Gaurav

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED: This is the convoy list for tomorrow: Gaurav Silver Pajero E.C. TAN Grey Wrangler Nikola Bozovic Pajero (Absolute Newbie) George Francis Nissan Pathfinder (Absolute Newbie) Carlos Fernandez Black Wrangler (Absolute Newbie) Mehmet Volga Black pajero Wrangeld Green Wrangler Luca Bregni Grey Wrangler Jun Zamora Wrangler Jas Gajaria Black pajero Mahmoud Hamzawy Grey Prado paolo dassi Pajero bunty_and_pops White Wrangler P.S. Please help correcting your car color, If I got it wrong. @Jas Gajaria please read and click on totally agree on the ban thread on top of every page. Without agreeing no one is supposed to join any off-road drive. Radio frequency will be: Carnity Channel 1: 446.00625 Mhz. Please make sure your radio is charged and set to all 5 Carnity frequencies when you arrive at the deflation point, as we might change the channel if there is disturbance on Channel 1. Keep your distance when deflating and do not "gather" upon arrival. Deflate your vehicle and step back in the car so we can convey the briefing over the radio. Whenever you need help to deflate, announce on the radio and a senior or marshal will come to assist. Make sure you have a deflator, flag, and your radio. See you tomorrow ! @E.C. TAN @Mehmet Volga @Wrangeld @Luca Bregni @Jun Zamora @Mahmoud Hamzawy @paolo dassi @bunty_and_pops @Nikola Bozovic @George Francis and @Carlos Fernandez as an absolute newbie, please go through this full newbie briefing video for your and your vehicle safety. I will personally ask few questions to check.

In this difficult times whole world "policy" is to stay safe and continue doing what we were with minimal restrictions. We were probably the first offroad club in the UAE to have "COVID Compliance offroad drives" posted publically by implementing strict restriction to safeguard everyone. To be in full compliance with authorities guideline and yet manage the convoy, we have restricted each drive to 10-15 cars at max. And doing that itself was a borderline challenge that we have to issue a new ban policy for the first time in Carnity history last week. I fully understand your enthusiasm and disappointment to not to able to join the drive, but wait for tomorrow as we always have maximum plus and minus on Thursday. And once you drive with carnity offroad club, I'm sure you will understand that why drives here get filled within few hours of posting. Kindly make sure that your name is in the wait list for the drive that you wish to join.

You must have been mistaken, somehow. You joined on 5 March We had last drive on 20 March before covid. After covid, we haven't seen you yet. So you cannot be promoted in 2 or 3 drives my friend, as it needs 5 drives. Secondly if there was a promotion we always keep that promotion announcement in offroad discussion section, which I cant find for you. After covid, all drives are getting full in first few hours of posting and that's why we post all drives at same time to give everyone fair chance to join. Hope you are a part of WhatsApp notification group to receive drive messages in advance?

Volvo indeed makes good cars and people all around the world appreciate their safety and gizmos. Matching the safety level is actually mandatory since few years now so almost all "Good Manufacturer" lives at par with those safety standards, as it has become an industry norm than a feather in a cap. Coming to "SUPER BAD" resale value let me explain that it goes much deeper and beyond than just the monetary loss, even if you can afford to loose over 60-70% of the car value in 3 years. Because any car resale value is purely based on the market dynamics and demand because of its: Performance Reliability Quality Ease of spare parts availability - new and used Long lasting in GCC harsh climate. As we don't marry a spouse because she has a wonderful pink gown, but we marry because she is understanding, dependable, strong and reliable. Same way buying a family car worth 150K for driver assist features is a way too long shot. I understand that you have made up your mind, but please before buying: Do test drive with those driver assist features and make them justify for all the odds that you are getting into. Do test drive other brands, they may not have futuristic driver assist features but they have pass the test of time. Little above league - Lexus GX, BMW X5, Audi Q7 - Go for little older model (to fit in 150k) Little below league - Patrol, Land Cruiser My personal recommendations as per priority- 2017 Lexus GX460 (Highest Recommendation) (150-160K) 2016 Lexus GX460 (130-140K) 2014-15 Lexus LX570 2018 Toyota Land Cruiser 2017 Lincoln Navigator (if you need 7 seats with "True luxury") 2016 Cadillac Escalade (if you need 7 seats with "True luxury") 2016-17 GMC Denali (if you need 7 seats with "True luxury")

Every country dynamics is way different based on mindset, choices, fuel price, economic condition and above all weather. Let me not bring Indian, Chinese or Russian HERO car brands in perspective who are nothing in the UAE.

I'm genuinely curious to know why you choose Volvo against 20+ other super capable, proven, car brands?

Hi @syed salman raza once drive is full, no one can exceed the count. Idea behind this waitlist is, when someone drops out then trip lead will add your name. And this happen from Sun - Thursday, as all drives get filled within few hours of posting. Please wait for sometime and I am sure someone will drop out and then Frederic will add your name.

Check these two options https://www.ebay.com/itm/Complete-Lift-Kit-45mm-for-Volkswagen-TOUAREG-2010-2018/114157310435 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lift-Kit-for-VW-Touareg-10-18-Audi-Q7-Porsche-Cayenne-1-8-45mm-strut-spacers/283467500726 You can buy the cheapest one, as you don't need them for a long time anyways. Even if they last a couple of months without sagging, you can do a quick test if you like offroading or not and then decide accordingly.

@Rahimdad he will be just lifting 2 inch for few drives only and not a long term solution that he needs to invest in widening the wheelbase. If he can be little careful, it will be fine. As 10 Inch ground clearance for Touareg wont be tipsy. @desertdude it is much safer to lift 2 inch being his current vehicle to test than damaging the bumpers and sensors.

Congratulations @Desert Dweller for reaching the Intermediate level with Carnity Offroad club. As per your recent drives, you have shown tremendous progress and well deserve this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Keep up your great contribution on the forum and get socially involved in the newbie and fewbie drives to impart your knowledge. Once you have all the gear required, you are most welcome to join the intermediate level drives with Carnity offroad club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Intermediate: Number of drives 10 (26 regular drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune & sand reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor, tool kit, tow rope Drive teamwork Help in recoveries under Marshal / Crew supervision Drive posting/joining Join newbie, fewbie & intermediate level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery + drive and route suggestions Social media sharing & inviting friends & family to join offroad club is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Congratulations @Nizam Deen for reaching the fewbie level with Carnity Offroad club. Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the fewbie level drives with Carnity Off-road club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor. Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Congratulations @RohanH for reaching the fewbie level with Carnity Offroad club. Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the fewbie level drives with Carnity Off-road club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor. Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Welcome to the COVID 19 "new normal" lifestyle with restrictions and precautions for everyone safety. Moving forward and respecting authorities guidance all desert drives will be done under strict control. No Gathering | No Briefing | No BBQ | No Eating Together | No Touching | No Hugging MUST READ: Not following these rules and precautions = Not allowed to drive. We are only allowed to drive through the desert, as we are driving on the road now. So we will only do the desert driving just by sitting inside our cars at all the times and leave the drive without socializing or coming close to each other. Just like before we like to continue our desert drives through out the year, but this time we need your immense support to understand the strict control and to help everyone follow them all the time. For members who are fasting, they can break their fast discreetly and convoy will be stopped during that time and until they offer their prayer. How to maintain "STRICT" Social Distancing Meeting point will be set slightly (100m - 200m) inside the desert track. So, that you individually deflate your tires on the tarmac before reaching the meeting point. While deflating tires, stop cars 10 meters away from any other car. Drive signup on calendar will be closed on Thursday morning by 9 AM. Convoy numbering and briefing will be posted here on this drive post before 6 PM on Thursday. All participants need to read & acknowledge the briefing by clicking "Totally Agree" reaction Switch on your radio when you reach the meeting point on the set frequency advised by the trip lead in the critical briefing here. Once everyone reach to the meeting point, everyone stay inside the car at all the times. Trip lead will do the roll call, convoy numbering recap, critical briefing over the radio. Any suggestions or issues will be discussed over the radio too. You can also speak to other members through the radio only. So please make sure that your radio battery is fully charged. Once all set, trip lead will start the drive as before. Refusal and Recoveries with Social Distancing Every drive will have 1 lead Marshal and 1 or 2 supporting senior members/crew. Whenever there is a stuck or refusal, only Marshal / Senior Member / Crew is allowed to handle the situation. Everyone else including the stuck car driver, stay inside the car - AT ALL TIMES. Marshal / Senior Member / Crew is only allowed to step out to access the situation and do the recoveries: They will wear mask and gloves at all times when they are outside their car. They will try to help self recover through the radio guidance. If not they will use required recovery gear and do the needful (shovel, tug or winch, as required). If at any time Marshal require help, then only you are allowed to step out by wearing face mask and gloves at all times. Drive completion and inflation Now, there will not be any gathering or sitting down together for food-break like before. Once drive is finished, after reaching the tarmac, everyone is requested to move away 50-100 meters before starting their inflation. For drivers having no compressor, can head to the near by fuel station. If drive is ending at a place where there is no fuel station near by, then trip lead will inform in advance so that drivers having their own compressor can join only. Now Strictly no more sharing of compressors, radio, shovel or any recovery gear, at any times. Mandatory things you require to attend the drive Face mask - at least TWO face mask is needed in case one get damage or fly away. Disposable rubber gloves - at least two sets are needed. Wear face mask and gloves at all the times, when you are out of your car. Carry plenty of hand sanitizer and object sanitizer (spray). Use your sanitizers generously, whenever you step out to help or recover. Sanitize your hands before getting back into your car. Sanitize your recovery gears, if you have used them. Fully charged radio - without any excuse - No radio = No drive. Shovel - Must for every car, to do little self recovery Safety flag - Must for every car, like before Compressor - If joining the drives that is ending far from the fuel station. Mandatory precaution that you need to take at all times Do not step out of your car UNLESS/OTHERWISE advice by Marshal / Senior Member / Crew. No shaking hands, hugs or touching each other. No sharing of food, drinks or recovery tools. If you are not feeling well, please stay at home and take a lot of rest. If you have travel in last 14 days, then please do not attend this drive. If you feel unwell during the drive, please let trip lead know so he can plan an early exit. Not more than 3 pax in a car and if all 3 aren't living together, then they should wear the mask inside the car too. Drive Details Level: Newbie and above - All Level When: 12 Jun 2020, Friday. Meeting time: 4:00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Action Plan: Evening drive till about 08:00 PM Meeting Point: Tawi Nazwa Farm - https://goo.gl/maps/ME9rkXLNYiMwj5L78 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 (for yourself), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 08:00 PM End Point: 2nd Dec Cafeteria - https://goo.gl/maps/HmdMcdMKftaN9VVS8 P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 15 cars maximum. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. 1 Lead Marshal + 2 or 1 Senior Members + 12 Members. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

Yes it's same, but I'm sure you can get it cheaper. Post your question here (new post) and see if anyone have sourced these before? And don't worry about installation, it's pretty straight fwd job for any half way decent mechanic.

Congratulations @Javier M for reaching the Expert level with Carnity Offroad club. Your love for off-roading and pushing your Jeep Wrangler in stock/supercharged state with great passion and safety have resulted in great progress and well deserve this new off-road rank. Your knowledge, experience, teamwork, suggestions and feedback has always helped everyone around in a very positive manner on the off-road drives and on the forum. Keep it up and its time for you to work on your social interaction skills and help other offroaders around to demonstrate your skills, knowledge and above all the true passion for off-road. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Expert: Number of drives 10 (46 Newbie + Fewbie + Intermediate drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune & sand reading + map reading & basic navigational skills + strategic convoy driving Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor, tool kit, rated recovery rope and 2 shackles, floor jack, jack board & GPS trackback Drive teamwork Capable of diverting the convoy to safe spot + part of sweep team Drive posting/joining Join any drive and lead fewbie & intermediate drives with Marshal / Crew permission Forum participation Share experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery + drive and route suggestions + post trip report + share route + track and waypoints + Help Marshal / Crew for alternate routing + marking safe exit Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

To keep continuing the off-road drives safely, we have come up with this strict warning.

Very well said Doctor @Chaitanya D but unfortunately very few (5%) offroaders are not following the guidelines (probably unintentionally) and that's why we have to issue such warning with penalty here.

As we have been respecting authorities guidance & Carnity COVID guidelines to resume desert drives with caution by keeping social distance and wearing mask at all times outside the vehicle Unfortunately few off-roaders have difficulty in understanding and abiding these guidelines. As published in the national newspaper of UAE, everyone need to understand that still there are no gatherings allowed and authorities are issuing fine for 10,000 AED for host and 5,000 AED for attendees. https://gulfnews.com/uae/health/people-caught-violating-covid-19-safety-instructions-prosecuted-1.1591381059748 If you spot anyone stepping out of the car not wearing a mask, please remind them on the radio immediately. As we all are in this together, so we all have to help each other to remind. Failing to abide below list of restriction will result in an immediate ban from Carnity Off-road Club: FIRST WARNING Minimum 1 month ban from joining any Carnity off-road Club drives. Written warning will be issued on your Carnity profile. SECOND WARNING Minimum 6 month ban from joining any Carnity off-road Club drives. Written warning will be issued on your Carnity profile. If you do not like these restrictions, please stay at home and do not join for any off-road drives. Every Carnity Off-road Club Member has to COMPLY WITH THESE COVID19 GUIDELINES FACE MASK IS MANDATORY, WHENEVER YOU STEP OUT - NO EXCUSES. LEARN TO CONFIGURE YOUR RADIO, before the drive. Nobody will teach you or exchange radios like before. Read the detailed instructions posted here - to configure. If you still cannot configure, ask on forum ahead of time. Click "TOTALLY AGREE" Emoji here before RSVP any drive or else trip lead will remove your name.

Here comes the sand bug. Welcome buddy. You are on a right track @amro elshafey same I wanted to advise you, that if you like this hobby and you wish to pursue to test it more then look into "TEMPORARILY" lifting the Touareg with 2 inch spacers so you can drive at newbie level more peacefully. And spacers are totally reversible mod, so whenever you are done with this hobby or with Touareg to go for dedicated offroader. Remember, not to spend big money as Touareg may not be a good all time offroder and you might or might not face issues with VW in the sand.

Updated Convoy Numbering Gaurav - Silver Pajero Matti Brockman - Red Wrangler amro elshafey - Silver Touareg syed salman raza - Red Wrangler Mehmet Volga - Black Pajero Yousef Alimadadi - White Pajero Ale Vallecchi - Silver FJ Cruiser Luca Bregni - Grey Wrangler Rajeevan Vickneswaran - Blue Wrangler E.C. TAN - Grey Wrangler bunty_and_pops - White Wrangler siddharth maheshwari - White Wrangler Wrangeld - Red Wrangler

@Hariharan just saw you signed up on my newbie drive at qudra today evening, but please note I cannot accept any late signup and also drive is completely full. I'm sorry, please wait for sunday to sign up for the next friday drives.

@Hariharan just saw you signed up on my newbie drive at qudra today evening, but please note I cannot accept any late signup and also drive is completely full. I'm sorry, please wait for sunday to sign up for the next friday drives.

This drive was last week. All drives are full for tomorrow and all RSVP has been closed today morning at 9 AM. Please try to RSVP early next week on Sunday as drive these days are getting filled literally within minutes of posting.

There is no gathering. We are only driving......! Go to the first page and read everything https://carnity.com/forums/topic/15003-covid-19-compliant-evening-newbie-desert-drive-al-qudra-dubai-5-june-2020