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Drive Report The Suwaydan area is often overlooked by other clubs, mainly due to the fact that there aren't a lot of play areas or "clean dunes" in which you can side slope. I personally always love exploring all types of terrain and believe a good all-round offroader should learn to manage all types of terrain. The small technical dunes, plentiful vegetation, and wonderful scenic views make this area one of my personal favorites and i love coming back here every single time. We met up on time, and after deflation and briefing we started our drive towards the sun. We saw Faya mountain up ahead and knew this was our first destination, but first the plan was to explore Suwaydan and practice the "dips" as Jeetu describes them so well, This terrain teaches everyone a lot about perfect throttle control and precise steering and i was amazed that we were able to cover it with hardly any refusals or recoveries. Once we crossed this first section, we crossed the road and approached Faya from the back side. The fantastic bowls surrounding Faya are always fun, but we had still a big route ahead of us, so after climbing Faya via the cheat route, we made our way back down and headed towards Mahafiz. We exited around 8:30 after 3 hours driving and having covered around 45kms without hassles. I was extremely impressed with all of you, especially the members that came with a big 4x4 which makes navigating small technical dunes extra challenging. Well done !! Of course, the wonderful support from @Hisham Masaad and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ and superb second lead of @Ranjan Das made the most difference. As i've mentioned before we emphasize on team work, and it was an amazing morning with all of you ! @sheri i hope this kids are feeling better, i have also learned that sitting as passengers in the back is a totally different experience from driving. See you soon again ! @Arman you were weighing down @Aisha Sa tiny bit, but still she drove up Faya like it was nothing 😁 It will be great to see her on Fewbie level drives very soon ! Thanks for joining as a passenger ! See you all soon in the sand again !

Good Evening @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Adhir Saxena @Charbel @Sunil Mathew @Fabien Monleau @Vanessa8580 @Chinthaka Ruwan @TT_Dubai @darren thompson @Paul Zeitoun @Russ I hope you are doing well and making most of the long week end. Please find the convoy list for tomorrow's drive below and we will be using Channel Number 3 (44605625) for communication. Looking forward to see you all in the morning, have a good rest.

@Ranjan Das @Hisham Masaad @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, @Zixuan Huang - Charlie, @Sunil Mathew, @Chris Wing and @darren thompson I think we had a drive with a lot of different terrain and we did some virgin ridges. The whole area to and around Pink Rock was quite soft, but hardly any tracks, which was nice for me as a lead as well. After practicing on the lower dunes we snaked our way up towards the big dune in front of Big Red. I got the impression that you all enjoyed that area. I actually enjoy it more than Big Red. Here we did find some tracks, but nothing too crazy. We had a small convoy, but I would like to thank you all for great teamwork. A couple of refusals and reattempts, one tug and one big dig, just to make sure we all got some exercise too. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil you did a great job as second lead and redirected when requested. @Ranjan Das thank you for taking on the responsibility of center forward and @Hisham Masaad(and son) thank you for keeping us all together. @Sunil Mathew @Zixuan Huang - Charlie there were a few occasions where I was surprised to see you were still behind me, because some crossings were definitely not easy. A reattempt here and there is nothing to worry about. @Chris Wing @darren thompson I hardly saw or heard you, so you must have been coping really well in the churned up tracks. I posted quite a lot of pictures in the gallery. Hope to see again soon

Thank you @Frederic⁩ for the great lead! Loved the photo break and sweep back support by @Hisham Masaad, @munkybiznessyou really did a impressive job as your first newbie drive with your dreamed brand new Y61, i feel so relaxation when driving behind you. Looking forward to have next drive with you.

Hi @Wrangeld reach home safely Regards

I had a center diff lock issue few weeks back: after self-recovery the center diff lock remained locked and would not unlock, causing heavy steering when driving home. My mechanic was trying to solve the center diff problem by isolation: whether it was mechanical (possible fix: change center diff lock actuator), or was it electrical (possible fix: clean dirty connections). While he was doing that, I was reading the materials from my Land Cruiser Repair Manuals and some other sources. Thought I'd share my "differential enlightenment" here, and try to explain it as non-technical as possible 🙂 FYI, I've arranged it so that everyone knows the context and working background of a diff before using this knowledge to our offroad driving, so read from 1-2-3-4, but if you wanna go straight to how we use diff locks, go ahead to point #4 below: 1. The Minimum 3 Diffs required for most cars Forget if you have 3 buttons with labels: RR/Rear Lock, Center Lock, FF/Front Lock. Forget the IFS vs Solid Axle debate for front drive. Turn your 4WD car upside-down (or easier to look at the underbody diagram in your manual 😁 ), it better have 3 differentials: Rear Diff (Red Sphere), Center Diff hidden in what's known as Transfer Case that also holds the 4LO low-gearing (Purple Sphere) and Front Diff (Blue Sphere). What's that, you don't like this 3D illustration? Let's show a real example with an old Toyota Fake Jeep #whoops I meant FJ 😂 You can see I circled the 3 "pumpkins" casing showing the 3 differentials location 👇 2. Why do we need those spheres/pumpkins/diffs ? The picture below shows 2 tyres on an axle with NO DIFF. Do you think it will turn nicely without slipping? Do we want this kind of horse carriage in our modern 4WD systems? 😅 So there you go, we need Diffs to make smooth turnings without stressing the driveline. In the illustration below, when we turn the Red Curve is longer (travel more distance) than the Blue Curve (travel less distance), so how can they turn at different rates when the engine gives the same power of 1,000 rpm? The answer: the magical mechanical device called a differential 😊 General Motors made this video long long time back, even though it's in Black & White, it explains how the concept of Differential came about (also explained how the Spider Gears work!). The video is optional, only for the technically-inclined and curious ones... 3. Why do we need that Center Diff? So from point #2 above, we know Diffs are used for turning the car, so front & rear diffs make sense, but what does a center diff do? Tilt the car? Refer to sketch drawing below: The car is turning left. Each wheel follows a different curve path: the inside wheels don't need to turn so fast, so in this diagram the front inside wheel needs 50 rpm and the rear inside wheel needs 48 rpm. BUT in order to turn, the front wheels need to turn faster than the rear wheels: thus the outer front wheel needs 54 rpm and the inner outer front wheel needs 50 rpm. Both front wheels are rotating faster than the rear wheels. If you add all the power required, Total Front Drive Power Needed = 54 + 50 = 104 rpm and Total Front Rear Power Needed = 52 + 48 = 100 rpm. WITHOUT CENTER DIFF, the transmission outputs 100 rpm to both Front and Rear drive shafts. So what? Well, that 104 rpm needed to turn wheels is greater than then 100 rpm, so extra stress is created... if continous stress is accumulated, this may lead to the image below, kablooi! So the Center Diff is similar to point #2 above, but instead of allowing inside wheel & outside wheel turn at different rates, the Center Diff allows the front axle and the rear axle to get different power output. Refer to diagram below now: So by having that Sphere/Pumpkin/Diff in the middle, the front drive shaft gets more power to accelerate faster than the rear drive shaft which move slower. Don't believe this paper drawings and theories? Well let's watch how the World Rally Championship uses Center Diffs to make turnings smoother and then lock the Center Diff to distribute power in a straight-line driving: 4. Press that Center Diff Lock! Finally we can use all that theories to use. Refer to below illustration: Red Axle is the rear and Blue Axle is the front. The Front-Right wheel is slipping while the rest of 3 tyres got some traction. Why won't the car move? Here's a little secret: Diffs are great for helping to turn, but the side-effect of a diff is that the output power from transmission will go to the wheel with the least traction. In the diagram above, that means the Front-Left Blue tyre will not turn at all! BUT we still have the 2 Rear Red tyres with traction, don't we? Yes, but from Point #3 we know an open Center Diff allows front & back axles to turn at different rates, so in this case more power is given to the Front Blue Axle because of that spinning wheel that has the least traction... thus the rear tyres spin r.e.a.l.l.y s.l.o.w.l.y , making the driver frustrated and leaving him sweating 😂 Now we hear those famous words from the radio: "Engage 4LO and (Center) Diff Lock" We'll talk about 4LO some other time, but the effect of pressing the Center Diff Lock is now this illustration: No it's not the same image... ok yes, but watch the rotational arrows at the back. You see that Front-Right Blue slipping wheel? That one is stealing all the drive power. BUT because of Center Diff Lock, we now forced the Front & Rear axles to turn at the same rate. So if the Front-Right Blue is stealing 100 rpm slipping, then now the Rear Tyres are also spinning 100 rpm, with probably 50:50, so Rear-Right is 50 rpm and Rear-Left is 50 rpm. Because the Rear Tyres have traction (those brown balls), then the rear tyres move the car forward... or down-right depending on the angle you wanna recover. 5. Press that Rear Diff Lock! So you think Center Diff Lock is enough and no need for a rope tug? Well check the illustration below: Now we have 2 wheels spinning: one in the front (Front-Right Blue) and one in the back (Rear-Left Red). You press Center Diff: nothing is moving. Why? Well the Center Diff allows front & back axles to turn the same, that bit is right... BUT because power is lost to the least wheel with traction, the transmission output will just spin both wheels (Front-Right Blue & Rear-Left Red). Calculatively: Front-Right: 50 rpm spinning Front-Left: Zero rpm not spinning (refer to disadvantage of diff in Point #4) Rear-Right: Zero rpm not spinning (refer to disadvantage of diff in Point #4) Rear-Left: 50 rpm spinning (same speed as Front-Right due to Center Diff locked) Here's what's gonna happen if your 4WD is lucky enought to have a Rear Diff Lock button: It's the same image again? Yessirree but look at the rotational arrows, especially at the rear red axle. So now Rear Differential is locked, splitting 50:50 drive power to the Rear-Right Red tyre and the Rear-Left Red tyre. Now instead of Zero RPM, that Rear-Left tyre will get 25rpm and might just nudge the car forward a bit... slowly but steadily, you might self-recover! Calculatively: Front-Right: 50 rpm spinning Front-Left: Zero rpm not spinning (refer to disadvantage of diff in Point #4) Rear-Right: 25 rpm (due to Rear Diff Lock) Rear-Left: 25 rpm spinning (due to Rear Diff Lock + Center Diff Lock) Yes you have to do Double-Locking: press Center Diff Lock first, then Rear Diff Lock. 6. Press that Front Diff Lock! That situation in Point #5? Well you have a higher chance of self-recovery if your beloved 4WD also has a Front Diff Lock. Refer to illustration below: Calculatively: Front-Right: 25 rpm spinning Front-Left: 25 rpm (due to Front Diff Lock) Rear-Right: 25 rpm (due to Rear Diff Lock) Rear-Left: 25 rpm spinning (due to Rear Diff Lock + Center Diff Lock) You can now do Triple Locking: get out of the car, assess the situation, then press the magic 3 buttons: Center Diff Lock On, Rear Diff Lock On, and Front Diff Lock On. 7. Cars with Triple Locking from Factory If you made it to this point, then you may want to now look for second-hand 4WDs that have triple-locking from the factory 😊 Here are 3 that I know of (please add if you know more): 7.1. Land Cruiser 80 Series: just look at the diff lock indicators on that dashboard. No custom aftermarket buttons to show if your car is triple-locked 😁 7.2 Mercedes Benz G-Wagon. Do you know why I said the order is Center Diff Lock then Rear Diff Lock then last is Front Diff Lock? It's because Mercedes Benz labelled it in that order too! 7.3 Land Cruiser 300: well, this one you have to wait, and there's no second-hand market yet, so this is the most expensive triple-locked currently 😅 Sources: The nice 3D Illustrations are from the Land Cruiser Cool Project.

And the hat tips right back at you @Daniel Yang. Watching your Y62 gliding in my rear-view mirror, hoovering up the desert sands in your deft hands was the most fulfilling sight. I look forward to having our two generations meet again soon! And to @Frederic, thank you for what was the most visually magnificent drive. From that glorious sunrise to the changing colors of the sand shining with the rising light, I was in a visual trance. Perhaps, that's the reason I completely missed those bushes 😛 - thank you @Hisham Masaad for bailing me out on that one and for the phenomenal advice on the climb. @Ranjan Das watching you lead me with a LWB gave me so much more confidence on approach angles.

Post Drive Report Starting in Maleha for the first time in absolutely ages brought back memories of my first Carnity drives what seems like years ago (but is actually less than 2 years). In the 'old' days, we met at the ADNOC on the 102 and then drove in a convoy to the deflation point. I am not sure if this was to keep our deflation points a secret or to make sure that latecomers had no chance of finding the convoy. Today(almost) everyone arrived on time and we got under way. A night (or dark drive) around Maleha was a pleasure and an opportunity to find some old 'playgrounds' that I rarely visit. One of these in the dark, one in the gloom and one in daylight: all without tracks and so those that wanted to play had the chance. To my cost I managed to land my car on an unassuming hump from which I was removed with assistance - and had nasty noises coming from under the car after that the whole drive. Inevitably, it sort of restricted my adventurous ambitions as I felt I was nursing both myself (for other reasons) and the car. Perhaps I should have taken Dr's advice, but did not want to cancel the drive or cut it short. Escaping from Fossil Rock we had a great flowing ride towards Faya turning away to find the roundabout that would let us enter the next stage of our odyssey. This was a completely unexplored area for me. It's not often visited because there is a lot of vegetation and finding a flowing route and challenging dunes for IM ranked drivers is difficult. As we found today, there was also a lot (and I mean a lot) of very soft sand patches. Having taken less than 2 hours to cover the Fossil Rock part of the drive in good time, I was hopeful for the chance to cross at 2nd December and make it to Big Red - but it was not to be. We had too many stucks, stops, pop outs and deflating tires to really allow that. We will come back to this drive to 'complete' the marathon and start at 2nd December. Everyone did really well today. @Abdul Rahman AK deserves a medal for recovering me more than once, @Watteau was as ever impeccable in sweep - and the truth is that everyone @Danish Mohammad @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Niki @Ashok chaturvedi @Dodi Syahdar drove very well. It was a very different style of IM drive, intentionally so. IM drivers need to not only be able to criss-cross, ridge ride and climb but also adapt to different landscapes and enjoy different types of drive conditions. An exploration means that you have to deal with what ever comes in the drive: as everyone managed today. Thanks for the amazing team work and contributions from all. There were sections today with absolute radio silence: always a good sign in my view, so it was not all bad! See you soon in the sand.

Thank you all for the wonderful drive. @Frederic, @Hisham Masaad, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ& @Ranjan Das thanks for the superb lead and management. The terrain today was unlike I have been in earlier drives. This is has been an extremely technical drive for me and taught so much more about driving in this specific terrain. It was all about sticking to the narrow paths, avoiding the vegetation and managing all those dips (i never realized that there could be so many dips in one drives ). I believe with each drive I get to learn something completely new and thats something I am thoroughly enjoying. Have uploaded a couple of images in the gallery that I captured.

100 Drives Celebration: Fun in Qudra - Drive Report When I am silent, I fall into that place where everything is music – Rumi First of all, sorry for filing the report with much delay, due to my travelling overseas. I have been busy with business and family matters and have just been able to write up the usual recount of my latest drives. While July 9th and 10th anniversary weekend’s main theme was enjoying my drives with as many Carnity members as possible, to celebrate a milestone I never thought of reaching (100 drives, incidentally, on my birthday’s weekend), two more things, of no less importance, became a common thread that wove my itineraries together: to bring on new challenges, and enjoy long stretches of silence, during the drives. Since friendly camaraderie, new challenges, and enjoying the silence were shared with all drivers, throughout this triple outing, I will write a similar report for all 3 drives, with just a few specifics, referring to each. Friendship and the feeling of being part of a family are the traits that distinguish Carnity from other off-roading clubs. Hence, I was blessed for having part of this enlarged family with me during my birthday and 100 drives’ weekend, sharing the pleasure of driving on surprisingly pristine sand with as many fellow off-roaders as possible. On top of that, the huge number of wishes I have received from members in the last few days has been heart-warming. I couldn’t have asked for a nicer birthday and milestone’s celebrations, filled with fellowship and fun. Now, on with the part regarding raising the bar, and offering new challenges. All the three drives were upped and pushed beyond the average level of difficulty and skills expected from each rank. So, the Newbie outing slowly became a Fewbie, the Fewbie was pushed at least to a Fewbie Plus, and the Intermediate one turned into an Exploration Drive. In the Qudra Newbie drive, starting from the big farm/villa (cum security, chasing after the early coming drivers stopping at the roundabout exit), after enjoying the sunset on the nearby low dunes, we immediately attacked the long-range dunes, with ever higher side-sloping, running west to east, and back. When this first playground ended on the first technical area, we pushed through the tighter dunes, to reach an area of small bowls and canyons, from which we reached an unusually “green” area, with many Ghaf trees. Then on again, across the higher dunes of central Qudra, managing well a few steep climbs and escaping deep bowls (not without a couple of stucks, and some more advanced maneuvers). Considering the strength of the convoy, I used the tall and long cordons bordering the southern Qudra bike track, to launch into some ridge riding, and criss-crossing. At first on and across large, hump-back dunes, progressing slowly toward slightly sharper ridges, and higher crossings. All went well, with the exception of an early exit onto a slip-face’s small and hard bump, which caused a pop-out, and induced a few of the following cars to also exit early, on the same bumpy area. Lesson learned about following too closely, and not exiting on the safer, gentler, hard face of the dune. The remain if the drive was spent south of the bike track, in that beautiful area leading to the Solar Park’s pylons, with plenty of tall, wind-swept cordons, lonely trees, clay rock formations, and a variety of playable, as well as technical dunes. A small mechanical problem prompted the convoy to exit a few minutes early, yet with more than the planned itinerary behind us. An overall great performance by the convoy, rising higher than my expectations, even in facing and overcoming the few technical issues we had during the drive. Well done to @Senthil Kumar, @Alexander Holodny, @YOGG30, @Damiru Dharmadasa, @Jason Grima, @FARAZ MOHAMMED, @Super Safari Girl, @Yawa, @James Thorn, @TT_Dubai, @Daniel Yang, as well as to @Kailas and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for their great support. The drive lasted a long 3:58 hours, covering 61.6 Km, at an average speed of 15.5 Km/h (and 26Km/h while moving). In each drive, silence was loudly heard most of the time. Except for my briefing, redirections, and driving tips, all three itineraries had prolonged spells of no communication whatsoever. This is usually the sign of a drive proceeding super smoothly, during which the convoy falls into a perfect, yet silent, rhythm, each member both exploiting their skills to perfection as well as enjoying the route, its landscape, and the performance of the rest of the convoy. What a pleasure it was to celebrate with as many of you as possible, all rising to the challenge, fully enjoying our beautiful desert. Thanks to all and see you soon in the sand.

Congratulations @varunmehndiratta for the new baby

Wow!! Many many congratulations @varunmehndiratta for the new addition to your family!! Such wonderful news and being tired as a new dad isn’t so difficult after being tired after every early summer drive May you daughter bring you fortune and happiness and look forward to celebrating (socially distanced of course :)) when we next are on a ride! 🥂🥂🥂🥂

Thanks @Niki this recovery seems will take it's time...after effect of visiting gym after a long break. I don't know why I always forget the rule - logically we pay to get our work done so that we don't have to sweat ...not pay the gym and sweat...😂😂 I surely missed being on this wonderful drive was looking forward to it (ofcourse the description from @Wrangeld is further adding to my pain of missing out) More than that the cupcakes in my car missed you all - we have been blessed with a little doll just 11 days back (that's why wasn't on drives for two weeks). Not an issue there is always the next drive and always a new box of cupcake...and hopefully soon our little one on one of these drives..😃 See you all soon.

Dear Carnity community, forgive me for my late reply, with which I thank you for your wishes from the bottom of my heart. I am looking forward to many more drives together, and to the opportunity to share more fun, stories, and camaraderie. See you soon on the hot, magic sand!!

Thank you @Wrangeld for your great lead that provide us the trip with variety of terrain through the exploration drive. Thank you also for @Watteau for great sweep... just worry I'm driving too slow in front of you 600hp upgraded Raptor... happy to meet @Abdul Rahman AK @Danish Mohammad @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Niki @Ashok chaturvedi .. see you soon in another trip.

Thanks @Jeepie for an outstanding drive this morning. Really enjoyed the variety of dunes, lines and pace with which we tackled this mornings drive. lot’s of fast paced dunes mixed with some more technical challenges kept it interesting and the Raptor working through the soft, churned up sand at the back. Was great fun. thanks to @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Ranjan Das and @Hisham Masaad for filling the support roles so well and helping to make this a great drive.

Thank you very much @Frederic for three drive, pleasure meeting you again in sand. Enjoyed the drive with the team who has done good job, and did not allow us and others to spend more time shoveling and tugging. Glad to meet many for the first time, who were doing goods job, good to meet you again @Ranjan Das @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ. Look forward to see you in sand again

Was an amazing drive today @Jeepie, thank you very much. With the team who was really coping with different terrain, made us enjoying the drive without the need to go out for support except few. It is the first time I go with you as lead, and hope will repeat again. Glad to see @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil as SL and controlling his car, climbing up the dunes. Pleasure to be with @Ranjan Das again as support, @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Sunil Mathew @Chris Wing and @darren thompson thank you for joining and saving every one from spending more time in the sun and out of cars..👏👏👏👏 see you soon in sand

@Wrangeld thank you even more so knowing you ignored your Dr advice and took us out driving again! An hour night driving and playing in the bowls in the dark really has got me out of my comfort zone and am feeling more confident than ever to try a full night drive - thank you and the massive-light-rig brigade @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Watteau @Ashok chaturvedi who made it feel like we were driving with flood lights in the massive bowl. @Lakshmi Narasimhan I insist and may start a petition to have you restore your last/final edition Pajero to stock and keep it as a museum piece… it’s too nice to be getting sandy! That said the gadgets were super useful today and we all learnt how to best use the winch! Also the durability of the geolandars is something else… hopeful after a good clean they are undamaged. Was a pleasure being on @Danish Mohammad @Abdul Rahman AK first intermediate drive and both did great … it felt like a newbie reunion for us! @Dodi Syahdar @Ashok chaturvedi always a pleasure and looking forward to future rides. @varunmehndiratta missed you today but hope you are recovering. looking forward to part 2 of this trip!

Thank you @Wrangeld, it was surely a challenging drive with very random trains.. I hope you get that noise coming from your car fixed in no time and at a reasonable cost! Thank you @Danish Mohammad, @Lakshmi Narasimhan, @Niki, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Dodi Syahdar and @Watteau for being there today with so much enthusiasm, enjoyed your company. see you all soon in the sand!

Thanks @Wrangeld, it was really a fun drive!!! Hope you organize more of this over landing drive during winter were we can extend the drive and enjoy more with few breaks. It was very different terrain and drive, loved it. Thanks for the team effort in fixing my pop out. Hope every one enjoyed today and thanks to @Wrangeld, @Abdul Rahman AK, @Danish Mohammad, @Niki, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Dodi Syahdar and @Watteau and special thanks to the brief cloudy weather and few seconds of drizzle, which was a nice treat!!! Few pics posted in the gallery!!!

Thank you Marjan @Jeepie for the wonderful drive; from small technical dunes to the big-red, ridge-riding, crisscrossing and lovely climbs on the bowls - it had everything. The relatively small convoy that we had drove expertly with very few refusals and cresting meant that we had long stretches of continuous drives - just loved it. thanks @Hisham Masaad for your dependable support. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, @Zixuan Huang - Charlie, @Sunil Mathew, @Chris Wing and @darren thompson - it was great meeting today and was a pleasure driving with you guys. Hope to see you soon

Congratulations @Ranjan Das!!

Really nice start to the Lisali dunes this morning and I thought the pace was just right as we enjoyed a cool breeze and a nice sunrise. Thank you to @Vanessa8580 and @Srikumar for the energy and enthusiasm and the guidance on the recoveries. There was lots to learn for everyone simply in observing and participating. We had a couple of stucks, a couple of tows, a pop out and lots of shovelling! A condensed recovery masterclass for the newbies and fewbies! 😄 A few pics now uploaded in the gallery. Have a good weekend all and Eid mubarak to those celebrating!

Have to agree with @Srikumar there. The drive had no boring bits thanks to @Vanessa8580, splendid team effort too with the recoveries 💪🏽

Wonderful drive @Vanessa8580. Thoroughly enjoyed all the challenges you threw on the convoy to make the drive very nice and interesting. Loved being in sweep and helping out with recoveries. Some nice ones done by @TT_Dubai. Well done to all the drive participants.

Well done @Ranjan Das, Congratulations....well deserved👏

Thank you @Frederic for leading us through such a splendid, fun filled drive this morning. We had a relatively large convoy and Kudos to all for their superb driving through the close technical dunes to climbing the mighty Faya with finesse. Thank you @Hisham Masaad and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for the support, it was a pleasure, as always, driving with you. To the rest of the convoy, it was great meeting and driving with you today. Hope to see you soon on the sands.

Happy B'day @Ale Vallecchi Have a Great year ahead....May the best of health be blessed on you in the coming years...

Happy birthday @Ale Vallecchi

Happy birthday @Ale Vallecchi! You already had a weekend long celebration with the 100 drives so could be a week long celebration (at least) depending on the finals tonight! 😁

Happy birthday Ale @Ale Vallecchi . Also congrats on hitting the 100th mark in drives..

Happy birthday Ale!

Congrats @Ale Vallecchi- hope you have a blessed new year and enjoy the break!

Wishing you a very happy birthday @Ale Vallecchi!