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Maliha offers the most beautiful and scenic desert in Sharjah for perfect learning opportunity for absolute newbies for their first time desert driving thrilling experience. If you have already driven in sand before then you can learn more from experts having decades of offroading experience in the UAE. This area offers a good mix of playable long set of dunes and broad ridge to test your off-road control. Drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicle having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and front and rear tow hooks. You can bring your family, friends and kids, but if you are absolute new to sand offroading it is better to drive alone first to learn offroading without any distractions. Drive will start with detail briefing, followed by 2-3 hours of driving in sand dunes and then followed by a break for refreshments over a feedback and assessment session for each offroader. What you'll learn: Introduction to off-roading Desert driving basics and etiquette Desert driving tips, techniques, myth and best practices Off-road and safety gear familiarization and recovery procedures Vehicle orientation, risk analysis, deflation and outdoor safety advice First time with Carnity Off-road Club: Please share your vehicle details below Prior off-road experience (Yes/No) Confirm front and rear tow hooks Level: Absolute Newbie, Newbies and above (All level) When: 14 Mar 2020, Saturday Meeting time: 1:00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: ADNOC Service Station https://goo.gl/maps/Sbpz4wid8MuoNmKAA Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 7:00 PM End Point: ADNOC Service Station - https://goo.gl/maps/QGPXdFJHC9Z629JY8 MUST READ: First off-road drive checklist Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities Off road Driving Etiquette's Off-road Convoy Rules Off roading - Everything you need to know Please RSVP on the below calendar:

Tawi Nazwa to Big Red offers an excellent play ground for fewbies to hone their off-roading skills in medium to tall dunes for adrenaline filled desert driving. For experienced fewbies and intermediate drivers, I will host a special class for demonstration of recovery procedure with step-by-step instructions. Tow rope recovery (tug) Winch recovery Self recovery (blip blip) Drive is open for all 4x4 vehicle having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and front and rear tow hooks. Level: Fewbies and above When: 13 Mar 2020 Meeting time: 2:00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Tawi Nazwa Shops https://goo.gl/maps/gqLR8kap9MeN2ZmGA Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 6:00 PM MUST READ: First off-road drive checklist Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities Off road Driving Etiquette's Off-road Convoy Rules Off roading - Everything you need to know Please RSVP on the below calendar:

Happy Women's Day to all the lovely ladies here.

And it should be tested in Liwa by Japanese Engineer, right....?

So true, I will be scared to buy a car that doesnt have FSH and if owner look too lost or busy to know "How car works". If it's high mileage low cost desert warrior, I wouldn't bother much on service history rather than its current running condition. Read this too:

Even if radiator is leaking...? Even if viscose clutch fan is working at half speed...?

I hope I am not late to this party. Boiling is a sign of coolant leak somewhere as DD mentioned. Get that checked first from where it's leaking and get that fixed. Please do not spend even 1 dhs on educated guesswork, because in overheating there are so many things involved that everyone here is right in there own way, but there own way may not be the same as your current problem. So you might spend all the money in mods and still face the same issue. If after leakage stops, it still overheats then get your radiator viscose clutch fan checked if its working when car is overheating or not. If your radiator fan is still running on normal speed (not on full speed) while car was overheating in the desert, that means viscose clutch fan need a replacement (500-800 Dhs) or you can run a direct clutch to make that run at high speed all the time. (50 Dhs). This is totally acceptable mod in GCC heat for off-road cars. Second step, get a switch install to start AC electric fan without AC running, because original AC fan is huge and ideally make a lot of difference when car is overheating in the desert. (50 Dhs). If these two brings good result: Option 1: Live with it and switch off AC whenever car overheats. Option 2: Install 2 more fans and run them on demand with AC. If AC fan and direct clutch fan wont help, then: Upgrade to slightly bigger radiator, preferably copper+ aluminium core Change the thermostat Change the coolant

3 to 4 mm level drop taken on cold on both days is a notable drop, but if it was only on first day (one time) then ignore it. If its dropping 3-4 mm everyday while reading taken on cold start, yes it's a concern. Extended Warranty is good if its same as original warranty, as in many cases car dealers here remove expensive items from extended warranties like electronic suspension, gear box, engine etc. Read it through properly before buying it. Also if EAS changed recently under warranty then for next 2 years it wont fail, so no need for extended warranty IMHO. Also do the cost benefit of price of warranty vs EAS replacement cost as LR engines and gearbox are usually good until 200-300k kms if maintained properly.

Like this one, maybe.....?

The most hilarious and appropriate explanation of modern day 4x4/AWD/SUV saga.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for very competent second lead and joining after the morning drive. @Chaitanya D @Grenville Mark Stuart Wright @sebin it was lovely driving with you all and thanks for lovely pics. @Xaf "BRILLIANT" points mentioned and raised over Radio, Deflation and Communication. I like to reiterate what @Frederic mention in a slightly different and a blunt way: If you really need something, you will find a way (read, search, ask, google, try, experiment etc.) If you really don't need anything, you will find an excuse: Oh, site is too confusing, not loading. Do you have whatsapp group? Do you have an app, FB group? Why don't you sell stuff? Nobody called me I am always busy UNFORTUNATELY some people come with a mindset to drive off-road like to be a NASA space scientist without reading a single page or a book. Ask them to read the basics and attend a briefing to "LISTEN" and they start browsing their phone, moving and looking around as briefing is for Marshals and not for them. All they just want is quick fame video and images for their social media without understanding the basics, technicalities, skills, risk and associated threat involved. @Xaf we do have an internal closed discussion group for Moderators, Marshal and Crew, so when anyone reaches to that level they will be added to that Mod group for discussing behind the scene topics and brainstorming. @Kalahari thanks for your valuable suggestion and we do take note of such inputs very carefully. @Emad Malaeb I love your offroading spirit and passion to learn things to advance with a right mind set. Please keep it up and you will enjoy lot more adventures in different parts of UAE. @Chaitanya D nobody is too new or too old to make constructive suggestions here, as that's why we are growing at such an amazing pace with help of each and every new and old member and/or offroader valuable inputs and creative feedback. @Wrangeld I have no match to write a beautifully capturing trip report like yours but I will add few important points being a trip lead of yesterday's drive. Thanks everyone for showing up on time, that has been changing lately to be almost perfect and this really help us plan, start and run drives as per set schedule. This also help all 30+ offroaders to start the drive with a happy note rather than holding 30+ convoy for one person delay (not fair). We have recently started leaving the late comers behind and I highly suggest all our marshals to continue doing that for better planning and execution of drives with the limited time in hand. I can see lot of absolute newbies joined recently and I highly advise them to start reading off-road related topics, advises, blog post here so that they can learn and enjoy off-roading without breaking bumpers, bones and confidence (most important). If you have any doubts, feel free to ask on offroad forum, if its been discussed before someone will point you in the right direction, if its not, your curious question will help thousands other in the future. So be a curious offroader than just a deflate and go types. Offroading in this country is probably the best weekend activity I have found that offers a lot of freedom, adrenaline, showing new places, meeting new faces, make new friends and explore new areas from a different vantage point that has no match in reality. If you get the basics of offroading right at newbie and fewbie level, you practically have whole life to enjoy the offroading with the best skills and safe knowledge. So in short, having a little patience in beginning goes a long way to let you know this extreme sport and hobby with better clarity. @Xaf rightfully mentioned that offroading is a team sport than just one man show-off contest (at least with Carnity) so that you will/tend to develop lot of trust on your team while off-roading. Marshal, Crew and senior member driving at different positions in a convoy plays an important role to keep the whole convoy safe and moving at all times. With the same team spirit and teamwork we scale massive dunes, conquer impossible challenges and have an extreme dose of adrenaline but with a confidence and peace of mind that we are backed with a competent and trust-worthy team. For the absolute newbies who have joined us yesterday for the first time, you must have seen bit of extreme side first, which we usually witness very rarely like once or twice in a year. As an inherent nature of off-roading you should be always ready for such unexpected delays and always learn to retreat if things aren't working as expected. I really appreciate and thanks everyone personally to hold their grounds and act very sensibly, maturely and cautiously until we manage to contain the whole situation. Taking absolute newbies to a night drive was not at all part of this drive, but it happened so because of continuous stuck and refusals due to extra soft sand that caused expansive recoveries. As soon we realized that we all cannot make on top of fossil rock, before it gets dark we decided to retreat. With the convoy split of all experienced drivers reaching on top VS all absolute newbies at the foothill of fossil rock we left with limited support and going back was quiet time consuming with more recoveries and refusal in the dark. I fully understand the fear, anxiety and inconvenience you must have faced when you were stuck in the dark, but due to limited support, situation and number of unprecedented recoveries at the same time it took us little longer than usual to reach you with a help. I appreciate your understanding and apologies for not reaching you any sooner as 12 out of 14 cars had stuck/refusals at the same time. Thankfully we all came out together to a safe track with an hour or two delay. Many thanks to @Wrangeld for taking the roll call of each and everyone while we sweep and combed that piece of desert 3 times before leaving. Hopefully some of you got a fair chance to learn new tricks for self recovering on your very first off-road drive. Looking forward to seeing you all soon in the sand with bigger and better appetite for more thrilling adventures.

I think someone has drop out, so you can join now. Good to see you back @Magellan It is 24 Hours Adnoc, just make sure you reach meeting point on time, please.

Welcome to Carnity @sebin, @Sherif Hamed, @sheri, @Shahab Khan, @Grenville Mark Stuart Wright, @Alexander Sarte Please provide us the following information: * Which car 4x4 are you driving ? * Any prior offroad experience ? * Are the towhooks on the front and back available and in good condition ?

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I experienced same thing last week in Madinat Zayed. I feel liwa town has better coverage in the city and dunes than madinat sayed.

@Pickey Singh, do you copy.....?

As far as your colleague Santa FE has 8-10 inches of ground clearance along with front and back tow hooks, he will be fine to join any newbie drives.

I totally agree on every word you said as I happen to have the same impression for Baofeng up until last year. BUT SADLY all the historic user of Baofeng in Carnity off-road club was a classical example to try WEIRD positioning of hiding the mic, handset, hands free 3 million kms away and then speak from a tunnel on a upside down face. Technically speaking it's nothing to do with Baofeng, if user does not or don't want to understand how basic radio works it's a user issue and not a brand issue.

If it's not available for sale, why showing and making such sales videos....! I thought I could order two, but damn disappointing.

Go to https://carnity.com/business_listing/car-services/general-service-workshop Filter Dubai and choose the closest general service workshop as it's a Ford Fusion service and brake job and not any specialized or complicated repair. Almost any good garage is more than enough to do such basic job.

And then when you out climb others you will say: "Wrangler is Wrangler Sirji.....!"

Yeah with @Xaf growing interest it seems he will drive planes rest of the week and fly cruiser on Friday's.