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Was a great drive today morning. Was my 1st fewbie drive. Really exciting. Thank you @Asif Hussain for your kind support. Thank you @DP1011 and @Luke K P for your helping hands and patience. Thank you all others who were in the drive. See you again. Cheers.

@Davie Smooth_Operator always my pleasure to drive with you Davie, was a great drive really enjoyed it first FB+ I’ve been on for a while, really great mix of terrain and everyone drove fantastically, had a few bits to do but makes it more fun, @ChrisW fantastic second lead, we will have to call you the navigator. @Bjoern great to see you as always, mate see see you all next time have posted some pictures in the gallery.

Dear desert Wanderers, @Mike M., @Giacomo, @Glenn W, @Mark B, @Michael asir, @Hani crest king, @Ahmed Farouk, @Bjoern, @Sandeep N, @Sherry Jacob, @Marek and @ChrisW thank you all for being on time so that we could get the briefing done and then onto the main event of the drive. We actually managed to drive the plan although we did have to run the subca a tad in the middle section to make up some time after my stuck. appreciate all those that helped shovel me out in record time. we also had a few refusals as we made out way through so tight technical dunes. We had something of everything on this drive, from the technical dunes mentioned above, to mid to long range dunes, coupled with some high dunes and big bowls that challenged all of your techniques and driving skills that you have learnt to date. we did have a few refusals including yours truly, but with the help of @Mark B and @Bjoern the were all handled effortlessly and quickly. So well done to you all for getting us through nearly 54km of desert to finish at the exit at 10:59. not sure we could have planned that any better. During the 53.4 km's we managed an average speed of 14.6 mph a moving speed of 21.6 mph and a max speed on the subca of 58.8 mph, moving for 2hr:28mins stopped for breaks and minor stucks and refusals for 1hr:10mins. Our Second lead for the drive @ChrisW was amazing, following my instructions to letter for 99% of the drive, just need to get that left and right bit sorted out to get to 100% Joking aside, great job aalways mate pleasure to have you behind me keeping the lines smooth. Our Sweep for the day keeping me informed all the way around and keeping the convoy together was @Bjoern great job and really appreciate the support and job well done. Our busy CF who did an amazing job with the stucks and refusals was @Mark B, I maybe added to your workload by stating at the break that we had very few refusals, well didn’t that change a few minutes later, I think I maybe Jinxed us from there on in, you handled them all brilliantly and made my job a lot easier having you in the middle dealing professionally and swiftly with the few refusals we had, you were a tad busier than we expected but that was due to teh terrain and nit the capability of the convoy. Great job as always and thanks for the support. A link below so you can relive the track we took. https://www.relive.cc/view/vE6JNe17Mg6

Thanks for the fun morning outing everyone. @Asif Hussain you chose some very scenic lines through fayah Some of the terrain definately felt like a challenge esp with some pockets of very soft sand. We started as the sun had just risen, and made it around 7.5 km before @Sam Selim had a tyre sidewall blowout requiring the team to attach the spare wheel. After this point the pace was going very strong until we stopped for a coffee break (thanks @DP1011) After coffee we got into a couple of refusals and stucks that were resolved pretty quickly until @karim hamandi bumped his xterras nose and pulled out the wheel line and got some bumper damage. Hope you can get it sorted quickly, but loved your attitude of putting it behind you and just getting back with the drive! We covered around 32km today.. not bad at all given the terrain! Was great to see familiar faces and meet some new ones! Enjoy your week

Thanks a lot for todays Drive @Ale Vallecchi @Giacomo got a lot to learn today .... Thanks for all the guidance & help

I have been to Al Quaa with @GauravSoni three times. This was my best outing till date where I had most fun till the end when it wasn't. Thank you @GauravSoni for organising this drive. Also we had the best use of the Group Drive function till date. I remember last time as well, when I lost you because I was down in the bowl and you crossed it over and due to few previous tracks I had no idea where you went. This time however I could see you exactly where you were and didn't have to waste time searching for you. @Mario Cornejo, great to see you in action Super Mario, and thank you for your support till the end. @Sunil Mathew, I hope you will get your car's mechanical issues sorted out soon and be back in the fun. Things happen to all of us and it is part of the game, I suppose it is a moot point to tell you about it. @Gautam Banka, looks like you found your play ground - these are the dunes where the true potential of your 392 is realised - but it is not for the novice driver. But, you perhaps saved too much gas for the end. @Batuhan Kulac - this is a true testing ground for your TJ and and hope you had fun with it. @Brett Eicher glad to be seeing you back and hope you had some learning experience.

Thank you, @Davie Smooth_Operator - as you say, a drive that had lots of different elements. The plan worked out well - nicely paced, good build up of challenge, and got to see some wildlife with the sunrise which is always a treat. I really enjoyed the second lead position, you made it very easy…even being kind enough to give me good lines to the left and the right… 😂

@Luke K P 😂😂, U r making it sound as if the coffee was spiked😹😹, Untill we had coffee we were good with pace, and then started refusals😂

I carry 40l for quaa . Easy to run out of fuel there

Thank you Gaurav & all rest of the team, we did few crazy spots. I have to keep extra 20L for al qua next time. 😀

Ha ha @Mike M. I will edit the post

Thanks @Davie Smooth_Operator for a great drive. The convoy vibe was fantastic! I noticed that in your drive summary that you forgot to mention about the JINX and the myths! As a team I think we learned not to JINX it when things are going well See you on the next one and thanks again!