Gaurav

I had an ML500 for almost two years and it was very nice SUV and ownership was a tad expensive than Japanese. Though you are familiar with BMW maintenance cost, so you won't feel much difference in Merc here. Just make sure that you buy the car that has full-service history and you also try to get the basics done by the dealer until it's 5 years of age. After that, there are many Mercedes experts that you can switch to MercedesRus, Silber arrow, Munich motors etc. For check-up before buying you can use the dealer or any of the above to have peace of mind for the long run.

Pretty sensible and good move for car owners. Very well thought to create a "right to repair" bill. Wish, Hope and Pray it gets applied and followed in all countries.

Much awaited, most amazing drive video

Ohh, common buddy, we aren't driving in dark AT ALL (as explained above).

Mine and Rahim Bhai pics uploaded, waiting to see other's pic https://carnity.com/gallery/category/41-al-faqa-white-sands-8-sep-2017/

That's the whole point, and I'm highly skeptical on the delivery of 100% rated power across the usable battery range even. Batteries in the torch, r/c cars, fans etc start with a good bang and slowly deteriorate the performance as it runs out unlike in petrol = go / no-go.

Seems to be tested pretty aggressively and how Porsche will make this Hybrid faster than Petrol will be an interesting watch.

Yes, Barry and Desertdude, I have heard all these media scoops but my mind is gauging them based on actual common sense logic. My point is not only to get the full power from word go but during goi iii ing. Can electric car deliver 100% rated hp and torque at 10% of remaining battery...?

Try H&R, readily available in many shops in Aweer, Rashidiya and Al Quoz mid and top range garages.

Totally agree with Rahim Bhai, that during the sand storm I was about to stop. Thinking it's not quite practical to drive with low visibility but I waited for one stuck to raise a flag and that didn't happen because everyone drove just too well.

Thanks, @victor for sharing this nice update. Not sure about others, but I like its design quite much. Nice blend of defender and Hummer. The only thing my mind doesn't accept is its electricry powered and how that will produce off-road grunt.....?

You are definitely old, people go dune bashing only on weekend for feeding their desert bug unlike daily job made you so bored. Secondly, it's called enthusiasm and not voluntarily going for a charity drive, lol. I think due to safari train track you were really got bored, as they are no way remotely close to any of our real dune bashing drives.

@Atif it's an early morning drive, so we will not be driving in pitch dark at all. We expect to hit the sand after deflation and briefing by 5:45 - 6:00 AM.

As the weather is getting better so we can restart our old fashion - early morning drives that leave the whole Friday on hand for family and friends. And what better place to do the newbie opening morning drive at Bidayer area to enjoy the sunrise on top of Big Red. After enjoying the sunrise and quick play time, we will head to pink rock through some nice night cold dunes. This area offers all level terrain in some easy to medium size rolling dunes, and we expect to finish at the pink rock area. This is an all level drive, fit for newbies and fewbies as well. When: 15 Sep 2017, Friday Meeting time: 5 AM, convoy will move sharp at 5:15 AM Where: Old Emarat Petrol Station at Lahbab R/A GPS Coordinate: https://goo.gl/maps/gQd1UszDdSG2 Level of drive: Absolute Newbie - Newbie - Fewbie - Expert - Advance - All are welcome Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 10 inches of ground clearance Plan: Morning drive from Bidayer to Pink rock and enjoy the sunrise. What to bring along: Morning snacks - whatever you like with little extra to share, water, liquids, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 9 AM, 15 Sep 2017, Friday Please RSVP on below calendar

Learned from my Range Rover days, that leave all these air suspensions setting at default or normal or on-road setting forever and don't bump them up and down or hard/soft frequently unless really required. I followed same advice in Cayenne Turbo and never had any issue, unlike my RR days.

After a very long time, we had some serious drive in an excellent terrain, after all, it's Al Faqa which is famous for its white sands and continuous medium size dunes. We started a little bit late, and straight away head to the deflation point where Asif Bhai and family joined us. After the quick brief and convoy numbering, we headed into the easy bit of Al faqa dunes to get everyone into the motion. As we were heading from waypoint 2 to 3 a bit more challenging terrain, we experience some heavy sandstorm in the evening due to which our convoy move slowed down a little bit. After the sand storm settled down we head to waypoint 3 which has good rolling dunes to play. We all had enough attempts of massive sideys, broad ridge riding and ridge cutting that after 30 mins of this extensive play everyone had a big smile on their faces. It was one of the best drives to open the off-road season, and as the weather gets better we should try a bit longer drive in this area. Asif Bhai managed his LWB pickup very well in this area. Sri and sister also did extremely well with their manual Cherokee on which they are still mastering the gear usage. In the end, our Superman with fully loaded pathy protected everyone to be on track and did recover a couple of times. Overall, small and super tight drivers made this whole drive an amazing experience to remember. Thanks everyone for driving and keeping the momentum at its best in such terrain. Just before we could head to waypoint 4 one of the car pop-out resulted in a leaking valve or badly seated valve losing the air from the stem. Due to this scenario, we head towards safe exit through the track and hit the road and change the tire to spare wheel for the road driving. As drive was so good, that we literally had no time for snacks break, that we need to enjoy our snacks at the inflation point after exiting. Thanks, Meshu for chicken samosa's, Asif Bhai for muffins and his trademark tea and Rahim Bhai for the pringles and drinks. Best 4 hours spent in the desert.

Not really to answer you, but to help other curious guys my advice is above video things are must for any used car buyer. Then if you still suspect that engine power is not almost restored then go for old fashion compression test and find out if any or all cylinders reading are under 100 PSI then you have to attend those issues - leaking valves/gasket / piston rings etc. Reading a compression test result is very simple and very effective in debugging the real cause of loss of power. Much better than listening to greedy workshops. The only thing I would advise more in above video is to switch to platinum spark plug than normal ones as they fire much better and last almost forever to recover their expensive price tag. I have done that in my Pajero 6 years back and never changed them again.

Here is the video of last week newbie drive