one on top of Faya waiting for the rest to catch up. His enthusiasm is contagious, but still has to refine his drive style in the desert and try to stay on top of the ridge. @Federico Galbieri was giving me the goosebumps everytime his V8 made sweet music as it glided through all the dunes. @Federico De Chirico was not far behind and did some low level flying in his Pajero. Watching him do the things in his Pajero makes you want to buy one. @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader was our Center Forward today and did amazingly well with his Pajero. Also very cheerful and friendly guy who follows instructions amazingly well. We did have a pop-out which we fixed without much time taken, but makes me think there are still a few lessons to be learned here. He needs to find how momentum in this area behind Faya differs to the rest of the trip and find his throttle and steering control a bit better. I believe it was only his second Fewbie drive and maybe I'm a bit harsh with my judgement. But looking forward to a more polished driving ability from him as his support to us today was amazing. @Joe Biju Joseph with his H3 was looking mean and the way he handled his ride revived my faith in the Hummer as an off-roader. Really amazing drive and showing us what the H3 can do in capable hands. @Niki Patel always boosts my ego by telling me how he feels about watching me drive. But I have to quickly deflate my ego as I do my tires early in the morning. He is improving with every drive. I don't mean improving in the sense that he doesn't get stuck, as 2 weeks in a row and his FJ Cruiser has not allowed him that luxury. But just from last week to this one I have noticed him trying to emulate my drive style. The biggest compliment one person can give to another person is trying to emulate that person. I'm touched and sure he will find the poetry in driving. Maybe @Frederic can teach him about the rhythm of the drive as he is our house DJ and @Niki Patel can be dancing to his tunes. @AlexPol quietly drove the second Wrangler limo around the desert. He managed the whole trip without any trouble. Sure people say Wranglers are meant to do that, but the control i saw from up close was amazing and his skills make it look easier than it is. @Mikhail Lukichev comes with is quiet smile and an awesome camera, starts shooting pics like he is operating a machine gun. Ofcourse as he put it selecting those good shots from the thousands he takes on every trip is a task on its own. But we are lucky to have him on any trip as he absolutely glides through the sands, drives up Faya like he paid Salik on one of the highways and treats us to some awesome pics. What an amazing day with awesome individuals, I still have a smile as I type this out. Thank you to all.

Good evening fellow adventurers, Tomorrow's drive will hopefully have a bit of everything to suit all palettes. We will start off in the wonderful play area that is Shuweib and the lovely dunes that it has to offer. The plan is to then tackle some technical dunes and head towards the Iftar Bowl. It won't be all technical en route, we will face some challenging dunes, so please don't leave your wits at home I am being ambitious as I hope we get to play in two magnificent areas but as always the convoy will dictate the drive, so lets make sure we all have a good time, and remember to pack your sense of adventure as well as good humour . Here's hoping the desert Gods are kind to us and no matter what the journey has in store, we all have fun. We will use radio channel 1 (one) My proposed convoy is as follows: Angela -@Foxtrot Oscar Xterra Lead @Probir Mukherjee Landcruiser 2nd lead @Anvar Sadath Bekal Pajero (White) 3rd @Lucky sAm Nissan Patrol 4th @Archibald Jurdi Wrangler (Burgundy) 5th @Tamas Hoffmann Pajero (Gold) Centre Forward @Ranjan Das Wrangler (white) 7th @Islam Soliman Yukon 8th @Goutam Wrangler (Yellow) 9th @Nizam Deen Wrangler 10th @Alexander Alcala Wrangler (Grey) Sweep

That’s brilliant! @imranaasghar81 Did you use a GoPro or Insta360? And what did you use for the editing?

Thank you so much @Pancho @Rahimdad @Hennie Schoeman @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader It was a wonderful drive today... love the track made by @Pancho as it made me to learn, play, enjoy and to understand my car in better way. I m very thankful to all Convoy members for their patience and helping during my refusals. And yes .... Big thanks to our superman for his guidance, patience. love, passion, support... He is our HERO and we are really in safe hand. Regards...

Dear @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader good to know you all had fun today's drive with @Pancho & @Rahimdad. Missed you all today. Nonetheless we had great fun at Qudra with @Wrangled, @Mohamad seidam & @janarthan. Will see you soon in the sands. Dear @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader good to know you all had fun today's drive with @Pancho & @Rahimdad. Missed you all today. Nonetheless we had great fun at Qudra with @Wrangled, @Mohamad seidam & @janarthan. Will see you soon in the sands.

Thanks guys for a wonderful morning in desert. @Brette thanks a lot for taking it through a real good mix of ridge crossing nad slide slopes. It was a perfect setup to help us test and elevate our skills. Support from @Kailas and the fact that I had someone like @Rizwan to follow really helped me get going. Special thanks to @Kailas for all the flag chasing, as advised by @Rizwanm2 i used some WD40 and it's fitting in fine now... @naved thanks for lovely pics and taking it with ease the challanges i added for.you by moving a lot of sand on my way 😄 Small convoy size and collaboration among the team made this technical drive a real fun. Thanks all, looking forward to have the next ride with you all soon.

Thank you @Brette. Should I pull F76 as well or not required?

@Hardik ModyGet the higher profile tires that fit your rims without rubbing the fenders as that helps best on sand , else you will need melt modor some other alteration for the plastic lining to push it in. 265 or 275/70-75 R16 would be best , though the difference between 70 and 75 is marginal. (Refer pic below)I suppose the options in AT for 75 profile are lesser in market You will not go wrong with Yoko G015 AT, provided you are driving on sand only. Side walls are a bit soft for wadis. On road they are very good with less noise You will get tons of valuable info on this link https://www.thenewx.org/threads/tire-options.4645/ Tire Options | Second Generation Nissan Xterra Forums (thenewx.org) We do not support any dealer/ Garages directly by taking names. If you can get them at an authorized Yokohama dealer it will be perfect without any hassles, the prices when I bought were comparable outside and at the Yoko dealer.