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Oh you lucky lucky devils !! The wonderful @Jeepiehas given up her chilled Saturday supporting the drive and will lead a second convoy! HUZZAH!!! Details of convoys etc. will be posted in due course ! Waitlist.......ZERO! Who loves ya?! 😛

You see....we like to think we are clever engineers....but then....

7 out of 10 in the drive currently were in the last week's intermediate drive with @Ale Vallecchi. Just the Support Staff Changed and One grey Jeep with another.

Afternoon Richard @Wrangeld Please note that I have been made FB+ couple of weeks back -on 5th of September- and have attended the first FB+ drive 10th of this month. This will be my second FB+ drive. It appears that the profile is not updated and I have messaged @Gauravto correct it. So pls let me know, thanks Anoop Nair has been promoted to Fewbie Plus level - Announcements - Carnity.com

I can agree with this!!! Feathering the throttle is quite tricky - Fuel consumption - 😆😆 - no one buys a Wrangler for its efficiency. Moving a building on wheels would probably have less air resistance than a Wrangler.

I have Hope for this one. Actually the real story is that I could not book me for a drive on Sunday at 7:00 so I asked my wife. She truly believes in me so she joined me fora higher grade drive...

"Really poor service" would be an upgrade from the usual service I've encountered over the past 20 yrs... Thanks tho, always appreciated 👍

Congratulations @JeromeFJ!!

Congrats @JeromeFJ!

I also very seldom need to use the tiptronic. Jeep runs in D most of the time 😁

@PaoloMaraziti, don't tell anyone, I drive in D (4H) most of the time, downshifting manually in very very rare occasions (not more than twice during this drive). The FJ is such a capable vehicle

Congratulations @JeromeFJ.. great news

Sunil Mathew @Sunil Mathew Enrico Biscaro @Enrico Biscaro Niki @Niki Anoop Nair @Anoop Nair Tareck @Tareck Adhir Saxena @Adhir Saxena Rawad @Rawad Nihal17 @Nihal17 Hi @Enrico Biscaro @Anoop Nair It looks like both of you are not yet ranked as a Fewbie Plus - which is the level for this drive. I will leave you both on the drive for the moment because it looks like you both missed the classification and until we find another drive for you to attend at the right level. I hope you both understand the risks inherent in driving at a higher level. It's going to be very difficult for you, and/or frustrating for drivers that expect a slightly higher level of complexity if we need to bring the level down.

I had back back 4 drives till last one in which @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil was also there. That’s another record in my stats book.

We are currently working behind the scenes in an attempt to accommodate you all . Hang in there troops

Thank you all for your appreciation and kind words. @Carnity is really a great community 😀 ! See you soon in the dunes !

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil don't you come this week ? 😄

I'm so happy about the increasing numbers of drives in Abu Dhabi and the open borders!!!! I can comfortably now not miss weekend drives whether I'm in Sharjah or AD. CAN'T WAIT for the drive!

Thankyou Richard @Wrangeld, very much looking forward to the drive. I have only been in your convoy once at NB level and have not driven with you for such a long time since your RSVP's fill up in a matter of seconds 😁. See you on Friday.

@Wrangeldthis was an oversight form my side, I should have not joined this drive as it is too early for me. My apologies please remove me. Thank you

Sorry Anoop - i was looking at your profile. Of course you're included. This is why I did not remove as there are often issues like this.

Very well explained and true . In my opinion when you start to know you car behaviour as it is you will know how to handle it accordingly . However generally speaking no matter how stock or modified is your vehicle ( suspension , tune , tires … etc ) I believe while you are performing specific manoeuvre from A to B like long sidy for example bear in mind that you don’t have much time ( split seconds ) to play with while doing it ( gas , gear shifter , let go gas … ) and that’s why achieving the momentum ( trick : bit higher not much ) from the start and keeping it constant before the entry point will let you have time to navigate within the momentum buffer without loosing it . also flooring the gas paddle is seldom effective if you were not prepared ahead as the vehicle fluids response while in 45 degree inclination at long side or climb is totally different .

I have been using pedal commander for quite long time, it's very useful to control upshift and downshift by pedal only, and it brings rev up before a huge climb quickly. I have driven almost all Toyota cars available in the region, Toyota's pedal setting is really gentle, you really have to tame it by more aggressive daily driving, and understand the tricks to up and down shift. Few sequoia and LC 5.7 owner friends of mine are happier with their cars after using the pedal commander, without it their big 5.7's acceleration feel more or less like the v6 at streets. @PaoloMaraziti you can give a try, some vendors they let you try before purchase, and FJ's model should be the same to Prado/LC which are common in UAE

Thank you very much @Ale Vallecchi Thank you @Damien Ranjit

True, sometimes, it just "doesn't come" and you just contemplate your loss of momentum with frustration... In some cases i manage to overcome by lifting slightly the gas pedal, and then down progressively to avoid issue number two... but not always. I guess this will come with experience, this combination of anticipation, selection of the "line", and this magic touch with the foot...

So very true.. And I'm an engineer too... 😂😂😂

This will sound strange......however, when driving offroad I drive with both my feet. My right foot on the gas pedal and I brake with my left foot. I have learned how to control the gas pedal of the JK in such a way to keep my engine revolutions just on the right place to keep the gearbox from switching between 1st and 2nd when I need to do so. When I'm done climbing I simply release the gas or press it harder to force the gearbox to switch over. But this means that I have to listen to the sound of the engine also. It works well, and it also stops me from running into the ever irritating rev limiter which happens when the gearbox is forced into 1st on a uphill climb or long side slope.

I think this also depends on the driver style and preference specific to his vehicle trim for my Xterra i always drive on D generally regardless of the level of drive keeping D2 For long ridge riding or some tight technical where control is prime along with steering D1 for high climbs be it ascend or descend for better engine boosting or breaking

Congrats @Joji varghese

Dear @Islam Soliman, can you please add me on the WL for a 2nd drive ? I have to discover this new level 😉 !

Thank you Brette Thank you 😊

Congratulations @JeromeFJ! Amazing!

Congratulations! All the best!

Heartiest congratulations Jerome @JeromeFJ

Dear @JeromeFJ, congratulations for your well deserved promotion. Looking forward to the next thrilling climbs and bowls toghether!

Congratulations @JeromeFJ See you soon 🤛👍. We all started same time as newbie and happy to see one by one now reaching to IM level.

@JeromeFJ congratulations, fantastico

Very well done @Joji varghese. Looking forward to seeing you soon with your new stripes.

Unfortunately have something planned this Saturday, looking forward to join your drive soon! Correction: will be joining after all

Is there a rule that when they are five or more people on a waiting list an Expert volunteers and organizes a drive ? We will treat him/her for dinner.

It's always your choice where and when you join. We will only make it to Little Sweihan on the drive on Friday in Dubai so if you want the real thing, then yes @Kailas is the only one offering that experience. With borders opening up again to AD, I think you can expect a lot of drives being posted in that direction as most of the marshals are chomping at the bit to move away from the areas to which we have been restricted for the last 18 months.

Safe Flight @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil

Hi, is it possible for me to be on stand by for this drive? thank you

OK Enrico, no problem. Not long now.

@Mohamad AnwerCongratulations!

Congrats @Mohamad Anwer!!

Many thanks @Ale Vallecchi was excited trip. @munkybizness was pleased drive long side with you, will see next trip.

Congratulations @Santoso Marjuki! Always a pleasure to have you in the convoy and looking forward to seeing that gleaming blue Rubi out on the sands 🤩🤩

Congrats @JeromeFJ

My experience with friends always ended up with there choices to stay, bbq, live cooking, than actual drive. Hence since the beginning, I was very happy with club discipline that everyone gets together to drive and nothing else. Off course after drive we do chill, cook, bbq and relax but not during the drive. No matter how much you plan and organize with friends but one guy wants to sit back and enjoy so the whole group has to suffer. I have endless stories with guy change his mind and opted to do the photo shoot of his wife, kid and car and leaving all of us to wait for 3+ hours in the best dunes. Other time, one guy change his mind to stay overnight on one island, so I have to split and drove the rest of the way alone to keep my hotel booking during Eid holidays. As everyone mentioned, with clubs you will explore more places and learn faster due to collective experience on board and in offroad you can never learn enough. I and Rahimdad still leaning after decades of experience. The second best thing with clubs is you get to meet different nationalities and talk to them about there country offroad experience, try their cuisines, share jokes and know more about there culture that you rarely get to see with friends and families. In Carnity I guess we have over 20 different nationalities in the offroad club and I always look forward to sitting with them in the end. I rarely eat my own food, as I love trying different cuisine while listening to their own interesting and colorful stories. You will actually see how cheerful people are in offroad rather than at work culture because at work everyone is serious and busy with their routine but in offroad it's more of a vent out and relaxes for everyone so you will enjoy there jovial side more often. Thirdly in most of the offroad clubs here in UAE, safety is paramount so chances of you getting into unsafe recovery/mishap are very less, as they always have trained Marshals and Crew to take care of extreme recoveries and accidents. Looking forward to seeing your clan and don't worry about the noisy animals as Jungle is already filled with many.