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What a day. What an absolutely beautiful weather. What great company and a fantastic day. Firstly starting on time is always essential as we completed the whole trip and more in good time. Secondly with the on going debate about is having information on a website important or share on WhatsApp chat groups. Yesterday @Brette got a Crony radio, we googled how to setup the Crony CN888 and up comes my article on Carnity and in less then 2 minutes set it up. Conclusion for this particular situation information on website is way more useful. We started with a short brief and setting convoy numbering was easy as we had 5 cars only and all expertise was passed on to @Brette as he grew in confidence and performed very well. By 5 pm we had crossed Fossil Rocks which we found a new way to cross even though it looked next to impossible without a single scrape or scratch. This was due to the fact that we started on time. This left us with the question if @Brette would like to continue with us, @Mujtaba had to leave us here and we decided to continue to Faya. My original plan was to head to the lower track and head towards Faya, but crossing the a few dunes on the way my question to @Brette was if he was comfortable when we reach the track. His response was he was enjoying the dunes and we headed to Faya through the dunes. On the way we helped a Rav4 struggling and continued towards Faya. Just as we came close we saw a huge crowd gathered around Faya which a couple of months back seemed abandoned. This is due to the weather changing for the better. The season is on. As I had to take a quick stop at the quad bike shop @Gaurav bhai led the team to a safe spot within the crowd. After finishing up I joined the team where they were enjoying the action. As we observed the action we enjoyed the different snacks and drinks and watched the action unfold. Finally time to say goodbye and we inflated at the Adnoc pump in Mahafiz. Brilliant day with like minded people. Well done @Brette for your second time out. Thank you to @EmVarlet and @Gaurav bhai for the support. Until next time keep discovering.

Hi Jayakrishnan, welcome to Carnity. Just click on the below link and become a member and start following the Carnity offroad club. We recently had an absolute Newbie drive and we should be having another one shortly. You can join that drive and start learning the basics of offroading and also more about your vehicles capabilities.

there are some by birth automotive technicians and some learned ones here and there some average joes who will not mind to do some light work themself on their cars or others then there are some special people who should stay away from the bonnets or let someone else look at it. As these machineries and cars run in a pretty complex sync. it is a dangerous occupation for those who don't understand it. just one wrong judgement can get you burned 'amputated or worse killed too if you are not paying close attention let alone damage to the car or property and putting others life in danger one such light humored incident comes to my mind when a customer bought a car on wiench to my shop who after changing the battery couldn't start the car upon closer inspection i found that the insulation on top of the battery was not removed but the terminals were pushed on top of it if the spareparts guy had made the mistake of giving him a reversed terminal battery and if the customer had somehow fixed that battery on the car then i guess i might had to do more then removing the insulation to start the car

I second you on that @Barry, it would be healthy to know the result of the advises shared on the forum. Sadly very few come back and provide any feedback. Coming back to the topic I have been quietly reading through the posts and trying to figure out what I would do in a similar situation. I did not have to imagine myself a lot longer in this situation as one presented itself on this weekend newbie drive. @Brette got himself a Crony CN888 and it was my responsibility to set it up. I am supposed to be the expert on this one. But practice keeps you perfect and I have been out of practice for over 18 months now. Who or which WhatsApp group should I approach now. Can't think of any, so I googled it up, and walla, I ended up on the Carnity page I had created almost 2 years back. It took less than 2 minutes for us to setup the radio and we were on our way. Conclusion from a live situation for this particular scenario, it helps to save information on such an organized website for even your own future use. As with time you might forget and that's a human tendency. Not saying WhatsApp is not helpful, but in this situation where I have been the one people look up to, I couldn't think of anyone who could help. Thank you @Carnity and hope people would realize the importance of sharing technical knowledge here for our real life situations for future use by all car enthusiast hate to see this information wasted between a very few people on a WhatsApp group.

Welcome @Jayakrishnan follow off-road club to get drive update and join any upcoming Absolute Newbie Drive. See you on sand

Hi Guys , Hope all are doing good. Would like to know, is there any off road trip you guys are planning for beginners? I recently bought 2016 Pajero 3.5 LT and would like to explore the opportunities to drive it in off road conditions. I know there are lot many off road masters in the group so looking for opportunities i can learn bit of off road riding. Thanks Jayakrishnan

Seems like we will need 2 drives for one of these weekends as there are a few who missed on the recent absolute newbie drive and we need another one to accommodate the people who missed out on this opportunity.

Totally agree with @shadow79 comment that if you can explain what issue you are experiencing and what all has been done then here a lot can be discussed with so many car experts that can help you save thousands of dirham in future. 9 out of 10 people opening the whole story to the mechanic and then come back to discuss their bad experience only. If you discuss first then you can make out if a mechanic is faking or not and save a lot of trouble, hassle and money. I have even come across a mechanic who said my V6 Pajero running on 4 cylinders as 2 cylinders have gone bad and he has to change those two cylinders and I need to leave my car for a week and it will cost me 1,000 dhs for "replacing" those 2 cylinders. Anyone who has little car engine knowledge knows that these cylinders are cast in a metal block and not installed like gas or Nos cylinders individually that you can replace them. You either change the whole engine or repair the engine to make faulty cylinder work. Fake guy wanna waste my time and money. Anyways if you know what you really want, here are two good rated car business in Abu Dhabi in Carnity Business listing:

Currently staying in sports city. Haven’t seen rain anywhere in Dubai for over a year. I was sitting on the balcony enjoying a beer and a cigarette and it started raining. Imagine my surprise. My flat is 6 floors up so I have a pretty good view of what’s happening on the roads around. Two of my favourite hobbies are car spotting and eejit watching. After the first few minutes, one guy decided to stop in the middle of the road and put his flashers on and hold up all the traffic. Ensue much angry honking from the traffic light watcher brigade. What the heck is wrong with some people? It’s just a bit of water. I’d love to take some of these eejits back to Ireland in January and see how they cope with 3 feet of snow on the road.

Indeed it was quite s surprise today to see the rain as soon as we started our Friday drive. Lovely surprise

@sertac you should seriously consider getting a 4x4 for both daily drive as well as weekened off-road. You will not regret it.

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