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  1. Hello @Lawrence_Chehimi @Humayun Ghias @Darren Brooke @Yusuf Esaf @Ranjan Das @Ruan van den Heever @Ahab Shamaa @JeromeFJ @GauravSoni @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Watteau @Emmanuel.. I hope you guys are excited and fully charged for our early morning adventure. As weather is already hot, every minute counts, so please be at the meeting point max by 5:00am with your radio on and tuned to channel 1 (446,006.25) and deflate as quick as you can to be ready to move. Convoy we will start moving by 5:10am. Convoy Order:
    11 points
  2. Thanks @Francois Germishuys for your detailed and valuable feedback on today's extreme drive. This surely help us define stringent process to vet extreme drivers. As per Carnity belief we do agree that we have to help each other and wait patiently, but by no means extreme drive should turn as a qualifying round for new extreme drivers. Extreme drives should always offer a top-notch drive experience for worthy and qualified extreme drivers, who look up to such drives with great expectations. As we have recently updated the structure, and added new extreme rank, so very soon will roll out the extreme driver selection process shortly.
    8 points
  3. Hi all, sorry I had to leave early, rather safe than sorry, will have the knocking noise checked out at Ford tomorrow. Below my experience today, it wasn't an extreme drive as I hoped, its my opinion, its constructive criticism, use it to improve. If anyone has anything to say about my driving skills and ability to handle my tuck please feel free to put your comments below. @Luca Palanca Falsini good location for an extreme drive, perfect for fast paced extreme drive..... just wish we could get to that extreme level but unfortunately the convoy wasnt able to perform to that level behind you...😒 i can just imagine how frustrating it is to be told wait we have refusal over and over just as soon as you getting that Toyota airborne .... Again an extreme dive like we had the previous week with Lorenzo, an extreme drive with excessive amounts of refusals and few stucks. It seems like some of the guys are still not 100 sure how their cars operate at best, extreme drive is not a drive where you learn how to drive your car, we struggled to climb long dunes which is something that should be easy by now especially if you think you are capable of participating in extreme drives. We did much better through the small difficult more technical dunes which is where problems are usually expected, only a few refusals happening compared to plenty of refusals on the long fast dunes.....🀷🏻 still there are some who take unnecessary unsafe action after they had refusals to get back in convoy to continue not follow previous drive lines into unknown area.... Pop-outs happen but from my point of view at sweep they happened due to fighting gravity and then sliding down the dune to flat/ next dune at which point the tyre pops out. Only @Amir Amiri popout was due to the deep cross tracks which couldn’t really be prevented. a little unfortunate Ive driven with @Ilya few times and your driving is still right at the top! @Abu Muhammadvery well done today, you handled that Toyota beautifully and still one of the best sounding cars in the carnity group!! Only one misjudged crest but nothing serious. You were one of the top drivers today in my opinion πŸ‘ŒπŸ½ @Amir Amiri your car seem extremely heavy from driving behind you, it looks underpowered (even with that 5.7 hemi) and difficult to drive in the desert. As you said maybe try and get a lighter bumper front end to lose some weight, as ive suggests also use your manual gears when climbing dunes (1st mostly) do not use auto as the kick down causes power and momentum loss thats most of the time why you cant make it over the dunes. @Thomas Varghese you struggled the most today, same as in the previous extreme drive, repetitive refusals and this keeps the convoy back and always causes further complications for the guys following behind, especially if we need to maintain fast pace in the β€œextreme drive” most of your refusals caused @varunmehndiratta issues behind you and so it affects everyone behind him. @varunmehndiratta driven with you few times, not a bad drive today, just keep more space following the car in front to help keep yourself out if trouble, this was the biggest issue for you today which caused your refusals. Try not to fight gravity, your back end was sliding to far and when it hit the flat patch the tyre just popped off... have a good weekend and see you all at the next drive. ✌🏼
    8 points
  4. A drive under the moon light what a pleasant drive one can experience under the full moon light , tingling senses and eye pupils half dilated appreciating the faded semi dark out line of pink rock while climbing it , amazing tranquil ! Every one suited up ready for the night dance under the πŸŒ•.the tumble hit up and down between bounce and dance with intervals of pause for break and breath so along we knew some secrets and tips of how to synchronise elegantly and safely in the dark. It was a night drive that luckily I didn’t miss and I hope we do more of it as the summer heat is pushing us toward being becoming nocturnal drivers at least this season 🀣 thank you @Srikumar and @Gaurav for this fantastic drive as well as for all the tips and help along πŸ™ it’s being my great pleasure driving with both of you . My thanks extend to @Rizwanm2 for his brilliant second lead on the stage πŸ˜‰Also it goes with pleasure to @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ and @Gaurav Sonifor their active assistance when ever was needed @Danish Mohammad@Taufique Surve @Dwain Fernandes @Badar Tariq @shu yang great β€œno rope β€œ drive and fantastic self recoveries with or without the shovel . Keep it i up ! @Abdul Rahman AK you missed the dance , but sure not the full moon as we hope many summer nights are yet to enjoy πŸ˜‰ some snaps in the gallery take care till next time cheers πŸŒ•πŸŒ·πŸ™
    8 points
  5. DRIVE REPORT Dear Desert Wanderers, I guess this was one of those drives that will be remembered by all those who attended it for some time. After many drives in known areas, today we had a chance to explore a new territory, an absolute novelty for @Carnity drives, and it was certainly a challenging but rewarding experience for us all. Al Bataeh area, believed for long time inaccessible due to the extensive fencing visible from the nearby roads, is - in fact - a hidden gem, offering a very challenging terrain with beautiful views on irregular an complex terraced dunes, with sudden passages from high grounds to low grounds gifting a great travel experience. We started quite on time, making our entry in the desert from the Ibn Rasheed roundabout at 5:25am. After crossing a rather flat area with small dunes and some occasional rock formations, we moved past the farms, drove along some long ridges and entered the first technical area of the drive. It was a amazing terrain, with some long east/west ridges mixed with some very irregular dune complexes, characterised by multiple terraced layers, with totally virgin sand, looking incredibly appealing for our a climbing attempts. The significant technical level of the drive became very soon evident as we started collecting refusals and stucks one after the other, especially at the back, where the big trucks had to fight through very churned sand: @Ale Vallecchi's drive, after just a few mins, was clearly going to be all about managing such situation, while I had the luxury, at the front, of a couple more breaks than usual allowing me to take a few nice photos. As we slowly made our way north, the convoy progressively came to terms with the terrain, which was however extremely technical with lots of complex passages and unpredictable soft patches. As @Ale Vallecchi commented, today's drive felt in many way an exploration adventure: we really had to find out way though a totally virgin and absolutely not obvious to read terrain, where we never met a single track of any other car. @Arman was a great second lead, always careful and responsive to my last second rerouting and careful at stopping early enough when I had a refusal (and I had quite a few today). @imranaasghar81 and @Abdul Rahman AK at their first intermediate drive, were both "tempered" by today's thrilling drive, demanded to get to the very best out of their driving capabilities, which they both brilliantly exhibited.. @Gok Krish, after the last mid-week prep session in Little Sweithan drive, again showed a brilliant performance, including his ever first tug recovery helping @Rizwan Waheed out of a crested situation. His flashing brand new green shackles and rope finally got some satisfaction. @Niki, based on a few chats exchanged during occasional breaks, greatly enjoyed the explorative nature of the drive, discovering the new landscape as it materialised after each tricky climbing passage. @Javier Lucero led his JK flawlessly, certainly appreciative of his car's great capabilities, especially in this beautiful but deceiving terrain. @Rizwan Waheed had a hard time today, driving constantly in churned sand, quite at the back of the convoy, worsened by an apparently leaking valve (best to have it checked). A few stucks and refusals, (including a tug from @Dodi Syahdar quite early in the drive) where to be expected and are only the demonstration that the ride was all but an easy one today. @Dodi Syahdar has frequently joined my drives recently, and I am quite sure he found today's drive among the most challenging ones, adding new experience and polishing his driving skills further. I often found myself wondering, while leading through some nasty passages, whether I was demanding too much from the poor guys driving those giant trucks at the back, but to my relief they all did well, including @Rob H and @Shehab Alawadhi who both made it across the worst patches of soft sand and the tightest maneuvering spots. @Ale Vallecchi was the hero of the day: with so many stucks and refusals he was all over the place, helping everyone out and fighting himself trhough soft and churned up sand. He certainly deserves a special mention today as he managed an endless number of situations. Once we reached sufficiently up north, we crossed the sabkha and started the 2nd stint of the drive, by far the most spectacular and emotional one for the day. Our route took us south again via the higher grounds on the west side of the sabkha, from where, bordering the edge of those high terraced dunes, the convoy could enjoy a spectacular view, with the sun already quite high. While driving so close to the edge from an elevated position and with such a view out of the window, I felt a great sense of achievement mixed with gratitude to have the chance to lead trhough such an amazing place. As a cherry on our cake, we even met two groups of camels: I took a quick photo, but it doesn't make justice to the beauty of the view from up there: Even when @Abdul Rahman AK got stuck in a treacherous pocket and was in need of being winched out, the whole setting, landscape, and light was spectacular and I guess was worth the waiting for the rest of the convoy. By 9:30am it was clear we were never going to make if for the 3rd and final stint of the drive, the one that was meant to tkae us north again all the way to E102 and then, eventually out in Al Bataeh. It was therefore decided that we would cut our drive short, so we hit the sabkha at the bottom of the high grounds we were driving through, and from the sabkha we quickly made our way out, eventually reaching the same roundabout where we had started our journey earlier in the day. Overall, we drove 40.4km in a total of 4h 40' of which 2h 40' moving and 1h 40' stopped, with a very low moving speed of just 15.1km/h: these data tell a lot about how technical the drive was. Everyone did very well today, and I hope you all enjoyed this drive as much as I did. As the 1st @Carnity drive in Al Bataeh, it will always have a special place in my memories and I'm glad I had you all with me today. After what I've seen today, I think an Extreme Drive in this area will be coming soon.. Stay tuned! Congratulations to all and see you soon on the sand again!
    6 points
  6. Thanks @Tbone for this fantastic drive and choice of terrain. It was absolutely a virgin track and almost bush free. Was drenched in the beauty of the land scape and chasing the rising sun and moon following us. Thanks to @Janarthanfor sweeping the convoy to safety and recovering and @Xavier Treasurerfor the second lead @Ruan van den Heeverfor CF who did a great job. Thanks to @Warren Flay, @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, @Zed, @Hasan Wahlan, @Farouq Owdeh for joining the wonderful drive and all the fun together and learning something new. Thanks once again @Tbone for finishing the drive on time and setting a perfect start for the week end. @Chaitanya Das you said sweihan was truly wonderful area to drive, thanks for letting me know. It was 100% worth waking up early and traveling from Sharjah, I am sure will visit again frequently. Hope to see you all again in yet another wonderful drive. Have a nice week end!!!
    6 points
  7. Thanks @Luca Palanca Falsini for an exciting drive to start the day...it was good fun and experience surely added to confidence. Shuwaib and Luca are undoubtedly the best combo for some adrenaline rush.πŸ™‚.perhaps we could hv been a bit faster but then it was my first extreme drive so I am not the right person to judge . Thanks @Francois Germishuys for feedback...it's not easy to call a spade A Spade ..that's the only way we learn. Highly appreciate your feedback. At this level we need to be prepared to plan for driver ahead of us and assess accordingly - basics of convoy concept took a bit back step due to same reason @Abu Muhammad mentioned - conscious effort to maintain speed and at times i ended up too close to vehicle that wasn't having it's best day on field. Learning continues. Also must add that as we proceeded, @Thomas Varghese was able to recover well from initial hour of hiccups, takes a lot.of courage to do that, his smooth way of handling tech areas is something to enjoy- skill of the driver over the strength of the vehicle ..kudos to @Thomas Varghese for that. Thanks to the whole team for the lovely drive. @Ilya thanks for tips it's always fun discussing possibilities on Jeep with you.. Hope to see you all soon....
    5 points
  8. Thanks for your feedbacks@Francois Germishuys and I really do appreciate it as this is what will help us correct ourselves and improve further. I honestly hate it to be the cause of holding others in any convoy but of course more in extreme drive if you remember I told you that I was a bit nervous and that was exactly for this reason like I was asking myself what if I’ll be the cause of slowing the extreme drive? just exactly as you said the extreme drive should be for driving continuously but of course with odd things will happen to anybody and that’s totally understandable. as always pleasure driving with you and by the way I think your track sound much better than mine. see you soon and take care for now.
    5 points
  9. Thanks once again @Luca Palanca Falsini for giving me the opportunity to try this extreme drive. Indeed it was full of thrill, fun and educational drive, yes that was the quickest pop out fixed I have ever seen... Great driving with you guys for now enjoy the rest of the weekend and hopefully will catch up later. see you πŸ”œ on the sand.
    5 points
  10. @Lorenzo Candelpergher You are absolutely right , everytime We join your drive We learnt many new things. The most significant lesson today was how to maintain balance between speed, power and control in nasty passage and soft ground.. Look forward to learn new things in another drive.. @Ale Vallecchi , thanks to lead by example on how to be excellent SW. You always available in every technical issue we faced. @All, great to meet you all, with our great team work, the difficult terrain become so easy and all of us drive well today. Look forward to meet you in the future intermediate/extreeme drive.
    5 points
  11. hello off-roaders, it was an energetic drive we had today morning and hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. all the drivers showed up on time and after the preliminary steps , started off at 5.20. It was an amazing sunrise view and thanks to @Vanessa8580 for the selection of the route and terrain. it was my third drive with @Vanessa8580 one in my absolute newbie, second one in my fewbie level and third in as a support role with the person who flagged off my offroading journey. I still remember @Vanessa8580 helping me in deflating my tires and she had commented on my oman registration plate. I am really honoured in being a part of your manage team and I thank team @Carnity for bringing out the off-roader in me. we had a pleasant drive for the first half and when we entered the fun part we had to exit out @Talgat Mendibaev as he had a puncture on his side wall and had only a the temperory spare wheel. later in the drive we even had a demonstration of winching as wellπŸ˜ƒ. @TT_Dubai as second lead did a great job. well done buddy. @Zixuan Huang drove his path finder and handled the terrain well keep it up . @Paolo Pellegrini and @Alfred Alinazar did their best to keep up the pajero spirit and I belive they have succeeded in their attempt at least by 90 %.πŸ‘πŸ‘ @Hisham Masaad our first CF, you were amazing and supercharged performance with the winch and radio guidance. thank you buddy for all your help and support. @Talgat Mendibaev with his ford explorer felt a bit low in confidence today and it was unfortunate to exit you out when we started our pink rock adventure. hope to see you soon. @Anoop Nair with his powerful wrangler had few issues in managing at few places and I belive you need to be more in sync with the manual transmission. well done bro. @Luc Khaldoun , you were literally enjoying the power of Y62 and as you belive, you and your car did amazing ... but I had to find some patches of clean sand to move ahead πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ‘. @Rjducos in his Fortuner did amazing and I belive you handled the terrain really well and didnt hear you over the radio at all. @Ivan Pironi had a real good time with his beast and didn't face any troubles in managing his full sized SUV truck πŸ‘. and finally @Goutam and @Gaurav Soni... 😬😬 did a great job at the back guys. Thank you @Vanessa8580 , @Hisham Masaad , @Goutam and @Gaurav Soni once again and see you soon in the sand. πŸ™πŸ™
    5 points
  12. Thank you @Nabil Bishara for this early morning drive. No better way to start the weekend ! Nice selection of dunes and beautiful lines in the sand ! thanks @Islam Soliman @Jeandre Bezuidenhoutand @marks for the support, and the rest of the convoy for the excellent participation !
    5 points
  13. Thank you @Nabil Bishara , @Islam Soliman and @marks for the excellent drive today. First for starting early anticipating the heat and related issues. After doing a few drives on the red sand at pink rock, qudras white and unused dunes were a welcome treat. I was lucky to be given the opportunity tow and recover a crested car. Each drive gives a new experience and learning. Looking forward to more drives with all of you . The convoy was excellent too.
    5 points
  14. Hi @Nabil Bishara thank you for the lovely drive. Thanks also to @Islam Solimanand @marks for the great support. And, to fellow off-roaders, it was a pleasure driving with you guys today, look forward to seeing you again soon. Happy weekend
    5 points
  15. Hi @Nabil Bishara thanks for a great drive this morning, lot of fun out in the dunes.
    5 points
  16. A thousand thanks @Tbone for the wonderful drive ably assisted by @Janarthan @Ruan van den Heeverand @Xavier Treasurer. To be in Sweihan to see the sunrise is in itself, treat enough but to then get to bash those virgin dunes as well? Priceless! Good job everybody, we had a good selection of stucks, refusals and pop-outs to learn from and a lovely mild morning in which to deal with them. I look forward to driving with you all again soon.
    5 points
  17. Thank you all for making this an amazing drive and wishing you all wonderful weekend ☺️ @Tbone,@Janarthan,@Xavier Treasurer, @Ruan van den Heever, @Warren Flay, @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, @Zed, @Hasan Wahlan, @Farouq Owdeh
    5 points
  18. Thanks @Frederic for the opportunity, after the trip my wife asked me for the photos, and after post-processing I showed her the below shots... then she asked why can't I get the moon bigger, and I replied "1. Need to buy 600mm lens, 2. This 12MP is just good for video, for still photos I need the 40MP+ one" then she replied "Your photos are good enough, no need to upgrade" πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
    5 points
  19. @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Ale Vallecchi you make a great partnership! Lorenzo you challenged us all and I tip my hat and fully compliment plus admire how those at the back end of the convoy managed as the tracks worsened! I usually consider the SL role the best seat in the house however on this drive it was likely a very challenging role and kudos to @Arman … as you mentioned he was flawless … and fast as @imranaasghar81 will attest this was a stunning drive visually, though we didn’t get to admire the views for too long. The occasional breaks were very welcome. The distance covered and pace doesn’t reflect the joy of this route! #1 pls do partner again and schedule part 2 of the drive #2 pls do consider not making it an β€˜extreme’ (that’s a selfish ask I know) #3 make this a permanent addition to the carnity roster/routes I have added a few pics to the gallery. great to be amongst old and new friends on this drive and look forward to many more
    4 points
  20. @Shaz Shah I totally agree with @Chaitanya D regarding the X front stock tow recovery point . just adding if relevant generally it’s advised to pull using the back and be pulled from the front whenever deemed possible .
    4 points
  21. Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher This was a meditation kind of experience for the three hours. One had to be connected to only one thing, i.e. the terrain that was changing every second requiring utmost focus and attention. Very short distances to gain momentum to climb, sharp drops and turns were the highlights...it was an utmost concentration drive. This is also my first technical drive. Keeping a bit of distance from car in front also helped in avoiding mini refusal situations and thanks for allowing it by keeping the speed of the drive that way. You leads take all the risks judging what is ahead , still make it safe and interesting for the rest of us. Hi @Ale Vallecchi like Lorenzo said, you were coming from nowhere always for every search and rescue operation. And thanks for entrusting the chance to do a tug, my first one that too. @Arman @Niki @Abdul Rahman AK @Dodi Syahdar Good to see u all...thanks for sharing tips Overall smashing experience guys... 1556410924_20210528LORENZOBATENAHTECHNICAL.mp4
    4 points
  22. @Shaaz Sha xterra front tow points (stock) are in herently weak and break off with repeated use . To make it worse there is only one! Another minor flaw being they are open D type, where the shackle tends to slip off while being pulled from an angle. My advise is 1. Make with 8 to 10mm thick steel - min, with reinforced beams if possible. Closed D or eyelets preferable as you can thread a soft shackle for tugging or a D shackle for towing. Fabricators go crazy when you ask them all this 🀣 2. 3 bolt pattern to make it robust if you are getting it made like the stock ones (stock is a pathetic two bolt pattern).Use Grade 10.9 bolts to fix this which are stronger for a tow point attachment. 3. If you are getting it welded to the radiator bracket make sure that is also made of thick steel atleast 6 mm thick. Reinforce with beams wherever possible, again a thought time to make fabricators understand this. 4. Make two, safer as back up if one breaks and helps to tow easily by distributing the pull and hence lesser chances for breaking. Another advantage of having two at the front is you can anchor the support/safety rope/ climbers harness with carbiner hooks as a protection against breaking tow hooks which fly like bullets that can potentially kill.
    4 points
  23. Dear Desertnauts, without further ado, let's unveil the drive's meeting and deflation point: it will be at https://maps.app.goo.gl/V1SQwxnUEXJLGh4X6 just passed the mosque located near one of the Lisaili exits off E66 and the camel drome. The drive will retain an element of mystery, once entered the Lisaili plateau, as we may direct ourselves east toward Margham, keeping the sun at our back, or west toward Solar Park and beyond, following the sun's path. With the shorter convoy, we'll try to push the drive up one notch: we'll drive with the following revised order: @Thomas Varghese in SL @Marky B will be #3 @Shaaz Sha at #4 @Sunil Mathew will be #5 @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ in #6, and @Jeepie will close the convoy No hurry to reach the meeting point before the established time. Arriving at 3:00 PM (not earlier) will be more than enough. We'll deflate at the meeting point, with the intent of driving down the pylon track for a while, and enter Lisaili's dunes around 3:30 PM. Without running unnecessary risks, I think that a desert drive must feel somewhat hot and dusty, so I don't mind getting ready to move around 3:30PM, considering also that temperatures will start to slowly drop toward the mid-afternoon. The Carnity channel that has been selected for this drive is Channel 4 (446.031). See you tomorrow afternoon, well rested and ready to go. Have a nice Friday evening.
    4 points
  24. Took the wheel finally after an year of visual learning, and I must say, driving isn’t half bad πŸ˜‚ @Wrangeld It was an honor to have my first ever drive under your lead. As expected it was an awesome drive and I really enjoyed it thoroughly. You are right, all that time spent in the passenger seat helped me understand my car, and the sand better, it was my greatest strength today. @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Good job at being a great passenger, should really do it more often 🌝 @jamie taylor@abdelrahman abounar@Mohamed Samaco Great first drive with your wranglers. Your cars are full of potential, do a couple of more drives to really understand your car’s behavior in sand and then you all will be able to perform wonders. @Will Seivewright Amazing to see how you had your monster completely under your control. Usually I see such cars performing side sloping, sideways πŸ˜‚. But that wasn't your case, great driving. @Nivin Thanks for helping with the recoveries and ensuring that the convoy kept moving in one piece.
    4 points
  25. Dear Absolute Newbies, You are no longer absolute newbies - after today's drive, you are all firmly in the newbie camp. as we drove our circuitous route this morning from Bab Al Shams to Last Exit you had chances to cross dunes, descend, climb and negitiate some nice obstacles along the way. @abdelrahman abounar your timing ... well less said about that the better. Please listen to the instructions when you have a problem. It will help you and your fellow convoy members. Well done today. A manual is a new set of challenges. @jamie taylor great first drive. Sorry for literally rushing off. A great job by you as a first convoy drive. @Abdul Rafay-S all that time in the passenger seat did you proud. Excellent drive. @Mohamed Samaco Good first drive. Good self recoveries where needed. @Will Seivewright Nice to meet you Will. Strange that the Raptor which has electronics for every little f#$@ has no sensor on the tailgate. @Nivin Outstanding. great support. See you soon in the sand. @jamie taylor I am based in Serena. You? Yes managed to catch up the Raptor ...
    4 points
  26. @Foxtrot Oscar hi Angela fully agree, direction of his Tyres are facing up instead down.. he kept fighting gravity.
    4 points
  27. Hello guys, safely reached home after visiting Auto Pro and getting the new front tyres. Anyways, they were due to be replaced Entered home as if nothing happened Hope to come back for more! Experience and confidence come only after some challenges. Keep it up guys! Nice pics. Will share later from my side too. Thanks @Vanessa8580, @Hisham Masaad for your guidance in the drive. Helped a lot!
    3 points
  28. Large but well organised convoy this morning. Thanks Vanessa for organising and leading! The morning drives get earlier and earlier and darker and darker... I managed to lose my valve whilst deflating in the dark and thankfully a spare was offered by @Hisham Masaad and the kind offer of a powerful torch. @Vanessa8580managed to locate my original valve and we were soon on our way. Thank you both! Drive warmed up at a gentle pace as we all enjoyed a particularly cool and breezy morning accompanied by a stunning sunrise. We drove up and down some small dunes as we weaved towards Pink Rock. Bumped into Brett's drive too - I realised when I heard @Russ Raptor before seeing it! Every one drove really well and climbed Pink Rock with no problems. Unfortunately @Talgat Mendibaev suffered a puncture at the top of Pink Rock hitting a sharp rock on his low profile tyre but amazingly a spare spacesaver was put on in 15 min. Hope this experience does not put you off. I have had many issues myself in earlier Newbie drives (clutch exploding coming down Faya, overheating issues, check engine light and limp mode when trying to climb Fossil Rock) but I still wake up early and come back for more (but I leave my temperamental Jeep at home πŸ˜…) - hope this is the same for you and you won't be left alone! We had a couple of stucks as the pace picked up after Pink Rock but nothing too serious and most were self recovered. @Luc Khaldoun experienced a trickier recovery but made it out from the soft sand pocket with Vanessa at the wheel! Really liked your discrete mods on your Y62 and hope to have the chance of a closer look in future! Always nice to see and catch up with @Zixuan Huang@Alfred Alinazar@Anoop Nair and @Gaurav Soni on the drives. Nice to meet @Rjducos @Goutam@Ivan Pironi@Shaz Shah@Paolo Pellegrini and @Hisham Masaad (who was happily walking around catching up with drivers while his tyres were being simultaneously inflated via his iPhone app - as per the other thread!) Love the mods on your FJC - you clearly mean business! A couple of pics in the gallery. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
    3 points
  29. I always drive in 4H, never 4HLc and I don't have any problem with power. I think you just have to learn to drive in manuel gear and get used to the car. Once you are more in sinc with your car, you will feel how much throttle you have to use and when ....
    3 points
  30. I don't drive Pajero but here is my observation my car is partime 4x4, so when put on 4wd it's direct connection at center, 50 50 front back I have noticed that my steering angle is greater than Tim's LC and Vanessa's Pajero (not sure if she uses 4H or 4HLC but I guess 4H). To follow their tracks I have to over steer sometimes and thus lose some traction in the front.
    3 points
  31. Shaaz is the tig welding strong enough for a tow point to use for off-road recovery, i am just curious. Personally I think it is better to get a rated tow point bolted. Because for Xterra, the stock front tow point is like a hook and few times i saw the rope slipping off the hook while recovering. Actually @Chaitanya D would have a better knowledge on this, he has robust tow points.
    3 points
  32. @Abdul Rafay-S thanks Abdul, you did a great job toda, looking to drive with you and the folks more and more.
    3 points
  33. @Wrangeld thanks a ton for you patience today, the biggest challenge today was the manual gear, but by the end of the drive, i was able to understand more how to control it and keep the momentum. @Nivin thank you for the outstanding support today.
    3 points
  34. Thank you @Lorenzo Candelpergher, It was one hell of a drive, loved it.... lot of learning and absolutely worthy start to my Intermediate journey. Thank you @Armanfor being such an amazing 2nd lead today. Thank you @Gok KrishFor the tug, you did well considering it was your 1st attempt πŸ‘ Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for supporting the drive, your presence gave so much confidence to us all throughout the drive πŸ‘ Everyone in the convoy did amazingly well considering the challenges thrown at us by Lorenzo and ofcourse the irregular train/dune we were exposed to in this new area, Thank you all for the sportsmanship and patience displayed 🀝 see you all soon in the sand InshaAllah!
    3 points
  35. Sure @Chaitanya D With pleasure @PaoloMaraziti @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ copy that Sure @Goutam
    3 points
  36. @Hisham Masaad I really like the finishing of the product, If there isn’t a limited stock, may I reserve one for myself? Thanks.
    3 points
  37. Totally agree with @Foxtrot Oscar and @Nivin On the slip side of the dune β€œ mini” multiple fish tail cascade happens and this in particular need proper speed and steering control in synchrony , the slightest mismatch dictates exiting immediately . What I think his/her attempt to exit was late when the vehicle was already inclined more than 45 degree to over come the imminent flip
    3 points
  38. One for me please, if possible make 2 inch thick. Not that I dont have a Jack board,but Always better to keep a spare one as these tend to break in some impossible situations 🀣. Please if it is still available, with thanks.πŸ™
    3 points
  39. I really had an adventurous night of my life. I am glad to meet new caring friends. I am really thankful to @Srikumar@Gaurav@Seidam for your help and support. I have learned a lot from all of you.
    3 points
  40. Basic fighting gravity and fishtailing thus the roll. It is a classic how NOT to side slope. As soon as his back end starting going down he should have steered down.
    3 points
  41. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Chinthaka Ruwan @Darren Brooke @Shaaz Sha @Thomas Varghese @JeromeFJ @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Russ Thank you everybody for joining and making this drive awesome, well done, all of you performed really well. We manage to experience both day and night driving as well as different terrains. Thank you so much for the comments and lovely photos, i really appreciated that. Those descriptive comments covered most of the drive πŸ‘ , so i do not have to write a drive reportπŸ˜€. Big thanks to @Tamas Hoffmann & @Shaaz Sha for the support and @Lakshmi Narasimhan & @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilfor being amazing sweep and second lead. I hope Shaaz's tow point is fixed soon so that we can see you soon. Good to hear that Thomas's wheel is sorted. Hope to see you all again in the sand, till then take care.
    3 points
  42. @Vanessa8580 @TT_Dubai @Zixuan Huang @Alfred Alinazar @Talgat Mendibaev @Anoop Nair @Luc Khaldoun @Rjducos @Ivan Pironi @Hisham Masaad @Goutam @Shaaz Sha @Gaurav Soni
    2 points
  43. Hi @Hisham Masaad I can collect it from you today or tomorrow if ur free and available. Pls drop me a wats app 0504630807
    2 points
  44. From Sharjah! You my friend got my respect ✊🏻😊. So I guess the Marshal must be amazing that he's worthy to follow, or Sweihan is calling to the dune-lovers, or both! 😁
    2 points
  45. Rest well marshal @Tbone, to be at 4am in Abu Dhabi looks like you gotta leave Dubai after midnight πŸ˜‚ Looking forward for reunion with some Abu Dhabi regulars tomorrow 😊
    2 points
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