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Thanks @Aadi see you soon in the sand

Calendar event will be posted on the week of the event itself. Yes absolutely, it’s mentioned in the description, and there will be a separate calendar event for each.

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@Fredericthis one looks very interesting, i will do my best to attend 😀

We request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquettes Emergency details for all off roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities Drive Details Level: Fewbie and above (all levels) Meeting time: 08:00 AM Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bFHdavA8GzsZJG257 Action Plan: "My planet Arrakis is so beautiful, when the sun is low, rolling over the sands, you can see the Spice in the air" - Chani. And so, we will have the sun low on the horizon as we enter the open dunes along Faya Road, to move eastward, following the way of the Freman, looking for signs of life on the white sands of our own Planet Arrakis. A long and exiting drive that will take us in search of the little water available in this area, and finally all the way to Sweihan, where we plan to exit Dunes and re-enter Earth 😅. A drive where fantasy meets reality, where the major challenge will be finding the right lines to join the marked waypoints through a variety of terrains, from open long-range cordons to tight and tall technical dunes. It will also be Benje Junior's baptism of fire, as his new Lead's credentials will get tested on this unforgiving route 😎 What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, face masks, rubber gloves, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 12:00 PM P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. RECOMMENDED OFF-ROAD GEAR: Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge Compressor (MANDATORY) Walkie-talkie radio (MANDATORY) Off-road flag (MANDATORY) Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles First-aid kit Fire extinguisher. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 12 PM. If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list. Latecomers will be returned - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned - 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 THE CALENDAR

these are Shreks , not Crocs 😁

Hi there! For your 2004 Nissan Xtrail, upgrading the suspension is a great idea for better comfort and light off-roading. Some reliable suspension brands to consider include: Dobinsons: Known for durability and excellent performance on and off-road. Ironman 4x4: Offers suspension kits tailored for comfort and mild off-roading. Old Man Emu (OME): Premium kits designed for enhanced ride quality and stability. KYB (OEM replacement): A good option if you want an OEM-like ride with slight improvements. Good luck with your upgrades! Do you drive extremely or fun drive

Triple J! This is fair dinkum! Who’s gonna wear the croc costume!

@Sviatoslav, @Mahmut, @RiadJL, @nithish468, @Glenn W, @Hani crest king, @Marek, @AlexM (updated) @Ranjan Das, @M.Seidam Thank you all for joining the drive. The meeting time is 10:00 am in the morning. It takes approximately 3 hours to reach to the meeting point from Dubai, so one can start at 7:00 am in the morning so as to reach the meeting point on time. I would however recommend that you start at 6:30 am in the morning, to take into account stoppages and for fueling up etc. However, don't be late, because I am notorious for leaving people behind who do not arrive on time: @Mahesh_ can vouch for it from his firsthand experience. Drive should end at around 4:00 pm in the afternoon, after 6 hours of driving. The drive however should be uneventful and easy, I would want us to enjoy the landscape than to do anything else in that place. We will drive for approximately 120 km in the desert and there would not be any easy tracks to get out. As we will reach end of drive just before the sunset after a long day, I will stop at a place where camping for the night can be done, and it is a good option. I am assuming that everyone is going to start in the morning to reach to the meeting point, that means you would have driven for around 10 hours already by the time we ended the drive. I will highly recommend all take rest for a few hours at least before moving out - take a nap if you can. Camping is a good option if you wish, rest for the night and move out in the morning fresh. I am going to put a poll do vote on it.

Drive Report While in most respects both the drives were similar, there are some key differences. First section was done in an overall narrower area on Saturday, but it was a tad bit more fluid. On Sunday I was trying to do it different and wandered around a more. We covered more distance on Sunday in first section than on Saturday, but it was also ever so slightly rough on the edges compared to Saturday; May be because finally I was feeling the bumps of the track we left behind on the previous day. Second section was done on a more challenging track on Saturday, resulting in more refusals and consumed more time. I toned it down on Sunday to reach the next section earlier, and also because we had to take a detour to the pillion track and back. I like the way we did it on Saturday obviously it was more of an adrenaline rush. The third section was the best area to play. We spent a short duration there on Saturday and moved on because we were already late, and we suffered refusal that took the time allotted to play in that area. On Suday we had a flawless drive in this part of the desert. As a seasoned off-roader, who has seen more greenery in the desert than sand lately, I cannot even try to describe how happy I felt here. I could have spent the whole 3 hours here and not do anything else. Even the exit was smoother where we exited. I think it was done better on Sunday. We just about entered the Fourth section on Saturday but it was late already so we did a bumpy exit to the pillion track. I hope you all enjoyed the drive. I would like to thank @Frederic and @M.Seidam to be in the drive, you guys always there to help out on the refusals and it was confidence boosting to have spare leads in the drive (due to recent issues with my car though it is good now). Also big thanks to @Anoop Nair and @Bjoern for being excellent second leads. Till next time... PS: A note on speed: While the average speed of the Sunday drive is much more 19.1 kph compared to 12.9 kph on Saturday, we can see that the difference in moving speed was lot narrower. It was 20.6 kph on Saturday and 21.9 kph on Sunday. A point to note that we had more pillion track to cover on Sunday compared to Saturday that would have favorably affected the Sunday. We were also doing a bit more difficult areas in Section 2 on Saturday. So, on Saturday, we moved less but when we did, we moved with as much vigor as we did on Sunday.

Looking forward to the drive, be careful along the truck road E75 the speed limit is 100km and there are lots of traffics cameras, it made one of my drives very expensive 😠