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Please find your convoy number. We will use Radio Channel 4. @PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke @Dev_ @Srilakshman Karthikeyan @Issam Atra @Vishnu Ramankutty @Benjamin @Abhilash Kottakkal @Faraz94 @Haneef Thayyil @DTG @Islam Soliman @Ben Williams @Ben Lee @Mark D @Looper Gaurav Silver Pajero Luke PAJERO B/W Pajero Dev_ Toyota Sequaia Srilakshman Karthikeyan Brown Pajero Issam Atra Red Cherokee XJ Vishnu Ramankutty White Fortuner Benjamin Silver Wrangler Abhilash Kottakkal Montero Sport Faraz94 Grey Haval H9 Haneef Thayyil Patrol Y62 DTG White Pajero Islam Soliman Black Yukon Ben Williams 2005 Wrangler Ben Lee White Jeep JK Mark D Blue Raptor Looper Yellow Wrangler P.S. Nobody will use the word "Ben" or "Ben Wrangler" as we have 3 Ben Wranglers on one drive. I will let them decide what they like to call themselves for tomorrow's drive.

@Gaurav when you get all the Ben’s together we form a super form. Kinda like the power rangers better watch out 😂

Just shout oi! at me, works for my wife. Looking forward to it.

According to RTA I’m silver, red, yellow 😂 we will sort out tomorrow morning I can always go by my family name “furphy” or if your into your 90s toys “Furby” works too! As long as I know your talking to me 😂

I even thought of color coding you guys, Ben Silver, Ben White but then you and Ben Williams have silver wranglers.

Looks like he is now prepared for Steps / Sharp drops, must have got his bumpers trimmed / Lift up done may be On a lighter note, @Looper We Jeep guys wont understand Fortuner owners worries )

Good evening everyone. @Juan R @Theo09 @Deepak Eswar @Cristian @Rk ram @Pieter Pot @Mohit Gurnani @Jaro Tuzinsky look forward to meet you tomorrow morning at 5:30am, deflating and preparing for the new adventure. We will be moving as per the convoy order, and using channel 2 on the radio. For any requirement please call me on 0506318834.

Nobody is god here, we just know a little bit more than others based on our failures and experiences. And we still learning from actual Gods of off-roading on what works and what doesn't. Remember liwa extreme recovery last year that tested everything we know and so many things we don't know? Thankfully we were blessed with amazing teamwork, that graced the whole experience.

4 Pajeros nice 😎👍

So now you know for sure that fully inflated tires are the actual root cause of the struggle and stressing the car unnecessarily in Low gear. The ideal mountain deflation is 20 - 25 PSI. In general, 25 PSI is perfect for loose gravel and 20 PSI when that loose gravel turn to fine gravel and slips your tires on every turn. A slightly more deflated tire will hold the traction better in those instances. However, if you go below 20 PSI then you risk getting tire cut with sharp rocks or angle, so always start with 25 PSI in HLC and work your way up in the mountain. In steeper climbs, when you feel that pressing too much throttle is not resulting in the same speed, then you can switch to LO gear for that struggling patch or incline and go back to HLC once done. Also, LO gear is very good for coming downhill as Gaurav Soni mentioned, that takes a lot of load from your brakes and does not eat the brake pad after one descent. The only catch is to keep your speed lower than 40 kmph in Low gear and you will be fine.

Hi @Dev_ welcome to the carnity off-road club. As you've moved into the RSVP list from Waitlist, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. As it's your first time here, can you Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details. Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets. Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING

Hi @Deno Vikram welcome to the club! The gods of the club have already spoken !!! Here are my 2 cents Always use tiptronic/ manual shifting of gears while doing steep / mountain climbs including the gravel/ loose tracks… I personally prefer 4hlc during these drives however switch to 4l during descents. Use engine braking on your way down which makes it a lot easier on your brakes and control over your car. I am also curious if u deflate your tyres as well.. it’s best to go down to 25 psi on such terrain to reduce stress on transmission as well as disengage traction control to prevent wheel spin on loose gravel..

I have no clue either. I said what I said as I myself doing Solar Park after a long gap of 6 months, so I genuinely don't know the latest terrain. Based on grassland or pristine sand, which sets my mood will see how it goes.

Hey Guys! Thanks and musch appreciated for your response. Based on your feedback, apart from the offroad modes Tiptronic is key to climbing steep hills on the Pajero, something that I have never used before. I will definitly give it a try next time. In tiptronic does it stay revving in the same gear regardles of the rpm or does it auto move to the next gear when the rpm hits the limit for the particular gear? Also please share your thought process on how do you judge which offroad mode to be in when tackling a steep climb. Experience is the key here but do you use any 'personal logic' to make the decision. @Frederic Thank you, your post is very informative. It was the transmission high temparature warning light that lit up. @Gaurav Yup I totally agree with your point on 4L, I think it was the execessive driving on 4L that had an impact on my transmission temparature. Never gonna do that again until I am absolutely sure I need them. @GauravSoni Thanks for the advice on deflating the tyres, I had'nt deflated my tyres and the thought did hit me during the last sections of the climb but instead I just bulldozed my way through on 4L (somehow).

Hi Sultan, we do not refer any specific car businesses here to deter spam. You can find car businesses here: https://carnity.com/business_listing/ or google them. That's very strange. Pajero is Japanese and very similar to any other Nissan and Toyota. If you have BMW, Land Rover or Porsche then the above statement might justify in some cases, but not for Mitsubishi. I have had extensive experience in swapping and rebuilding the Pajero engines, happy to help with your specific questions and reasons to swap (most imp).

@BERTZSKIE - your query on a very old post but let me try to answer you. The short answer is no. Thermostat plays an important role in the car engine by regulating the engine temperatures. Initially when a car is started: it helps the engine to heat up quickly so that the engine can run efficiently at optimum temperature and then it also helps to cool it down when the engine is running by regulating the coolant flow though the engine block.

All 🙌 Something BIG is on its way! 🚀🌟🏎️

Dear friends, below the list of names for the drive on Saturday. Incase of any plans changing please update. RSVP will be closed by noon Friday. Attendees Pavel Pashkovskiy @Pavel Pashkovskiy Jaro Tuzinsky @Jaro Tuzinsky Theo09 @Theo09 Mohit Gurnani @Mohit Gurnani Krishna R @Krishna R Amir Amiri @Amir Amiri Juan R @Juan R Deepak Eswar @Deepak Eswar Rk ram @Rk ram Pieter Pot @Pieter Pot Manage Hisham Masaad DP1011 @DP1011 Waitlisted Attendees Cristian @Cristian

We might pick out a nice high dune and put out chairs out

@Vishnu Ramankutty unfortunately I cant help with the warranty part of your concerns... which is a very valid point! Would say its best to get this in writing some how as a verbal conversation might backfire should issues arise later (hopefully not)! If I remember correctly you have the V6 4L Fortuner? I drive a Prado, however had similar concerns when I started my journey with Carnity regarding basic modification and would share the following: after fitting a front skid plate and doing a bumper trim (after giving it a few knocks during my newbie drives) did help solve my problem with the front bumper ground clearance issue and more importantly gave me the confidence when faced with steeper departure or approach angles when climbing and descending. Best advice I got from the Forum/ Seniors is to drive my car stock for as long as I can, before investing in modifications which might be unnecessary and or would later regret. And to comment on your last sentence: Remember its a Toyota it can go anywhere!

Indeed strange. Your backfiring comment seems to me the most important point and indeed could be the culprit as to why the ECU would decide to limit the power and disable the AC compressor. Backfiring or misfiring can have several reasons, from a clogged catalytic converter to defective oxygen fuel ratio sensors and many other causes. But in those scenarios you would probably have a check engine light and a fault code.. Is this happening ? Make sure to double check if your check engine light is still working: when you turn the ignition (don’t crank) all your lights appear on the dashboard and the check engine light should appear as well. The reason I’m mentioning this is because I purchased an Xterra earlier this year that had no check engine light but after removing the dash we noticed previous owner had it removed ! We only came to know from connecting the OBD reader and seeing there were oxygen sensor error codes P1286. Car was slightly misfiring as well. Recently replaced both upstream oxygen sensors and running fine now.