Frederic

Well deserved Muhammad ! You’ve gone above and beyond on every single drive and never shy away from any challenge!

Wrong drive buddy 😅

That is very high. I would be expecting 17-19 l/100 km Few things you need to check: 1) Tire pressure. Should be between 35-38 psi 2) Maintenance intervals. When was the last maintenance done, are air filters clean and injector cleaning done ? 3) Driving style. As you mentioned mostly highways on cruise control should be no issue.

Once you start leading and become more and more comfortable with the area, you will be able to make a pretty fair judgement on how the dune is formed. Like i mentioned the trip lead can ride the ridge (or just next to it) to have a quick peek to the other side and then take the call.

Good question @salah2u. Yes there are definitely dunes which are not advisable to criss-cross, either because they have a sharp drop, or the shape is irregular. The trip lead or marshal will usually be able to assess this by side sloping on that dune first and having a look at the other side. Based on the drive level (Fewbie, Fewbie Plus, IM, or Extreme) he will be able to choose if it's doable to criss-cross with the convoy or not. In Qudra area for example there are some areas where you have rock formations at the bottom of the dune. These surrounding dunes can be tricky to criss-cross as you don't want to end up inbetween those rocks.

We have covered now the following nationalities: 1) USA (Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, etc..) 2) UK ( Eric Clapton, America, Squarepusher, David Bowie, Tom Robinsons Band, etc..) 3) Italy (Ligabue) 4) India (Shuvkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia) 5) Australia (The Triffids) 6) Netherlands (Blof, De Dijk) 7) Belgium (Admiral Freebee) 8) Japan (Riyuchi Sakamoto) 9) Canada (Bryan Adams) 10) Scotland (Simple Minds) Some nice anecdotes as well: - The Song "Layla" by Derek and The Dominoes (Eric Clapton) is based on the Arabic poem and story of Layla and Majnun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun - The Song "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" By Riuychi Sakamoto is the soundtrack of the movie with the same name, that came out in 1983 -The guitar solo in the song "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, is considered and ranked by many as one of the best guitar solos ever made. Please share your anecdotes about your favorite bands as well !

I love Tinariwen, you might like the Belgian band called "Zita Swoon" as well The singer called "Stef Kamil Carlens" makes different kinds of music, but under "Zita Swoon Group" you will find lots of his world music.

That's indeed a great and mesmerizing song. I added it to the Spotify list.

@Brette @Enrico Biscaro glad to see you guys dig Bruce “The Boss” as well. From Thunder Road, Born to run, to The River, he is truly one of the most remarkable artists that changed my life and listening experience Brings me to “Eagles”.. there’s a certain fellow with a green manual gear 4x4 that loves cruising to Sweihan blasting them through his speakers 😃 @Srikumar

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KRp9Xub5g3sXB5dW2D9DX?si=mO2aLdeeR52Qta4MC4i_nA&dl_branch=1

With so many nationalities in the club, we’d love to hear your favorite song that you’d recommend us to hear on our way from or to the desert. Be creative and share your top song and add it to our very own Carnity Spotify Playlist ! Of you don’t have a Spotify account you can add to your song in the drive topic so we can add it for you. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KRp9Xub5g3sXB5dW2D9DX?si=mO2aLdeeR52Qta4MC4i_nA&dl_branch=1

Well done @Russ ! Let the beast go !

Congrats @Gilbert Khalil !

Thanks @John Vanderbleek ! I have just made some minor adjustments to the wind direction. After speaking to a friend who works for Skydive Dubai, he explained me the land breeze and sea breeze concept which we are facing here in the UAE:

Managed only to take a few shots. I was being lazy and tired last night and the camping chair and good company was waiting for me Taken with Canon 5Dmk2, Samyang 14mm. ISO 2000-3200 and shutter speed between 8-15 seconds. Next to the white Pajero you will find @samamara working on her timelapse and bitten by millons of mosquitoes !

Well that was an interesting experience ! Most of us arrived a bit before midnight, and @samamara had already setup up and found the premium spot, in front of the lake. As we had kids with us we stayed a bit further away from the lake. Unfortunately it was extremely busy as it seemed everyone came out to spot the meteors that night. That also made it quite difficult to see who made it to the meeting point or not. My apologies if we were not able to meet or see everyone. I do suspect there were 4-5 people that did not come, and with so many other cars and people around this was quite difficult. Some were using the radio as we requested and we were able to meet up. In the future my opinion is we should keep it at maximum 10 members and ensure we can meetup somewhere and do a proper introduction. That way, if any member has technical questions about the setup he can ask any of the seniors. Like on the previous sessions, meeting up and deflating together, followed by going with a convoy gives a better “team” feeling. A big thanks to @munkybizness for coming up with the idea, and @samamara for finding this gem of an area. We will definitely be back and surely it will be less busy then. On the parking lot we met an Astronomer who brought his massive telescope and he was so friendly to give us some nice views of Saturn and Jupiter. It’s amazing to see someone’s passion and skill and it gave us a nice glimpse into the miracle we call universe. Now with the weather cooling down, we will be able to do another session very soon. Hope to see you all back !

You will find us nearby the water. Look for a white Pajero

Yes 11:50. @Gauravwill be there little bit earlier, and I’ll be reaching there hopefully before midnight as I have an evening drive in Maleiha area.

Welcome back to Dubai ! The weather is slowly getting cooler, so hope to see you soon in the sands !

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED 1) Frederic Pajero SWB Blue - Crew 2) Lakshmi Narasimhan - Pajero LWB - Intermediate 3) Savio Fernandes - Nissan Patrol Y62 - Newbie 4) Farook Veettil - Toyota Landcruiser - Newbie 5) Munkybizness - Nissan Patrol Y61 - Fewbie 6) Rizwanm2 - Xterra - Support Team We will be using Channel 2: 446.031 Mhz Please be ready to go (deflated, flag, etc) by 8PM so we can cover some nice terrain. NO FLAG OR RADIO = NO DRIVE PS We will be exiting by 11PM sharp, as some of us are attending the Lens Lovers Club event and we need to reach there in time. Thanks for your understanding. See you guys tonight !

Goodmorning @Javid_DXB and welcome to Carnity ! If you have not drive with the club, you will first need to attend an Absolute Newbie drive first before signing up for Newbie level drives. We have an Absolute Newbie drive tomorrow morning. After that you can signup for any Newbie drive. I will remove your RSVP from this night drive. Thanks !

Congrats @Nafiz !

Well done @S Jacob !

Congrats Buddy !

Ooh sorry to hear that buddy !