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Congratulations @Tariq Carrimjee. A true gentleman. Love your company, time just flies around you. I normally love the company and like to stay back and thank everyone before i inflate my tires to head back home. I was pleasantly surprised for you to stay back to help me inflate while I bored you with my stories. Thank you.

Brother @Mohamed Seidam congratulations. Love your humble and positive attitude. Love your true community spirit to share your beautiful experiences. Specially your viral stories about the best recoveries. More power to you brother.

@Thomas Varghese I disagree for you to accelerate to a point where you feel you're going to fly over the dune.  Although there is sand on the other side but as a Newbie you don't know how your vehicle will react to landing hard on the other side. I would much rather have you try it out a few times before getting it right.

@Shehab Alawadhi please follow our video instructions for newbies and start with lower RPM, if you get stuck reverse and try again at slightly higher RPM. I would rather have you learn to perfect your throttle than putting you in any kind of danger.

Congratulations @Foxtrot Oscar. I have been lucky to support 2 of your drives and I was pleased to see how passionate you are about the sport. Your positive energy gives a boost to the whole convoy. Your calm and calculated approach is wonderful to keep the convoy moving safely. The challenges you put the convoy through are met with calmness and with fun due to your positive attitude. I'm so proud that you're associated with Carnity and heading to be one of the first few lady Marshals in our community. Well done lass.

@Shehab Alawadhi great question. When I learn I will let you know. Seriously, getting a refusal or getting stuck is part of your learning process. I've been out in the dunes for over 12 years and I'm still learning. Main thing in a stuck or refusal is to stay calm, you think better when your mind is at peace. The key to not getting stuck is momentum, the right speed at the right time. You have to perfect the knowledge of when to accelerate and when to let the throttle go. You will only learn this with time as your vehicle and you become one. Remember when Ironman first wore his suit, he destroyed everything in his lab. With time he learned how to control his suit, with nobody to guide him. You're lucky you have excellent people around you to teach and guide you so you don't have to destroy your lab. Enjoy, look closely how the vehicle in front of you is managing the situation and learn and replicate their actions. Happy learning bro. Looking forward to catching up with you on one of the drives.

@Ale Vallecchi wonderful story telling. Got me hooked. Starting wondering if VW took its Touareg name from one of your stories.

I'm not sure about other Emirates but for Dubai registered cars you need a safety triangle and a fire extinguisher. These do have an expiry date and must be refilled before expiry date. However the car extinguishers are quite small. I personally carry a 4KG fire extinguisher and 2 fire extinguisher balls which are with 5 year expiry date.

I have seen it personally and feel that once sand gets in to the electric working parts its just going to be a heavy useless piece of metal. Plus the jack point is very high, so you need to dig half a kilometre below the jacking point to get it in. I would not recommend it.

Congratulations @bassel el rafei, well deserved promotion buddy. Keep learning and growing, we are all here to support each other grow in this amazing sport.

Looks like a Pajero ad. Ad starts by saying the Jeep can go anywhere and end the video showing the Pajero followed it through the terrain. Great video @Yousef Alimadadi

Insha Allah @Ahab Shamaa. Where there is a will there is a way. You remin me of my father who was just as hilarious and humorous like you. I continue to pray for your health as I would love to spend more time in your company. I know you might think I'm selfish, but that is just the way I am.

@Ahab Shamaa be careful what you wish for. Next year is just a month away. If you plan to stay over night in Liwa count me in. I'll even share your tent, Omlet paratha and chai. What an opportunity Liwa was to make our bond stronger and perform so well as a team. I'm already looking forward to giving my blood sample as long as the results come negative and making the long journey towards new friendships and stronger bonds.

You can follow my method for my car. But my Pathy is an off-road vehicle only and sees hardly any time on-road. I think the longest journey it has seen this entire year was on the way to Liwa and back. But than again its a 19 year old car and I love watching people amazed as they see my little falling apart Pathy do everything. I just leave the bumpers filling apart for an entire year and close to passing time I get it fixed and passed, ready to surprise everyone for an entire year.

2 hours ago, Gaurav said:

For seeing in front of your car radio isn't needed. He could have simply left gas.

Either red car is an Absolute Newbie or in stage of denial thinking that 6000 hp wrangler can come out of its own.

Correct @Gaurav bhai. 6000 ho can definitely help the Wrangler come out in China through the earthese core if he gives enough gas.

Jeep being the ultimate off-road vehicle and JL should still be under warranty. Have you checked with Trading Enterprise? If you report it as a desert accident close to road side you can claim it from insurance. All you need to pay is the Police fine and insurance excess.

@Danish Mohammad you can join any newbie drive. We spoil you with choice of different terrains and different Marshals to learn and grow within our multicultural community. Although each Marshal and Crew has their own flavour but I rest assure you we all care equally for you and share our experiences to help your growth. Sit back, select a drive and enjoy.

Well done @Niki Patel enjoy your future adventures with the comfort of mind. I'm sure you'll love them.

Thanks @Frederic for a very well explained post on the power delivery of the 2 engine options. However older models of Pajero also came with the 3.0 litre engine which seems a bit underpowered on LWB versions, but the torque delivery seems excellent but on higher RPM as shown on the 3.5 litre version. Engine power is not the only thing to look at as delivery of the power is also shown on the curve.

One more thing to take care is pre 2014 models 3.8 litre engines came with the new 5 speed auto gears, but the 3.5 litre models came with the old 4 speed autos. From 2014 onwards both models received the same new 5 speed auto technologies. I believe this also makes some difference.

So proud of you @Abu Muhammad. Congratulations. i have been following you from your introduction to the sands in your Sequia. To now your son aptly naming your transformed ride as Sequndra. You and your family make us happy and proud to be a part of this community in which we help each other to learn and grow. Well done my brother.

Congratulations @sri ganesh. Well deserved.

Congratulations @Shaaz Sha. Well deserved.

As @Frederic mentioned in the desert the bottle jack is very narrow and does not give a good base, very unstable. Thus a floor jack of 2 tonnes should be sufficient. You are not going to lift the complete 2.5 tonnes at any given time. But make sure you're on as flat a surface in the desert before jacking the car and get a jack board as your base.

Insha Allah. May it give you years of pleasure.