Frederic

Goodmorning All ! And thanks for signing up for this drive ! @munkybizness@Thomas Varghese @Mahmoud Taha @Ignacio Quindos@Danish Mohammad@Enrico Biscaro@Amr Paple@Quresh Pajero@Murtaza Bhuria@takeshi sobue@Zubair@george charbel For the ones who have joined us before on this type of drive, you probably know by now what to expect of it, but for the members who join us for the first time in this type of terrain, there are some differences to what you can expect from it. 1) This is not a dune-bashing drive, more a kind of exploration drive which covers a mix of dunes (some of them quite technical), and some farm-tracks as well. 2) This drives allows us more do some sightseeing of donkey's, camels, farms, and vegetation. In combination with the deep red sand this makes it perfect for taking shots with your camera. 3) We will be exiting in Falaj Al Mualla, a quiet town in Umm Al Quwain. Feel free to roam around after the drive and take some nice photos ! The overall aim is to have a great morning out in this terrain, and to focus on the scenic part of it, rather than to fly over the dunes. I hope you understand this makes it no less fun. Make sure to bring a flag, radio, and shovel. For every Newbie drives, that is needed and mandatory for being able to join. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them on the forum here. For the waitlisted members, as soon as existing RSVP members sign out, you will be automatically added to the RSVP list. So keep an eye on it throughout the course of the week.

@Looper your commitment to off-roading has brought you here. Week after Week you show up with a smile and willingness to help others and that’s the perfect recipe of a person we are looking for to lead us , support us, or guide us. I am very much looking forward to seeing you lead convoys soon and I have no doubt your positive energy will shine very bright on every event you organize. Well done !!

Yes, but has quite some technical dunes as well

Hi @Yesu Yarlagadda as much as the Patrol Y62 is a powerful beast, unfortunately it has a few things going against it: - Bumpers front and back. The new front bumper is definitely a good improvement. I am not sure if you added a bashplate as well in front. - OEM Large wheels with relatively low profile tyres. These are prone to having pop-outs as you faced yesterday. In quite a few occasions i have seen you counter-steering against the sand and using the massive power the car has. This is not a good thing and will lead to more pop-outs in the future or even roll-overs (you have a near miss on one of the big climbs we did). - Prone to fishtailing: The car is big and long, and once it starts fishtailing it needs immediate correction or things will go wrong. I would advise you to use the power wisely. I have seen lots of Y62 owners going through the same thing. Go with gravity and use it as your friend.

@Amr Aydin @Andrew McCarthy@Nikola Bozovic@Claudio C @Pascal@Yesu Yarlagadda@Mahmoud Taha@Salim Akhtar@Beide Worku@Daniel Rodas@Shaaz Sha You guys Rocked today ! What a wonderful morning with fantastic weather and dunes galore ! Fantastic teamwork from all of you to overcome our minor issues (pop out, tyre replacement, and fixing my punctured radiator hose). We all came out unscathed and will be back in Sweihan very soon ! Perfect second lead @Amr Aydin , Louuuud sweep @Daniel Rodas😅, and @Shaaz Sha always nearby to help out. See you guys soon in the sand again !

General Info This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions Mandatory Safety Requirements Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Newbie Above (All Levels) When: 27 Mar 2022, Sunday Meeting time: 07:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/DP4SZnPuMuXohwyu8 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, willingness to learn and your own compressor for tire inflation. Approximate finish time: 11:00 AM End Point: Falaj Al Mualla Town Limited Spots Available: Limited to 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 11 AM. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP 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. PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED @Amr Aydin @Andrew McCarthy@Nikola Bozovic@Claudio C @Pascal@Yesu Yarlagadda@Mahmoud Taha@Salim Akhtar@Beide Worku@Daniel Rodas Thanks for swiping right and joining us on this Sweihan exploration drive. We hope the dunes will be free of bulldozer tracks, and we can ramp up this drive a bit. We will be using Channel 1: 446.006 Mhz. Please be on time so we can hit the dunes early enough. See you all tomorrow !

No pressure here. With temperatures hitting 40 Degrees Celsius during daytime, these kinds of full day drives are not possible to do anymore until the weather cools down again.

Hi @Haitham Khattabyes, the RSVP went extremely fast and it does seem the internal servers had some issues to digest the massive amount of people logging into the site at the same time. To be able to split into two convoys, we would need another trip lead. Unfortunately many are out this weekend due to travels or other commitments.

Thanks @Emanuel. That is mainly due to the very strong convoy that morning that i was able to keep the smooth pace. We ended up doing almost 60kms in about 3:30hrs driving time, which is around 17kms/h average in a mixed terrain of long range dunes and technical dunes.

Well done @Pierre de Maigret !

Congrats @Anthony Tan

Congrats @AlexM !