Frederic

@MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @Pacific I have added you both to the meetup. Can you confirm if you can make it ? @N@ved have you removed your waitlist request ? I think you have not joined the club yet. You can do so by going to the main club page and click on “join”. (In my screenshot it shows “manage club”.

Well deserved @rajeshkumar rathod!!

Congrats @Matt.T

Congrats @Anvar Sadath Bekal !!

Congrats @Mario Cornejo !!

Congrats @GauravSoni !!

Hi @pqpqpq as you have done the Absolute Newbie drive already and this drive is reserved for First time joiners only, please sign up for one of the Newbie drives that will go live on Sunday evening 07:10PM. Thanks !

Well done @Luca Palanca Falsini !!

Hahahah the pace was really fast or was it a higher playback speed 😂

DRIVE REPORT Another lovely drive with our new Carnity family members ! It was great to see few enthusiasts slowly rolling in around 6:40, eager to hit the sand and enjoy the learning experience we have to offer. After deflating we started with the briefing, where we emphasized on momentum, radio acknowledgement, and not to fight gravity while offroading. In a theoretical approach all this sounds nice, but we wanted to go and head out in the dunes this lovely area has to offer. The first half hour some drivers had to adjust a little bit to the behavior of the sand, and the need to keep momentum and to stop the car only at a flat level surface or declining slope. While most of the cars are used to driving at 2000rpm and not often more, most members quickly realized that in the desert the throttle and momentum is key to make it from one dune to another. We practiced some gentle side-sloping, cresting (which took some shoveling), and self recovery. I was really amazed to see all of you picking up the pace quickly and getting accustomed to driving in the dunes. We kept a good pace at all times and the stucks or refusals were minor and easily dealt with. The GLS500 (of which is the first in our club) did well, and except for the overheating issue the car was a sight to see and @Amit SRP handled the car very well. I had @Nagham Albeitawi as my second lead, as she had prior experience and drove perfectly, keeping enough distance and slightly correcting my path where needed. Well done !! @Vishal S brought his nice red Cherokee, and drove it very controlled, followed by @Shafeek Kiblawi, MD who drove the white Grand Cherokee in pursuit effortlessly. We had more Jeeps in the convoy, like @pqpqpq his nice black SWB Wrangler, but we also had a beautiful Hummer H3 belonging to @Joe Biju Joseph but driven by @Ashwin0223 who all managed it perfectly ! Toyota was well represented too, with 2 Prados: @khurram.k with wife and son who had smiles throughout the drive, and @Antony Calvin who drove the Prado with excellent control, but also two beautiful big Landcruisers with @Osama Al Hamwi and @Tejas Patel both managing the big beasts very well. I was blessed with the amazing support from @Shamil and @marks who patiently helped out everyone, dealt with recoveries, and kept a smile and friendly approach throughout the drive. I am proud to see our Advance level members stepping up in this role as they are on their way to become future marshals soon. Thanks so much ! Moving forward you all will be joining the Newbie drives and not an Absolute Newbie drive. Drives are announced every Sunday at 11 am, and they go live on Sunday at 7:10 pm. Due to the high demand, these drives get full in about 10 minutes, so please be online at 7 pm to book your spot. If you miss a spot, put your name on the waitlist asap. Generally, by Thursday with dropouts everyone does get a spot if they have waitlisted. For the next drives, please bring along a deflator, pressure gauge, flag and radio as a minimum. Learn to deflate your tires and checking them precisely Learn to fix a flag on your car Learn to program and fully charge your radio Also like I mentioned during the debriefing, join the Carnity Whatsapp Drive Notification to get the latest updates on the drives, so that you can RSVP on time for the next weekend's drive. Please have a look at below topic which describes the tools needed for every level. There is a separate tutorial inside which explains which radio we recommend and how to program them: (Please do not buy the Baofeng 888S spare radio we gave you, as these cannot be programmed without a special cable and software). Please have a look at below grading structure that explains various off-road levels: PICS CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://carnity.com/gallery/category/528-ab-newbie-qudra-dubai-05-feb-2021 See you guys soon in the sand again !