Jump to content

Gaurav

LEGEND
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10,051

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    555

  • Country

    India

  • Carnity Points

    4,329 [ Donate ]

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Gaurav

  1. Gaurav
    20181214_142744.jpg
  2. Gaurav
    20181214_140857.jpg
  3. Gaurav
    20181214_124833.jpg
  4. Gaurav
    20181214_124823.jpg
  5. Gaurav
    It's already created https://carnity.com/gallery/category/101-hatta-to-shawka-mountain-exploration-14-dec-2018
  6. Gaurav
    It was an awesome seeing new faces and equally excited for the mountain drive that offered an amazing viewpoint and scenic beauty. I have experienced such a view after a long time since my last visit to Jabal jais (2017), since they opened to all and become a nightmare to find a sweet spot there. Looks like this mountain range offers a lot for scenic view + amazing camping spots + wadi/mountain exploration in one place. Thanks, everyone who stayed back to help @Mick and luckily with all teamwork and great coordination we have recovered his Range Rover from deep mud.
  7. Gaurav
    Wow, really nice beast. Wondering where and how they mounted this beast in such a low profile car?
  8. Gaurav
    Aramex shop and ship work out lot cheaper than desertcart.
  9. Gaurav
    Thanks to @Rahimdad and @skumar83 who have done a recce trip to this week mountain drive location. Thankfully the entire track is completely open and accessible and the best is the route has been relatively flattened so no much risk of slipping or damaging vehicle. Only steep incline and decline need a bit of caution and everyone need to follow the advice for engaging low gearing as required. Henceforth, I am changing this drive level to all level now, so everyone is welcome to join and enjoy the beautiful view of these great mountains and end with Buraq dam water filled picturesque view. @BIG T, @Emil , @hossein please feel free to join if you wish to now.
  10. Gaurav
    @desertdude you are just one of the thousands of member exist in any club, and you have no right to belittle Abu Dhabi 4x4 for their rules, policies, and procedures they have in place to tackle this extreme adventure sport. We have had this "no structure" for a long time and after so many lessons learned, all senior members voted to put a comprehensive structure that works as a guiding light rather than an obstruction to an offroad enthusiast's. This structure actually tells any offroader in Carnity Offroad Club of their capabilities, skills, and experience to join the appropriate level drive with a confidence than living on the edge of ambiguity - will I be able to cope up or not - oh this drive is so boring - omg why did I sign up for this.......! I and Rahimdad have already clarified here that we respect everyone previous offroad experience and all it takes from them is to speak out and share your "unicorn skills" or "safari train track skills" so that we can put you in an appropriate rank. We have had gazillions of the instances where many newcomers say that they have been driving for 2 years and then within 30 minutes we find them stuck on the first dune like a poster. Same story with Gulf news fun drive and Xplore UAE where you can tick any checkbox and then a few hours later sweep team spots 100's of posters sticking on one dune. So far everyone who has come and drove with us has only appreciated this structure and quickly understood it's importance than butting their tight ass in their comfy 4x4
  11. Gaurav
    I would love to have Dakar version Porsche 959 with 2.8L twin turbo spitting 444 hp and 500 Nm Sorry forgot to mention 1450 kgs means 300+ hp / ton power to weight ratio, it was quite daring and clever of Porsche to use 959
  12. Gaurav
    @desertdude I can never beat you in a good sense of humor Dakar Rally was an "OFFROAD EVENT" Unlike Camel Trophy - brand medallion for Camel cigarettes and Land Rover (Main sponsor) who used "heavily modified Land Rover Special Vehicles" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_Trophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar_Rally
  13. Gaurav
    Sorry @desertdude Range Rover Classic was totally different animal than any of the other Range Rover ever produced with tons of electricry, sensors and endless faults. Those were the days when they have actually won Dakar Rally for 2 years.
  14. Gaurav
    Superb comparison, damn hilarious So true 🤣😂
  15. Gaurav
    For such fast track grading, member needs to share their previous experience details with the Marshal, Crew or Trip leader prior to joining the drive, so that we can gauge the performance on set parameters.
  16. Gaurav
    Thanks for your suggestion and we always have that option open to welcome members from different clubs with varied experience. Once they drive with us for one or two drives, we judge them accordingly and offer them fast-track grading based on their skills and expertise. We have done this for few members already and move them to fewbie level on their first drive experience with us.
  17. Gaurav
    No, it's not, this mountain entrance is from Wadi Qur or Qour and exit close to Buraq dam. Unless you have previous experience in negotiating steep mountain climbs on loose gravel and big stones area, I wouldn't advise anyone to signup.
  18. Gaurav
    Even if there is a remote possibility of such dug up tracks, I wouldn't advise anyone to push their daily driver thousands of km away from home. And why over-using your daily driver for 2-year mileage in one month, when you can rent. And maybe that's why that guy has sold his L322 after that trip as it must be running low on remaining healthy life
  19. Gaurav
    Welcome to Carnity Vishal, we all love cars here, do share some more details about camping on shuwait island on below thread
  20. Gaurav
    Well @treks covered it all with his nice experience in the African continent. Long travel suspension reminds me of Fast and Furious 6 where they throw modified car from a plane into Caucasus mountains I actually wanted to say so many things initially but deleted to not to be too negative on the first post People keep daily driver separate and weekend warrior separate for a reason to have the best of both the world and plus backup car for work if weekend warrior get hurt Mixing above 2 is just borderline acceptable (at your own risk) so adding third criteria to do an overland expedition to Africa in your daily driver is simply pushing your luck to extreme For the expedition, 4x4 need a lot of prep and modification to suit the country you are visiting and spending so much money on one-time expedition is far more than renting a ready vehicle for a week or a month of an expedition With so much modification, stiffer suspension, weight and PATHETIC aerodynamic you drive that as a daily drive will kill your back, deaf your ear and spend too much on petrol and maintenance. I had a Nissan Patrol that has been very well modified by the previous owner with so much underbody protection, stiffer suspension that I can do desert tracks at 120 km even, but on road, it was horribly uncomfortable that I use to stop at every 50 km to stretch my back. Renting vehicle will give a peace of mind that all such mods have been tested and proven in Africa, then you are modifying your 4x4 in Dubai where everyone will say oh yes oh yes to all option to make money and might break a lot of parts on the first bump in Africa - as per treks explanation of 1 meter dug up track - phew
  21. Gaurav
    It's a Friday prayer that ends at 12:45 - 1 PM so timing the drive accordingly.
  22. Gaurav
    I can feel you Barry, lolololol but you are still the first 1000 like scorer in Carnity. I so wish if likes were there since 2010 than just 2016
  23. Gaurav
    Amazing to see newbies hitting big likes in a week Congrats @BIG T, @Frederic Nuyttens, @jibransayed
  24. Gaurav
    If you are not an offroad guy, then do consider UK, German or US SUV's - excellent fuel mileage and reasonably good value for money and reliability when slightly used (3-5 yr old). I had ML500, that gave very good fuel mileage instead of V8 with 5.0 engine, same for my Mustang 5.0 L gave around 12 - 14 L/100 and my current Range 5.0 with supercharged gives me 16-18 L/100.
  25. Gaurav
    More horsepower is ALWAYS more fun even if you are not sheikh. Speeding is one thing and jumping from 60-120 in flash is another well within the speed limit. Totally wrong way to think to buy I6 Patrol that will be sluggish like 2.7 liter V4 Prado. Body weight and horsepower should reasonably match to each other to give you some confidence to drive than having a huge body and can't move fast enough. I agree with desertdude that if fuel consumption is your top priority then you may be in a wrong league for Patrol. Patrol is very thirsty since they are born and that is for a reason that they deliver some top end torque and HP for good offroad capabilities. I had 2006 Nissan Patrol in 2008 and that is the only car in which I could see the fuel needle movement even on the highway at 140 speed with 3.5 - 4 K rpm.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of use

  I accept