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Thank you @Gaurav Sonifor the drive, successful one by all means. Weather, track, and participants, nothing else was required. Pleasure to see again all masters, controlled and managed to cross one of the most difficult routs. @Simon Dawood as usual, well managed SL. @Zixuan Huang - Charliethank you for watching our back. Look forward to see you again @Anoop Nair @Tom B @ASAD. @Mohamad Anwer @Vaibhav @Daniel Yang @Ashok chaturvedi. Nice weekend.

What a drive @Gaurav Soniand as predicted from last week's drive we managed to get the mission accomplished this time! And wow the best part was the area we did not cover last week, unforgettable untouched area! Having the king of Badayer @Hisham Masaadand the little Sweihan price @Gaurav Soni on the same drive was a real privilege 👌 😉 Great SL and support @Simon Dawood@Zixuan Huang - Charlie And what a great team @Tom B @ASAD.@Anoop Nair @Mohamad Anwer @Daniel Yang @Ashok chaturvedi. Welldone all for nice smooth driving

Such a wonderful morning with cool breeze welcoming us at the starting point. @Gaurav Soni Kudos to you for organizing this drive with a aim to conquer the knife's edge. Like i said in the first comment on this thread an All-star line up which means it was going to be an exciting drive. The soft sand and virgin dunes added some more fun. @Simon Dawood good job as an 2nd lead. @Hisham Masaad no words to describe your leadership as a 2nd lead with supporting refusals. @Zixuan Huang - Charlie thank for your taking care at the back by sweeping. Such a pleasure meeting with the stars @ASAD. @Tom B @Anoop Nair @Mohamad Anwer @Daniel Yang @Ashok chaturvedi. Looking forward to see you all on the sand soon.

Drive report: a surprisingly cool summer morning + bunch of skilled off-roaders + untouched beauty of little sweihan dunes…we couldn’t have asked for a better combination. we started the drive around 5.40 am after a quick briefing and quickly made our way to the long ridges , riding our way to our first pit stop to catch the bright white sun rise (cloudy horizon). I particularly enjoy taking some time 10 -15 mins stop to soak in the calmness of the desert during the drive. Gives us time to connect, chat with our fellow dune surfers. Charged, we made our way towards the second set of dunes (south qudra). We had couple of re attempts , looping, refusals… however I made it clear at the start that at IM level I wouldn’t be holding the convoy unless we have a stuck and to keep the radio free! The convoy responded with brilliant coordination and drove amazingly until , on a tricky maneuver my SL Simon had to loop around forcing ASADs Prado Stuck on a soft side slope. It was nice to see him assessing the car situation, then deciding to shovel, and with muscle power of Anoop , Simon and Charlie, managed to self recover. we continued our journey to the soft Sand and deep bowls of little sweihan driving parallel to sabka, climbing slip faces and tricky ridges. we had a couple of stops to fix the Bumper on Charlie’s pathfinder. We made our way slowly towards the patch of virgin dunes , which to my surprise was an area I had never driven in all my previous drives. Here I landed on a very soft powdered sand on a slope instantly sank with full tires buried. Trying to shovel was proving futile effort. I decided to give one last try while Anwer repositioned his car for a tug. Switching on my traction with Diffs locked, and a constant gas with steering, managed to move the car and get out. Thanks for the shoveling! Finally around 9 am we made our way out from the “Knifes Edge” into the long flat dunes south of solar park. Just as we decided to play around for another 15 minutes as I could see some nice high dunes, my car said enough! Black smoke and CEL!! I instantly knew that it was a Mass airflow sensor failure and quickly made our way to the innovation center exit, reaching inflation point by 9.30 am. It was a sense of achievement for the entire convoy (especially for drivers on the attempt last weekend) to see the plan to it’s conclusion. well done @Simon Dawood for an impeccable 2nd Lead handling your pajero skillfully. brilliant self recovery @ASAD. . We get better each drive! Well done @Tom B i am glad to know that you felt quite confident as the drive progressed and it was a huge improvement in your driving style as compared to our last time together. radio silence from @Anoop Nair @Mohamad Anwer @Vaibhav @Ashok chaturvedi meant you guys hopefully enjoyed the drive! You guys drive superbly. @Daniel Yang you managed to get out of tricky situations very well! Well done. a big thankyou to @Hisham Masaadfor anchoring in the center and @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for sweeping. I hope you can find a solution for your bumper! See you all soon !!

Dear friends @Abdelghani @Sam K @KKIRAN @TT_Dubai @Mohamad Anwer @Mahmoud Taha thank you for signing up in our drive planned tomorrow. We will be moving as below convoy order, using radio channel 1(446006). Honored and pleased to have @Srikumarsupporting the drive tomorrow. So Please make sure you relax well, and come tomorrow with full enthusiasm, keenness, and eagerness to show your best and talent in desert driving in front of our teacher. In any of emergency, you can reach me on 0506318834. Look forward to see you tomorrow ready to move 5:30am. Nice evening

Dear Tune Squad Thanks for signing in for the drive. We have an awesome convoy with amazing drivers and vehicles, all set to take over monstrous dunes at Faqa. All squad communication will be through Channel 1. Please make sure to be on time. Faqa in general has an extra terrestrial mystery to it and I understand that shamal has brought in a soft and deceptive shroud of fresh sand, further intensifying the effect. So ensure you are well rested and well hydrated as this terrain will surely test the best of our skills and attention. We surely don’t want this - Convoy order is as below 1. @varunmehndiratta Grey Wrangler 2. @Ashok chaturvedi Yellow FJ, SL 3. @Imran Kashif Maroon FJ 4. @takeshi sobue in a mean machine he calls FJ (I don’t believe it). 5. @Amr Aydin Green Jeep 6. @Morshedi Yellow Wrangler 7. @munkybizness in Center on his Safari 8. @KAMALIO Silver Rubicon 9. @Imteeaz in Golden Patrol 10. @Gregory Beautiful Pajero 3.8 11. @Beide Worku Blue F150 12. @Santoso Marjuki Another blue and another Jeep. 13. @Karthik Raptor will be at sweep. See you all at Faqa, this sunday.

@GauravSoni thanks for the feedback. I really enjoyed this drive. Especially the last section as we converged towards the knifes edge. Everyone drove superbly. @Simon Dawood well done as 2L. You made it look easy, but we all know it is not. And thanks to @Hisham Masaad and @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for performing CF and sweep duties so well. See you all soon.

Drive report ( Welcome back on 2WD 😅 )! Beide Worku @Beide Worku Morshedi @Morshedi Tom B @Tom B Karthik Raptor @Karthik Raptor Imran Kashif @Imran Kashif Trekado @Trekado Felix Obst @Felix Obst Santoso Marjuki @Santoso Marjuki DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler takeshi sobue @takeshi sobue … Luckily I made it to the meeting point exactly at 16:45 and by the time the briefing is done @Trekado was deflating his last tyre. On 17:15 the convoy was running on the pylon track for about 7 km after which we crossed the technical strip to the left like a walk in the park, kudos to every one 🙏 The hot blowing wind never prevented us from the fun so we carried on side sloping , criss crossing , looping with up and down speed as the situation dictated till we came to our first stop when I faced a tight pocket nose down and immediately I instructed @Imran Kashif not to follow who as a second lead did a great Job through out the whole journey👍 I was blessed driving with a great team who spared no effort and had raised their tolerance for their Lead 🙏 ( picture taken by @Karthik Raptor)👌 after clearing the sand from the front I managed it on 4Low out ) ( picture taken by @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler) 🙏 from here the story begins which made me really wonder what was wrong .. either I put lots of weight during vacation as my mother in law took care of me 🤣 or I had lost some skills 😄 which along I sunk three to 4 times side ways giving The fact the tyre pressure check upon last stuck of mine was at 10 PSI … ( will keep it till the end 😄 ) we continued heading toward Murqab Long range dune to catch up the breath taking sunset view .. obviously we had to enjoy it along shoveling my multiple sideway stucks 😅 apology🙏 We reached the big Sabkha connecting the Baja south and north and it was dark letting our offroad lights on where we chased the silhouetted mega moon 🌝 behind the clouds which made it to look like Jupiter ! We made a vote and it was Qudra where we chosen to end our journey at . I took the opportunity to thank every one for sharing helping and driving together today and the nice chatting and made sure to learn from them the feedback during the debriefing while we were on the track . I have to say that every one did exceptionally great and for me it felt different and I didn’t realise till after I inflated and almost every one was gone so I couldn’t share it with you there. when I wanted turned on the gadgets back to traction on and wanted to switch the knob on 2WD it was already on 2WD 😱😂🤪 …. After clearing my first stuck I couldn’t turn the 4Low off and I put it on 2WD to disengage it and forgot totally to switch it back to 4Hi .. looks like I was driving on 2WD and more over I was switching the knob without looking and recovering my self on 4Hi and going back to 2WD .. it’s not something to be proud of as driving at such level side sloping crisscrossing on 2WD could be very dangerous in such soft sand . This was my big learning yesterday. on the other hand This experience proves the fact of two things Deflation and proper momentum are the kings to keep you running over the sand even if you are on 2WD , welcome back !

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Thankyou @Gaurav Sonifor today's challenging as well as exciting drive. Everyone handled the challenge thrown at them brilliantly and it was real fun to be with all familiar faces. The area was an untouched hidden gem and weather was also really good for a summer day. Hope you will revisit this area soon for another exciting drive.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi, again an amazing drive! Also thanks to @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler, @Thomas Varghese and @munkybizness for all the support, also with the pop-out. A lot of learning points on the trip! See you all soon on the sand again!

Recently I saw a post on Reddit where a person in Dubai was fined for putting a sticker of stick figure family on rear glass of their car. They seem to suggest that the police fined because it was large and obstructed rear visibility. This led me on a search on RTA website for permission on stickers, but on RTA website seem to only have permission for advertisements. The most relevant option there appeared to be for Commercial vehicles: logo and commercial name on the front doors without the windows for a fee of AED 250. I wonder if it is the one to apply? I have a prominent looper badge on my bonnet and it is no bigger than the Rubicon badge that Jeeps puts on that trim. The car was passed recently by RTA in annual inspection just a month ago. While I was searching on google, I stumbled upon this post, so here I am.

Dear dune surfers! I hope all is set for tomorrow morning and I expect all signed up to join the drive.. we will be ready to move by 5.20 pm and spend some time watching the rising sun and then head towards the little sweihan area making our way to eventually cross “Knifes Edge” which is considered one of the difficult technical patch. please ensure your recovery gears are in good condition as each one will be responsible for recovery for the car in front and back. @hisham will be anchoring the convoy in center with @Zixuan Huang - Charlie in the sweep. All recoveries will be done under the supervision of support team. I expect all members to try self recovery without guidance on radio, unless the situation is critical as determined by the car with clear view. Convoy order is as below: we will be using radio Channel 2. see you all tomorrow!