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Drive report: What happens in sweihan stays in sweihan. 😀😜 Driver who did extremely well - @Brett Eicher . Remember the basics , climb the recovery ladder 1st maneuvering - steering, front / reverse , 2nd gears - 4H/4L , 3rd rope , 4th winch and 5th chopper 😜🫣. If not there will be a Jeep XJ- waypoint for off Roader’s in Sweihan 🤣 @Zed - awesome support , encouragement and enthusiasm. @Amr Aydin - flaw less 2nd lead . Spot on ! @Haitham Khattab - great team player . Final Score Nissan 1 - Jeep 3 (A situation counts a gain for the other - and u know them well ) . But jokes apart - it is the driver who matters in any car Zeddy jinxed at start and the drive ends all well. We had fun Nissans are unbreakable but Jeep is a Jeep 😆 see you next time guys - ❤️ Superb concentration and involvement. Well done Amr

Thank you Doc @Chaitanya D for the great adventure yesterday. It was Full of of fun, criss crosses, slide slopes and bowels. Really enjoyed every moment, specially the mutual Nissan Support:) .Great Support from @Zed, he is the smooth operator in tugs & resourceful with the track bar in side stucks @Amr Aydin, great second lead and always pleasure to drive with you. @Brett Eicher great to see your fixing skills in action in addition to your driving skills. See you all again soon

Thank you @JeromeFJfor an amazing drive full of beautiful scenery and challanges. To me a beautiful and successful drive is when I return home from the drive full of energy and excitement with a great memorable day to cherish. And that is exactly how I felt today! My first drive with you @JeromeFJ, and looking forward to many more. We were blessed with a wonderful well skilled group, thank you @Alexanderrrfor excellent 2L, @Beide Worku excellent sweep. My good friends in front and the back of me@Naim Aoun& @Mark D great to see you both Gents!! The Raptors at the back and the" F16" really rocked the desert. and to the rest of the team it was a pleasure .

Guys, we had an amazing drive this morning. Thank you for participating. It was a real « desert time », with beautiful sceneries, a lot of desert life, and virgin dunes. The route was far from easy, and either in the technical areas, or when surfing these fabulous high ridges, the full concentration of each driver was needed. We only had a few stucks that were quickly solved with team shovelling work, proof, if need be, of the excellent level of the convoy. Special thanks to @Alexanderrr as 2nd lead, watching my back, and holding or adjusting the route when needed. @RiaanJH @Naim Aoun, excellent drive for the Jeeps, @Mohamad Anwer, excellent support from the middle of the convoy, @Mark D, @Karthik Raptor, the raptor boys, very well done, in particular in the tech areas, @Beide Worku, thank you for the sweep, and congratulations for your first FB+. Thank you all for the excellent spirit during the drive, it was a pleasure to lead the group ! I can see pictures in the gallery already, thank you, and yes, these high ridges were beautiful, they will be in my eyes for the full week I think !

Yeah with easy starting into the dunes, I noticed the 2 Nissans are like bodyguards guarding the 3 VIP Jeeps. And then just like in a warzone, it's the first car and the last car who "took the hits" for the team 😂😂😂 while the VIP Jeeps are happily smoking and chatting away 😅 The Fewbie Level Track finished at 11:30pm and Doc Marshal asked my opinion if we should switch track to a FB+ level. Seeing the 3 VIP Jeeps drove so well without any stuck, I had no objection going to FB+ (or mini Intermediate since this is Sweihan). The Team handled it well until we reach higher and higher and finally hit a pocket high up. Great teamwork up there, with everyone shovelling every possible side to make channel and try to give room for the wheels to sway front & back, rock-a-baby style and try to get out. Alas after some brainstorming, it was decided a traction board would help the rear tyre gain traction for getting out of the pocket. It was a good call, as the car managed to get out safely. Not many times in Carnity we get to use Traction Boards / Sand Ladders ☺️ Guess who was there last night with Traction Boards? (and yes to entertain @Srikumar it was those cheap traction boards from DragonMart, not the 1000dhs+ MaxTrax 😁) Great second lead by @Amr Aydin always listening closely to Doc Marshal when to stop and wait. Amazing skills for someone who just finished a MasterClass and first Fewbie Night Drive @Brett Eicher. Wonder if the teacher is that Marshal with a similar XJ Jeep Manual? 😀 @Haitham Khattab i feel is due for promotion soon. I noticed at times he picks alternative sand, a bit to the right, a bit to th left, cos they are just easier and flatter. Not bad for terrain-reading at night 👍🏻 Always happy to support Doc Marshal @Chaitanya D everytime he's in Sweihan 👍🏻 Till next time Team!

Thank you @Chaitanya D for the great drive last night, it was amazing and good experience to observe some of sticks and recoveries, hope all good with your car. thank you @Zed for the sweep and @Haitham Khattab and @Brett Eicher for the great skills. Hope those cable ties stayed in place all the way home @Brett Eicher😊

Hi @Mike. it's a good suggestion, but mostly off-road never goes as per plan and that's the challenge we all love it. From a technical standpoint, 4 hour's drive time means: 30 min briefing and deflation 3 hour drive time. 30 min debrief and inflation. Now in that 3 hour drive time, moving time averages to 1.5 - 2 hours as the rest of the time required for sorting stucks and refusal, as you know we never leave stuck drivers behind and the whole convoy waits. Now trimming that 1.5 - 2 hours drive time won't be fair for the people who wait to get out for the whole week. As Sri mentioned to make sure all cars are happy and safe we only restrict driving in peak summer heat based on different timings for various months.

@Srikumarconsidering you dont look back on night drives,me as 2L my car needs to be on steroids for the drive 🤣

the 2 earthquake tremors last night happened after my boat hit hard on the Sweihan dunes 😂 at Doc @Chaitanya D's Fewbie turned almost IM drive 😄

Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar - XJ 2. Waqas - Prado 3. Vaibhav - Wrangler 4. Zed - Y62 5. Mayank - Y61 6. Simon - Pajero 7. Mustafa - Pajero 8. Asad - Prado 9. Matt - Wrangler 10. Ranjan - Wrangler We shall be using Carnity Channel 3. See you at the meeting point tonight at 10 PM sharp.

Hi Sand Sailors Convoy for tomo is as below. We will be using the radio channel:1 Meeting Point : https://maps.google.com/?q=24.919856,55.519013&entry=gps Convoy Order 1. Varun in Grey Wrangler 2. @Ashok chaturvedi in Yellow FJ will be SL 3. @Stan Hassett in white Prado 4. @RiaanJH in Silver Jeep 5. @Zulfikhar Naiyar in Silver Xterra 6. @Tom B in LC 7. @Sam K in FJ Cruiser 8. @Senthil Kumar in red wrangler 9 @takeshi sobue in FJ with engine of F150 😂 10. @M.Seidam in White Xterra 11. @KAMALIO in Rubicon 12. @salah2u in Y62 13. @GauravSoni in Pajero will be sweeping.

Please find the updated convoy numbering below. We will use Radio Channel 1: 446'006.25 @Yerem Davtyan @Brett Eicher @Lucas @Sunny84 @jeetu sharma @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Andrei S @salah2u@MChatt89 Gaurav Silver Pajero Yerem Davtyan 1996 Red Chevrolet Tahoe Brett Eicher 1999 Jeep Cherokee - red Lucas 2016 Jeep cherokee - green MChatt89 2011 Jeep Wrangler - 2 door - green Vanessa Blue Pajero Sunny84 2014 Pajero - 5door- Grey jeetu sharma 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero LWB Zulfikhar Naiyar 2014 Nissan XTerra - Silver salah2u Nissan Patrol y62

Agree that the summer is quite severe on both us and our cars. We generally avoid being on the sand beyond 9 AM till about 4 pm (which is when the mercury is above 40 deg. C). Every lead has their own style of drives, but I think I can say on behalf of everyone that the leads start to move towards the exit by 8:30 AM, as incase if there is a major stuck after that the recovery conditions can be extremely difficult. Another option is that you could try out the twilight / night drives which we keep having on a regular basis. You dont need any special offroad lights to join these drives.

Ha ha ha 🫣 @Zed sweihan always upgrades the level by default , and we enjoyed it

Its about time to up the challenge for our Pajero drivers....hopefully they will have some portion of the dune remaining after your boat goes through.

Dear Sand Sailors Thanks for RSVPing for the drive. Really good to see some usual suspects and some new faces. Plus we have some new first time FBs as well - going to be fun 😈😈 Been a crazy week at work for me and i am really looking forward to release some steam on Long range dunes around Lisali - .so get ready to rumble !!👍 Drive Plan - Very simple and easy - will enter the sand around camel track area, quickly (atleast i hope so) rush through some basic technical area and then we will let ourselves get lost into the beautiful long range dunes of Lisali. Some FAQs for our drive. When do we meet? - Sharp 5am without exception. Anyone one min late will need to bring in a Jerry can full of 10ltr Super grade petrol for the lead (yeah my Jeep doesn't like the taste of that cheap special or regular fuel 😂) and 20ltr.for @GauravSoni who is hoping that he gets at least a tank full in lieu of giving up his sleep to join with us. Thanks @GauravSoni Anyone two or more min late will be sent back home (of course after delivering the Jerry can and 10 ltr petrol each for whole convoy). Where do we meet? Lisali camel track, drop pin will be updated tomo afternoon What we plan to achieve- Achieve? Dude It's a weekend so let's just chill and sail through the sand, far away from hustle of achieving something... Yeah, yeah you will learn as well 😴 Where do we exit - Who cares, somewhere around. Hopefully in Dubai. 🧭🧭 What time do we plan to exit - i plan to exit by 9am. When you will exit - depends on you 👿😂😂 What should I bring to the drive? Lots of energy, water, gear, snack for yourself and MASK 😷😷 <- yeah that's how it looks like, And yeah Smiles (but won't it be hidden under the mask🤔). Any prep before the drive required? Take lots of rest, stay hydrated, ensure your vehicle is in perfect shape and above all ensure you set the alarm right ⏰⏰⏰⏰ it's really a lame excuse that my alarm didnt ring - it always does we are the one who miss it 😂😂 In case your plan changes, please advice well in time. And in case of any issue feel free to call me - my no is 050 4430 882 So looking forward to see you all on Sunday. @Zulfikhar Naiyar @RiaanJH @Stan Hassett @Jonny90 @takeshi sobue @salah2u @Ashok chaturvedi @Sam KK @Tom B @KAMALIO

Hi @Carnity family. Due to the summer heat and all what it brings with it, is there a possibility to reduce the drive durations to 2.5-3 hours? i am opting out of summer drives as I don’t want to keep thinking about overheating issues nor the stickiness that comes with the extra heat. Thought of throwing this idea as food for thought because I would be willing to keep driving during summer between let’s say 5 am - 7:30 or 8 am for the coming period. The main idea is to keep driving under favorable conditions during summer rather than not driving at all. @Gaurav@Brette@Frederic@Srikumar@Hisham Masaad@Vanessa8580@Islam Soliman @M.Seidam(Sorry I couldn’t add all leads but just a sample I know to get the discussion going if the option is there) and all leads, what do you think ladies and gents ? One thing I can think of in case promotions and ranks are points of debate and standing in the way of implementing this then I would suggest that each 2 x 2.5 hour drives would count as 1 normal drive. The main objective and intention out of this is really to keep driving and enjoy the sport under favorable conditions.

RSVP Closed @Pascal @Karthikeyan Govindarajan @Salim Akhtar @Naveen Raj @Imran Kashif thank you all for joining the drive. We will be broadcasting on radio frequency 446.081-25 (Carnity Channel No.4) Last gas station co-ordination https://goo.gl/maps/mdSvuqbstEBSv8cVA Convoy Position Asif Naveen Imran Salim Pascal Karthik See you all tomorrow on time. For any emergency please contact me at 050 699 04 11.

You have given both question and answer in your comment. One doesn’t need a 4 hr drive to judge a driver - if that is for a promotion to next level. Main objective is spot on ( considering this is a hobby for many) Forget the promotions , take your time to learn and then enjoy the levels as you progress with the challenges, involvement, attitude and the friendship as u get along. Heat is severe but that’s what makes you a better driver , once the winter sets in 😀.

Confirm, thanks

Good afternoon all, Please find the convoy list for the drive. 1. @Kailas-L 2. @Joji varghese-SL 3. @Jose Thomas 4. @Gok Krish 5. @Gregory 6. @Rajiv Sam 7. @Beide Worku 8. @Chris Wing-SW Since every one is FB+ or above level, we will be practicing buddy assistance/recovery. We will be on channel 2. You may keep your camp chairs with you as we will have couple of long breaks. Cheers, See you all soon.

Interesting dynamics here... the Pajeros @Mus_hus78 @Simon Dawood are behind the Patrols 😅 Good CenterForward for the recently promoted support @munkybizness and of course the 2nd most experienced @Ranjan Das as Sweeper closes the team tight. *lemme take off my rear mudflaps now 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

Thanks Jerome for an amazing drive.. It was something else, an amazing variety of terrain, tight technical, side sloping and most importantly great ridge riding... What a blast. Great to see you all guys and looking fwd for the next drive..

Good evening all, Best part of today was meeting lots of new faces. Drive was fun and full of lots of unexpected twists and turns. Looper I hope the bumper isn't too costly... Hope to see you all again in the next few weeks. Brett what was the name of the digital tire gauge. Ill pick up a four cylinder compressor in the next few weeks great piece of kit. Jad what was the name of the app for the watch is it available on play store ? If anyone has any good pics or vids from today with my FJ would appreciate you whatsapping them to me - I'll be sharing with my dad in the UK. +971 58 598 2653 Cheers all and have a great week ahead. Imran

Lisaili to Qudra: The Hot Stuff - Drive Report "Most people will not change when they see the light. They change when they feel the heat." - Rumi I did not have this Rumi quote in mind when organizing the drive. Nonetheless, perhaps the drive managed to "change", hopefully for the better, some of the members' driving habits, especially referring to hot whether conditions on soft sand. As @Sunil Mathew, @Joseph Sebastian, and @Paolo Pellegrini have already reported, all members interpreted the spirit of the drive to perfection, rising to the challenge posed by the heat of the later summer morning departure. The terrain selected for the drive went from quite technical at the very beginning, on the short and packed dunes left of Lisaili's camel track, to more open long range dunes, for most of the Lisaili plateau. Actually, having entered much closer to the camel track than usually, that is more to the north-east, the track proved ideal to cross mostly untouched dunes, in a southern direction, heading toward the sabkhas between Lisaili and Murqaab. This area was perfect for practicing side sloping, ridge riding and criss-crossing, with an uninterrupted drive, until a double pop-out stopped the convoy for a short while. The situation provided the opportunity to demonstrate the need for proper tools, such as a sturdy board and e hydraulic jack (2 tons min.), which I would recommend to any Fewbie and above, just for these kind of easily encountered occurrences. After resuming the drive, all went as well as expected, with a few detours from the usual track, and a minimum number of stops to solve some refusals and stucks (nothing out of the ordinary). Having reached the Solar Park area in good time, we all agreed to prolong the drive to Qudra's Last Exit. The new access to Qudra from the end of Lisaili's pylon track proved a bit tricky: the loose sand from the abundant road works, as well a a very bushy area led to a couple of complicated refusals, within a few meters from the tarmac. After solving them, we managed to enter Qudra's southern quadrant, driving shortly along the bike track, and then through the very long and open dunes, dotted with some nice bowls, between the bike track and the pylons. From there it took no time to zip north toward the Last Exit. @Sunil Mathew, which I thank very much for both his role as Anchor, has already been very explicative in his report of the drive's main takeaways report, so I will not linger with any further recommendations. I thank @Andrew McCarthy for his clean Second Lead, @TT_Dubai for his Sweep, and @Joseph Sebastian, @Imran Kashif, @Paolo Pellegrini, @Federico Galbieri, @Gurcharan Mehta, and @Gerrit Bus for joining and bearing the heat of the drive. As intended, the heat did not take anything away from the drive. The itinerary covered 80 Km. in 2:46 hr of driving (out of total of 4:23 hr), moving at a very brisk (better...hot) average speed of 29 Km./hr. See you all soon in the desert.

Thanks to all it was very fun! @Gaurav could you send me the contact of you colleague that has a Cherokee too?? You can WhatsApp me if you prefer at 0558730229 tnks a lot

It was my first ever drive in Faqaa and also with @JeromeFJ as the lead. Perfect combo and the ridge riding was ultimate. Thank you everyone for an amazing experience, look forward to returning there very soon.

oops. hope the symptoms are not too serious and you recover soon.

Great - thanks! First Carnity drive but have done a few dune drives with friends. Have got the essentials (flag, compressor etc)

Thanks @varunmehndiratta for adding me to the drive . Inshallah will be fun with gangs .🙏 and yes almost forgot the delayed one will get 30L super for me as technicals are very demanding 🤣🤣

And as at @Carnity some ppl really care, so after reading my post and concerned with your safety (many who joined my last convoy two weeks back in Lisali are still trying to find their way out) Dr @M.Seidam has offered to join the drive 😂😂 Welcome onboard doc. Looking forward to see you.

@munkybizness congratulations buddy.

@Ranjan Das Congratulations. Very well deserved.

@Ranjan DasFrom the very beginning, you are always ready to help and support whenever required. Well deserved promotion.... well done.

Congratulations @munkybiznesswell done, very well deserved promotion.

Further to this thread I wish to write up a little more about the car going into limp mode. It can be the A/F sensor aka the O2 sensor connection issues or a broken sensor too which can prompt a car to go into limp mode. In fact it is always an electrical issue related to the myriad number of sensors which puts a car into limp mode. If the car stops while running most probably the crankshaft position sensor or the camshaft position sensors are going bad. If the car misfires and coughs it maybe the knock sensor. Recently found out a very interesting phenomenon which makes the car stops while in idling and you try to park. The power steering sensor is the one which creates this. This sensor tells the ECM to increase the RPM while you are turning the steering wheel so that the engine can accommodate the additional power requirements demanded by the steering pump or the engine has no clue the pump is turning and needs to rev up, stalls and dies off.

@Senthil Kumar Hi Senthil i have added you to the drive. Please confirm your availability.

Congrats @Jad Moussalli !!!

well-done and congrats @Ranjan Das

congrats @Ranjan Dasfor the promotion!

@Frederic - You’ve been one of my most cherished mentors here. You opened me up to what matters most. And your clarity of purpose is so refreshing. It’s something I hope I can borrow from in the days to come. Doc @M.Seidam - thank you for your vote of confidence, and the continuous guidance so far. I’ve learnt so much about how to negotiate the tightest dunes in your lead. And I hope to continue to learn more, with each passing day. @Islam Soliman - I often say that if there’s one person who know how to keep their car perfectly middle of sharp slip face, it is you. Every time I see you on the slippery slopes of Little Sweihan, I am filled with complete awe. I hope to learn this exact skill from you. And of course, how to tame a LWB while I’m at. @JeromeFJ- I hope I can be half as selfless as you are. And if I achieve that, my role here will already be off to the right start. @Brette - I can’t wait to join more of your drives and see you calm resilience, and have it rub off on me. I’m truly looking forward to your notes on how I can better myself, for myself and the convoy. @Looper - Effortless. That’s what I want to learn from you. You just make it look so easy and composed. @Gregory - just running into you puts a smile on my face. You have this steadfast spirit that I look to temper some of the misplaced machismo that sometimes gets the better of me. So much to learn from you in the drives to come. @Ranjan Das - indeed, I’ve been pinching myself constantly @imranaasghar81 - Dude, you’re the quintessential excitable child that we all want to keep alive inside us. I love the way you drive with so much character and fun all doled in. And with you, we’re always off to the races @Gaurav Soni “bhai” (because I called him Sir on a recent drive 😛 ) - thank you for seeing the level I can scale to, before I did. I can’t wait to be on a drive with you soon. @Vaibhav- thanks buddy, @Ranjan Das will also be on the drive… #justsayin @Anoop Nair @Jose Thomas @Joji varghese @Mike. @Sunny84 @Mark D @Haitham Khattab @Waqas Parvez @Thomas Varghese @Jaro Tuzinsky @Salim Akhtar @Tom B @Sunil Mathew @Morshedi - y'all are the reason why I go in and out of each drive with a massive smile plastered on my face. In the way you each pilot your machines and make them do amazing things inspires me to learn so much from each of you. Sometimes, I see a better line, better throttle management, less fear, better ridge riding and exit, and so on an so forth... You are all the reason that I wake up at a godforsaken hour to share this activity with people that lift you up. For this, and the drives to come, thank you

Well done @Ranjan Das great to see!

I need to keep reminding myself not to look left or right, just follow the white dot infront.

@Srikumar + JEEP + night drive ===