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  1. @Lisa Pemberton and @Kieran McKeown please follow above idea to practice deflation at fuel station.
    4 points
  2. Hi @Gaurav, it was really surprising what happened as it wasn’t any big impact or move, but I guess the car was overreacting to a potential risk… luckily I have off road insurance cover and in the process of getting the unknown traffic accident police report given that there was no other car involved I honestly don't remember about disabling SRS and didn't see the video briefing, can you please send me the link? I always read the instructions and give the agree emoji but never noticed that there is a video. It should definitely be more emphasized I don’t think it is easy to disable SRS in the LR4 (it is easy to disable for the passenger side) and I saw posts in the community that it might invalidate the insurance or warranty if you install a kill switch Thanks @Emmanuel for a great morning in the desert. The most beautiful place I visited with Carnity. Now dealing with insurance company to get things fixed
    3 points
  3. Do consider weight, width and offset when you purchase wheels. bead locks are expensive unless you decide to run larger tires. A 9 inch wide rim can run upto 35s, where you should be fine without beadlocks. just my 2c.
    3 points
  4. Will do! I have this week off work so will have time for practicing!
    3 points
  5. Thanks you @Emmanuel for the wonderful drive. It was well organised drive.I was in a bit of thoughts on how will the fewbie plus goes as it was my first drive. But later got more confident and comfortable with it,
    3 points
  6. Thanks Gaurav, saw my car in the "stuck" section of the video! I suggest that you emphasize the message of disabling the air bag and also show an example because it looks like you need to press button but it is more complicated than that
    2 points
  7. Thanks @Jorge Stepniak Felippe for your feedback, I think you must have joined Carnity and attended the physical briefing (pre-COVID) in which we always use to emphasize on disabling airbags and all traction aids. Here is the video now we use for all newbie briefings. Chapter 1: 00:48 Sec
    2 points
  8. Go to.formula trading.. u can pick a lot f options there.. the al barsha branch
    2 points
  9. @Jorge Stepniak Felippe it's really sad to hear that LR4 airbag has popped on the criss-crosing, I hope insurance or warranty can cover this or else they must be expensive to repair. Just few days back we were discussing this internally that how to emphasis on video briefing because now with COVID we cannot do the live briefing like before. Can you please give us your feedback on the video briefing: Have you seen the video briefing and was it clear that you supposed to disable SRS? OR was it confusing or not clear and we need to improve that area to emphasize more? OR disabling the SRS in LR4 isn't easy and you were thinking on installing a kill switch?
    2 points
  10. Thanks Emmanuel. It was a fantastic drive and enjoyed well. its makes me more confident with my car to reached the top of the bowl without any hassle .
    2 points
  11. DRIVE REPORT Since @Lucky sAm had to cancel his participation (we hope that he will recover very soon), we were only 5 cars. Of course we love to have long convoys, but from time to time it's also nice to enjoy that kind of sweet little drive. Thanks @Jolly Abraham, @RohanH, @Jorge Stepniak Felippe and @AKR for managing very well and making this drive smooth and fun. All 4 cars were already waiting at 2nd December Cafeteria when I arrived about 10 minutes before meeting time, and most of them were already deflated, ready to move. After a quick briefing, as the daylight was on his way, we started gently heading to Pink rock, then, increasing the pace a bit, we found ourselves at the rear of Big Red in no time. After playing a bit on this lovely set of high dunes, we reached Big Red, and everyone reached the top from the back side, including @Jolly Abraham, my excellent second lead, who always impresses me with his 2.7L Fortuner. Unfortunately, we had to exit @AKR, who was sweeping, at Badayer, because his transmission was overheating and didn't cool down after he switched off the engine for some time. We headed back, in direction of Pink Rock with an even smaller convoy of 4 cars. It was a perfect opportunity to increase the pace and get closer to the intermediate level, which we gradually did as everyone seemed to me comfortable. @RohanH, who clearly gained some confidence since last time I saw him driving, only had a few refusals and one cresting during the all drive. Well done ! @Jorge Stepniak Felippe didn't struggle at all, I guess. Maybe he would just need a bit of practice in crisscrossing. Well, his LR4 wouldn't exactly agree on this last point : while we were getting closer to Pink Rock at good speed, Jorge announced on radio that his lateral airbags had deployed. Probably the car computer misread what is actually supposed to happen during a crisscross : a quick change in angles. Now you understand Jorge why in our newbie briefing, we ask drivers to disable the SRS. Sorry that you learnt it the hard way... After this incident, as it was almost time, I decided to finish the drive at slower pace and to exit at Nazwa. In spite of AKR's transmission overheating and Jorge's airbag incident, it's been a very nice drive. Congratulations everyone. Hasta la vista.
    2 points
  12. @Ale Vallecchi thank u so much for a wonderful and cool lead.. ur the DUNE MASTER.. U read the dunes like a book.. ur knowledflge od the dunes amd terrains is pretty impressive.. Its always fun to follw the lead of the Dune Master
    2 points
  13. Hands down .. one of the best terrain and routes , I have driven with carnity. Great lead by @Gaurav taking the fewbies into this terrain , had some real metal pants Very good support from @Tbone and yes , too bad we were just half a km from Iftaar Bowl - have to leave something exciting for next time anyway ! I must also say were impressed with @Anish S and @Pancho who were mostly in front of me , on how they have handled their vehicles in this route. Posted some pics and the below timelapse .. where you ll mostly see @Pancho , but yeah there were so many good moments - I had a hard time to choose and compress this to 2 minutes .
    2 points
  14. Congratulations to all members who have recently been promoted to higher levels in the off-road world! However, can Carnity Admin not create a dedicated announcement thread/channel/forum for these announcements? I only speak for myself when I say that I do not visit Carnity as often as I used to simply because I don't want to wade through long lists of promotion announcements before I get to something worth reading/discussing. I am, however, reasonably confident that many other members find these announcements clogging up the discussion part of the forum equally irritating. So how about it, Admin?
    1 point
  15. Another great day out on the dunes and I even had the honor of @Gaurav taking the helm to show me what my little Duster is capable of by getting it to the top of Fossil Rock. Thanks to @AviG and @Lisa Pemberton for all the great photos. I will upload some video footage over the next few days. Unfortunately my camera was mounted (taped!!) to the the passenger headrest upright so the back of my neck is blocking the view of Gaurav's ascent of Fossil Rock. Can't wait for Friday for more fun in the sun!.
    1 point
  16. hi JJ, thanks a lot. Was indeed a great trip and nice to see myself drive. was worth the covid test. next week I will be driving in Abudhabi again.
    1 point
  17. @Wrangeld it was an amazing experience and looking forward to have more fun ahead on the upcoming drives..
    1 point
  18. An amazing sunset drive. The temp was at scorching 47°c till sunset and dunes were tricky due to heavy wind. But with @Ale Vallecchi on lead, we have had nearly no challenges while venturing through the terrain. Everyone drove well. @Emmanuel was really unfortunate with his car which wasn't started after deflation . Hope its fixed now. See you all soon on sand until then stay safe and healthy.
    1 point
  19. TRIP REPORT An almost perfect drive, that's what it was. I had reached the meeting point at 4:35 AM. Was pleasantly surprised to see that already few cars had reached by then, with all the remaining cars arriving at the meeting point before 5:00 AM. A reminder to everyone that as our Club is growing rapidly we are having multiple drives in same areas. So it's important to arrive at the exact meeting point mentioned on the drive thread. I got to know after the drive that @VipinShetty despite being on time was at the wrong meeting point with the other convoy. After completing the Newbie Briefing we entered the desert. @Biju Abdul who was recently promoted to Fewbie was my second lead and he maintained the perfect distance from me to reroute as and when needed. @Enoch Mbatiah and @Ammar Naji were immediately behind the second lead and though they had some initial refusals and stucks in the soft sands you could see their confidence and control growing as the drive went along. Also I was happy to see Enoch self recover himself by some quick steering movements and get himself out of a soft patch. Well done guys. After getting through the initial patch of dunes we headed towards the long range dunes were there was plenty of opportunity for side slopping. Such was the convoy response that I guess we had practically done a side slope on every possible dune from both sides. @Tero Vallas was in his Prado and he was gliding through the dunes and the highlight moment was when crawled himself out from a churned up area. The Wrangler boys @h1fny @Neale Faulkner @Edgar @miguel @Hennie Schoeman all did exceeding well and it seemed they have had lots of fun at the back of the convoy. @Mukundan Nair didn't hear much from you on the radio and that for me is a good sign that all was well. It was good to see @topgear and his overly enthusiastic son again. You are a good learner and it's nice to see that you are putting the instructions given by Vanessa to practice. Congratulations to @Chaitanya D for successfully recovering the stuck cars in his first attempt. Appreciate the support towards the drive. A big shout out to @Vanessa8580 for keeping an eagle's eye on the entire convoy and giving the guidance to the drivers as and when needed. Bravo. See you guys next weekend on the sand.
    1 point
  20. Little Sweihan - The side-sloping bonanza. Every desert drive has its unknowns. This time it was first @Tbone then @Emmanuel turn to succumb to car problems, and have to renounce the trip. The heart-breaker was Emmanuel's, who had to leave the drive just after deflating: we hope the car is OK. With perfect punctuality we set out, in a revised convoy order, with @Kalahari taking Second Lead duties, @Febin Frederic in third, @Chaitanya D in a comfortable #4 spot for his first Intermediate drive, then @Rinelle Sanaani in Sweep. We aimed to reach the northern limits of Little Sweihan through the sand track surrounding the expanses of sabkhas and technical dunes that separate Solar Park from our destination. We then entered our playground following the trail of a huge oryx herd, and set out to ride the tight and long dunes' cordons, drawing a zig-zagging line, from our entry point toward the area's western border (the base of Little Sweihan "triangle") and back east-ward, toward the apex of the triangle. The driving was smooth, up and down the long, tight, dunes, with countless opportunities for back-to-back-to-back side-sloping. While we did some crossings from the windswept side of the dunes, we were somewhat limited in this practice by a strong wind, sweeping the crests, and reducing the readability of their ridges. In fact, the only stucks were on 2 ridges, with one brilliant self-recovery by Rinelle, and a well executed tug by Febin to drag Kalahari back from a very sharp and short ridge. With a few minutes more on the clock, once almost at the tip of Little Swaihan's triangle, we crossed over to the dunes just east of it, and continued driving, until we had to reverse, and cross the slipside of the dunes to reach our exit track back to Solar Park. Very good drive by all: @Kalahari - you are now a very solid Second Lead, redirecting properly even when i was struggling to reach my radio and announce the correction: mind reader @Febin Frederic - great energy and enthusiasm in the recovery efforts. You learned very quickly to evaluate the situation, and improved immediately your communication skills: rescue specialist @Chaitanya D - very impressive first Intermediate drive, always in control, always on track, helpful as well in guiding Rinelle's self recovery: Doctor Cool @Rinelle Sanaani - you were hardly heard during the drive, which means you handled the softened up, churned tracks without a peep, and great skills: guardian angel in the end, we executed a 69.9 Km drive in 2:54 h, at an average speed of 24Km/h (average moving speeed of 29 Km/h). Thanks to all, and see you soon.
    1 point
  21. Return Match At Lisali - Lisali 1: Carnity 1 What a difference a week makes ... and finding the entry point that is 1km further up the track where the technical dunes are a little bit less treacherous. @Frederic had found the entry point that cleared the technical dunes in 4 minutes rather than 4 hours and we were all able to enjoy the sweeping dunes and vistas of Lisali, all the way up to Al Qudra where @tjsingh started to have overheating problems and had to be left by the roadside waiting a pick up. Highlights of the day? @J J showing his skills of centre forward, @Nizam Deen woking hard to get his own pop out sorted, @Adam Marston getting through without any issues at all the whole day and @Brette finding out that the chip in the mighty beast is now under control. As second lead I enjoyed a nice relaxing drive following Freddie's excellent (as always) lead - so goo infact we had time for a little Qudra bonus before closing out the drive. See you soon in the sand.
    1 point
  22. I agree with you. Topics and discussion are being pushed away by upgrade notifications. With the growth of the offroad club section, the strength of an independent informative forum fades away.
    1 point
  23. Great drive route from @Frederic and support from @Brette. Everyone did great on this drive I initially thought Lisaili was going to be challenging based on what I heard from last week .. but yeah Lisaili conquered ! Posted some pics already and below video timelapse . Enjoy !
    1 point
  24. Eid Mubarak. Allah Kareem.
    1 point
  25. Hi guys, thank you for this drive, great way to start a day. We had tons of fun at the back and I think it’s safe to say everyone had fun too. @Srikumar always great drives and tracks, thanks 🙏🏽 @Vanessa8580 thank you so much for the tips I cannot wait for the next one to put them in practice, it’s always nice for me to learn as we learn something new on every drive, specially from someone with so much experience 🙏🏽 I’ll add some videos of the back having fun 😍
    1 point
  26. Eid Mubarak to everyone.
    1 point
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  28. Eid Mubarak to all of Carnity Family, have a lovely and blessed EID for you and your loved ones.
    1 point
  29. In a perfect world, we should not have to pay a tad extra to get top-notch work from any garage. But then, we don't live in a perfect world so we often pays our money and takes our chances- written guarantees notwithstanding.
    1 point
  30. @Gauravs punch lines !!😉
    1 point
  31. In my opinion the Wadi's in UAE are not really worth a visit anymore. Either they are dry, or they are full of garbage and too many people. If you are up to driving a bit further down to Oman then please read on. We did both Wadi Tiwi and Wadi Shab in Oman a few weeks back and they are simply stunning. Both can be done with young kids but involves a busy day hiking, climbing and swimming. We also camped on the beach in Oman because it is still allowed. Lots of information can be found online by googling them. The OMAN Offroad books that you can buy in the bookshop are even better as they provide more detailed information.
    1 point
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