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Excellent video @Ehab. Absolutely loved every bit of it Drives with Carnity are always planned at different levels and for a newbie level drive even if I or we have one car who needs time to learn everyone else irrespective of their levels have to come down to that particular members level for the whole bunch to get in and out safely with some good learning/adventure. I was very much impressed when I bumped up the level a bit after everyone made it to the pink rock with ease , and we headed towards Big red/Badayer when the drive became more interesting 😜. See you soon, cheers

@Chaitanya D thank you for the trip, it was a slow pace trip but we enjoyed the pink rock climb. Thank you and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for the advice on tires pressure, it worked perfectly. @Danish Mohammad @Miguel Codes @Morshedi @Ahmad Shaker @Niekku @Ahmed Mostafa @JeromeFJ @Pmaraziti @Alexander Alcala @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader @Foxtrot Oscar Enjoy the video

Trip Report Convoy 2. On my way to the meeting point I kept thinking if attempting this area with 4 drivers who would be doing their first newbie drive was in fact a good idea or if I was trying to be over ambitious. I had also worked out an alternate route incase it turned out to be too much for the newbies but wanted to give it a shot and I also knew I had an excellent support team in @Desert Dweller and @Luca Palanca Falsini. On reaching the meeting point @Luca Palanca Falsini was already there deflated and ready to go while the rest of the convoy arrived. Everyone was done deflating and ready to head out by around 6:15 so after a quick briefing and getting the convoy into position we headed off towards Fossil Rock. The entire convoy drove pretty well and we were closing in on Fossil Rock in less than an hour. With summer around the corner and knowing fully well that the sand is going to keep getting soft and sticky of the next few months, I decided to give everyone a taste of what it would feel like to get into these sticky patches so rerouted and went towards the really soft patch just before fossil rock. Here is where we had our first few refusals and 1 stuck that was handled and sorted out very well by Luca and Jamy. Moving on we did not attempt to climb Fossil Rock but headed straight towards Camel Rock where we bumped into Freddy and Richard with Convoy 1 and then headed towards Faya. I think everyone enjoyed this area as we kept a good pace and covered almost half the distance without any refusals or stucks. Seeing we had a lot of time still on our hands, I deviated west into a bit of the technical area. Here we again had a few refusals, a stuck and @Nafly Azhar had a pop out too that was fixed in under 15 minutes and then we made our way again towards Faya. The final stretch to Faya is all about keeping the momentum around the bowls. I went all the way to the top, @Luca Palanca Falsini positioned himself halfway through while @Desert Dweller stayed down with the convoy while everyone made their attempt. A few refusals later we were at the top taking in the beautiful view before heading down. Once down those who had a few drives under their belt got to make an attempt at making small climbs while the rest watched. After everyone had their fill we headed out to the inflation point. @Chris Wing thanks for being an excellent second lead and congrats on your promotion to fewbie. @Nafly Azhar , @Christopher Assal @Lucas Neo and @Wadepat2 you all did very well considering this was your first newbie drive. Don't worry about the refusals and stucks, it is all part of the learning process and in time you will get better at it. @Pmaraziti , @Chinthaka Ruwan and @Rjducos well done, you guys had absolutely no problems at the back. @Desert Dweller and @Luca Palanca Falsini Thank you both for being an excellent support team and look forward to supporting you'll on drives soon. Take care guys and see you'll in the sand..

Thank you @Chaitanya D @Alexander Alcala @Foxtrot Oscar you guys are amazing climbing the rock was fun, check this video with sound on 😁 @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ absolutely right, when I changed the tires to 9 Psi, it was much much better, thank you

Thanks for the great drive @Chaitanya D

Many many happy returns of the day @Gaurav!

Many thanks @Chaitanya D for the drive ! For my first night drive, climbing Pink Rock was great Handling the car at night was sometimes frightening 😱, following the recoveries with the explanations of Angela @Foxtrot Oscar was very instructive. Thanks also @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ and @Alexander Alcala for the support and guidance. Always there when needed !

Derive Report. Thank you everyone for being on time and come with full energy and passion. We started with short interaction and convey numbering and we hit the Bab al shams desert by 6:15min. This was my first fulltime leading drive and you all made this drive amazing to me. @Rawad Bahsas, You played a very important role as a second lead, you were calm and drove very well with your big Patrol car. you followed me perfectly in technical area and kept safe distance in long dunes. Well done. @JeromeFJ, You drove very well with you FJ-Cruiser and nicely followed the second lead paths. Well done… @Nithin Vaidir, you did a great job with your Landcruiser and you greatly got the technical advice from @Chaitanya Dregarding fishtailing challenges. Thank you and see you soon on the sand. @Chaitanya D Special thanks to Marsal @Chaitanya D for such a great support and technical advice to the team. Thank you and I really appreciate what you provided to the team during a drive. I was so relaxed and more focused on my drive with your support. @soumyasaklaniI didn’t hear that much in the radio about you. it means you did a great job with your Prado. Well done @Ben84, same to you, I near heard anything about you on the radio communication and you did fantastic job with your Wrangler. Thank you and hope to see you again @Luca Bregni, I am sure that you enjoyed long dunes with your Jeep Wrangler. You drove well. thank you and see you soon. @Batuhan Kulac, Long dune was a place to your Mercedes G63 to show how the car cab be powerful. You drove well and thank you for your full attention and diminishing for a technical advice from @Chaitanya D @Richard Franks, Hope your daughter is feeling good and she is fine by now. you drove very well with your Wrangler. Thank you @Chaitanya D for helping and taking care of Richard’s daughter. @Hennie Schoeman, I did not hear that much about you in radio communication. it means you did such a great job with your Wrangler. Well done and hope to see you again @Nabil Bishara, Thank you so much for your great support. You handled nicely all the supports needed in backside of Convoy. You made me to be more relax and fully focused to my lead responsibilities. Once again, thank you all and see you soon on the desert.

First of all, Thanks to @Chaitanya D for hosting such a fabulous drive. You were an amazing lead as always; slowly bumping up the difficulty of the drive as we drove through the dunes made the drive a lot more fun and thrilling. @Danish Mohammad, You were a great 2nd Lead. You were able to reroute perfectly where required, and thanks for being a really active helping hand. @Ahmed Mostafa It wont be long till you are a master of self-recoveries, especially when being guided by highly experienced Marshalls. You have great control over your car and it will only get better with experience. @Miguel Codes@Morshedi@Ehab All of you had at least a Stage-1 wrangler, combined with your driving skills, no surprise that you guys managed to handle every challenge so well and kept moving throughout the drive. @Morshedi You faced slight traction issues but as I told you, It was probably because of higher tire pressure, we run the same tires, I keep mine at 8 Psi at the rear and 9 Psi at the front which allows my Jeep to glide through sand. I suggest keeping your tire pressure at around 10 Psi next time, trust me it will be magical. @Niekku@Pmaraziti@Ahmad Shaker@JeromeFJ@Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader Fantastic driving at the back, considering you all were able to keep up with the convoy without much hassle. @Alexander Alcala@Foxtrot Oscar Thanks for sweeping the convoy and keeping everything in order, Great job.

Nice video 👍

@Frederic @WrangeldThanks for a great drive, really enjoyed getting the opportunity to floor the American Muscle. 💪💪 Cant wait till the next drive to Fossil Rock and Faya

Happy birthday to our off-road guru and ultimate Jedi master ! 😜

@Anish S, @Ale Vallecchi, @Mukundan Nair Thanks for leading and supporting yet another wonderful morning drive. @Joe Biju Joseph did very well as second lead and without any refusals and keeping up the pace. @Batuhan Kulac you drove the beast very well and it was wonderful watching you from behind. You managed well with your on road tyres, wondering what your beast can do with off road tyres. You were quick in announcing the refusals, good self recovery. @Chris Wing it was pleasure driving behind your FJ and you managed your first fewbie drive beautifully without any refusal. @luis mantecon, @Humayun Ghias, @stavros papachristos all managed well. Over all very few refusals and mostly self recovered, we managed to cover good distance at fast pace, enjoyed sides, crisscross and ridge riding. Nice choice of terrain, thanks @Anish S. Managed to see many wild life in action adding beauty to the morning desert, looking for next drive asap.

Dear @Yousef Alimadadi thank you for allowing me to join this drive supporting you as center forward , though I was of help only once 😜. Enjoyed the drive thoroughly- the pace , distance and the terrains you took us through from South Qudra was fantastic. Well done and congratulations for your first independent lead for a complete drive managing everything from posting online to the exit on tarmac. Looking forward to join you more definitely. Thanks to @Rawad Bahsas for being a perfect 2nd lead, and @Nabil Bishara for sweeping.

I liked the pictures a lot and after all these night drives doesn’t seem so bad with all the light around 😄 Angela I was wondering how could “fly” in the dark without “red ball “ 😄 but after the nice snaps above it’s no wonder I guess 😅

First of all I would thank @Chaitanya D for your trust and giving me this opportunity to be on second lead** (hope I did as per your expectation) and yes @Chaitanya D @Ahmed Mostafa I agree and apologize at one point as I got confuse by some previous track mark and for which car number three got side stuck. (Sure I will pay more attention in future drives) Thanks to @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @Alexander Alcala and @Foxtrot Oscar for your unlimited support, guidance and help during refusal/stuck/pop-out and making sure that whole Convoy is safe and moving smooth. (Excellent team) @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Also please convey my thanks to "Raffay" for his great help during shovel and pop-out. Appreciate the patience of each member in this Convoy during refusal, stuck or pop-out, it was amazing night drive with good learning. (Thank you all) Insha’Allah See you in next drive

🎉🎂🎉🎉Happy birthday Gaurav!

We had a wonderful convoy yesterday night. Thanks to the brilliant support from @Tbone🙏 Unfortunately @Goutam had to depart early, hope your passenger is alright now. Below I have pasted the drive stats. In spite of driving at night, we were able to move with great pace, with minimum stops and finish before time. Excellent job everyone. @Werno @Pacific @Nathan Evans @Gok Krish @Lawrence_Chehimi

Happy Birthday @Gauravbhai... 🎊

BUON COMPLEANNO Gaurav!!

Happy Birthday Gaurav Bhai

Happy Birthday @Gaurav🎉🎉

Happy birthday and happy returns of the day @Gaurav

Wish you many more happy returns of the day @Gaurav.

Many thanks @Yousef Alimadadifor this beautiful drive. Constant pace, long runs along the dunes, with some technical challenges added. The level was perfectly tuned to push our capabilities. Thank you @Chaitanya D for the support and recommendations to choose the best line on the side slopes, and @Nabil Bishara for the sweep. For my first Fewbie drive, it was perfect

Fantastic drive! Monster pace, great company and leadership. I cannot wait for the pictures and videos to be uploaded. Thanks for the mini analysis and kind words @Lakshmi Narasimhan.

Come once you will definitely want to do more @Pmaraziti We climbed pink rock starting from Tawi Nazwa in Al Madam, Sharjah. Next time be ready for fossil rock 😜 climb at night some time soon

Thank you @Chaitanya D for the lovely drive, @Danish Mohammad for being at 2nd lead, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for the support at CF, @Alexander Alcala and @Foxtrot Oscar for ensuring the convoy stays together. Enjoyed everyones company and appreciate the patience everyone in the convoy had displayed during some stucks and pop-outs we had which is always fun and learning at this level. See you all soon in the sand.

Convoy-2 this is my second drive to Faya any enjoyed every second of the drive, Learnt many things specially got a chance to see how to fix a tire pop-out. @Brette@Chris Wingthank you for leading us to Faya and @Desert Dweller @Luca Palanca Falsinifor the excellent support from CF and Back. Looking forward to drive with you soon.

Happy birthday Gaurav and best wishes 🎂🙏

It is been an awesome drive, thanks a lot @Anish S @Ale Vallecchiand @Mukundan Nairfor your lead and support. To me as first time as fewbie, it is been perfect to learn, have terrific fun feeling safe all the time !! You have done an amazing job !! See you next week !!

Is this a jeremy clarkson reference? Sounds like it 😂😂😂 Cheers for the drive mate! @Anish S @Ale Vallecchi A bit slow to start, but good observation of some new drivers to fewbie level. Once their skill level was properly known, the pace was picked up. I didn't know small dune ridges could be so much fun. So good to practice on. Cheers to everyone who participated making it a memorable drive! Looking forward to the next one

@Tareck @Monney Singh @Anoop Nair @Fiel Francis Telan Thank you, it was very nice driving with you yesterday. Very well done everyone! Since all of you guys appeared to be relatively confident, we were able to scale up the level and the pace and throw some challenges that we usually avoid during Absolute newbie drives. We covered more than 40 km. It's been fun! A big thank to @Nivin for his support as second lead and to @Gaurav for his sweep and his advices. 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 !

I would like to see Tamas' geotracker, his drive was a bit longer than ours 😂

it was an interesting experience driving all with pajeros. The cars were happy in being with friends. we had very experienced fewbies and two of the best newbies in the convoy so @Vanessa8580 comfortably pushed the level up around fewbie without concern. everyone responded well. thanks @Vanessa8580 @Anish S @Tamas Hoffmann for smooth leading and support. Tamas did a good start his partial leading practices thanks @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Gregory @Warren Flay @andy_macdxb for your excellent performances again. see you on the next!

Vanessa, thank you for leading, Tomas and Muhammad, thank you for your support. A lovely drive, definitely a new sub Carnity category, f'newbie. Not too many stucks or refusals, so things all moved nicely along. Following on from the briefing chat, I drove half in H and half in Hlc, didn't notice too much difference, but I think Hlc just edged it as far vehicle responsiveness was concerned, although, the sand did change quite a bit from start to finish. Thanks again to all, and great to meet some new faces. 👍

Hi All Just wanted to share after around 2 month or so of contemplation and assessing multiple options - Sonata, Accord, Lexus IS, GS, Merc CLA 250, BMW X2, a bit contrary to advice 😉 have just booked a Volvo S90... Got a decent deal on 2019 T5, momentum model around 30k done and with 2.5 year warranty and service contract .. so decided to close on it. Had rented a few cars - Sonata, Accord, S90, none other was able to provide the comparable ride experience . Merc CLA was too small to even be comfortable for kids, X2 lacked the features was just about BMW tag and Lexus with 2ltr engine was not even half as fun as my previous 3ltr The luxurious space and the features in S90 were just too much to let go (will miss the sunroof but then perhaps would be good to go naked with my Jeep soon 😀)... None of the others were offering anywhere close to it in this budget. Thanks for your support and advice. Just that sometime heart speaks louder than brain. Keeping fingers crossed...good part is they have possibility to extend service contract at 3k for 2 years after expiry of same. @sertac @Rahimdad@Gaurav @Frederic

Hi found this from our own @Carnity previously which could be of a help regarding the topic of tyre pop out causes and how to fix / avoid 👇

WOW! No wonder I had only ¼ tank left. Thanks @Yousef Alimadadi @Chaitanya D @Nabil Bishara for making my V8 put in some work! Thanks for the analysis @Rawad Bahsas

Great paced drive with a good mix of everything including a good view of gazelles and the bar in the middle of the desert thanks @Yousef Alimadadi . Always great to keen on the learning experience with @Chaitanya D @Nabil Bishara in the drives. Great experience riding with everyone, till next. Some pics of the day, have a good weekend.

A great Pajero drive this morning! Thanks Vanessa, Tamas and Mehmet. Let's arrange another soon...

Thanks to all @Gaurav@Emmanuel@Nivin we beginners had a safe and memorable morning. Looking forward for more..

You widened the stance because you lifted the car or for what reason? Another option to try would be to keep going up from 9 to 9.5 and then 10 or 10.5 and further till you find that sweet spot when you will not have a pop out. But always avoid sharp turns, coming down a slip side fast, bumps , aggressive criss crossing and fighting gravity .

Convoy 2: Thanks to @Brette @Desert Dweller @Luca Palanca Falsini, it was a very enjoyable drive with some awesome dunes! Can't be shy on the gas pedal there for sure Great to meet a lot of new people as well and happy to have bumped into some familiar faces from convoy 1 @Russ @ARAGON Special shout out to @Rjducos for making it to the top of that massive incline! @Desert Dweller as well but that probably was easy peasy for her

A question, is your new rim width the same as the stock one? If the width is more that could be a reason for more frequent pop outs? Generally pop outs are quite rare in BFG due to their thick side walls. I would recommend trying to analyse under what circumstances are you having a popout, crisscrossing aggressively, fighting gravity, sharp turns or hitting bumps more frequently. If you get your tyre cleaned that should be fine. Rebalancing is not needed everytime unless you have lost the weights

Thank you @Vanessa8580 for a fantastic morning drive in a beautiful spot. Great pace, enough challenges to keep us rookies on our toes and a nice little lesson on sorting pop-outs. Great work as second lead @Anish S I'd happily follow your tracks any day. Top job again @Mehmet Volgaas tail gunner. We started with 8 and finished with 8, job done. I apologise for my party trick, you have to be pretty good to get two pop-outs at the same time. Next time, I'll try for two pop-outs and an engine fire at the same time lolol.

Dear Friends, Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader Danish Mohammad @Danish Mohammad MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Miguel Codes @Miguel Codes Morshedi @Morshedi Ahmad Shaker @Ahmad Shaker Niekku @Niekku Ahmed Mostafa @Ahmed Mostafa JeromeFJ @JeromeFJ Pmaraziti @Pmaraziti Ehab @Ehab Alexander Alcala @Alexander Alcala Foxtrot Oscar @Foxtrot Oscar Please note your positions as below Deflate to 15 psi for regular tires and 12 psi if you have all terrain tires Please have appropriate COVID behavior on the entire drive strictly, and after the drive in sharing pictures We will use Chanel 1 for Radio coms Mandatory gear for this drive - Shovel, off road flag, deflator, compressor and programmed radio Extra torch is preferable for your safety in the dark. Myself, Muhamad Kashif, Alex and Angela - Foxtrot will manage recoveries if any, remaining are requested to be seated inside your cars for the entire drive. Danish Mohammed and Abdul Rahman Kader will be Standby support and will be called if we need more hands at recoveries. See you all tomorrow