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Thank you all for joining. Had a great fun, and amazing drive. Everyone did well, except few refusals and few missing tracks and getting no where 😂. As usual great SL @Mohamad Anwer, thank you @Senthil Kumar for sweeping, and every one for supporting. Special thanks for 3rd Lead @DP1011. Nice to meet you all, and look forward to see you again in sand. @Jona @Simon D @Tareq Al Turq @Sunil Mathew @Bashar Beasha @Looper @Rob S @Krishna R @Patrick van der Loo

Good day to all of our desert nomads @Rafey Hashmi @Srilakshman Karthikeyan @Stan @Issam Atra @Sreenath G @Mohammad Sayawoush Azad @Naim Aoun @Arun Menon @Lalaji & @Imran Asghar I hope you are all as excited as I am to hit the beautiful dunes of Lisalli for my centenary drive with Carnity. The convoy order will be as below. See you all in the sand bright eyed and bushy tailed tomorrow We will be using Radio channel Ch4 460.081

Please see below the convoy order for tomorrow morning. We will be on channel 2.

Look forward to driving with you all see you tomo

Haha I have some mods to test and my team is all out of country, was going to Sweihan alone but how can I miss my teacher @Asif Hussain's driving in the same area? 😅 Might as well enjoy with @Mus_hus78 also 👍🏻

Winter is not coming this year. It is delayed…

CHAMPIONS ONBOARDING STARTED...!

DRIVE DESCRIPTION Welcome to Carnity Off road Club Fewbie drive, meeting and ending in Lisalli. We request every member that joins this drive to go through the below information and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquettes and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquette's Emergency details for all off-roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Level: Fewbie and above When: 15 October 2023, Sunday Meeting time: 06:30 - Sharp (Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: 24°55'16.4"N 55°31'19.8"E - Google Maps Approximate finish time: 10:30 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), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit, Tow Rope, 2 Shackles and fire extinguisher. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 12 PM. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you find you are unable to join, so your spot can be taken by others in the waitlist. If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, if an RSVP attendee removes themselves, you will be moved from the waitlist to the RSVP list as an attendee. A convoy list will be sent out the day prior to the drive. Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON BELOW CALENDAR

@Gaurav @Srikumar

Hello Fellow Offroaders! A brand spanking noob to the Offroad world with a 2016 Pajero LWB here with an age old question of 4H vs 4HLCvs 4Llc but in a different setting of rough rocky/gravel/loose gravel terrain with steep inclines. My question to the Pajero experts/Gurus here is how best to tackle the steep mountain terrain with your 4x4, what Offroad and driving modes to be used? Also would love to hear you experiences on such adventures. I had recently completed a trip to Jebel Hamri along with a fellow FJ cruiser and has come back with a lot more questions about the Pajero. The most important being the proper use of 4H/4Hlc/4llc on steep climbs with hard terrains and areas with loose gravels. I started the Jebel Hamri offroad trail in 4Hlc and had to change it to 4llc towards the end of the trail due to my first time experiencing the steep climbs The temperature warning sign on my dashboard lit up by the end of the trail. This had me a bit worried and confused, I knew I had been pushing the pajero on the 4llc mode which caused the issue. Please share your expert advice when tackling such terrain. I plan to visit other similar places such as Wadi Sal, Jebel khatt etc that may be a bigger challenge and I would like to be more prepared than before, your experiences/advice will definitly point me in the right direction. Thank you Deno

Planning to arrive by 930 pm and crash close to starting point...anyone welcome to join pls

Drive RSVP is OPEN till 9pm today. Thank you @Zed @Mus_hus78 for joining the drive. Small convoy is always fun to drive and a perfect start for our DCT run. @Zed don't expect anything i am going to share my strategy during the drive. This drive will be simple straight up and straight down. Convoy Order Asif Hussain Xterra Mus_hus78 LC Zed Jeep We will be using Carnity Channel No.4 - 446.081-25 For emergency call me at 0506990411

@Krishna R no sir we have a mix although we do have a few Jeeps, it was sent out to all

Welcome, @JamesBY this post is slowly awakening the mountaineer in me. You seem to be quite hands-on with rough patches. I remember Jebel Yibir is one of the nicest trails I have been to with @Jeh (WAKE UP) in 2015.

what about you @DP1011?

Dear badayer visitors, @Jona @Pacific @Patrick van der Loo @Sunil Mathew @Bashar Beasha @Tareq Al Turq @Krishna R @Amir Amiri @Rob S @Mohamad Anwer @Simon D @DP1011 @Senthil Kumar @Looper Look forward to see you tomorrow morning. Below is the convoy order. We will be on channel 2.

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.

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).