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@ALI ALMOUMAR, I cannot see your name in the convoy list anymore. Do you have a drive this week? If you have left by mistake I can add you again, as you were one of the first to join and totally deserve this drive. We will sort out things, thanks to understanding from @Shehab Alawadhi, @Thomas Varghese and @Arman who have got alternate drives. @Paul Zeitoun is first on waitlist for @sertac drive and @ZakWarah already has a drive this week. So once things clear up later this evening we should be all sorted out by tomorrow morning.

You never know, the owner could have swapped the electric motor with a small block V8, the Lexus engines are pretty quiet.

Thank you @N@ved and @ALI ALMOUMAR, please do not leave the drive as yet. We are trying our level best to give everybody atleast 1 drive this week, @Shehab Alawadhi and @Thomas Varghese have already joined alternate drives to leave me with 2 spaces. @Arman already has a drive this week. @ZakWarah is also has a drive this week. I am waiting for @sertac to accept @Paul Zeitoun on his drive in the same area. Hopefully I can add @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran, @Sara EL FANIDI and @Kaile Barrameda so we should not have a waitlist anymore. Please do not remove yourselves from this drive, those already signed in have the first rights to this drive. My request was a humble request which has brought about the best this community has to offer in terms of spirit. Give me till tomorrow afternoon to finalize the list.

@Paul Zeitoun you are first on the waitlist, hope @sertac adds you to his drive so that I can adjust my wait listed members without any guilt.

@Gaurav bhai, this is one time when I wanted to use 2 emojis, one is the laughter as it is funny now that the Tesla did not explode, the other would have been I Totally Agree emoji. What size aluminum plate would you put for the underbody for protection and how much lift do you think would do this Tesla any good, BTW are there any lift kits for the Tesla? I would rather wait for the Tesla Cybertruck, The Rivian R1S or R1T or the Hummer EV to try these stunts if I get poured in with enough cash some day.

@Shehab Alawadhi and @Arman, please include @Shamil in your club, as his heart will also "Always go on". hehehehe

@Thomas Varghese just stay your sweet self and you will get plenty of hugs all around. Age is but a number, we have many seniors including myself in the club and life truly begins at 40, so enjoy and embrace all that you do, its all in the mind and a busy mind is a healthy mind.

Yes @DANIEL NOGUEIRA it is confirmed news as was reported by @Gaurav bhai on his Pink Rock drive on Saturday. In the winters the sand is much more forgiving and I have seen a Corolla AWD Japan model on top of Pink Rocks about 7 years back and nothing surprises me any more. I have also seen a heavy old Chevy Caprice Classic of the 80s stuck near the Big Red area, and the Bu Shanab (Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up) climbing Big red in reverse. People get so bored sometimes.

Thank you @Thomas Varghese, i confirm on behalf of Dr @Chaitanya D, your name is on the list. Enjoy the amazing drive with DR @Chaitanya D and thank you so much for volunteering not to torture your wife at 3 am. Dr @Chaitanya D will close the list tomorrow and advise you of your convoy position. My regards to your better half and may she find the same joy out in the desert as you do.

Thank you @Shehab Alawadhi and @Thomas Varghese for showing the spirit to accommodate as many members as possible so that no one misses a drive. @Paul Zeitoun really sorry to misunderstand your earlier post, I will revise my waitlist as below. @Shehab Alawadhi can you please leave the event from the calendar so I can add the waitlisted members. Also @Arman can you please confirm with @Shehab Alawadhi having left this drive if you would still like to attend this drive? List of Volunteers for afternoon Newbie drive with Dr @Chaitanya D 1. @Thomas Varghese 2. @Shehab Alawadhi List of waitlist without any drives: 1 @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran 2 @Sara EL FANIDI 3 @Kaile Barrameda 4. @Paul Zeitoun List of waitlist with a drive, but want to change: 1. @Arman List of waitlist for a second drive: 1. @ZakWarah

@Arman with @Shehab Alawadhi leaving this drive, do you still want to be part of this drive rather than Dr @Chaitanya D drive?

@Thomas Varghese I really appreciate your gesture and if it is feasible for you it would be highly appreciated. Just want to see more responses from everyone before we make any decisions. Stay on standby please. List of Volunteers for afternoon Newbie drive with Dr @Chaitanya D 1. @Thomas Varghese List of waitlist without any drives: 1 @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran 2 @Sara EL FANIDI 3 @Kaile Barrameda List of waitlist with a drive, but want to change: 1. @Arman 2. @Paul Zeitoun List of waitlist for a second drive: 1. @ZakWarah

@Michael Glavanis we use an instrument on our drive which can stop the convoy in its tracks. It is called a 2 way radio. If you find a scenery which you really like to shoot, just ask the convoy lead to have a short stop some some pics. Follow the Covid19 guidelines and click to your hearts content. Just like we have bio breaks we could have something like click breaks as well. Just limit the number and don't be stopping the convoy every 5 minutes as that disrupts the movement of the convoy. With more interested members we could have a separate drive which would focus on photography instead of learning how to drive in the sands. I find your feedback very positive and something we can learn from, sure pre-covid19 we were much more lenient, but that does not mean we cannot make a few exceptions as long as the overall drive is not interrupted and Covid19 precautions are followed. We are not police, we are just trying to uphold the law while proving an opportunity to learn off-road driving within the countries laws, we don't want to jeopardize these drives just because we were caught not abiding by the countries rules. With the vaccines out it will be only a matter of time before we can have more flexibility on our drives.

@Arman you will have plenty of opportunities to srive in Sharjah considering most of the desert area after Abu Dhabi is Sharjah. I am glad that you have a spot in Dr @Chaitanya D drive, I am still worried about members who have not found a spot yet. I guarantee you that you will enjoy Dr @Chaitanya D drive as I myself have been in a couple of his drives to support, but completely lost myself enjoying behind him as he so generously treated us to some awesome areas. His drives are very well planned and driving behind him gives you a very good chance to forget that you were ever challenged by any things as he smoothly takes you through the roughest of terrain. You only realize after the drive the thrill you had with the least amount of bother. We have plenty of drives every week and once you start learning how to use your alarm better and find some luck, we could be driving in Sharjah again.

Dear Esteemed members of the Carnity off-road club, @Brette @Shehab Alawadhi @Ben84 @N@ved @Alphin Aloor @imranaasghar81 @Michael Glavanis @Sreenath Giridharan @Hisham Masaad @ALI ALMOUMAR @syed salman raza @Thomas Varghese @Bala Krishnan @Arman @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran @Sara EL FANIDI @Kaile Barrameda @Paul Zeitoun @ZakWarah Increasingly looks like this is the full list for the drive Friday morning. If anyone is planning to drop out please let me know at the earliest. We have a few drivers without any drives this weekend and members are on waitlists so we would like to be fair to everyone. I have noticed that @Arman is already confirmed on the afternoon drive with Dr @Chaitanya D drive, so if @Shehab Alawadhi would like to drive with @Arman can you please join the afternoon drive to have atleast 1 place available to accommodate another driver. Alternately, member who can join the after noon drive Dr @Chaitanya D drive still has 2 spaces available, please consider that so you have atleast 1 drive this weekend, link below. Thank you everyone for signing up for this drive. Please make sure to see the Newbie briefing video in this drive topic as below Please note to bring the following items on this drive without fail 1. Programmed Radio for communications ( link in the drive topic above) 2. Safety Flag with a pole and mount or suction cup. 3. Shovel. 4. Deflator and pressure gauge. 5. Air compressor Not having any one of these will disqualify you from driving and will not be allowed to drive. We will be flexible in ending our drive which could be far from a gas station and hence having an air compressor is recommended. We will drive through a terrain which will be perfect to learn, hone your skills and improvise. You will be concentrating on knowing your cars better and improving on how to drive in a very doable terrain - slopes, small to medium dunes, small climbs and some play areas. Watch out for your convoy numbering which will be announced tomorrow afternoon. See you on Friday.

For photography I love the area close to Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, its called the Zakher Lake. Unlike the man-made lakes in Dubai Qudra Area, this is a natural lake, and I enjoy the scene with the lake, the dunes and the mountains all in one shot. The place was even good for visitors earlier as there were some nice gazebos and portable toilets around the area. Sad thing is it was all spoilt and run down with the toilets closed and a stink coming from the lake the last time I visited. There are a nice set of dunes in the area where you can play for an hour or so and is not really a great off-road area, but you can camp out with a short fun filled dune bash and BBQ. The best time of the day to capture some amazing pics would be during sun rise as the sun comes up over the Jebel Hafeet mountain. Here are some photos in our Gallery to wet your appetite.

@varunmehndiratta try Amazon, I found this one for JL, not sure if this will help. https://www.amazon.ae/Akozon-Foldable-Tailgate-Multifunction-Wrangler/dp/B08972TRL3/ref=sr_1_26_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=jeep+wrangler+rear+door+storage&qid=1609917611&sr=8-26-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNkZCS05OWjdSRDVPJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjg3MTQwM1BKM0w3TlkwTE5SNCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODY0NjI1MlFLUlY5STM3VEFKUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Hi @Thomas Varghese, this might just be the club and the enthusiast you need to fulfil your photography dreams.

Hi @Frederic, this is wonderful. I was always looking forward to someone starting a Photography club on Carnity. I am the worst photographer in the world, I can't even get decent pics with a point and shoot camera which has automatic settings to everything. Guess I just get lucky about twice annually to boost my ego and carry on clicking pics. I find photography very confusing, but love to listen to the gurus trying to guide me while I nod my empty head to make them think I understand. Must be frustrating for the photo gurus just like I find it difficult at time when explaining everything to a member while off-roading and he nods and goes about giving full gas when a blip, blip ( @Gaurav (TM)) is required. I am just here to listen to the gurus and hope that something sticks. Please bare with me, as my photography is more like my poetry which should have rhyming words, just keep clicking atleast i have captured something than not having a memory at all.

@DANIEL NOGUEIRA just wondering what the lighter was there for, were you in to thoughts whether to fix the tow point or burn the car down? 😜

Thank you @syed salman raza sir for your kind words. I'm am very happy to see lots of members taking this sport as their passion just like mine. I'm happy to see our members and their enthusiasm grow within our competent grading structure. Increasing convoy size brings on many challenges which you might not be able to comprehend at this time. Overall the quality of the drive reduces with a larger convoy size and my capabilities alone cannot be taken into account. We enter as a team and leave the desert as a team. Let's see how the day progresses as I've seen @Arman has already signed up for Dr @Chaitanya D newbie drive and I beleive there are still spaces available there. Our main priority remains to be able to get a drive for all interested members every week while keeping the learning and enjoyment quotient high.

@syed salman raza sir, still waiting to check for any drop outs and trying to adjust all the members on waiting list. Once the convoy is finalized by tomorrow we will announce the convoy numbering along with the radio channel to be used on this drive.

@Pickey Singh, if he is giving it away I will take it.

@Michael Glavanis sure, be my guest of honor. We can coordinate in the morning before the drive so that I can make adjustments for you to get the best POV possible for your drone shots and videos.

Following on the waitlist: 1. @Arman 2. @Santhosh kumar Rajasekaran 3. @Sara EL FANIDI 4. @Kaile Barrameda 5. @Paul Zeitoun (Subject to pulling out from Fewbie drive after confirmation for this drive) Second drive for the week waitlist: 1. @ZakWarah