Frederic

The typical thing with insurance is that everyone wants to have the cheapest one AND the best service, which is impossible. I've heard enough horror stories about shady little cheap insurance companies that will make you pull your hair out if ever you need their assistance. Having that said, i am with RSA and happy with their services and pricing.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/a302/1772922/

Is there a definite way to test the viscose clutch? I’ve read here in the past about sticking a magazine slowly between the impeller and see if it stops the fan. That test would surely only verify if the clutch is “loose” on normal idle? The second way was rotating the impeller by hand and it should only do 2 or 3 full revolutions and then lock up. Is that correct ? my temps are ok now but also go up 5-8 degrees when standing in traffic sometimes. And the gushing sound of which @Gaurav even made a video of isn’t something I hear in my car.

Nice one !!

Capsula ?

Good topic. My neighbor who’s an Emirates pilot has a beautiful avalanche in his garage. Would love to take it out of his hands one day 😁 On the other hand I have a friend who’s driving a Ford Ranger 3.2 Diesel Wildtrak. It’s constantly sitting in the workshop because sand gets in his Turbo 😖 According to the stealership he shouldn’t use it for off-road, while that’s just the selling point of the Wildtrak. Go figure...

I'll be coming with Wifey's car, kids, and mother in law..., please send me your thoughts and prayers 🤣

Sometimes the simplicity of a car is what I like about it. No frills, nothing too fancy, no thousand buttons. Just get in and go. Some newer cars have this, others get lost in all the buttons that eventually fall off and never properly work.

Pulled out a guy at the desert near my house yesterday who got crested while taking his first steps with his new Wrangler. We had a lovely chat and he promised to join the carnity off-road club from now on 😂 Welcome to the club Jude 😂😉

I thought long about this but couldn’t find a real logic to all the cars I’ve owned and driven. All had their own pros and cons. A few highlights: * Smart Fortwo: was a fantastic little preppy car. Very little comfort but felt like driving a go kart. Sold when kids came along. * Lancia Delta: wanted something that stood out of the regular hatchbacks and was not disappointed. * BMW 318TDs touring. Was slow but sooo damn reliable and everything was just in the right place. Drove it into the ground. * Peugeot 205: was my first car and absolutely adored it. Overheated the breaks and it rained inside but this car was soo much fun. i have the tendency to go out and look for a car A and coming home with a car Z ! Sometimes the moment just grabs me and I am overcome and star struck by some cars. It’s like they choose me 🤪

Oooh I love the MR2. My colleague had one in red. Kept asking him to sell it to me but he was smart enough to keep it 😁

Interesting read, thanks @hossein ! They indeed "recommend" to drive in 4LLC but it's not really necessary so it seems. But putting the transmission into limp mode could also mean that it might disable other critical functions which we don't know about.

looks like he was coming too fast and too close to the other Landcruiser, so he might have applied the braked agressively, causing the car to sink away in the soft sand and tip over. Why aren't these guys using the flags or radios ?

My friend has the Hummer H3 and takes it for camping trips in UAE and Oman. He's happy with the performance but it is not a dune-bashing kind of car.

How much i'd love to join these rides, by Thursday night i am completely burned up as i'm currently combining three job roles at work

from what i remembered in the past, chip-tuning gives you improvement over the rpm range, but not so much on the top range (+4000 rpm) but i could be wrong. I've always been very reluctant to do chip-tuning on a car that has +80,000 km on the clock. There are so many variables that come into play when going offroad. The extreme temperatures and behavior of engine and transmission are calculated with enough margin by the manufacturer. Playing around with these settings might work fine on-road, but could give very bad results offroad. On the 3.8 SWB i think the car is more than powerful enough to get you through extreme terrain. I would spend that cash on minor upgrades (cold air intake, exhaust, iridium plugs) or other things that will slightly bump the performance without messing with the OEM ECU settings.

Hahahahaha I know but I have no idea how much @Emmanuel was pushing it at that time. My little 3.0 had to give it all and that sometimes worries me a bit, so I wish I had a bit more reserve 😉

Coming from a 3.0 owner. Go for a 3.5 or above. The 3.0 really needs to be pushed to the limit when going for dune bashing.

Ramadan Kareem ! Let this be a month of spending time with loved ones, contemplating life and love, enjoying the company of your friends, colleagues, and just sitting back and thanking that we are healthy and blessed that we can share this with others. I won’t be able to join in on the coming suhoor drives but I wish all of you all of the above !

I downloaded it on my pc to watch it at double speed. Had a bit of a Benny Hill kind of thing to it Fantastic footage and very nice to look back to and see where we can further learn and grow.

Six working hours per day. There is no distinction between Muslims or non Muslims. Most office staff works from 9 till 4. I hope to do the same 🤪

Guys I had so much fun on this drive. @Emmanuel blessed us with a fantastic track that combined both the short technical dunes, and the long and high dunes where we had to push our cars to the limiter. We had a small setback with @G.huzhis nasty pop out, and it was nearly impossible putting it back into place in that location. I loved how all worked together and kept a cool head. We all learned a great lesson and that’s what matters. @amir.rophail @Javier M @G.huz Thanks for the great company ! @Emmanuel it was a blessing to follow in the pursuit of the mighty velociraptor, containing one hell of a great guy and off-road expert ! See you soon back in the sandbox !