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  1. Thanks for your support Alessandro. You're always around, never shy to help, and it's a blessing having you in any convoy of the club !
    10 points
  2. It's that Fewbie Feeling It was not that long ago that we had the pleasure of our first Fewbie drive, and this afternoon (into evening) drive brought the memories flooding back of that shift from the relative comfort of Newbie drives to Fewbie. What's in a name I hear you ask? Actually, ask any of the New Fewbies and they will likely tell you a lot: and that the difference between the capabilities needed and the skills required at Fewbie level are significant - so significant that the number, regularity and degree of stucks is quite different as well. Additonally, the 'heroic' days (when the sand was hard packed) when drives were 'easy' are over and with Badayer, at times, having more traffic than Sheik Zayed Road this fewbie drive was not without incident. But I get ahead of myself. After a morning Newbie drive, the Newbie-Fewbie convoy left Al Qudra for Mahila @Gaurav led off @Vanessa8580 @Jeepie myself, @Shamil and @Xaf (taking up his customary, and quite majestic position in Sweep). We managed to fit prayers, picking up food supplies, gas and even @Colin Jordan along the way (hope you are feeling better @Cara Jordan) and arrived at the meeting point on time, @Gaurav having managed to deal with the admin of @Amoru who self certified as a Fewbie (and pretty much showed us why during this drive). As the convoy assembled we realised it was a big group (perhaps bigger than would normally be accepted). Fewbie briefings are no less important than any other pre drive briefing - perhaps just briefer. It did give us the chance to check some tow points - more on that later - but not all! I will stick it out there again - when the notice of promotion comes RTFM: being promoted carries with it a responsibility as well. It clearly says that if you don't have the kit, you don't drive. Carnity is not a club that checks this with marshalls before we leave, because members are trusted, but frankly, it's not fair on the other drivers if you are not prepared. Anyhow, we lined up with @Ale Vallecchi as second lead, @Srikumar as our massively capable centre forward, @Javier M adding soem mush needed experience in the middle @Shamil a flying sweep and @Xaf once again sweeping the convoy set off into the dunes for an afternoon of fun. And fun it was, with multiple learning opportunities (for those who got stuck and those of of us involved in getting people unstuck) because the sand was soft, the dunes quite technical and that shift from Newbie to Fewbie when suddenly the driving gets a bit more difficult. @Salarios (car looking magnificent with it's new wheels) @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen @Julien V @Nizam Deen @Rinelle Sanaani @Denizzalbayrak were all gassed up and ready to go and intersperced through the convoy. The rear (bsically behind @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen were myself, @Brette @tjsingh . Big thanks to @Jeepie for giving up the chance to drive this one. I think a lot of fun was had in the Little Blue including when @Vanessa8580 managed to really get stuck up to the axles towards the end of the day and needed a group effort to get her out [thanks to @Salarios for the images]. @Frederic will be cleaning out the sand for some time to come after they forgot to close the windows. One of the pleasures of more advanced drives is the ability to participate in 'play time'. @Gaurav identified a spot to which we could head. Those who wanted experiemented, tested their cars, their mettle and cameras while we all tried to avoid the multitudes of exotic (and less exotic) metal all converging on the same location. All of this was put into context however, after @Gaurav decided to go for his last, last (last) go swiftly followed by an open truck full of locals (one in the back smiling broadly) which somehow managed to climb higher than the Legend and drive off into the sunset. Descending from the play area caused us a major delay, however as at least six drivers found themselves at the bottom of a bowl and unable to get out. As each was slowly coaxed from their depths of the pit @Gaurav could be heard repeating the same instructions to go round, give it gas, keep going round, more gas, more gas keep going up. Those on standby at the head of the convoy must have thought that the poor driver stuck in the bowl was simply unable to get out and obviously not listening to Gaurav, while he remained incredibly calm and relaxed! After regrouping and trying to find our way to an alternative play area (overcoming a few more stucks and recoveries along the way, by the time we got to the alternate play area, it was so churned up that we decided to to retreat to the route out of the dunes. This was not without incident. Thanks to @Julien V @jeepie was not the one who had the opportunity to test our new kinetic rope. Thanks to @Amoru we saw the difference between a delfated tire and a pop out and thanks to @Vanessa8580 we had the chance to laugh and think how much @Frederic would enjoy the pictures of little blue stranded with hiw wife (and mine) inside and unable to get out of the vehicle. Other honorable mentions could be made, but it seems impolite a few days later to remind attendees of their various stucks and refusals as the dark enroached and we finally made our way out to inflate and make our way home. It was a mammoth convoy, and with a convoy of such length clearly when there is a problem, the convoy gets split and stuck and it take stime to regroup. Special mention needs to go, therefore to both @Srikumar and @Gaurav who did keep us all going, rescued those that needed rescuing and once again, brought us back to tarmac with smiles on our faces. All in all a great result. No injured animals, cars (Almost - sorry about the bumper @Salarios) or humans and even, in most cases pride. See you soon in the sand.
    9 points
  3. Finally we have done the first ever Carnity drive on Saturday, thanks to all those who kept on asking on social media. I gather the courage to post a first test-out drive for Saturday and to my surprise we have had full house within first 3 days - 15 cars. After that I kept on getting messages for allowing 1 more car and 1 more car repeatedly. As per the new convoy restriction from safety aspect, we all are supposed to keep the count to max of 15 cars in any single convoy. Irrespective of that, still few people made on meeting point and they just got lucky as few others didn't show up, which gave a chance to balance the equation fairly. As it was an absolute newbie drive without a single absolute newbie, so I decided to bump up the level after first 30 minutes and to my surprise everyone managed very well and we all had plenty of roller coaster dunes, steep drops and side sloping in play area for fewbie and above level members. By 5 PM we have reached the pylon track and started our final climb to Fossil rock to enjoy the breath taking sunset view with a best desert landscape for our selfies. Before 6 PM all cars made on top of fossil rock except one, our dear friend @Alexander Sarte as his trusted Toyota 4runner decided to give up half way up the climb. There was no sign of engine overheating or any other mechanical damage or accident but just it wasn't moving in any gear. We tried shifting to Lo and High but gear wasn't engaging and kept on making grinding noise as soon as we drop in D or any other gear. With sunset almost there, we decided to split the team. @Xaf and @Ale Vallecchi started to help Alex by pushing the 4runner to flat ground as Xaf explained above. On the other side, @Shamil helped me in moving rest of the car from fossil rock drop and we manage to reach the tarmac just before it gets dark. After this test of time, we both rushed inside to coordinate efforts with others to get 4runner out to pylon track. Ale and Xaf did a wonderful job of doing the safest recovery as much as they could do and then stopped for sketching a new route. This approach is very important while doing any extreme recovery that every move you make should be well calculated and not based on emotions, aggression or chances. Once we joined them Ale showed me the path and we went ahead to correct a little and chalk out all options of our success rate to reach out. We analyse all options and gave all option to Alexander to choose: Call your mechanic to inspect or fix on site Call AAA desert recovery to tug vehicle out We tug the vehicle out but in case any of our car get damage due to extreme recovery then Alexander will be responsible for that damage. Although we have same thing written in our roles and responsibilities here, but before carrying out such extreme recover that has 50% success rate, it was important for us to mention this in advance. With Alexandar level headed approach, he decided to leave the car inside, Shamil was kind enough to drop them home and later Alexander came back with his mechanic in the night, which I assume didn't went well. Today afternoon, he got the car out with the help of AAA recovery experts and more we can hear from him, whenever he is free to share more updates. @Xaf I can understand your feeling but I think what Alexander did was the wisest decision to not to take a chance and let professional recovery experts handle the situation. Moving a dead weight of 2 ton vehicle over 2-3 km of dunes is extremely risky and complicated with our limited resources in hand and at night time. Of course such situation is not an every day story, sometime taking back few steps is a very good move, eventually. I hope his 4runner get repaired soon with least amount of downtime and expense.
    8 points
  4. Just returned home after a long and intense weekend of driving. I take this opportunity to thank Gaurav for both his drives (yesterday Fewebie and today's Newbie). Both great fun, and useful, to always learn something new, face new challenges, and become more confident (yet safe) drivers. Today's was another drive that gave us a bit of night time driving preview, but was well worth it. Enjoy this week's rest, as next weekend we should all be back at it.
    7 points
  5. until
    Event details Level : Fewbie level and Above. (NO NEWBIES ALLOWED) When: 20 March 2020 Meeting time: 6:45 AM, (Sharp, without any exceptions) Meeting Point : Mahafiz Mosque: https://goo.gl/maps/nWhCMWskqsrFjENC8 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. Please only join if these requirements are met. Approximate finish time: 12:00 PM - (much before Friday prayer) Friday Prayer Mosque: Sa'ad Ibn Khaythamah Mosque- https://goo.gl/maps/dMPs3tCuxJuP6KnG8 Drive Thread:
    6 points
  6. Perfect lead by @Srikumar Thanks @Wrangeld giving such a valuable advices
    6 points
  7. Thx @Gaurav for the great leadership and support. And thx for everyone joined the drive yesterday and made it fun safe drive Truly enjoyed my day.
    6 points
  8. Saturday drive in Meliha was fantastic except for my tragedic sidee . Thanks @Gaurav, @Shamil @Xaf and @Ale Vallecchi for guiding the convoy.
    6 points
  9. Thank you to all the Marshals, second leads, sweeps and anchors. Very successful drive, which I am sure the whole huge group enjoyed. Very well done to all the drivers, new and not so new. This is becoming a ritual to look forward to every week. So... see you next week.
    6 points
  10. Thanks to all of you for this first off-road drive. @Gaurav special tanks for the help with the noise and loose part. It is fixed now and I am ready for the next one! In the picture Convoy 3 ready!
    6 points
  11. In a future Dystopian society, I’ll be fighting off Skynet as John Connor, while driving a little blue Pajero.
    5 points
  12. Trip Report - Convoy 4. As the club grows and blossoms it is time to make some changes in order to improve things which is also a part of the feedback we receive from our members. One of these changes was the change of briefing spot from the meeting spot, so once the clock strike 7 am we moved out to the briefing spot. Second change was a shortened brief with only the very essential part of off-roading which you need to understand even before you deflate. We had some random questions and were very pleased to see that some of the members had taken the time to go through the brief and knew the answers. After the brief we divided the huge convoy into 4 parts, I was leading the 4th convoy. In my second lead I had @Jun Zamora who kept a safe distance to be sure to make the necessary changes as and when I requested him to, although I felt the gap was a bit too much, but being the first time he was in second lead I will appreciate him following the instructions well and keeping the convoy safe. After that I had @Pancho who was very patient and was soaking in all the information and trying to learn a thing or two about his car while having some tamed fun. He was followed by @paolo dassi who seemed to manage well and at one occasion had the shock of his life when he discovered he could self-recover from very difficult situation. My respect to him for listening and executing the recovery so well. @Jose Martin did everything without a hiccup, and had his car under good control at all times. @Shahid Mehmood also got to learn from the experience more about his car and how to tame his beast. @AryaMan Muse was next, followed by @Pickey Singh, @Anouar Anouar and my trusted companion @Shamil who was there to keep the convoy moving. Together we scaled the desert and even found a couple of tricky stretches, but very proud to see everyone manage very well and I hope that besides the odd refusals and 1 stuck where @Shamil had to pull out the Chevy Silverado all enjoyed and learned from this experience. Until next time, I leave you with the loads of pictures in the Gallery to browse through and add your own to the wonderful collection.
    5 points
  13. Hi Xaf. Good to hear of today's safe recovery. I still think the decision Alexander took was the wisest one. It was dark, and any tricky patch we encountered could have ended up causing much more serious damage. Even when exploring with Gaurav we took a couple of wrong turns, and ran into bushy areas. Good calls were made: 1) attempting to tow the car out as far as we could; 2) quitting while we were still ahead. Also, it would have been too easy, especially for your powerful machine, to do the recovery in daytime. 🤪 After all, we are starting to enjoy these extra hour or two of night time driving.
    5 points
  14. While I am writing this I am on standby for Alexander - 4Runner, I promised him if he needs help that I'll back him up. Normally I avoid to write failures in public, because it can put somebody in embarrassment. The reason why I decided to do it, is because this can happen to everybody. Unfortunately the 4-Runner got a transmission problem during the climb on the hill. It was not possible to engage any gear anymore. We decided that I would stay behind with Ale and Alexander. Gaurav and Shamil would lead the group out of the desert and in the meanwhile I would try to pull the 4-Runner at least on a flat track and as close as possible to the road.The Idea was to get the car at least on a flat surface, so we could start pulling the 4 Runner from the nose. When we started pulling the car from the nose, Ale was guiding me through the least difficult track. As you can remember, it was not easy to enter, neither it was to get out. 4 high was not sufficient, neither 4 low, I had to engage the rear diff-lock as well, otherwise I was just digging myself in. We came to a point were I was not convinced I could make it without pulling the 4-runner in more problems. Ale and I made the decision to wait for Gaurav who has much more experience than us 2 together and let him explore the area to wait for his opinion. Gaurav came back with an option to get out, but before we decided to do it, we discussed the risks. We think Alexander made a good call not to do it and first let a mechanic look at it and if the mechanic can't fix it to ask a recovery company. Unfortunately the mechanic couldn't fix the 4-runner so they asked a recovery company to get the car out of the desert. In the meanwhile Alexander texted me that the car is out of the desert and shared pictures of the recovery. The car was recovered with a Rangerover only. I feel a bit embarrassed that we couldn't mange it yesterday, but as I said, it was the risk involved why we decided not to do it yesterday.
    5 points
  15. @Rahimdad I was doing a beginner sidee on the lower part of slope and rode over a bump ...I am not sure if I can say this was a mistake? I had taken precautions for front bumper but unfortunately the back bumper came out from right side with some external plastic broken from the back. Thanks to @sheri, @Michael sammy , @Shamil for helping me to kind of fix it (or rather remove it hahaha) so that I completed the full ride...I was amazed at the equipments they were carrying including a battery operated drill . Meanwhile I had a nice welcome ceremony at home when my little one accompanying me spilled the beans to my better half who became a fiery half instantly. See you and everyone soon , I hope i will get this bumper issue fixed by that time.
    5 points
  16. Thank you @Gaurav for a very fun and exciting drive! This time I noticed the importance of having a variety of tools available 🛠 @Shamil has earned the promotion, running to the rescue of us newbies, offering guidance and definitely taking action when needed. @Ale Vallecchi and @Xaf were also quick to respond and offer their expertise. Thank you for staying behind, allowing the rest of us to cross to the other side without delay! @Kalahari sorry for overtaking while climbing to the top! You can always show that there are no hard feelings by sharing the video you took of my car 😏. By the way, for some reason I also got error message while uploading pictures if I leave the page when they’re still uploading. I found that if I stay on the page it uploads fine. Again, met great people and a promising team of Newbie drivers! see you all next week!
    5 points
  17. Great drive again! Thanks @Gaurav for coming to my rescue while I was (voluntary!!) enjoying the view from the top of the dune. Weather was great and it was good to see so many on Fossil Rock. Hope the 4Runner is ok? PS: can anybody help me with a link to load pics in the gallery? I keep getting error 200?
    5 points
  18. Thank you @Gaurav for the detailed analysis. I couldn’t see ahead so I slowed down as soon as the refusal was announced on the radio, which meant I stopped in a sticky spot. The car behind me also stopped very close to me so I couldn’t back out. When I accelerated I felt the car slide into the pocket on the right and so I tried to save it by swerving head first into it to use the momentum to avoid getting stuck in the pocket. But obviously had too much momentum. Looking back, it’s much clearer to me as to what I should have done, and of course everything you said is spot on. I really recommend recording your drives people! You can relive your mistakes in full HD view! 😂
    5 points
  19. Not safe distance between white pajero and your patrol, you could have pulled over little earlier when you have seen the white Pajero stopped. Stopped on slightly inclined than on flat ground, which made it difficult to move up again. Pay 100% attention to close vicinity before you stop as you have completely missed the dip on right side where you hit the bumper. You could have reversed out if car had a refusal to climb up than going side ways which is not a part of the track that entire convoy took. If you knew that dip on right and if you still have to go through it, no matter what, could have taken that dip with very slow speed. Irrespective of all above "minor" mistakes, your bumper design, material or angle is not perfect for such use. Research more on the best ways to avoid such damage and get the strong bash plate and skid plate.
    5 points
  20. So today, I have learned that: My daughter cannot travel here to visit me at the end of the month ...no new visas after 17th March My gym is closed indefinitely as of ... well basically when I left it at 7am this morning All the pubs and night clubs have been closed down and ... the swimming pool at home has now been put into quaranteen until it is cleaned I am just waiting for the final announcement from my work (which, by the way, is still open, but we have told all outside visitors they are not currently welcome) that they decided that to save us from the chance of infection from any outside influences, they have decided to move to a 7 day week! With the flight bans coming into force for just about everywhere, I have visions of either ending up MadMax like driving through the desert looking for fresh supplies of fuel or like Will Smith in I am Legend, hunting infected zombies during the day to carry out research on how to cure the virus that wiped us all out. Carnity and 4x4 remains a constant, as to date, the desert has not been closed [crossing my fingers I did not speak too soon]. What's gonna cheer me up, I thought? here's an idea: Which film character are you going to become as everyone in the world becomes increasingly isolated because of Covid 19?
    4 points
  21. Here in Ajman everything open, luckily we have the anti corona liquor supplier UNISAT and BARRACUDA near to us.
    4 points
  22. I am just going to be me, and try to better myself. time to reflect and time to spend with my family and close friends. We at Carnity are very stubborn bunch of off-roaders always looking for a way through the fence.
    4 points
  23. Having had the pleasure of sitting in your exceptionally comfortable car last weekend, I am not sure why you would spend the money. I am not a Pajero expert, but it seems to me that the issue is overhanging bumpers rather than a suspension problem. Try a few hours in a TJ @Anvar Sadath Bekal and all your worries about Pajero suspension will be over.
    4 points
  24. MMI or BARACUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA are still open!!!!!
    4 points
  25. @Chaitanya D a small gift for the desert gods, thank God you were doing it from the lower side to give you a feel. indeed our team is well prepared and if you are bitten by the desert sand you will be amazing someone in future with all the equipment you will be carrying to help out the Newbies.
    4 points
  26. @Frederic super managed morning, shorter briefing and 4 convoys driving. Well done Fred. Apologize that I don’t remember who were in my convoy, but I want to give a compliment to the driver who was giving correct instructions to cars in front of him.
    4 points
  27. Ropes and Rewards Perhaps this was not the biggest ever gathering for a Carnity drive, but it must be quite close. Just over 50 people arrived on time and eager to get to the sand. And for those that thought, it's OK to arrive late, the cat and mouse game of moving from the meeting location to staging post to deflation point was an additonal fun element. As was proven once again, the briefing is important - because without the basic understanding of what we are all trying to do we end up with more 'learning experiences' than perhaps we want and not as much cruising the dunes: which is, after all, why we are up at the crack of dawn. It's perhaps worth mentioning that there is a briefing for Fewbie and Intermediate drives (and probably advanced and expert as well). They are no less an essential part of getting out into the sand. Not only do you have a responsibility for yourself, but to pay attetnion so that you are not a risk to other people. Big call out here to @Frederic for taking time with the seniors @Gaurav @Rahimdad @Srikumar to make the briefing, briefer. I think we all apprecaited that a lot. @Jeepie and myself were given Sweep duties in @Srikumar's convoy. @J J was asked to take second lead. As the passenger seat was taken in 'TJ', @Srikumar allowed me to play Centre Forward in the convoy from the passenger seat. Readers - let me tell you, you should try this some time. You will learn a massive amount. Sitting as a passenger you get to see a whole lot more of what's going on because you are not concentrating on driving as well, and it let's you see how other drivers are developing so you can choose if that particular style is going to help you. So a big thanks to @Anvar Sadath Bekal and @Shiju Manuel who let me ride shotgun with them. Being allowed to ride with them was a previlege, not becuase there was any 'instruction' going on, but because it reminds us of just how challenging it is to get this sort of driving right when you don't yet have the experience or confidence. Is the car powerful enough? Which gear choice do I make? Am I comfortable following the line that the person before me took? You cannot remember what that's like until you are sitting next to someone making those choices and being reminded how much the experience of experience really brings to the table. A drive with @Srikumar is always a pleaure. This was no exception. Where ever you looked in the convoy and it was great to watch how drivers develop. @Jamy B. is supremely comfortable with her Xterra and the tearaway @Amoru (not so Newbie newbie) demonstrated quite ably that he had already spent a few years in the desert. More newbie, newbies like @Muffy Acidwala and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ have not spent so long there. And that's where the ropes come in. As you progess in Carnity, and are promoted, there is a requirement to invest in more equipment. For more senior members, recoveries are an important part of the learning process: so it's with big thanks to all that got stuck and needed @Jeepie to pull you off or out that the us newly minted intermediates got the chance to try our our new kinetic rope!! As has already been mentioned by a few - she did an incredible job pulling three stucks back into the convoy while sweeping majestically the backmarkers into line. Our reward for investing and having been promoted. Except for a few hairy moments and one or two more easily sorted stucks were resolved, the drive was completed with everyone back safely at the Adnoc. Apologies that in these days of Covid 19 the customary post drive debrief did not take place. Apologies also for any confusion around where to reinflate. All of us who have compressors decided to reinflate away from the gas station to let the people who needed the airline their place in the line. May apologies to anyone not mentioned. With so many newbies around and what as in the end a quite busy drive, your expertise and easy navigation round the dunes may have been missed. See you soon in the sand.
    4 points
  28. Join Carnity Offroad Club for a Thrilling Drive in the Mahafiz - Fossil - Faya area ! WHAT ITEMS SHOULD I BRING? You should be equipped with the Essential Tools listed in the attachment below. If any of these tools are not in your possession you can be rejected from joining this drive. Carnity Essential Tools.pdf163.28 kB · 18 downloads Level: Fewbie and above When: 20 March 2020 Meeting time: 6:45 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point : Mahafiz Mosque: https://goo.gl/maps/nWhCMWskqsrFjENC8 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, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 12:00 PM - (much before Friday prayer) Friday Prayer Mosque: Sa'ad Ibn Khaythamah Mosque- https://goo.gl/maps/dMPs3tCuxJuP6KnG8 LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 15 members only. RSVP will close on Thursday. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - 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 below calendar:
    3 points
  29. Crazy what you can do with a bit of wet sanding
    3 points
  30. Thanks @Rahimdad for that opportunity for me to learn being a second lead. Still hungry to learn more from the legends and yes you did lead us to some tricky dunes that added to our experience. One thing i learned was getting out of being stuck. Though you asked me to wait while you were recovering the other vehicle, i was also busy finding solution of my situation. Until i remembered what @Gaurav said during the briefing to apply 4L as the last resort to self recover. With the help of @Pancho we succeeded without giving you much headache. For me it was an opportunity to learn and experience being stuck on that inclined angle. My passengers were bit scared, but knowing that we are driving with veterans , no need to panic. Thanks for all the rest of our convoy , we did great on that day.
    3 points
  31. I ll relate myself to Sam in the death stranding game where his task, is to not just bring crucial supplies, experimental materials, and creature comforts to the various cities and settlements, but to use a set of what can only be described as USB drives to bring the network online at each location, helping to make the whole world connected and whole again.
    3 points
  32. You should have been a politician or at the very least a diplomat. With all your sweet idealistic talk I'm sure you would have brokered a few peace treaties among warring nations by now.
    3 points
  33. My wife found a website while searching some information about Corona virus and how it was in Dubai at that time. To do that she typed "Corona" and "Dubai" to Google. Eureka! It was in the early days of Corona. Now you need to add one more filter word -beer- to Google as virus Corona gets more click than this website... No need to go MMI or Eurostar Cellar 😀
    3 points
  34. First time I've seen this car. It is a Jannarelly, a brand based in Dubai. It had a plate saying it was part of the original launch edition of 30 cars. Quite nice!
    3 points
  35. @Frederic pajero team(habtoor) advised me to change due to some issues in front. Thinking to upgrade instead if my pocket allows 😉
    3 points
  36. @Chaitanya D what happened during your sidey, what was so tragic?
    3 points
  37. @Nayan Shenai i was able to re-program your Baofeng UV5R radio, and also updated the programming instructions. The problem was that: 1) The default programmed channels needed to be deleted first from channels 1 till 5. 2) When saving the frequency under a channel number (step 6 and step 7 in the instructions) you need to go through it twice. First you will hear confirmation voice for "receiving memory", and the second time you save it you will hear "transmit memory". This is necessary because in a simplex radio we always transmit and receive on the same frequency. @E.C. TAN @Chaitanya D if you have programming issues with this radio, have a look at the Advices section, i made a programming manual for most used radios, including the Baofeng UV5R.
    3 points
  38. Why would you want to upgrade the suspension ?
    2 points
  39. Nice topic ! So far my rear lip has stayed intact, maybe this has to do with the tow bar that’s mounted underneath?
    2 points
  40. @Srikumar Thank you for being such an amazing lead, and for allowing us to experience the different elements of a desert. Thanks to all the community members for helping me out when my car got stuck. It was a day full of thrill and new learnings. Looking forward for another one.
    2 points
  41. Ladies and Gentlemen and Kids (TG's son), I had lots of fun as always when driving with such good people as you are all. thanks to all that watched over us and kept us safe from harms way and irrational behaviors that can overwhelm you when you are driving among all the crazy off-roaders out there. And if you really want to enjoy calm driving please give a big applause to Richard he is the voice on the radio that reminds you to "Keep Calm and off-road"
    2 points
  42. To all you boys and girls. Thanks for this great first new experience and helping me out with the basics like lowering tires, putting putting car in H gear, borrowing compressor etc Without you guys I would have had several recovery's or stucks. looking for to the next time. See you next week. By the way my name is Pancho, only do not know how to change it in the profile
    2 points
  43. It’s not a stock bumper but I do need a bash plate, ideally a strong metal one that attaches directly to the chasis and not the bumper itself. If anyone has any recommendations as to where to get it installed please let me know.
    2 points
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