Rahimdad

Congratulations @Lorenzo Candelpergher. Your enthusiasm towards this sport and your commitment has ensured you've progressed to this level. I'm so happy to have been able to support your drive this weekend. It has been a wonderful experience and I love the way you take the responsibility and even drive all the way back to make sure if any help is required. Your patience and calmness I have noticed on @Wrangeld July drive. We are very fortunate to have such a passionate leader among our midst. Looking forward to supporting many more drives from you.

Congratulations @Melenany. Pleasure to find you among the Intermediate drivers. Your support on the drives is not over looked. It is fantastic to hear you have not forgotten your first time as that experience and a lit of patience will help you to introduce Newbies to this art of off-roading.

Congratulations @Rizwan Waheed bhai. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level. 

Congratulations @Jon M. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level. 

Congratulations @Trekado. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level. 

Congratulations @Ahmad Shaker. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level. 

Congratulations @Rob Harper. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level.

Congratulations @Miamimoe. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level.

Congratulations @Hasan Wahlan. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and perfecting this art of off-roading. AHLAN WA SAHLAN.

Congratulations @Hardik Mody. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your skills at this new level.

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MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING

@Lorenzo Candelpergher I could not believe it was your first lead. The confidence with which you managed the whole drive is like you've been doing it forever. 

@N@ved is learning faster than anyone with his humble approach and willingness to help. @imranaasghar81 that rig is amazingly long and I hope you don't need to drive with it on the road. It is as masterful as your driving skills and I enjoyed watching you as we conquered all the dunes. @Ashy is fast following the footsteps of @Brette and proving the JGC to be a contender for one of the best off-roaders. Knowing the challenges posted in handling the JGC they are exceptional drivers to manage the JGC the way they do.

@Yusuf Esaf managed his Y62 as a copy and paste from @Lorenzo Candelpergher. What an opportunity for him to learn from the best. I am sure with a couple of more drives behind @Lorenzo Candelpergher will bring put the best in @Yusuf Esaf. @Matt.T was totally cool and calm and handled every challenge with finesse. It was wonderful to see his Jeep glide through the sands as if it was no challenge to him at all. Sorry to hear about your clutch, hope its sorted out soon.

 @Mikhail Lukichev was driving in the wake of churned up sand left by the front of the convoy. At times we were left with some difficult sections to handle, but he kept my love for Prado alive just by the way he handled the drive. I have had a chance to be with him over several drives and I appreciate the way he has learnt and grown within our community.

 @Paul Zeitoun already knows my fan status for the Ram 1500. The way he handles his ride only makes me curse myself for not going for one when I could. He and his girl friend ended up at the brunt of our jokes, but they handles the jokes just as well as they took on all the dunes on the way.

 @bassel el rafei was a bit unlucky with his brand new Pajero transmission heating up. But he did manage most of the dunes well for the best part of the trip. The Mitsubishi people it seems blamed it on bad programming which they resolved. But knowing the Pajero in the dunes they are undecided about the gearing, so learning manual shifting through the triptronic system is one solution to avoid the auto.atic shifting the vehicle unnecessarily and causing transmission to heat. Another solution would be to put a good fan on the transmission to keep it cool.

@varunmehndiratta is always a pleasure to watch with his Jeep. Unfortunately the only issue we had this weekend was with the flag disagreeing to stay married to the car. She just asked for divorce and jumped from the moving vehicle on every little argument they had. Although it seems to be a good clip on the rear wheel to screw the flag in, but somehow it just didn't feel like staying on.

I loved the challenge on this drive with the fog not clearing up until 10 am. Driving in the fog was the highest challenge for this drive and it was fun watching everybody doing so well.

0m@Nihal17 please read @Jeepie earlier message, it clearly states the time has been revised to 8 am due to fog expected.

1 hour ago, Paul Zeitoun said:

@Rahimdad just realized there are no Pajeros in this drive

No stucks, everyone will reach the top, ......😭😭😭

@Vanessa8580 see what @Paul Zeitoun is saying about your big blue.

@Thomas Varghese the manufacturer puts on silly Dunlop Grandtreks or HTs in their new vehicles, if you are changing to a different brand or ATs you need to experiment to get the right deflation. Inflating them the moment you reach tarmac is good advise.

@varunmehndiratta I'm going to try this on Faya this weekend.

Something tells me we are going to be the best of friends @Ilya Golubinsky. I'm complete opposite of you. My tire deflation kit cost me AED 25/- and takes me 60 seconds to deflate all four. I too am very happy with my setup. We are from different worlds and have loads to learn from each other.

@Zed from 4-6 I only see the catalyc converter as expensive, if something is wrong with it the car would normally throw a check engine light. I agree with @Frederic to change the plugs, clean the air filter or replace as necessary. MAF sensor can be removed and sprayed with carbuerator cleaner to clean it, you do not need to replace it if it's still working. Do not spray it with WD40 as that is oil based and more sand will stick to it once you back in the desert.

Also agree with @Gaurav bhai that it is not a climber due to its power to weight ratio, but don't be disheartened. It's early days, learn how to handle it well. My Pathfinder is not a climber, but I still find ways to be on top. Tires and proper deflation also play a crucial role. So when you change your tires try to get the Yokohama Geolandars AT. You can easily deflate them down to 10 or 11 PSI and find a world of difference. Enjoy learning and have faith in yourself and the King of the desert.

@Ilya Golubinsky you're right. I understand you. I'm not much into mods, as more you dwell into mods, more components, more chances of failure. 35s as I said are good for off-roading in mountains and rocks. Sure you can try them out in sand. But as you mentioned it would need some mods to support the 35s. Plus heavier tires do take a toll on your engine and transmission. I had a friend once who had a TJ which gave him 400 KMS on a full tank. Once he molded his car to support 35s and put them on his fuel economy went down by about 50%, he used to get only 250 KMS on a full tank. He was always complaining about some issue or the other with the 35s. Once he even flipped his TJ on a roundabout with the 35s. My experience after watching my friend suffer is enough to teach me a lesson.

Let me know how it works out for you. I've never seen someone make a difference for the better with 33s or 35s.

Congratulations @Michael Glavanis. Hope you continue to learn and polish your skills at the new level.

Congratulations @Ruan van den Heever. Lekker. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and polishing your off-road skills.

@Ilya Golubinsky I'm not a big fan of re-gearing. I have seen Jeeps with 31s doing the trick, so why you want heavier tires with 33s or 35s. 35s are the worst, only good looks and maybe more apt to off-roading in mountains and rocks. But on sand 31s can do the trick. Your vehicle might be the best in the world with the ultimate setup, but its your drive capabilities and style which will help you to learn and grow. This comes with experience, which comes with regular drives to improve on what you've learned and picking up some new tips and tricks. After driving off-road in the sands for over 12 years only thing I can confirm is that I too am learning along with everyone else.

There are quite a few in Sharjah Industrial area. You just need to speak to a few and try to negotiate with the one you feel is offering you the best deal. I'm not sure about Dubai, but I'm sure Al Quoz or Rashidiya will have plenty there as well.

@Ilya Golubinsky thank you for your kind suggestion. This exercise is not something which we can take care off in an hour or a drive. It should be personal responsibility and commitment over several drives in different terrain to know what best suits you and your car.

Wow, nice find @Mohamed Seidam. Poetry in motion. Great example of us telling newbies not to climb from the slip face. Not that it's not possible, but needs some experience to get your throttle and steering control in sync. Once you're capable we do there manoeuvres but at a certain angle and finesse as evident in this video.