brandan

Wondering why seat belts are always black or darker colour like dark grey and why not matching with upholstery colour or contrast?

I been to al qudra lake few times, but never in evening or late hours. Anyone know what are the al qudra lake visiting time and how late we can be there.

I have a sportage, but I never went to al qudra lake location in my car, do you guys think will it be ok or I need to go with my friends 4x4 to access through al qudra desert?

On 11/28/2018 at 8:53 PM, kumara said:

Finding AMARON battery in the market is the hard part. Do you know a shop to buy?

Thanks!

I agree Amaron is too difficult to find for some car brands as they dont have full range of size and terminals amgles for all cars

36 minutes ago, desertdude said:

You forgot the most and all important shabab signal, a quick left and right indicator. Meaning . It's ON, come get some!  And a second most important and my favourite hand signal when someone flashes you, not not flipping the bird but a hand motion, come go over me if you can. This usually quiets down most people or they try to undertake you but a nasty one eyebrow lifted look usually kills all their enthusiasm for an altercation or any road rage that was brewing inside them

flipping the bird has a fine for 2000 dhs, if i rem correctly. Try if you are rich enough

7 hours ago, Rahimdad said:

@brandan thank you for sharing such a wonderful post, however I like to show my left turn signal while overtaking rather than flashing my lights or honking. i also use my left turn signal in overtaking lane if someone wants to pass me to show them that i am overtaking and will move out of his way as soon as I get the way.

You are wrong. I mean for using left indicator in fast lane while tailgating someone to tell them move away

6 hours ago, Gaurav said:

What if they don't behave, and understand these subtle signs....?

I have seen adamant driver driving at 80 on the fast lane of 120 and refuse to move away because you flashed them (gently) and hurt their egos, so they will pile 200 cars behind them to suffer.

If I can legally switch on my offroad light for such bruised ego characters I would love to do that.

Still wrong to honl or do faster flash to scrae driver in front. Those exception you can report to dubai police and they will call the driver to warn and behave without any fine but still works as i call them once to report reckless guy swevring lanes like a snake and 5 minute later after the call he become fine

4 hours ago, sertac said:

I had to do it 2 times. Yes! off road light killing egos

Not a good way to drive

Honking the horn - right way

• 1 or 2 quick short beep - friendly way to remind the driver to gain attention if he is lost on mobile on redlight while it turns green
• 2 short beep + 2 short beep is enough for some annoying driver to give them a chance to start behaving on road
• Long constant horn is outright rude and it should be only used to avoid a collision or in some extreme cases

The correct way to use headlights

• 1 or 2 quick flashes is enough to let the car ahead of you know to clear the way from overtaking (passing) lane
• Constant flashing is considered rude and should only be used when you spot something seriously wrong in the car in front of you
• If someone does constant flashing behind you means pull over and check your car from all sides unless you were blocking them

Brake light signaling

• 2 to 3 quick brake light signals if someone is too close to you to tell them back off in a civilized way
• 2 to 3 brake light signals followed by constant brake light means slow down fast as traffic ahead is moving slowly
• Constant brake light means to hold your steering tight and slow down very fast as traffic ahead is not moving at all 

Turn indicators - correct usage

• You should use them at least 20 - 30 meters ahead of your turn
• You should use them at least 40 - 50 meters ahead of changing lanes
• You should NOT use left turn indicator on the fast lane to intimidate others

Flasher or double indicator - the real meaning

• Only to be used in case of emergency stopping or slowing down suddenly on the fast-moving road for a short while
• Can be used one quick blink to say thanks for sharing the lane, hi and bye to your friends and family on the road
• NEVER meant to be used on rainy or foggy days, as it will not let you indicate your turn intention and cause accident

Most of the developed countries are encouraging the car sharing or even the ride (taxi) sharing ideas now so that they can reduce the traffic, pollution, reduce emission, reduce use of natural resources etc.

I humbly request RTA and Dubai Police to find a better way to deter crime or abuse possibility than this blanket rule. Everyday during morning and evening office hours we see over 90% cars with single person inside means, not good. 

Possibility of using the public transport is a good idea, but it need to be capable in handling end to end solution and not take 1 hour instead of 15 mins drive.

Carpooling with friends and colleagues should be allowed if they are living in same or nearby area and going to work in same office.

I got that one without any promise to share, good luck to all

So most auto giants have one company below average and at least one above their standard, nice strategy to skim all type of people.

Get a life guys

https://youtu.be/8jdh-Psq3Ec

V6 stopped in 2007-8 and since then Grand is grand enough on 4 wheels and 4 cylineders

Very interesting read here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180501161803.htm

This is crazy but knowing US company background like GM brands seeing following the same path of Chevrolet, Dodge and GMC in 2008

The biggest problem of saving the world is that everyone thinks that someone will save it

Maybe Ford raptor can be used here to test its strength, if not the 3.5 V6 boosted engine, lol.

Why I cant like more than 10 post?

There are other nice offroad + luxury options are there to consider: Land Rover LR3 and LR4, Dodge Durango, Chevrolet Tahoe and Trailblazer, Ford Raptor,.

Maybe it's a way of quickly telling how good member is in terms of his forum participation quality wise?

See the exact specs and quantity required and then google it to find any good brand who sells and change in dubai. You can also check in shj bmw road they sell almost all oem spare parts and lubes at half the dealer pricing with instant availability.

5.0 Ford Mustang V8 is the only real muscle among the pussy cat's. If budget above 100K go for 2014/15 model, if below anywhere in range of 2010 - 2013 model should be good enough. Don't buy car without service history, come what may. Period.

This is just brilliant invention by Ford, just curious how active suspension can stiffen up to counter the drop?

Sounds like weak motor, so source one from scrapyard in sharjah sajja and save a fortune or buy new one.

When you know which part is required, then why pay 10k to someone to debug this. It's age of the motor, makes it weak. I had same in my BMW Z few years back - its same story as boot struts, after certain years they dont push or contract nicely.

Interesting results, may be the alternator is not delivering enough juice and this blip happening when it sucks the battery to last drop. How many amp alternator you have? Try same music with all electrical load and without electrical load and see if volume run pass 30 mark without blip.

Check if your head unit sending signal at required Ohm to the speakers, as if that is not matching then some strange issue like this may happen.

New set of RTA fines for all UAE emirates gonna be implemented soon and they seem to be very strict this time with heavy monetary fines, impounding vehicles and black points.

• All passengers seat belt is mandatory or fine for 400 dhs - VERY NICE
• Drunk driving - license bye bye for 1 year - AMAZING
• Best is reckless driving now 3000 dhs fine with 23 black points and 60 days vehicle impounding. WOW EXCELLENT

I can see some great and really thoughtful thinking in authorities head before coming up with such nice penalties for road users here. It's really much needed considering the everyday traffic madness. Good job RTA and Police