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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 😀.

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.

What a lovely day despite the heat and what an amazing route to negotiate , it really felt like the less travelled dunes in Lisaili at least for me. Thank you @varunmehndiratta for the choice and smooth ride. its nice to see new faces and catch up with familiar and old ones , and the most to see the children happy sliding the slopes. I am sure after todays drive every one has got one or two to take back home with big smile . I always do ! @Ashok chaturvedi @Stan Hassett @RiaanJH @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Tom B @Sam K @Senthil Kumar @takeshi sobue @KAMALIO Thank you all for sharing the passion and care . see you again in the sand cheers Seidam https://youtu.be/aeJ1BKKI3bk

Thanks @JeromeFJ for another fun drive and breaking me in to Fewbie+ world. Nice driving with you team and glad to have met most of you for the first time. @Mohamad Anwer my GCAA application still pending so let’s keep the F16 between us @Karthik Raptor I got my dash mount from https://www.bulletpointmountingsolutions.com/ but https://builtrightind.com/ also has similar solutions pretty much for every truck model and year. Let me know if you need more info. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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.

@Rizwanm2- it’s been ages! Can’t wait to be on a drive with you, and to learn from your composure @Hisham Masaad - In helping me overcome my fear in climbing Al Faqa in a newbie drive last year, you taught me a lesson that would unlock every climb since then. I have not looked back and I hope I continue to borrow more from the lessons you have to teach. @Mario Cornejo- coming from you, that means a lot to me. Every time I think the Y61 can’t do something, I just remember the complete balance with which you pilot yours. So much to learn from you still. @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @topgear @Chinthaka Ruwan - thank you gents! @Rob S - thanks bud! You’re driving with great gusto and it’s phenomenal to watch. As for the mods, you’ve given me a great idea to write about... @Zed - only made possible because of the excellent company I was in. Thank YOU for that @Mus_hus78 - We’ll do a day-drive to fix that! Was good to drive with you again.

well done bro @munkybizness . Well-deserved promotion and even more after your performance & support last night 👍🏻 Go further & higher 👏🏻

Dear @Mike., valid, however I am afraid unavoidable. Considering the place we live in, and the hoppy we practice, which require sometime to depart and start enjoying, it is the minimum what can we consider. As mentioned by @Srikumar moving towards to the exit can start after 3 hours and 30 minutes from meeting time, to avoid high temperature. On the other hand, you will find it good that the extreme weather conditions are only about 2 to 2months and half, out do 12 months. If you go every weekend, that's about 10 drives where you will be put under different type of challenge. Unless you go for summer vacation, then you are saved 😊

Thank you very much for organising this @Gaurav An amazing way to spend the afternoon 😃 Great pictures, thanks for sharing @Yerem Davtyan!! (go team red!) Just saw the gallery photos, thank you for sharing @Sunny84!!