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What a phenomenal drive we had in Sunday, @Ale Vallecchi always having us on great routes backed with narratives and knowledge along the way. From the Ghaf bowl, bumping into freddie’s convoy with their pop out and through Naghra play area where a lot of knowledge has been shared. @Luke K P as usual great support from every angle of the convoy and equipped with anything and everything we need and don’t need cuz why not. @Benje_Junior great lead at the last part some good car endurance and fun testing. Pictures uploaded in the gallery tab

Hello Fellas! Been in the region for more than a decade and never done a proper offroad desert drive ( What a waste of time! 🤪) But I really want to know from the offroading veterans here ! What do you think is the best desert location in and around Dubai for beginners to do some desert cruising, some dune bashing and a family camping! (Without getting into deep trouble, because I intend to go alone except for camping) Any leads, advice, instructions are deeply greatly appreciated! Thanks, Sam

Hi @Ale Vallecchi, looking forward to the drive but i’m traveling later that afternoon so won’t be able to join for lunch unfortunately.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi - unfortunately won't be able to join for lunch but will be there for the drive.

Hi @Ale Vallecchi thanks for arranging the drive. I confirm my attendance. I might be joined with my dad. We will leave post the drive as we have lunch plans with rest of family.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for organizing this drive and such a great idea to end with lunch.. please count me and @essam ibrahim in. This is 2 cars/2 person. look forward to seeing you all.

Dear @Giacomo, @Jeandre Bezuidenhout, @Abhishek Chikara, @Sam Selim, @essam ibrahim, @Amr J, @Matt - monkeywrench, @Gautam Banka, @Tanveer Ahmed, @Abdullah A.. As you see from the post's content, I have thought of stopping for lunch at Tilal Resort, located just at the exit point of this drive. Would you be so kind to please let me know if you plan to stay, and how many people you may be with each car? We should reach the restaurant around 1pm max, and be able to finish no later than 2:30 pm. Thanks for informing. Dear @Glenn W, @Jessica Lambert, @Marek and @Hani crest king, I am thinking of opening the convoy to include all waitlisted members. Please confirm that you wish to join, and I will add your names. Also please let me know if you would like to stay for lunch at Tilal Resort, and if so how many people with each car. Thanks a lot.

I would suggest you join one of the drives and get a feel of it . Driving alone or without experienced team would be inadvisable

Gaurav, It was great drive thanks to you and support team. I added all pictures on google photo if any interested to download. Once video from camera uploaded google photo I will share that also. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ykSZsaK5eVujzJYZ7

Hi @mist30033, perhaps in the mid options it was not added. In our full option 2008 model it was also not there, but there was a workaround: If you're a bit handy with a soldering gun, this takes about 1hr of your time only, if you are not confident, then perhaps take it an car radio installation shop and show them this option. Another option is to checkout the last versions of Pajero (anniversary edition) which came with a fancy touch screen. Perhaps this can be a replacement of the stock radio, but will cost quite a bit more.

It was meant to be 😁. Always enjoyed having you as a lead !

My heart rate has only just returned to normal 😅 Phenomenal drive. Thank you one and all.

I chopped up that poor plant for no reason! 😅

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Amazing drive in all aspects , leading, support and the whole convoy flow. I have attached 1 picture, Luke in action

Thanks for fun drive today everyone! We started heading into the big dunes of nahel in search of spice and passing the large nahel lake. Lots of flowing dunes and fast driving before heading back towards the Pacman Zone and trying to thread the needle between fences and farms to the south. After some fast sabhka crossings and passing the burnt out FJ, we visited the ghafatein bowl and enjoyed some loops. Next we made our way over to naghra where @Ale Vallecchi was constantly being harassed by fremen insurgents (quad car things) stopping us from harvesting spice and hitting all the climbs together. @Benje_Junior took over to lead the last quarter, revisiting some bowls from an early intermediate drive he did (if I heard properly over the radio 😅). I'd never been to this area before and enjoyed the long ridge rides and climbs! My stats say we averaged nearly 30kph... Pretty fast over a lot of different terrain! Nice fun Sunday! See you next time It's lucky we exited when we did..my car was saying 16km of fuel remaining even tho I started with a full tank😅 Jerry can in the backgot me to the next adnoc, but was looking close there for a while 😂😂

I have Black Rhino wheels on my jeep, they have good negative offset - I had to remove the spacers and still the wheels look more protruding than before. I got them from a shop near Modern Bakery in Al Quoz. When I had some issue with the wheels, (some cosmetic issues) I contacted Black Rhino directly, and they referred back to me to the same shop as they are the authorized dealers.