Asif Hussain

Reminder: @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen if you do not agree on COVID19 precautionary requirement by 7pm today, unfortunately i will be forced to remove you from calendar for tomorrow's drive

@Martin. @Remco Snoek @IMAMP @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen @Fuad thank you all for joining Al Khatim - Abu Dhabi drive on Friday 26th June 2020. We all will meet at 4PM at given location and move to deflation point and i request everyone to reach on time. Strictly follow all the COVID19 precaution for carnity off-road drives. Falling to abide instruction will result in ban from carnity off-road club. Please read this link and agree if you had not done it before. https://carnity.com/forums/topic/15021-ban-from-carnity-off-road-club?tab=comments#comment-63844 Radio channel will be Carnity CHANNEL 5 for this drive. Once you reach the meeting point please turn on your radio. If you had not yet programmed your radio, do program all Carnity 1 to 5 channels before you join the drive. How to program please follow this link: https://carnity.com/advice/offroad/carnity-two-way-radio-frequencies-r119 Convoy Positioning: 1. @Asif Hussain Nissan Xterra 2. @Martin. - Mitshubishi Pajero 3. @Remco Snoek Toyota Fortuner 4. @IMAMP Chevrolet Trail Blazer 5. @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen GMC Canyon (not yet confirmed) 6. @Fuad Nissan Pathfinder We are ending the drive where there is no petrol pump nearby. So kindly bring your own air compressor.

@Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen you had not agreed COVID19 precautionary requirement on the drive thread. Failure to acknowledge the "Totally Agree" on the conversation thread will result in you being removed from the attendee list. @Fuad thank you for agreeing and @Remco Snoek thank you for agreeing on right tab.

Thank you @IMAMP @Remco Snoek you had clicked the icon on drive calendar. You should do in original drive post 👇 https://carnity.com/forums/topic/15068-covid19-compliant-evening-fewbie-desert-drive-al-khatim-abu-dhabi-26-june-2020

@Remco Snoek @Fuad @IMAMP @Martin. @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen thank you for joining the drive. It is mandatory for all drive participants to acknowledge the agreement by clicking "Totally Agree" to COVID19 precaution requirement on this drive thread. Thanks @Martin. you had already done it. @Remco Snoek @Fuad @IMAMP @Jeffrey Osito Pilgreen please make sure you read the agreement and agree by clicking on right icon as shown below by today.

@Melenany RSVP is still open in this drive

@Erik Ean welcome to carnity off-road club. This is fewbie and above level drive. Since you are new here you should first join a Absolutely Newbie drive. You can join @Gaurav's drive on 26th Friday which is for new comers. But unfortunately travel ristriction between Abu Dhabi to other emirates is still on. You can wait for next week and join any absolute newbie drives.

@Fuad this drive is fewbie level. I might lower the level depending on participants.

Welcome to the COVID 19 "new normal" lifestyle with restrictions and precautions for everyone safety. Moving forward and respecting authorities guidance all desert drives will be done under strict control. No Gathering | No Briefing | No BBQ | No Eating Together | No Touching | No Hugging MUST READ: Not following these rules and precautions = Not allowed to drive. We are only allowed to drive through the desert, the same way as if we are driving on the road now. Even though Dune Bashing is permitted with the loosening of some COVID restrictions, the restrictions over social distancing still apply. So we will only do desert driving and stay sitting inside our cars at all the times and leave the drive without socializing or coming close to each other. Just like before we like to continue our desert drives through out the year, but this time we need your immense support to understand the strict control and to help everyone follow them all the time. How to maintain "STRICT" Social Distancing Meeting point will be set slightly (100m - 200m) inside the desert track. Please pay close attention to the meetings point as these have changed to allow enough space for everyone to arrive and deflate safely. Please make sure that you deflate quickly and off the tarmac. There should be only one person outside the vehicle when deflating before reaching the meeting point. While deflating tires, stop cars 10 meters away from any other car. Drive signup on calendar will be closed on Thursday morning by 9 AM. Convoy numbering and briefing will be posted here on this drive post before 6 PM on Thursday. All participants need to read & acknowledge the briefing by clicking "Totally Agree" reaction Failure to acknowledge the "Totally Agree" on the concersation thread will result in your being removed from the attendee list. Switch on your radio when you reach the meeting point on the set frequency advised by the trip lead in the pre drive convoy numbering and briefing here in this thread. Once everyone reaches to the meeting point, everyone except for people deflating or putting up a flag must stay inside the car at all the times. Trip lead will do the roll call, convoy numbering recap, critical briefing over the radio. Any suggestions or issues will be discussed over the radio too. You can also speak to other members through the radio only. So please make sure that your radio battery is fully charged. No radio = no drive. If your radio is not set to all the Carnity channels in advance there will be no time to reprogram on site. If you do not have the radio set up = no drive. Once all set, trip lead will start the drive as before. Refusal and Recoveries with Social Distancing Every drive will have 1 lead Marshal and 1 or 2 supporting senior members/crew. Whenever there is a stuck or refusal, only Marshal / Senior Member / Crew is allowed to handle the situation. Everyone else including the stuck car driver, stay inside the car - AT ALL TIMES. Marshal / Senior Member / Crew is only allowed to step out to access the situation and do the recoveries: They will wear mask and gloves at all times when they are outside their car. They will try to help self recover through the radio guidance. If not they will use required recovery gear and do the needful (shovel, tug or winch, as required). If at any time Marshal require help, then only you are allowed to step out by wearing face mask and gloves at all times. Drive completion and inflation For now and until the COVID restrictions are lifted, there will not be any gathering or sitting down together for food-break like before. Once drive is finished, after reaching the tarmac, everyone is requested to move away 50-100 meters before starting their inflation. For drivers having no compressor, can head to the near by fuel station. If drive is ending at a place where there is no fuel station near by, then trip lead will inform in advance so that drivers having their own compressor can join only. Now Strictly no more sharing of compressors, radio, shovel or any recovery gear, at any times. Mandatory things you require to attend the drive Face mask - at least TWO face mask is needed in case one get damage or fly away. Disposable rubber gloves - at least two sets are needed. Wear face mask and gloves at all the times, when you are out of your car. Carry plenty of hand sanitizer and object sanitizer (spray). Use your sanitizers generously, whenever you step out to help or recover. Sanitize your hands before getting back into your car. Sanitize your recovery gears, if you have used them. Fully charged radio - without any excuse - No radio = No drive. Shovel - Must for every car, to do little self recovery. Safety flag - Must for every car, like before. Compressor - If joining the drives that is ending far from the fuel station. Mandatory precaution that you need to take at all times Do not step out of your car UNLESS/OTHERWISE advice by Marshal / Senior Member / Crew. No shaking hands, hugs or touching each other. No sharing of food, drinks or recovery tools. If you are not feeling well, please stay at home and take a lot of rest. If you have travel in last 14 days, then please do not attend this drive. If you feel unwell during the drive, please let trip lead know so he can plan an early exit. Not more than 3 pax in a car and if all 3 aren't living together, then they should wear the mask inside the car too. Drive Details Level: Fewbie and all above When: 26 June 2020, Friday. Meeting time: 4.00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Al Khatim - https://goo.gl/maps/JEnLf9vtQ2Ng2pL29 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 7:00 PM End Point: Al Khatim - https://goo.gl/maps/9nw69Ybp6MtKevAb6 LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. 1 Lead Marshal + 1 Senior Members + 10 Members. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members arriving without all the required equipment will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.

As @Emmanuel mentioned 8mm thick is more than enough with proper radiator bracket. If you find 10mm thick go for it, this is where we always hit hard in our sport.

Happy Birthday @Jeepie

Congrats @Shamil for your first official drive post. Well done.

@Javier M congrats for your first official drive post with carnity. All the best and drive safe.

Congrats @Wrangeld for your first official drive post... Well-done

Congrats @Brette keep it up

@Wrangeld congrats looking forward to drive with you guys.

Congrats @Jeepie all the best for next level.

Your driving style will change in intermediate level, you must kill the ABS while off-roading before anything happens.

You need to install ABS kill switch which will disable all your stability controls. For newbie drive it is not very important, but get it installed as soon as possible. ABS is not tuned well for off-roading in xterra it can occasionally kick in during steep slopes and keep releasing the tires making your xterra go down without break or control. You must kill the ABS if you are going for serious drives. There are two ways to deactivate ABS 1) With ABS kill switch, which will cost you 150 to 200dhs and you can control from your dashboard easily. On and Off without any hassle. 2) With Fuse Modification, (which I had did) Bought a 3 way fuse from scrap which costed me 10dhs that's it. Then remove the connection from inside the last 30amp compartment (as shown in the picture below) YOU ARE DONE......... Just replace the fuse before off-roading with original one while car is turned off and key is removed. Then start the car and you see ABS light and all other stability control lights are turned on in your dash, and you are ready for dune bashing 😀 After the drive just replace it with the original one with the car turned off and key is removed. Light will be still on but don't panic just drive for a minute and it will go off.

@Desert Dweller congrats to this level and looking forward for next level. Well done 👍

You and your beast deserve this level... Well done @Javier M congratulations!!!

I had fabricated strut spacer using nylon bar and used my ride to the extreme level in off-roading and it never gave up. Lifting your vehicle using spacer will allow you to accommodate slightly upsize tyre which will overall lift your ride 2 to 3inch max. This modification has no performance advantage other than approach and departure angle. It will decrease your suspension travel and wear out your suspension components sooner. This is one of the cheapest way to lift your ride. Add wheel spacer or proper offset rims to the same ratio of the lift to correct the geomatry of your vehicle.

@Vanessa8580 congrats and you deserve this. Looking forward to see you as marshal soon.

Thanks @Srikumar for your prompt action. Myself removed my name and request others who had signed in and cannot travel from Abu Dhabi to Dubai cancel their RSVP and give chance to others.