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Sorry to hear about your story Rahimdad, but still it wasn't the case of theft and it has just been confiscated to preserve the beautification of the land. Back to OP, I haven't seen one person in last 17 years in Dubai whose car got stolen. Serious respect to police and their coordination as hawx mentioned that they can't go far without getting caught, this only discourage the future incidents. Keep it up guys, in keeping city so safe that we almost forget to lock our cars.

Oops I also mis-read trailblazer as in topic he mentioned Tahoe and in post trailblazer. If you meant trailblazer then go with Rahim words as my wife has a trailblazer and there is no comparison between them and LC, it's a different league all together.

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Here is the full video of our full drive:

Thanks Rahim for this wonderful surprise as I myself have never visited this natural lake and heard a lot from hand full of people. People getting serious for regular off-roading please consider buying radio and inflator now at least as these two things are the first off-road gear you will need in every future off-road drive.

Wondering why 4 year old Range doesnt have warranty...? Is this Ali's car you meant? What is the odometer reading? Thanks for killing my hidden desire and love for Range rover - over and over again.

Thanks everyone for joining and making this drive a truly "unforgettable family get-together" with lot of adventures. Started little late due to rough weather and those who reached early enjoyed a second round of breakfast at meeting point. In all we had 10 cars from sports cars - 4x4's. Soon after we started few cars got deviated from the route due to bad visibility in windy weather and lack of coordination. Once we all join back we straight head to Kalba area from Maleiha road to enjoy the most scenic mountain view in the UAE. Due to lost time, we only managed to stop in one place through the mountain range and everyone clicked enough pictures for their social media profile and family portraits. Once we reached to Fujairah, to our our surprise whole corniche was closed due to some para games organized their from 18-24 Feb. We tried our luck for next Khorfakkan beach and we could find a sweet spot in grass and shade to settle all family and kids. By the time we reached khorfakkan, weather has changed completely for good and become very stable and pleasant (thank god). It was about 18-20 degrees with very slight drizzle (occasionally) along with nice and pleasant breeze. We settled down and opened our grand lunch buffet loaded with multi nationality specialty cuisine. Thanks everyone for bringing awesome finger licking food in such generous quantity for all. Next time for such Friday lunch, please skip the breakfast to save space for so many specialties. After a sumptuous lazy Friday lunch, it was an action time for all ages. Toddlers and younger kids have enough beach rides and sand toys to keep them occupied. Few decided to stay back and enjoy the chill time at beach and keep an eye on kids. We went straight to our much awaited adventure rides. Thankfully all activities in Fujairah beach and khorfakkan beach are same, so we haven't lost anything by change of place. First of all we decided to hit the Jet ski and though it was my first time, so I learned very well after my first fall off the jet ski with Govind. It was an amazing experience and I can easily co-relate this with off-roading as if you really wanna enjoy then go as fast as you can to glide above the bumpy waves. After that we aim for para sailing, again it was my first time in such adventure sport so I was ready for all surprises. By the time I reach on top I realize this isn't an adventure sport, it's a scenic ride. It was so slow, serene and calming to glide in a parachute above the sea and enjoy the beautiful mountain view is far from scary and thrilling. It was as similar as in flying in cesna in low altitude and enjoy the city view in Dubai. The only sad part about this ride was it lasted in less than 5 minutes and we landed much before we can actually capture anything. Last but not least almost everyone decided to go for a boat ride. More than the boat ride I personally enjoyed the real sport of negotiation with the boat guys as everyone offering different rates for per person and for full boat. So some of our expert negotiator's landed with different proposal and strategies to knock those boat guys down in a multi billion dollar deal, lol. Finally after 15-20 minutes of sporting session both parties came to an agreement and all of us went for a much awaited boat ride. As we reached half way, we realized that this boat trip was not for dropping all of us to the island but just to show the island and come back. Surprise.....! Anyways in the middle of Arabian Sea none of our expert negotiator's thought of challenging the boat guy and we quietly decided to come back to shore with a hope that next time we will visit that island. Overall it was one fully loaded road trip + family get-together + picnic + special lunch + endless adventures in super perfect weather on the beach. By 7:00 PM, we all started packing up our cars and ending up with a discussion for our next week location, which is already decided now and will be soon announced in trips section. It's a very special, unique and hidden "natural lake" in the desert. Hope to see everyone for this special surprise, as 90% of the people haven't visited this lake in UAE.

I wouldn't trust any third party agent for my car renewal unless they are govt owned or at least govt. certified. Do you know now since 2 years many passing centers are working 24 hours. I got one of my car renewed last year at 3 AM in al wasl vehicle testing center - https://goo.gl/maps/bdkhr2BRn2Q2

Well this is not seen by many of us in Dubai, for which I seriously respect Dubai Police and it's awesome law and order. Many years ago I forgot to lock my car overnight along with expensive laptop on backseat and both survived for 14+ hours.

Hope you all are ready and excited......! Just following up tomorrow's weather in Fujairah and it seems SUPER PERFECT so far, thank god. Temp: 21 degrees, Rain: 0.3 mm (just a drizzle by 3-6 PM), Wind: 8-6 knts (just a breeze), slightly overcast and cloudy.

Hi Siva, thanks for your suggestion. Just so as you know that we have recently started these drives here and so far received an overwhelming response from all the participants. We are still in a stage to build this drive section at carnity and need help from every car enthusiast's here and open for all feedback, suggestion and contributions. Let's see how many people roll in for Saturday trips here in this thread and will definitely plan something in near future once it has enough interest. Btw, people enrolling their interest here for Saturday's drive do list their vehicle (sedan / AWD / 4x4) and choice of drives (On-road / Wadi / Sand).

Totally agree on your thoughts. I used to be Japanese guy too, but recently tried mustang that changed my hear say impression of American car brands. Last year got Chevy trail blazer for my wife and she is totally enjoying it too. Thanks @Nuke for all the advises and experience sharing about the US cars.

So that means you have been bad boy too with my Pajero. Hahahaha On a serious note, I can't thank you enough for fixing my 18 years old Pajero to the best perfection level that even Habtoor boys are scared to touch. Engine head work carried by you made a huge improvement that I can continue my long hill climb on some tallest dunes in uae. THANKS A LOT FOR GOOD WORK. ps. Sorry about your thumb 👍 though.

Good to see you again @Radhika Congrats @presism on your new toureg, let's test it in desert lolololol. You have mine and RD full support (just kidding) Welcome aboard @Sunny dhanak it will be good fun for whole family Everyone just keep spare clothes or swimwear if you like to do jetskie or para sailing in Fujairah

Many cars has soul especially my Pajero, I always tell mechanic before working that don't be hard on her or else it won't start. Just a fresh story: I got my new Pioneer head unit yesterday, so went for installation and guy was bit rough in handling. Advise him politely couple of times and he was nice to me but again slightly rough with Pajero wiring, DIN brackets and all. Few minutes later he got nasty cut on his hand and bleeding so bad that I have to offer him band aid and then another fellow took over and finished the rest of the job. For LR, the best thing that I liked in my Discovery and Range Rover was it's seating position angle and comfort. You sit like a king having super clear view of every inch of road in most comfortable and spacious seating with armrest (WOW). Yes LR's armrest is a big deal as I always surprise why many car manufacturer adopted to add the arm rest with the seat, as it correct the driver posture than leaning all the time to the center console. Armrest based driving is worth the value of whole car. I remember while coming back from Salalah in Range Rover I did 1400 Kms in one stretch in 8-9 hrs duration, I felt sleepy but not tired. Defender is a different story altogether, I personally feel it's resale is sky rocketing due to it's extremely tough, durable and long lasting built. LR kept it so simple and mechanical that not much chance to go wrong in 70's and when LR realized that as a USP, they just continued on that same legacy.

It's very nice and irritating game barry. Nice to look but damn irritating to find/search perfect fit. Does it have to be perfect count or we can fit in ending or starting numbers like below for 911 will work for 11th position?

Hi Stefan, welcome aboard I am sure you will enjoy here with other gearheads, petrolheads and car enthusiast's. How's the performance and maintenance with your XF, as I have been seriously looking for one to swap my Mustang with 4 door luxury sport as tired of hitting my right knee in cramped position. Is yours is V6 SC or V8 SC, I think V8 stopped in 2012 right...?

@Jeh thanks for re-visiting carnity after long time. If you are joining, we will see what safe changes we can do in the route to keep all shutterbugs happy. I also been to that Dam last sep, its really nice road but last few kms is unpaved and we will see closer to the date as how much downpour we are getting?

Thanks to all the Carnity active members for joining the previous off-road drives and have shown the great enthusiasm. We plan to give equal opportunities to all car enthusiast's to enjoy the carnity drives. Hence this time we plan to head out to Fujairah through Kalba road to enjoy the most scenic view in the UAE. Perfect opportunity for photographers to hone their skills and make good use of their camera (in my case). Meeting point: Last ADNOC on Sharjah-Kalba (Maliha) road GPS Coordinates: https://goo.gl/maps/PBLWyryWVyH2 Meeting time: 10 AM Photo stops: 3-4 stops en route (15 mins each) Reaching Kalba: 12:30 (for Friday prayers) Mosque in Kalba: https://goo.gl/maps/cEJHwkBnDHB2 Reaching Fujairah: 2 PM Fujairah Corniche: https://goo.gl/maps/HZDwCicvuGz Enjoy Friday lunch on Fujairah beach with the whole group Enjoy Jet skies, Para Sailing or boat ride on Fujairah beach. If we have enough interest will hire a boat to visit neighboring island (1 hr) for more photo opportunities for the shutterbugs. What to bring along: Friday lunch whatever you like to eat and share with others, water, liquids, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and eye for picture perfect. Approximate finish time : 6-7 PM

Some very good points made by Hassam and knightjp. Totally agree. I think the speedo error by 2-3 kms is placed intentionally by car manufacturers to counter the human errors, as none of the car manufacturers ever realise that in Dubai we live fast and furious 8 chase on daily basis, where every 1 kmph speed is a deal breaker, lol. My wife trail blazer have slightly smaller tire as per OEM size and it runs at 113 when reading 120. My Mustang and Pajero has slightly bigger tires so they run very accurate like 119-120 when it reads 120. Ethically tailgating in fast lane is the problem of the front car as one should not block any car in fast lane irrespective of the speed. Ethically tailgating in all the rest of the right lanes is the problem of rear car, as you can't push people to drive faster. Go overtake from left and pass. Problem here is the temperament and attitude people hold that if they give way, then they will become smaller. So to satisfy this dumb F ego they drive at 80 and block traffic who wants to pass at 120. Everyday on ras al khor Road in the morning and on nad al hammar road in evening I see this behavior for more than 4-5 times in 10 kms stretch. These are the mentally sick people who drive at 80 in fast lane with only aim to block traffic. Sometimes there are few drivers whose attention are diverted on phone, but most of the time they are doing it on purpose. I really don't know why?