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Another Absolute Newbie Drive and another opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. It was sad that @Gaurav, @Jeh, @Emil and @Jocreative were unable to make it to the drive. My big thanks to @Atif and @skumar83 to support this drive. My respect to @jibransayed, @Faizan khan, @Rana, @Faiz khan, @BIG T and @Panda82 for showing up with their full patience and enthusiasm. We started on time and after a detailed description and lecture for the newbies we headed to the farms for deflation. After a quick deflation and distribution of radios thanks to @Gaurav bhai for handing them over as he was unable to make it for the drive. Once all radios were set we numbered the convoy and I'm glad to see that all kept a good convoy discipline which meant everybody understood their roles in this drive. My second lead was @Atif bhai and @skumar83 was our very capable sweep who kept the convoy moving at good pace. We started with a stop at the Camel farm, the children specially enjoyed this stop loads. From here we started our journey towards Pink Rocks. To my surprise everyone managed well with hardly couple of refusals and zero stucks. Well done all. This meant we reached the Pink Rocks much quicker than anticipated.upon reaching the Pink Rocks base I saw the arrangement made by Sharjah Police to curb the stupidity of show offs with heavily modified vehicles. It was strange to see a few cars standing around wondering what they should do next as the area was dug up to avoid usage of that area. At this point after a short briefing we all managed to cross the top of Pink Rocks and on to the other side in search for a place to lay our spread. We found a nice little spot where we settled and @Atif bhai was requested once again to open his Prado Cafeteria. At this point I went to drop @Panda82 and his family as with their cute little girls they needed to head back to Abu Dhabi. After dropping them to the 2nd December Cafeteria I headed back to the rest. At this point @Faizan khan and @Faiz khan had to leave and I missed out on saying good bye to them. Heading back the smart crowd had already found a way to avoid the ditch and continue playing on our once playground. We enjoyed some nice snacks and @Atif bhai tea with some amazing people. As we rounded up and headed out, some sweet good byes with a gleem in everyone's eyes to meet again. We inflated and headed back looking forward to meeting again soon. I have updated the Gallery with my pics and videos, hope to see all the clicks from all the cameras I saw out there. Till next time, stay safe till we meet again. https://carnity.com/gallery/category/98-newbie-offroad-drive-bbq-pink-rock-30-nov-2018

Another Carnity user in Canada. We should launch Carnity the Canada chapter. No idea about snow @waqaszohair. @Gaurav bhai is the tire expert, maybe he can help.

Actually seen Jimny doing sideys with no sand splash, looks like one of those remote controlled cars stuck on a wall, no fun at all.

@Barry. When you said it went everywhere, was it you in this below video.

With the season on and so much interest from new people joining us. We are going to have an Absolute Newbie or a Newbie drive depending on the level of the participants. Looking forward to an easy relaxing drive for everyone with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow, hill climb, and ridge riding. Newbies and Fewbies will have great chance to see and learn the real fun that off-roading offers in a very safe and organized environment. Level Newbie and above When: 7 December 2018 Meeting time: 06:30 am, convoy will move at sharp 06:45 am Where: Adnoc Petrol Station Maleha Road GPS Coordinate: https://goo.gl/maps/mZH7Npb9VC72 Level of drive: Newbie - Fewbie - All are welcome Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 10 inches of ground clearance. Plan: Drive, train and enjoy till about 11:00 am What to bring along: Loads of snacks, plenty of water - whatever you like with little extra to share, water, liquids, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 11:00 am. Those interested please mark accept on the below calendar.

The W16 you have, is it a VW Toureg, I heard about it, but have not seen one in UAE yet?

Besides engine swap a lot more mods required. I know someone who used to bring mods from UK and Australia, and the mods itself cost already 50% of the value of the car. However when he had to sell he only got the price of the car as no one appreciate the mods. Plus these mods only help itself to manage through the dunes, but cannot help anyone else in time of stuck. Only good for selfish person who likes to enjoy without helping others.

@Radhika be careful if you're camping out in any Wadi, do check the weather for rain, and if you see the first sign of rain please head out. Safety first. Land slides are deadly.

@BIG T. Actually @Gaurav bhai and I are from an era when Big T, Taimur ruled the desert and we were his students, kind of. So it's so strange to have someone with the similar name and ID to be now training with us. Welcome to your very own Off road club, bent tow points is sign of having a true Nissan, @EmVarlet and I both have bent rear tow points, @EmVarlet drives an Xterra and I drive the almighty, tow machine, my reliable Pathfinder. Looking forward to seeing you this Friday, maybe another legend in the making.