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@Josh T. have some mercy for us at the back... be gentle on the throttle and don't churn up all the sand with your Mighty Sierra 6.2L V8 😅

Drive RSVP is closed now. Please find your convoy numbering below. We will use Radio Channel 6: 446.131'25. If your radio is not set to new channels from 5-10, please configure them in advance. @Gok Krish @MMansoor @JamesThorn @Josh T. @Gilbert Khalil @Lawrence_Chehimi @Adhir Saxena @Charbel @Zed @Werno @Ranjan Das Gaurav Silver Pajero Gok Krish 2014 Jeep Wrangler SWB MMansoor Nissan Patrol Y62 JamesThorn 2020 Lexus LX570 Black Josh T. 2021 GMC Sierra crew Gilbert Khalil FJ Cruiser Extreme Lawrence_Chehimi 2019 Nissan Patrol Y62 Daniel Yang Patrol Y61 Charbel Nissan Xterra - Silver Zed Land Cruiser V8 4.7L Werno 2017 Jeep Wrangler SWB Ranjan Das Wrangler-Grey-4 Door

Good afternoon everyone. Below you can find the convoy numbering for tomorrow's drive. Newbie drive Murquab 10 december 2021 Attendees Level Car Pos # Vanessa8580 Marshal Mitsubishi Pajero LWB Blue 1 Alfred Alinazar Fewbie Mitsubishi Pajero LWB Black 2 Anton Dimov Newbie Lexus GX460 3 Simon Dawood Newbie Mitsubishi Pajero LWB 2011 4 Joseph Raju Newbie Nissan Patrol White 2006 5 Ahmed Salama Newbie Jeep Wrangler TJ 6 Varunmehndiratta Advance Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Grey 7 Dinesh Kumar A Newbie Toyota Prado Silver 2014 8 Gerrit Bus Newbie Jeep Gladiator 9 Tom B Newbie Toyota Land Cruiser 2021 10 Antony Abraham Newbie Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2021 11 Manish Kashyap Newbie Ford Raptor Blue 2020 12 Karthik Raptor Newbie Ford Raptor Black 2014 13 Ahmed Wagdy Fewbie Toyota FJ Cruiser Extreme 2012 14 We will be using radio channel 2 (446 03125) See you all tomorrow at 7 !

Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar 2. Naveen 3. Tom 4. Faisal Alhashimi 5. Alexanderrr 6. Daniel Rodas 7. Enrico Biscaro 8. Rsjiv 9. Joji varghese 10. Felix Obst We will be using Carnity Channel 5 for tomorrow's drive. See you at 7:00 AM

Dear all; @Imteeaz Goolamhossen @Sudhanva Sonawane @kiranshinde @Serafino @Sinol @Warren Flay @Michel Van Woudenberg @ShereenMK @Manoj Soman Tomorrow our meeting time is 6.30AM sharp. Not 7.00AM be careful. Late comers will be returned. We will be using channel 4 (44608125) on the radio. Convoy order as below. See you all tomorrow morning. Hope it will be tones of fun 1 Sertac Expert Xterra Lead 2 Serafino Fewbie Wrangler JL 2nd Lead 3 Michel Van Woudenberg Fewbie FJ40 4 Sinol Fewbie Pajero LWB 5 Manoj Soman Fewbie Wrangler JKU 6 Imteeaz Goolamhossen Fewbie Patrol Y61 CF 7 Sudhanva Sonawane Fewbie Montero Sport 8 kiranshinde Fewbie Patrol Y62 9 ShereenMK Fewbie LC100 10 Warren Flay Fewbie Plus Pajero SWB Sweep

The LED ones you usually buy from places like dragonmart are maybe advertised as being 300Watts, but they are never that much (marketing) So lets do a quick calculation: -Imagine you have a 60Ah battery. This means it can last one hour for a load of 60 Amps. -A 300W led consumes about 24Amps (Amps = Power divided by Voltage) (300 / 12.6 = 23.8 Amps). So if the LED is consuming 23.8 Amps on a 60Ah battery you would be in theory good for about 160minutes. In reality, you will probably find that these LEDS only consume about 10 amps (many of them even have a provision to plug into the cigarette lighter socket, which has a 10A fuse). If that is the case you would be good for 5-6 hrs. As mentioned, it is indeed advisable to have an external battery, dedicated for your LED lights, but if the plan is to use it only for a couple of hours (and you have starter cables and a friend with another car that can jumpstart you in case needed), you can give it a try.

I seriously want to test Josh and all behind him, as every time Josh drove with me he was at sweep. Not because of 6.2L but I needed his support. Let's see what fun awaits tomo, after all its FB+

thanks @Shaaz Sha; have got a place in Ale's IM drive. you may remove me from the WL. Hope I'm able to join one of your drives next week.

@Mark D since you have an F-150 and looking for the strongest one, your best option is base plate bolted to your dash + RAM ball + arm with either RAM X-grip or strong magnetic, see below photos: Base Plate from https://www.builtrightind.com/products/builtright-industries-dash-mount-2015-2020-ford-f-150-raptor-2017-f-250-f-350

Please note convoy listing for tomorrow as below Imran Kashif @Imran Kashif Osama M @Osama M Salman Farooq @Salman Farooq John Vanderbleek @John Vanderbleek Anna Dillon @Anna Dillon Mohammed Yazir Thattarathil @Mohammed Yazir Thattarathil Omar ElGamal @Omar ElGamal Bharat @Bharath Rao We will use Chanel 1 for radio coms See you tomorrow

Drive report What a drive ! It was epic and absolute pleasure today with @Gregory , @Tareckand @munkybizness excellent driving . You all did more than super great not only the driving part which truly was impressive but everybody compliance with the safety and convoy rules which kept the drive nonstop except for two quick breaks we crossed along Lisaili across part of murqab all the way south practicing endless side sloping , ridge riding and criss crossing and yet technical sections especially the part before the pylon track which was super tight and not a single issue . Our shovels and ropes today left safe inside our truck while we had a moment of taking some pictures at the DCT start point for memory , felt different ✌️ The dark part was in Qudra on purpose ; a place that I better know it’s terrain . That was adrenaline pumping half an hour before we looped back on time reaching last Exit . throughout the drive everybody displayed solid safe driving , excellent communication and appropriate reaction time whenever I had to give some instructions to my second lead . thank you all for this amazing outing and till next time take care drive safe cheers Mohamed P.S few pictures and stat of the trip in Gallery below relive 👇

Thanks @Brette, look forward to it! Nice to see some other big cars on the drive. See you tomorrow morning

looking forward to see you tomorrow

Thanks, but I won't be able to join any drive tomorrow, please allows who in queue.

thanks @Ale Vallecchi. I confirm.

WL for the drive 1st drive - @Daniel Yang 2nd drive - @Tareck - @James Thorn - @Ranjan Das

Confirmed for me

Sorry to hear that @Niki. Given this, @Gok Krish and @Ranjan Das, you are IN the drive. Please reconfirm. Thanks a lot.

Hi. See you guys on Friday. My drive is Jeep Wrangler 4 x 4. No any off road experience.

Dear friends Imran Kashif @Imran Kashif Osama M @Osama M Salman Farooq @Salman Farooq John Vanderbleek @John Vanderbleek Anna Dillon @Anna Dillon Mohammed Yazir Thattarathil @Mohammed Yazir Thattarathil Omar ElGamal @Omar ElGamal @Bharath Rao Welcome to the drive tomorrow. Please note mandatory gear required for this drive - Programmed radio, Shovel,Deflator,compressor and flag with out which you will not be allowed to join the drive. Please ensure you come with a fuel tank as full as possible and your car checked ,ready for off-roading. Pajero guys should be knowing how to disable the ABS . For regular tires you can deflate to 15 PSI and for offroad all terrain tires you can deflate to 12 psi. Please view the briefing video for you to be prepared well , as below link Myself and @Russ will be assisting you all to have a fun yet safe drive, convoy list will be updated soon. Cheers

hi @Harshad Ashraf, you need to buy this kind of battery from Speedex Sh. Zayed or Dragon Mart: Don't forget to buy the charger too, as leaving these uncharged for 3 months will make the batteries dead 😁

Hello, can you share with the meeting point as its TBA Thank you.

@Frederic have registered now. I have Nissan Xterra 2021 stock vehicle. It came along with an Offroad kit. Will see you on Friday at 7AM,

Thanks @M.Seidam for this great ride, it was very joyful one full of everything. I loved the video showing the route we took! Enjoyed the drive with you guys @munkybizness and @Gregory

A great drive @M.Seidam together with @Tareck and @munkybizness - something of everything, day and night. Thanks for the chance of a weekday afternoon drive! Let's do more of those. 👍 Will post some pics in the gallery.

Il Te' nel Deserto: between Qudra and Ganthoot - Drive Report "Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor" - Rumi A belated report, after a few days of work, business to take care of, and a couple more drives. It will be short and to the point, as many have already highlighted the extremely smooth nature of the drive. In spite of a variety of terrains, and a decent driving speed, it's been my first drive with NO refusals and NO stucks. Indeed, everything seemed to have been rigged in our favor. It covered 75.5 Km, in 3:23 total hours (2:54 moving), at an average moving speed of 26 Km/h, with the only breaks taken to stretch our legs, refresh ourselves, plus the last, glorious stop, when tea was served, accompanied by wild dates (for some more adventurous tasters), among a group of palms, lit up by the flames of the setting sun. One picture to describe this wonderful drive (see below), and many thanks going to the whole convoy: @Santoso Marjuki, @Matt.T, @Naim Aoun, @Thomas Varghese, @Rsjiv Samuel and @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil. See you soon in the sand.

Good Afternoon All Just a quick introduction........... I drive - Jeep Wrangler JL 2021 - White and have past experience of off-roading with friends (no formal course). My jeep is equipped with front & rear tow points and I have necessary pressure gauge, deflator and air compressor.

I have been doing some research on car cooler solutions and these are my findings. Hope it is useful for some. These are some of the questions you need to answer to decide on the right cooler for you: Cooling technologies – what’s available? Cooling and freezing in hot climates What size should your cooler be? Which energy sources do you want to use? Avoid a flat vehicle battery Are you concerned about noise from your cooler? Will you travel for long or short periods of time? Coolers for use away from the vehicle Is it possible to cool “passively” without the need for power? Do you want to pre-select a target temperature? Cold drinks for the driver Easy to clean features Refrigerate and freeze simultaneously Is there a cooler that can heat too? There are essentially 4 ways one can keep their food or drinks cool or cold and I have listed them down from the cheapest to most expensive, and have tried to answer the above questions. 1. Isothermal: or Passive coolers are your normal cool boxes. These are least cost options and don’t have any maintenance as well as any power requirement. One needs to provide cold substance - generally water ice, dry ice or ice packs to keep the contents in the box cold, which results in loss of space inside the box. But in the desert driving situations they are best as they can take any tumble without any worry. One can buy normal plastic ones in any supermarket or hardware stores as well as on amazon – they are the cheapest ones one can buy. You can also buy just water Jugs. These plastic ones are generally good for an afternoon drive. Going up the price range – Decathlon have some flexible cool bags which are light and give longer cooling period. Going further up on the value chain – you will find Dometic branded coolers that promise to keep the content ice-cold for days. How to Keep Your Icebox Cold for Longer: Pre-chill the food and drinks you plan on packing. Fill the cooler to the top with food and drinks. Freeze bottled water to store in empty spaces. Store your cooler out of the sun. Put the ice in last. Don’t drain the water when the ice melts. Pack all the essentials on top. Keep the lid closed. 2. Thermoelectric: These are the cheapest powered car cooler you see on the market. They are light weight, and they cool as well as warm contents inside. One can get these in very small sizes – e.g. 6 liters and up. Some drawbacks include, they are noisy operators, use a lot of battery power and as one cannot set temperature, and they heavily depend on the ambient temperature. They generally keep the inside temperature anywhere between 10-20 degrees C cooler depending on the models. 3. Compressor: They work like the normal household fridge i.e. they have a compressor built in them hence the name. The pros of these type of coolers, are that they use minimal power for operation. You may set the desired temperature anywhere between 10 degree C and -22 degree C depending on the model and the cooler will maintain that temperature – therefore it can be used as a freezer or fridge. From functionality point of view, it is considered the best of all, but one downside is that it can be a bit pricy. Some of the compressor refrigerator units work both on household power as well as car cigarette lighter port on the car while some models are designed to work with solar as well. You can get some of the models with dual zones and you can set individual temperatures such as one side as fridge and other freezer. Many users connect it to a standalone battery that is connected to the car cigarette lighter, so that the cooler continues to work while the car is not running and prevent drain on the main car battery, while keeping the cooler in operation. Some of the well-known coolers come with auto cut off function, whereby they switch off if the car battery comes down a pre specified level. Non-branded or Chinese (Crony) versions available for as lows as AED 440 for 15 liters ones on amazon. They will last well for a year or two but there after you might face some issues. Amazon and Dragon Mart are the best sources of these coolers. Dometic is the most famous of the mainstream brands. CFX3 is the latest series of their coolers. You can buy in 25- (going to be available soon) 35-, 45-, 55- liter single zone coolers and 75-, 95- and 100-liter dual zone coolers. They come equipped with Bluetooth and WIFI as well as accompanying apps, using which one can set the desired temperatures as well as monitor it and also monitor the battery. status. I was looking for the CFX3 25 for my 2 door Jeep to keep at the back but it would still be a bit larger. These coolers can be installed on their own sliding racks and can be tied down. They have sturdy handles. Older generation models are also available in the market. I would not buy them unless I am getting it at a good discount, or they are of the desired size, since one can buy some smaller size coolers that server the intended purpose. While the compressor technology is mostly same the designs have been changed since previous generation models and some functionality has been improved e.g. color screen for monitoring etc. ARB also have some decent coolers and my understanding is that ARB only designs the coolers and Dometic manufactures them for ARB. Currently Ace is running good discounts on Domestic Coolers. 4. Absorption: These coolers work using either AC, DC or Gas. It is most efficient while working on propane or gas and are used for off grid locations where electric power is scares but will use ten times more power using AC or DC sources of power. They need to be on level, else they won’t work. One cannot set temperature and can only reduce the internal temperature by 10-20 degrees compared to outside. They are basically gas based coolers that can also somewhat work on AC or DC power. My recommendation is to get an Isothermal/Passive cooler as the least cost option for desert driving and put some iced water bottles along with chilled water bottles in it. For camping or day trips I would prefer Compressor based coolers. For Small Cars (like in the back of my Jeep 2 Door with rear seat up) I will go for Dometic CF-11, CF-16 or CF-26 (while they are old generation, they work nice & Ace has a good discount on CF-26s for Eid). For larger cars I would recommend CX3 series coolers (latest generation, again Ace has some cool discounts running currently on the CX3-45s, I will skip the CFF series unless desperately going for that discount).

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions Mandatory Safety Requirements Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Fewbie and above When: 10 Dec 2021, Friday Meeting time: 06:30 (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/7QnX6mGvAD5L2y548 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 10:30 AM THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL END THE DRIVE AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 Fewbies and above drivers. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. Please RSVP on Below Calendar:

I am in with Y61

Its kind of midway for me. Thanks. Really looking forward for the drive.

@Premjit Vappala, depending on where you come from, you can use this one ADNOC Service Station | Al Qala-2 (565)800 300 https://maps.app.goo.gl/w61VqzuS92kuYdnY8

@Gaurav Confirmed

@Hisham Masaadgood evening, dont see any drop outs so i was wondering if there is any chance you can extend the convoy size! 🙄

Dear @Tareq Al Turq @Myles Keague@Markus B @Ryan Tan @Rajat Verma @Meng kiat Ng @Mohammed Sirajuddin Thanks for signing up for your first off-road drive with us. Some pointers I wanted to mention: 1) Be very careful when you take the exit just before the meeting point. You will need to cross the bicycle track and it's busy on the track nowadays. They have the right of way at all times ! 2) Please be on time, or even better arrive 15-20 mins earlier so we can help out with deflating when needed. 3) Bring a pressure gauge, deflator, and a compressor please. There is a compressor at the Last Exit Petrol Station where we will be end, but this one is mostly out of order or working very slowly. 4) If you have a walkie talkie already, you can tune in to 446.006 Mhz when you arrive. This is our Channel 1 that we use for the Absolute Newbie Drives. If you do not have one yet, we will provide you with a spare one that you can use for the drive. 5) Please watch the Absolute Newbie Briefing video posted here above with your full attention, as this is the best preparation for your first off-road drive with us. 6) Please follow the COVID19 guidelines by wearing a mask whenever you are out of the vehicle and during the briefing. Seniors on the drive will by myself and @Mukundan Nair, we will be helping you out with deflating if needed, and during the drive if you have any stucks or issues. I am sure we will be having lots of fun tomorrow ! See you soon in the sand !

@MMansoor you've been added to this drive. Please confirm, if you are joining or not so that others in waitlist can get a chance. Current Waitlist First Drive: @Daniel Yang Second Drive: @Thomas Varghese @Hasan Wahlan @Rawad

@Pacific and @Adhir Saxena you've been added to this drive. Please confirm, if you are joining or not so that others in waitlist can get a chance. Current Waitlist First Drive: @MMansoor @Daniel Yang Second Drive: @Thomas Varghese @Hasan Wahlan @Rawad

Apologies @Ale Vallecchi I have to drop from Saturday’s event.. thankfully you are spoilt with the convoy and support. Have a super drive all!

I've been delving deep into the forums over the past few weeks and just the astounding level of detail is mind-boggling. There's so much amazing insight, guidance and opinion here that I've truly learned so much than I ever had before. But one feature I've been looking for is the ability to save/bookmark/favorite a comment on the threads so I can come back to it later. I've been following the topic and reacting to them so they appear in my timeline as a way of leaving bread crumbs. But I'd like the ability to go directly to the comment on a topic that really stood out to me. Is there a way on the Carnity forums where we can favorite a post and commit it to our profiles so it can be visited again and again in the future? And while doing so, being able to add tags to the bookmark so I can tag it into categories. In the meantime, I'm just saving those pages the old school way as bookmarks on my browser in addition to following the topic but keen to see how the others are tackling this.

@Ale Vallecchi I will have to drop off the waitlist I seem to have muddled my dates!! Catch you next time.

Hi @Rajat Verma yes i see you have completed 1 Absolute Newbie drive before. If you have changed your vehicle, it might be indeed be not a bad idea to join this drive. See you on Friday !

Yes, I have all the items mentioned above including the compressor.

- Toyota Prado - only once with friends’ help - i think there’s one at the back not too sure of the back

Thanks @Myles Keague. The nearest gas station is at Last Exit Al Qudra, but either you will be in a long queue or it won’t even work at all.

Good morning @Vijay Cowlagi As you have completed 2 personal trainings already, you can sign up for a Newbie drive (if you have all your gears), and you do not need to attend this Absolute Newbie drive. (i noticed you signed up for Brette his Newbie drive already).

Hi @Ale VallecchiI experimentally clicked on something and got into "manage" box - sorry for that - pls delete me from there...am waitlisted for 2nd drive with you...TOP OF THE WAITLIST

Pls wait list me for 2nd drive, thanks

Thanks @munkybizness for this great idea, finally we have implement the Bookmark. Below each topic and comment you'll see the Bookmark option now.