Frederic

Shame i can't make it. I'll be having 20+ kids visiting us on a birthday party and sleepover with tents etc... Please mention me in your prayers.....😓

Indeed a heavily overpowered vehicle, fully on 2WD which was indeed an accident waiting to happen. Makes me wonder if he had NOS or some sort on board on the passenger side, causing the immediate fire and subsequent explosion.

@Gaurav This is the one i was talking about: Evoscan Software (support for MUT protocol) I don't have experience with it, but came across some posts on other forums from South-Africa and Australia where they were able to hookup the gen2 pajero to it. Next to the software you will need a USB to MUT cable which they also sell through the website.

If I’m not mistaken your pajero works on MUT(II) protocol which is not compatible with the universal OBD type of scanners. I looked into buying one but only one kit (that evo drivers use) was available with software and cable. If you want I’ll send you the link.

Hi guys I just saw the pics. Is that @EmVarlet his Xterra ? Hope he is ok ?

😮 ooh and here I am thinking that this radio was a show off gadget ! 🤣

Anyone remembers Smokey and The Bandit ? 😂

With so many cultures and nationalities in UAE, i'd like to compile a playlist of your favourite 5 music tracks; particularly when driving offroad. Please also share your motivation on why you chose that song. I'll start with mine (in no particular order and a loose selection as i can easily put 500 songs here below 😂😞 Wolfmother : The Joker and The Thief Fantastic song while crossing the dunes, uptempo and adrenaline rushing song !! The Doors : Love her Madly The Doors should always be a part of a Roadtrip or Offroad soundtrack. America: A Horse With No Name Just love the smooth rhythm and groove throughout the song Eagles : Take It Easy Same like the Doors basically, mandatory stuff... Fleetwood Mac: The Chain again... mandatory stuff... I have a particularly liking to Seventies Rock and Americana when driving in UAE. Maybe the desolate deserts and climate gives me that typical feeling.

On my ‘99 Pajero the heat seems to come more from the area just next to the 4WD shifter. Can get pretty warm. The road noise came down a bit indeed since @Gaurav bhai gave me that piece of soundproof plate to stick under the passenger footwell. Does RTA inspection complain if the Cat is gone ? Or does it go unnoticed when they are “emptied” ?

Just release the pedal and when they get too close use your windshield spray washers.

Shame but i'll have to skip on this one. Need to bring the father in law back to the airport

Found a sticker near the windshield. It's labeled as a State Farm Insurance Collision. So American i suppose. It's actually a '95 240SX according to the label. Potential driftcar

Doesn't seem like a RHD to LHD conversion. It's pretty bad and i am wondering what the plan was by gutting this car's interior. I don't wanna burn my fingers on this one, although it would make a pretty nice JDM project. But then again if i drive around in Al Quoz i constantly find myself falling in love with the abandoned wrecks...

Thanks @Barry i noticed this morning that the dashboard is missing and havent had a look Underneath the bonnet yet. As it’s an abandoned car it will be tricky to find the owner. Probably will be impounded soon. And my best excuse to not buy it is that I don’t have the bucks 😂

Since a few days this lovely Japanese green devil is parked and left abandoned in our community. It belonged to one of the neighbours but they seem to have disappeared overnight. Is this a 240SX ? It needs a front bumper and quite some parts seem to be missing but i wonder about the value and it makes my heart bleed to see this standing here. I can only assume fixing this up is gonna cost quite some Dirhams due to the availability of the parts.

It was a lovely drive and the flexibility of the senior team to quickly reschedule based on the events was a clear proof that this is an off-road club of members that genuinely care for each-other and take up responsibilities when asked. @EmVarlet @Asif Hussain took us newbies out for a wonderful drive while @Rahimdad and @Gaurav did what they do best: help others and spread the community core message of leaving no-one behind. Thanks guys you both gave us full confidence and guidance ! What i really admire in this off-road club is the family style approach and the lack of testosterone and braggers as you will find in many other clubs. Surely the senior team members of the club attributed to his massively and i want to thank them for that. @Atif thanks for the cafeteria "Prado" style @Gaurav thanks for taking my manual-tranny-granny up to Pink Rock, i had a blast and your knowledge is priceless ! @Rahimdad thanks for just being you, a wonderful and gentle guy that i hope i can continue to learn so much from ! On the the next one !! Great video @Asif Hussain !!

I have a 2013 316i. Bought it in 2016 for 68k with 80,000km on the odometer, but starting leaking oil everywhere and it costed me another 7000 to get many rubbers and gaskets replaced as apparently they couldn't deal with the climate. Since then i have been virtually worry-free. I get my maintenance done in Sharjah and i am now at around 180,000km. I hope it gives me another few years of pleasure because i really enjoy driving it. It is comfortable, consumes less than 8l/100km, fast enough, and i like the way it looks. I've always been a pretty big BMW fan and for me there is no comparison in terms of driving pleasure and handling.

Same here. Have been a DJ all my life and always dreamed of having the patience to learn an actual instrument. Tried guitar but it ended up on the wall. Turntables however were one of my favorite instruments. Gilmour is indeed one of the all-time greatest, there is no doubt about that. But i feel the same about Radiohead. The stuff Thom Yorke is able to create with the band is just out of this world. Have a look at their basement sessions of their album "In Rainbows". I've been a fan for years and they keep making amazing stuff. I'm a pretty decent electrically skilled tech for the manufacturing industry, but the electronics in modern cars is still a bit of a mystery sometimes. Apart from that i'm pretty happy that i am a Jack of all Trades. I have a genuine hunger to learn stuff and grasp easily when it interests me.

I really really wanted a Spitfire when i was in my twenties, and found one sitting in a barn that needed quite some TLC. Unfortunately i didn't have the money and i had to walk away.

I have many many pet hates on the road but i'll just mention these: 1) The unwillingness of people to let you move into another lane when you see the exit appearing. Although i always use my indicators when moving into another lane; they speed up to close the open gap that you want to drive into. 2) The complete and utter inability of so many people to keep distance between cars. 3) Swerving between lanes like it's a video-game. 4) The third-world quality of trucks: the black soot coming from their exhausts and their worn out tires that cause accidents to themselves or leave debris for others. They probably never heard about EURO3 or EURO5 emission regulations. Even their lights and indicators hardly still work. 5) The lack of decent highway parkings for truckers. In most European countries there will be overnight parkings with some restaurants, public toilets, showers, etc... 6) Putting the car on the service lane to perform your prayer. You are risking the life of yourself and others and i see it every single day on the 611. 7) The Toyota vans carrying 10+ people driving 130km/h. No wonder accidents happen. 8 ) Reversing on the highway after missing their exit. Those people should be taken away their license for life. 9) The lack of resting rules for commercial drivers. Mandatory resting times should be put in place. It's not the first time i take a taxi and the driver is nodding off and i have to keep him awake to reach my house safely. 10) The use of high-beams or constant warning indicators as soon as a bit of fog appears. That was my rant for today