Srikumar

Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar - Cherokee XJ 2. Jordan Cope - Pajero 3. Vinob - JGC 4. Kaile - Wrangler 5. Storm - Wrangler 6. Prabudda - Xterra 7. Mohammed - FJC 8. Imran - FJC 9. Varun - Wrangler 10. Hazem - Dodge Ram 11. Chaitanya - Xterra See you tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM

@Jordan Cope @Issam Al Najm @varunmehndiratta @Mohammed Razeen @Prabuddha Madusanka @imranaasghar81 @Storm Gretton @vinob NAMBIAR As we are about 12 hours from the start of the drive, here is a brief of what we plan to do tomorrow: PREPARATION FOR THE DRIVE AND WHAT TO EXPECT 1) Please ensure that you reach the meeting point on time, i.e., 6:00 AM sharp. A little early would be better. If you are late, you would be left behind. 2) The senior members on the drive are me and @Chaitanya D 3) Please spend 15 minutes of undivided attention to go through the Absolute Newbie briefing Video. This is absolutely necessary for the safety of you and your vehicle before your first offroad adventure. 4) For those who have radios, you can program them to the Carnity Frequency using the guidelines provided in the below post. If you dont have a radio, we shall provide you with a spare radio during the drive. We will be using Carnity Channel 3 tomorrow. (446.05625 Mhz). The instructions to program the radio are provided in the below post 5) All traction controls, ABS and Air bags need to be switched off. If it requires pulling the fuse, please do the needful. Incase of any queries you can always ask the senior members before the drive or better still, post your queries on this drive post and we would assist. 6) Please bring a pressure gauge and deflator as a minimum. If you dont have a deflator you could use your key or a screw driver. Deflate to 15 psi. Incase if you have any difficulties you can approach the senior members before the drive who would assist you. 7) Feel free to ask questions at any time. 😎 Convoy Numbering will be posted after 7 pm today evening. We shall be starting the drive from close to Hamari Well, and enter the desert through some nice easy tracks and dunes so that you can get familiar with your vehicle. As the convoy's confidence increases I shall be gradually increasing the level of the drive always keeping in mind everyone's comfort level. We will be driving for about 3 hours practicing driving in sand, proper steering control, crossing some dunes, and getting you and your vehicle accustomed to off-roading in general. By 10:00 am we will be heading out towards the Qudra parking, where you can inflate the tyres with your compressor or at the Last Exit gas station. We shall have a debriefing session to get your feedback about your experience.

@bassel el rafei this drive is for Absolute Newbies or first timers with Carnity. Please join the Newbie drives. Thanks.

@Magdy Zahran this drive is for Absolute Newbies or first timers with Carnity. Please sign up on the other Newbie drives. Please find below the post on how to program the radios. It also mention the 5 Carnity Frequencies, so please do setup all of them.

@Storm Gretton welcome to Carnity Off-road Club. Thanks for the introduction. Please bring along a deflator and pressure gauge. If you have a radio please program it to the Carnity Frequencies as mentioned in the original post. See you on Friday.

Fantastic. So well deserved. The go-to man in the Carnity Off-road Club. You represent the true spirit of Carnity and I am very proud to have you as my off-road buddy and friend. Look forward to many more years of laughter, friendship and ofcourse offroading. Cheers. 🍻

Thanks @Jordan Cope for the introduction. @Issam Al Najm @varunmehndiratta @Mohammed Razeen welcome to Carnity Offroad Club. Please share the following details: Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks / eyelets. Also please watch the Absolute Newbie Briefing Video for your vehicle and own safety. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING For the absolute newbie drive, please bring along a deflator and pressure gauge. If you have a radio please program it to the Carnity Frequencies. The procedure is mentioned in the below post. If you dont have a radio, we shall provide you with a spare one for this drive.

Congrats @Tbone well done. Look forward to being on one of your drives very soon.

By Hot Oil, I am presuming you mean the transmission fluid. When was the last time you changed it? Does it have a burnt smell, if so then change it and try driving it over this weekend. If the oil has been recently changed, have you tried driving it on tiptronic. Does it still cause the overheating? I am not sure if your version of Wrangler came in with a separate transmission cooler. But if none of the above is a solution you might have to install as large a fan as possible in front of the tranny cooler. I believe a 12 inch Spal fan would cost you approx AED 250. @Gaurav had recently bought one. And probably as a last resort have a dedicated transmission cooler.

It's actually open. There is a diversion there at junction of E611 and E75. But mind that the speed limit on E75 is 100 kmph.

If you are referring to the main seal between the engine and the gear box then yes the labor charges would definitely be more higher than the original seal from Mitsubishi. But from what I faintly recollect it should not be more than aed 300 - 400 and it's not more than a 3-4 hours job.

You don't need appointment at those hours to the DPI. I have done DPI tests multiple times at the early hours of the morning in both weekdays and weekends, they don't ask for appointment.

Join us to explore Al Qudra Desert to find what's beyond Qudra lakes And learn the art of offroading in a versatile playground for your first off-road adventure. You will learn to self-drive your vehicle from experts having decades of off-roading experience in the UAE. This area offers a good mix of playable long set of dunes and broad ridges to test your off-road control. Drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicles having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and (MANDATORY) Front and rear tow hooks (MANDATORY) 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 - Make, Model, Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks / eyelets. Why should i join? We will teach you how to self-drive off-road safely and learn the best offroad driving and recovery techniques. 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. Can my vehicle do this ? This drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicle having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and front and rear tow hooks. If in doubt please first announce your questions on the drive thread so we can advise you further. Any stock 4x4/4WD are most welcome, you don't need any vehicle modifications. Can i bring passengers ? Yes of course, but if you are absolute new to offroading it is better to drive alone first to avoid any distractions. Learn More About: Carnity Off-road Club STRICTLY: For ABSOLUTE NEWBIE who are driving for the first time with Carnity. MUST READ AND CLICK TOTALLY AGREE ON THE BELOW COVID19 PRECAUTIONS TOPIC MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Only for "ABSOLUTE NEWBIES" or first timer with Carnity Off-Road Club When: 06 Nov 2020, Friday. Meeting time: 06:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Al Qudra - https://goo.gl/maps/bSyscTYvEcAC2U3fA Type of Car: Any 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Deflator and Pressure Gauge, Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 10:00 AM End Point: Qudra Parking LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 15 members only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 5PM. 1 Lead Marshal + 2/3 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 or members who are not on the RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please cancel you RSVP if you cannot make it, so your spot can be taken by others. PLEASE RSVP ON BELOW EVENT IN THE EVENT CALENDAR

TRIP REPORT Sweihan is clearly one of my favorite places in UAE, and in an area which has traditionally been reserved for Intermediate drives, we at Carnity have found some amazing stretches with absolutely virgin dunes to arrange a Newbie drive week after week. Everyone was there at sharp 6:00 AM, and with a couple of drop outs and no shows we were 5 cars which made for a short but tight convoy. It gave me the room to push the pace through some big dunes knowing very well that the cars at the back would not have to deal with churned up tracks. The broad spaced rolling dunes offered a lot of high paced action and adrenaline with speeds in some of the dunes reaching close to 60 kmph. The entire convoy did extremely well, and the drive was so supremely smooth that we didn't have to even take out the shovel let alone the rope. Though I am not a person for statistics but at the end of the drive I was curious, and we had done close to 51 km of 100% dunes and an additional 30 kms of flat track to get to the ADNOC gas station. Probably the smoothest Newbie drive that I have been a part of in a very long time and the entire credit goes to the excellent convoy of @Srijith Gangadharan @Jonathan Maumy @Aamir Siddiqui . Also thank you to @Pancho for supporting the drive, even though you had almost no work throughout the drive (courtesy the excellent Newbies that we had), knowing you are at the back of the convoy gives the Lead the liberty to push the pace. Hope you guys had fun, for I most certainly did. See you soon on the sands.

If you use the stem removal tool, you would deflate all 4 tyres in less than 4 minutes. The link that you have posted needs to be properly calibrated and from what I have heard that after a couple of times of usage, people stopped using it.

Thanks Jack for the update. Hope everything works out well.

DRIVE RSVP IS CLOSED Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar 2. Srijith 3. Joanthan 4. Ismaeel Jabaar 5. Pancho 6. Aamir Siddiqui 7. Jack Thomas 8. Mustafa We shall be using Carnity Channel 4. See you at the meeting point at 6:00 AM.

No. Having said that you are not permitted to use them on the road. And during the annual passing you will have to cover them with a rexin cover or a black tape. Alternatively you can just remove them and get the car passed.

You can try the Toby shop in Deira near Naif market. The prices are a bit cheaper and when Toby Dragon Mart didn't have it in stock I could find it in Deira. The only issue is no parking.

I would suggest to add one at a time and see how it performs. Start with the spot powerful LED bar near the headlights, then depending on how your visibility is in the night you can add more. First check where is the place to install this LED light bar. Then measure the width and buy the LED light bar. Toby's is a very good Chinese brand and they have a shop in Dragon mart. Both my LED light bars are from Toby and they are quite competitively priced compared to other bigger brands (which are also assembled in China).

I use both the roof top LED bar as well as the one near the headlights, and both serve two different purpose. 1. The LED bar at the top is curved which is more of a spread light which helps see a bit on the left and right of the car especially when you are crisscrossing a dune, however the straight line visibility is limited. 2. The one in front of the headlight is a powerful spot LED bar which gives good straight visibility. If I had to choose one between the two, I would choose the spot LED bar any day because of the light intensity and the clear visibility of the track in front of you. I would recommend installing it near the headlights or just below as that is the best place to install without any reflections and you can direct the light in the right angle. Now, if you are installing near the front headlights, depending on the space availability you should look to install the most powerful spot LED light bar. Mine is a 32 inch spot LED light bar of 480W and my night vision has improved so significantly that I am no longer called a Day time Marshal (the old timers in the club would know what I mean) 😁. You can put smaller LED light bar beam as per the below image on the two sides (near your windscreen) that would give you a peripheral vision. This would be my recommended setup.

Hi Srijith, if there is a spot available you can directly sign up. See you this Thursday

Congratulations Islam. Well done. When I first met you on the Absolute Newbie drive I was afraid that you would break your bumper with the low air damp. Also, you are probably the only one in the club driving a Yukon which is a real monster of a car. However to your credit you have managed the Yukon so extremely well, that you take that beast to all the possible terrains across the UAE. Well done buddy and the good game of offroading is just beginning. Hope you enjoy it.

Join us to explore Sweihan Desert in Abu Dhabi And learn the art of offroading in a versatile playground for your first off-road adventure. You will learn to self-drive your vehicle from experts having decades of off-roading experience in the UAE. This area offers a good mix of playable long set of dunes and broad ridges to test your off-road control. Drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicles having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and (MANDATORY) Front and rear tow hooks (MANDATORY) 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 - Make, Model, Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks / eyelets. Why should i join? We will teach you how to self-drive off-road safely and learn the best offroad driving and recovery techniques. 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. Can my vehicle do this ? This drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicle having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and front and rear tow hooks. If in doubt please first announce your questions on the drive thread so we can advise you further. Any stock 4x4/4WD are most welcome, you don't need any vehicle modifications. Can i bring passengers ? Yes of course, but if you are absolute new to offroading it is better to drive alone first to avoid any distractions. Learn More About: Carnity Off-road Club This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST Two Way Radio Guidelines Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic. We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving. Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops... No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Newbie and Above (All Levels) When: 29 Oct 2020, Thursday. Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: - Sweihan - https://goo.gl/maps/G43TomjMs6EC5N3Z9 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: 10:00 AM End Point: Sweihan ADNOC Station LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 15 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. 1 Lead Marshal + 1-2 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 BELOW CALENDAR EVENT