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Dear Desertnauts. One quick update regarding our long trek (at least longer than usual 😅). In order to allow each driver to organize themselves with any type of dietary requirement, or simply to follow their habits, I would like to inform you that we will pause for lunch at a cafe just next to Skydive's facilities. The location is just at the end of our morning's track, and provides food, refreshments, a large seating area, as well as toilets. I will share with you the cafe's menu. All those who prefer to bring their own food are welcome to do so. They can just purchase drinks (coffee, tea, juices, etc.) at the cafe, where we'll all take our break together. After lunch and a brief rest, we'll proceed, still deflated (hence with care) toward an ADNOC gas station on the way to Lisaili's exit, and the next entry point. I'll complete my pre-drive instructions tomorrow, with the final convoy order, radio channel, and last recommendations to reach the meeting area. @Foxtrot Oscar, @Kalahari, @Thomas Varghese, @sri ganesh, @Ken Hüüdma, @AlexPol, @Ahab Shamaa, @Athula Dharmadada, @VipinShetty, @Yasas Dharmadasa, @Joe Biju Joseph and @Francois Germishuys, see you soon.

Congratulations @Alexander Alcala for reaching the Advance Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. ADVANCE Carnity Benefits Off-road Certification with rank and skills achieved Join any drive in “Manage” tab even when drive is full Carnity Contribution Committed to drive with Carnity off-road club only Lead/Support: 3 drives or more per month at least Forum contribution to earn Carnity points Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 drives are required for Advance promotion along with mandatory attendance to leaders lead drives. (Promotion will be based on Marshal / Crew feedback.) What you'll learn Advance GPS and navigational skills Route planning, back tracking, safe exits Technical and extreme recoveries Learn to lead on medium to tall dunes How to avoid or lead through technical dunes Fast pace extreme desert driving (optional) Skills required Meticulous planning and preparation Ready for new challenges or unexpected situations Leadership skills to always put the team before yourself Car Worthiness Capable 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle High profile tires Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor, tool kit, rated recovery rope and 2 rated shackles, GPS, Floor jack and jack board, tire repair kit, tool box, tie-down straps, fluids. Drive teamwork Lead Fewbie or Intermediate drive under Marshal supervision Learn to scale drive level as per convoy response Support in training offroaders at all levels Drive Joining All Levels Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Start locking the radio, so accidental change of frequencies can be prevented. Motorola has a star key to press for long to lock the keypad and channel button. Also use lanyard to hand radio on neck if there is no tight place like cupholder or armrest you can use to secure the radio.

Congratulations @Alphin Aloor for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 5 Newbie drives are required within last 3 months for Fewbie promotion. What you'll learn Basic dune and sand reading Basic self-recovery techniques Advance side sloping and hill climb Basic ridge riding and criss crossing Basic control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Presence of mind and attention to detail Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie and Fewbie drives And Fewbie Plus, after 5 drives at Fewbie level only Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

@sri ganesh @Rizwan Waheed always be careful with 4HLc mode since its locked center-diff. Use it only on soft ground and avoid to make fast + sharp turns while it is engaged.

Having a second radio on your drive never hurts, and a Baofeng UV5R is only about 75dhs. After all we are dealing with Chinese radios that sometimes drain their battery without any reason or did not fully charge the night before. In case you ever need to notify someone you can stick out your hand and ask the driver behind you to stop and ask him to communicate to the rest of the convoy.

Well deserved @Alexander Alcala ! Time to extend your knowledge and share with all of us

@Frederic thanks for the info. I am now driving with an “open” CAT as part is unavailable. I do get a single gunshot sound when change from 1st to 2nd at 6k RPM. I hope it doesn’t start a 🐪 race on my next drive!

Removing the Catalytic converter on a "recent" vehicle will give issues in RTA passing, so i would not go that way. It's a bit strange that the catalytic converter broke, as this is normally something that lasts many years. Straight pipes definitely a NO-GO, with Sharjah and Dubai now monitoring closely your decibel levels and serious fines are involved. I would go for a scrapyard catalytic converter.

@Danish Mohammad Congratulations!

Hello, I just joined the club super excited about the clu as it looks very organised. appreciate if you can add me to the waitlist of this ride on 15-Jan 6:00 AM I have Jeep Wrangler JL - Red color - stock I did 5 desert rides of some friends but more knee to learn it properly for expert people like you

@Niki Patel photography is very interesting. As @Frederic said its just "Capturing the essence of moments". The gadget is not very important but what is important is the man capturing the moment. You may think you have captured the moment at its best possible way but there are as usual critics trying to teach you that your technique or gadget is wrong. Should you care? Of course to some extent but at the end of the day its your picture and why should anybody care?

@Thomas Varghese this gives me hope (and allows me to not get in more trouble buying further gadgets )

@Niki Patel its not the equipment which matters. Its the man who operates the equipment who is the master controlling the equipment.

@Mikhail Lukichev these are stunning pictures and I would very much like to learn and join you as a beginner! I have a very old beginners DSLR and only a few lenses (I’ll share details a little later). Hopeful it’s enough to learn with and take some stunning shots like above! Let’s see who else would be interested and we can hopefully plan something as a small group

Yesterday we went to Hatta for some hiking and at the end of the day we spent an hour or so taking some photos at the Hatta lakes. I just thought that if somebody in the Carnity is interested in the astrophotography, I can give a couple of advices and we can practice together somewhere. I'm not a pro by any means, but it might be useful for a complete photo newbies 😃

Well done @Thomas Varghese, congrats...

I have bridgestones ht on my pajero and about 18 months old. I drive with 13 psi and at 12 in Liwa. Have had a pop out once. So need to move off road tyres and am planning on this however my tyres are still good and am trying to push with them for now. It has occured to me at the time of changing it would also make sense to change wheels. Currently have 17inch stock rims. Need advise if moving to 16 inch rims and 265 would be better and if B there are any disadvantages ? Would i be able to find stock offset rims easily?

Come on guys No more dropouts? 😃 I m still on wait list.😭

Congrats @Alexander Alcala!

@Yousef Alimadadi did something similar.

@Alexander Alcala Congrats & Well Done!

Congrats @Alexander Alcala. Well deserved.

If the guys can put back the catalytic converter you can always try get it passed in RTA (you might be lucky)...

@Frederic I went over cross tracks at relatively high speed ( on 1st @ 6k) to gain momentum to get out of the bowl hitting the underbelly. The noise started immediately. On inspecting CAT at workshop after removal, the substrate was found cracked and broken in pieces. M not sure if a fuel rich exhaust (due to unichip retune) would degrade the material for it to be brittle. The attached pic is after they hammered it, but it was mostly in big broken block inside to begin with.

@Mehmet Volga yes, thank you very much for the advice. I will defiantly keep that in mind. Best Regards,

congrats @Alexander Alcala!

Dear @Brette, I already congratulated you on our other platforms, but it's necessary that all members know how well earned this promotion is. You worked very hard at it, finding time to constantly learn and improve. And you did so with a car that I believe has given you a few headaches in the past, but that also has honed your skills (to prove that it's not the car which makes a good driver). Well done!!

Well deserved @Alexander Alcala

I drove in Faya last week end and started with 4H like I normally do however after some time i switched to 4HLc and drove all through the drive in that mode. Also attempted the climb with it. I could say the car was aggressive than 4H and i loved the response from the car. Having said that my previous drive was in Qudra south which was my first as a fewbie and i used 4H all the way and did not have any issues either. I always use tiptronics even on highways as i love how the handling changes with engine braking. I always drove manual in India and i love the auto gearbox but not in a pajero on the highway 😀. The use of tiptronics has changed my perspective about my car’s abilities which i never cared for last 5 years owning it!

Congrats @Alexander Alcala. good luck for the Future drives.

Well deserved @Alexander Alcala, congratulations. Great to see you here with all the experience you have

You can go with Borla and/or Magnaflow (esp hushflow) lower decibel but free flow product. I'm using these both brand and happy from last 5 years or so. Beware that with loud noise Sharjah police can and will stop you to hand over 2,000 dhs fine. I recently got one last year when one of my flange gasket was leaking and making tiny bit extra noise, though well within 80 DB (allowed by RTA). So I fixed those gasket and went to Maliha police station to dance on cops tune to waive 2K fine. Apparently I also installed a flexi joint in between as main culprit of broken gasket was high speed dune attack and on harder bumps it stretched my exhaust setup and cracked that gasket. So while at it, consider flexi joint too.

@Hardik Mody you've been signed out of the drive as you are confirmed on the drive with @Brette at the same time. @Dodi Syahdar you are now added to the drive. @Emmanuel is aware that you will be driving two drives that day. This (even though it is the earlier drive) will be your second drive of the day.

Extreme fish tailing and fighting gravity - one of the common causes for roll over

If this happens I will walk with you @sertac to the show room and we get our new X 😜

Evening Ladies & Gents - quick update I put the rig through the tiniest bumps in the world and it held up - time to put it through some heavier bumps after a few modifications tomorrow! Check the results out below! I also figured out how to get better angles! Anyway enjoy!

@Ahab Shamaa value ur advice. The question I asked about 2 credits for the full day drive was only to clarify to every newbie who may have been promoted to fewbie that a full day drive would only be considered as 1 from the marshalls of carnity. I was proud I have been driving for almost 41 years since I turned 12 but learned that desert driving is a different ball game once I started driving with Carnity. As per the policy of Carnity Club I understand everybody is out there to help you improve your driving skills and not make you feel embarrassed when you get stuck as every stuck or refusal is an opportunity to learn self recovery. I never felt embarrassed when I got stuck or got impatient when somebody else got stuck and waited patiently for the convoy to move on. I didn't see any annoyance with anybody who accompanied me for the drive. In fact they were more than helpful to learn and teach. The most important thing I learned from Carnity drive is patience (I always lacked this) and helping each other even when you get drenched in sand. Now I'm more patient when I get stuck in traffic. Believe me I used to swear at the people who makes the traffic go at a snail's pace. Carnity has helped me change my mentality. I don't mind getting stuck myself or others getting stuck. I'm ready to help others and take help from others when I need. No ego or embrassement in seeking help or offering help. I'm here to learn and I will learn and then teach the skills acquired to others who are willing to learn.

Congratulations @Danish Mohammad

I believe that this is an amazing platform for off roading. Proper chasis underneath, solid axle, diff lock. Sometimes companies offers one engine at the beginning and another options follow later on. If they put the 3.5 on this than we will have a new champ on the city. I guess 3.5 Nissan engine is 306hp. With a front bumper + skid plate you will have a off road ready machine. I hope this is not me being optimistic. I hope to see that 3.5 under the hood by next year model.

Congratulations @Danish Mohammad

If the insides of the tyre are wearing so quickly it's possible you have a suspension issue. I recommend you go to a decent garage and have all your bushings checked and a proper 4 wheel 3D alignment which includes checking camber, castor and toe. A lot of garages here only check toe on the front wheels so it's important that all 3 dimensions are checked on both front and rear wheels and remember if the rear wheels are out, it also affects the front wheels.

My experience on Bridgestone Dueler has been significantly better than Dunlop, but yes I agree they are also prone to popping out. But a lot depends on your drive style as well. Since you are driving the 3.5 Pajero you can downsize from 17 inch to 16 inch rims, which might open up more options. Also, please note that when you are moving to AT tyres, there will be significant weight addition over your existing HT tyres. If less power is something that is already bothering you, then give it another thought before doing the switch from HT to AT. If you have decided to move to AT , then Yokohama Geolandar AT is one of the best in the market as its probably the lightest and best priced. If you have the budget, and you intend to drive purely on sand then you can look at the Michelin LTX which would provide you with a lightweight tyre that doesnt affect your power, but also extremely good for the sand.

Thank you Mehmet! I have used the 4HLc only in sand. Would not want to do a sharp turn in any scenario 4HLc or 4H

Yes please.

Mario Cornejo @Mario Cornejo BipinM @BipinM Ashok chaturvedi @Ashok chaturvedi Ben84 @Ben84 Mike Kraher @Mike Kraher Jen @Jen Sanjay Malik @Sanjay Malik imranaasghar81 @imranaasghar81 Tareq Ghosheh @Tareq Ghosheh Nitin Mohan @Nitin Mohan Baskaran P.R @Baskaran P.R Lee Wilson @Lee Wilson Myself and @Chaitanya D are looking forward to an amazing drive on Friday. This route has such a varied selection of dunes that it's impossible not to have a great drive. The plan, for anyone wanting to know that sort of thing is to enter some of the playable dunes around Murquab before we venture into the technical dunes that lead to the SZS (Sheikh Zayed Sandway) and the high long dunes around Solar Park to the East of Last Exit. From there we will swing West towards Bab Al SHams and then the final drive Northwards into Las Exit. I'll make no bones about it, this is a challenging drive for Newbies because of the complexity of dune, the length of the drive and the need to be in full concentration though the changing type of challenge along the way. We estimate that taking refsuals and stucks into account, we should be able to reach Last Exit within a 4 hour drive, but if we don't, hey, we don't. The sand is a fickle master and frankly, you never know what it throws up to us. There's a chance we will be lucky in part of the drive because it's been really windy over the last days. This will mean that a lot of the cross tracks that have been a signature feature of drives over recent weeks will have been covered so we get the chance to drive on realtively virgin sand. More details to come during the week aslong with radio frequency and potentially a convoy numbering. If any one cannot make it, please let us know early. There is a waitlist for the drive and we really don't want to leave people on the waitlist if a driver that is signed up is not going to make it for any reason. See you soon in the sand.

@Brette I removed my self from morning drive and apply for waiting list on @Wrangeld class.

Monetro has 215 hp on 2 ton = 107.5 hp/ton is a not bad of an off-road vehicle it's just that we have not seen many Montero owners pushing 6k rpm at 1st gear for long hill climb and leave the gas in between. I rem driving Angela Montero once on sideys and it matched my Pajero height very well. Back to OP 82 vs 107 is a big notable difference.

Hi Hardik. Noted. Mario Cornejo BipinM Ashok chaturvedi Ben84 Mike Kraher Jen Sanjay Malik imranaasghar81 Tareq Ghosheh Nitin Mohan Baskaran P.R ALI ALMOUMAR Lee Wilson You're all in. @ALI ALMOUMARyou signed up for 2 drives at the same time. Please make a choice.

Hi @RaYan E, You can add multi turbo’s or manifold changes to a pajero to give it more power however I’ve noticed a stock 3.5 gets to 99,5% of the locations in the sand of UAE if you use technique and sand reading. Use bowls to climb the bigger dunes as they can be used to keep the momentum, but also try to keep the weight in the car down, if you have a third row remove it as the 35kg makes a difference being behind the rear axle