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With a manual in off-road is different than driving it on-road. @Srikumar and @Frederic can confirm this. But once you learn driving off-road with a manual you'll hardly go back to driving an auto. There are many advantages and disadvantages driving off-road with either. It's just what you're comfortable with. With manual you have more control, however with most good automatics nowadays it's easier to self recover. Manual takes marginally lesser fuel than an automatic, but in slippery and inclines situationsvits easier to start moving with an automatic. I see the way @Srikumar and @Frederic drive their manuals and I have the highest respect for them.

He raped the desert and the desert finally raped him.

16 hours ago, Mohamed Seidam said:

Unfortunately it’s keeping us busy always and we never complain ! 

Unfortunately there is no medicine for stupidity and never underestimate the force of nature.

8 hours ago, Mohamed Seidam said:

Once you start wrong mostly it will end wrong . The pitfall is ( he was in a hurry ) . 
plan a head is better than to be in a situation where there is no time for planing and only millisecond to avoid a fault . I believe that “ always expect the unexpected “ is far better 

No patience and no planning.

@Tamas Hoffmann. Congratulations bro. Loved seeing you this Friday and loved the way you wanted to repeat my track to get on top. Enjoy polishing your skills at this level and keep up the excellent spirit.

Congratulations @Alexander Alcala. Well deserved and thank you for your patience to go through our protocol. This protocol is in line with our structure we had to put in place for the safety of all members. Really looking forward to having more trips along your side.

Congratulations @Tero Vallas. Well done buddy. So happy to see you at the intermediate level. Time to polish your skills and hope you're equipped to handle what's coming your way.

Congratulations @Jon M. Hope you're enjoying your learning experience. Time to hone in on the skills learned and picking up new tricks applicable at this level.

Children are true at heart and speak their mind @Abu Muhammad I'll respect your son and call it Sequndra from now on, a very pleasant mix of Sequoia and Tundra.

@Ahab Shamaa you can't give credit to the tires for what you've learnt in the past few weeks. You have your goid days and you'll have days you'd like to forget. I'm glad you enjoyed the day and there is a difference the tires can make, but that is not to undermine what you pick up as skill and develop it further week after week to negotiate the levels of difficulty thrown at you. Although I was not there in person, but I'm sure the tires are not the only thing to praise. Some credit should also go out to you for honing in on your skills, the tires might just allow to unto do little better. I'm happy for your good choice of tires as Yokos are not that heavy and the groves on the tires make sure you get out of most situations on your own vehicle power. Keep learning and impress me when we meet. Looking forward to riding by your side.

Aren't you the sweet talker @Ahab Shamaa. Really looking forward to ride along your side. Love when people are so sweet to me, you're making inroads to my heart.

@Arman just to add to the tiredness of a morning and afternoon drive in one day, being a community who cares about one another we practice 1 drive at least for all joining members. Morning your friend will most definitely join the Absolte newbie drive, but he can waitlist himself for the afternoon newbie and if by Wednesday the drive is not full he can be included for the afternoon drive as well.

@Mohamed Seidam thank you for a great share. Since this does not happen to everyone every week and is a rare instance it would be difficult to remember the brace position. However what's most important is to stay compact and not spread out your arms and legs and switch off the engine at the earliest. I would like to go through this video every week before the drive so I can remember most of the points.

@Ahab Shamaa don't listen to @Mohamed Seidam, he is too in love with me to see my flaws. Plus I keep fooling everyone by wearing Superman T-shirts. Looking forward to a drive with you @Ahab Shamaa, love your positive energy.

@Ahab Shamaa none of us would remember everything until we started to preach it. Now it's part of our DNA. We didn't by heart everything overnight, but little by little. That's why we have a grading structure and feed it to you little by little so that at each level you can learn and perfect your skill. As you come closer to becoming one of the senior members, you'll be the one preaching and someone will be telling you it's difficult to remember everything. 😇

@Mohamed Seidam brother. Great video to post, but a lot to learn from here also. Fighting gravity is part of our hobby. When we are side slopping we are defying and fighting gravity as it gives us the thrill. But more importantly as you grow in the sport you'll realize there are areas where we have no choice but to defy every logic in the book. When we go to Liwa for instance we have to defy gravity through narrow nooks and corners and stay aware throughout as any lapse in concentration can be disastrous. Everything we learn at any level is important to use in future whenever you're faced with any situation. @Gaurav bhai is testament to the Pajero bowl in Wagan which comes with a one way ticket unless you're ready to give gravity a nasty fight. Still it could take the whole of your winch and 4 ropes to pull you out of it. The video just posted by you is not about fighting gravity, that was the manoeuvre he was trying, due to sand you can't see much, but the revving of the engine stops just before you see the dust settle and FJ flip. I can think of 3 reasons why it happened. 1) the driver got scared and let go of the accelerator. 2) the drivers foot slipped from the accelerator pedal. 3) the engine stalled. I would put down all 3 as driver's mistake. Don't be scared, stay calm and steer down if in doubt. Wear proper foot wear for your foot not to slip off the pedals. Keep your ride in good shape, it's your responsibility.

off-roading is an extreme sport and thus gives us a lot of thrills and joy. From our side we should be strong in our basic skills required for this sport and keep our rides in good nick.

Next step @Ahab Shamaa if you get stuck is you can register your vehicle in my name and I'll register my non-stick Pathfinder in yours. Guaranteed you'll never be stuck with my Pathy. 🤣

Although the information here is available to all, but it's their choice if they want to view it. If through this thread We are able to educate a handful of people at least those people will be aware the dos and donts when in the desert. I totally agree with @Mohamed Seidam and Dr @Chaitanya D regarding their insight in this incident. I have seen this group a couple of time in the Fossil Rock area. They seem to be impatient lot who would just drive through a convoy without any regrets. I think part of the cause of this incident is also due to that impatience and this guy trying to push his vehicle to the limits and fight the refusal to keep on moving. Luckily he escaped the inevitable and even more lucky to have someone sensible behind him to realize the Pajero guys nerves wete wrecked and he needed a breather to come over the incident and carry on with the drive later.

I keep repeating myself, drive higher on the ridge of the dune, if you are anywhere below the ridge even by a fraction the soft sand will catch hold of your vehicle and the gravity will always win in such scenarios. Turning left and making a second attempt would have been a better decision. As @Mohamed Seidam already pointed out, the momentum caused the vehicle to travel sideways and gather sand on the sidewalls of the tires causing it to act like barrier at the bottom, whereas the top of the vehicle continued with the momentum to what could have been a nasty flip.

@Ahab Shamaa rmthis is a community and it's all about caring and sharing. Fortunately I see a lot of posts from the Xterra owners which means everything discovered so far with the Xterra are recorded. However very sad to see that FJ owners don't share such information and any new FJ owner joining has to go through a few tough drive before they figure out how to use all the functions on an FJ. Hope we will have a lot to read and learn about FJs after this drive.

Congratulations @Vanessa8580. Your positive energy throughout the drive is amazing. I have not come across anyone as quick as you to reach the stuck vehicle even before they know they're stuck. I feel ashamed to wear a Superman T-shirt with you around. Keep up the good work and the positive energy we all feed from. Looking forward to supporting more of your drives. After @Emmanuel being the Carnity Velociraptor, @Frederic being our Saluki, we have the quickest one of the mark yet.

Thank you @sertac for this awesome idea. I'm always glad to change fro Clarke Kent as soon as I see trouble.

@Badar Tariq. It's a pleasure to know you enjoyed your start to the weekend and loved the drive. Regarding the heating up of your transmission is a common issue with all Pajero of this era. With Pajero the main issue is with the gear taking some time to decide to shift, thus changing very often. Try driving in triptronic between 1st, 2nd and 3rd as required. I'm sure with fewer shifting, less friction and thus lesser chance of it heating. Please do get your gear oil changed if the service interval is due which you'll find in your car manual. Change the transmission oil with the original Mitsubishi oil. As for engine oil as per @Gaurav bhai experience and model it suits him best. @Gaurav bhai can advise you exact grade as per his experience.

Congratulations @Nizam Deen. Truly well deserved and now with the tow rope, time to learn some new tricks of the trade at this new level.

Congratulations @Mohamed Abo ElKomsan. Time to polish your skills learned at newbie and pick up the new tricks available to you at Fewbie level.

Congratulations @Archibald Jurdi. Keep working at polishing your skill and pick up the new tricks available to you at this level.