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Dear Desertnauts. A first round of info about next Saturday's drive. In particular, about the route, it'll copy and paste four previously driven tracks (Faqa's lower area, the crossing of a technical area just south of Solar Park, Little Sweihan, and the Ganhtoot route) with a few likely addittions (the approach to Little Sweihan, and the exit toward the Qudra/Ganhtoot road). The length of the drive will be considerable, and will depend, in terms of time, on the quality of the convoy, the amount of concentration we'll manage to keep, as well as our speedy, yet safe, driving skills. You will find a rough drawing of the planned track in the attached image, with the areas circled in red as possible exploration locations. If anything will work against this plan, there are plenty of opportunities to exit sooner. At the moment, I am welcoming to the drive @Russ, @Ranjan Das, @Lawrence_Chehimi, @Arman, @Matt.T, @Looper, @JeromeFJ, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Sunil Mathew, @Thomas Varghese, as well as @GauravSoni as support. Also, @Rawad and @Niki, waiting in the wings, will be welcomed as soon as I can sort out a suitable convoy order and support positions. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the week.

Saw this a while ago😂. My story on every drive😂where are the LC owners??

Inspired by @Islam Soliman & @Wrangeld

I’ll bring Sony A7R and 28-200. Plus my insta360 and maybe a drone

Cannon EOS 4000D. 18-55 and 70-300. Handled by my daughter I also have a GoPro Hero 6 it has to be said we are keen rather than talented😬

Dear All, Thank you for joining for the drive. I was really surprise by the performance of the whole team, we barely had 3 refusals which in itself tells a lot about your skills. All of you drove very well through out the whole drive both in technical areas and long range dunes. Thank you @Charbel @TT_Dubai @Danish Mohammad for the comments and @PaoloMaraziti for the awesome video and statistics. I am glad to know that you enjoyed the drive. @Danish Mohammad thank you for showing interest in doing CF and supporting. Luckily, it was a relaxed day for all of us. Thank you @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for being a focused second lead and for making necessary corrections whenever needed and of course to our sweep @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for monitoring and keeping the team together. Take care, see soon soon in another drive.

@Mehmet VolgaCongratulations Buddy!

@Wrangeld

Still fresh on the air filter topic 😁

Dear @Anish S sorry for late reply as got busy in some outdoor work. I would like to THANK you for trusting and giving me this opportunity to be as CF so that I can keep you update on convoy movement, It was good for me to learn the duties of this role by being a part of supporting team with @Zixuan Huang - Charlie & @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Thank you everyone for joining this Convoy and appreciate your patience. See you in next drive

Tuesday morning and only one drop out so far - which is nice. What to expect on Friday? Anyone who was on the exploration drive with @Ale Vallecchi on Saturday, quite a lot of the same (so I hope you enjoyed that!) We will also hopefully be making our way to some of the larger/higher dunes in the Faqa region. These are great for high level slide sloping. It will be interesting to see if the extremely sharp edged on these dunes have changed in any way in the months since we were last able to enjoy ourselves out here. I'll be searching out some bowls and play areas during the drive that were great fun in the past, but no promises - the wind and time changes a lot of the landscape around this area and what was exceptional a few months ago ... well, who knows. What we can be sure is that the scenery is going to be beautiful and most of us have driven together before so we know what to expect form each other. See you soon in the sand.

Request to Mr @Srikumar , kindly keep this level Newbie as I’m driving the Nissan Y62 and trying to avoid world war with my wife 😂

Ciao @PaoloMaraziti thank you for taking the time, that's a super video capturing the fun afternoon yesterday! 👍 Great route from the Lisali camel tracks ending up at the Qudra exit - thanks to @Anish S for planning and leading. We only had very few refusals and each were brilliantly self recovered. No stucks meant no shovels and tugs required. As a result we enjoyed a few well timed breaks but otherwise made good progress meaning we reached our exit point on time just as the sun was setting. @Danish Mohammadand @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ had a relaxing drive I suspect !😃Finally thanks to @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for a solid second lead and rerouting where necessary.

lovely afternoon @Anish S, always a pleasure driving with you. big thanks go to the support team, though they had nothing much to do 😀 considering all drivers did incredibly well. i don't remember i ever had a drive with just 14 minutes stoppage time. see you in the next one 🤘

@Mehmet Volga Well done, so proud of you buddy, keep it up.

Congrats 🎉🎊🎈🍾

Congratulations @Mehmet Volga. Love your ever smiling attitude on any drive. Well done my dear

Congratulations @Mehmet Volga !

Congrats @Mehmet Volga

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Looks like someone is leaking next week drive plans here.....!

The updated waitlist priority for this drive is as follows: 1. @S Jacob 1st weekend drive 2. @Larry Cadden 1st weekend drive 3. @Looper 2nd weekend drive

If possible please add me to the waitlist. 1st drive

Congrats dear friend @Mehmet Volga

@Ale Vallecchi unfortunately, I have a commitment and I can't attend the drive on Saturday morning. Please remove me from the WL.

Thank you @Nivin, see you soon!

The waitlist priority for this drive is as follows: 1. @S Jacob 1st weekend drive 2. @PaoloMaraziti 2nd weekend drive 3. @Looper 2nd weekend drive

Thank you for such a great turnout for this much-awaited welcome drive. I have added a poll above to know which level of the drive (newbie or fewbie) you prefer before based on the number of passengers, food, drinks, and gear you will be carrying. Based on this poll, we will split the convoy in advance to save time and manage it more efficiently. @Usman Basit @Joseph Sebastian @Antoz @Shehzada Umer Naseer @Muhammed Saeed @kolin @Super Safari Girl @Zed @BHANU PRAKASH VISHWANATH @Savio Fernandes @Stav @Danish Mohammad @Karthikeyan Govindarajan @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Ahmed Wagdy @Tom V @WaYan @Enrico Biscaro @Paul Zeitoun @Noel Garcia @Rsjiv Samuel @Joji varghese @topgear @Arman @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Sunil Mathew @Niki @Christopher Assal

Last one of the night I promise! @Hisham Masaad @Ahab Shamaa

Overheating issues finally solved:

@mikaeel shaik I have found few suppliers in china that offers spring spacer, you can text my WhatsApp 0528402096 Rear Diff lock I did research that only it exists on the full options GCC RX8, if yours are one of them, you should find the button near 4wd system control nob

Congratulations to all superstars 👏👏…

Well done and a whole hearted THANK YOU to all carnity stars...having driven with all these stars either as a lead or in a support role, i have experienced their commitment, guidance, team spirit, knowledge, humour, leadership skills and many more qualities which make them true stars and off roaders with the Carnity ethos!! I wish every one of them many more accolades and look forward to more driving and learning oppurtunities!!!

Just checked my profile… this is going to be my century drive!!! @Ale Vallecchi time flies! Its nice to celebrate with such wonderful convoy!

Thanks, @Frederic (The Data God) to show the importance of maintaining crisp data to identify the real superstars. It's a brilliant idea to acknowledge the dedicated team players to highlight their valued contribution behind this big swiss-clock (Lorenzo TM) like a precision week after week. WELL DONE and Congratulations to @Ale Vallecchi @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Wrangeld @Brette @Chaitanya D @Islam Soliman @Anish S @Jeepie @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @Alex Raptor and @Hisham Masaad for being the first Carnity Superstars and to lead with an example at any level, role or terrain you venture. Keep it up. 👏 It's a dream of many to reach such heights by realizing the importance of teamwork and efforts that each one of you has consistently contributed to the success of the Carnity Off-road Club. Thank you for your continuous support and love for off-roading, helping others and making off-roading more exciting, meaningful, thrilling and yet safe with your creative touches.

You all shine like a star ⭐️ in the sky . Congratulations 👍🎉

Kuddos team and I am happy to be part of Carnity family. Keep pushing our limits with utmost safety.

I want to thank all on this list - to do what you do, as often as you do it, all whilst, like the rest of us, balancing a day job and family! THANKYOU! I appreciate the overhead this must bring with extra maintenance and running costs on your own cars plus the investment in kit you make to help the rest of us! This is what makes the @Carnity community and leads so strong and I aim to support in this way soon (giving back)! thanks all.

Congrats, I always wondered how do you manage to do this !. Kudos to all...

Push it Sri, push it. The Y62 has a lot of power

Congratulations! @Mehmet Volga

Congratulations pajero brother @Mehmet Volga... 😊