Frederic

Congrats @Zixuan Huang - Charlie and @Jerry Han ! Thanks to you guys we have reached 50 nationalities in our club !

Its not harmful, and you can clean it yourself easily with a brush and a cloth. Make sure to inspect your air filter after every drive as it clogs up really fast.

Fantastic ! See you soon !

Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club @Brian De Villa ! Great to see a Suzuki Vitara in the club ! About Friday: The Absolute Newbie drive is tailored to members who join us for the first time, and where we can guide you through every step along the way into becoming a confident Offroader. You will be amazed at your own progress and soon you will be doing things with your 4x4 you have never even imagined ! We have an Absolute Newbie briefing video which you should definitely watch a few times, and which will give you the essential basics and make you feel more comfortable behind the wheel coming weekend. Please take your time to go through this video prior to joining us. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING On this drive topic, please introduce yourself a little bit, and include the following info: 1) Which 4x4 are you bringing ? 2) Do you have any prior off-roading experience ? If so, where and how ? 3) Does your 4x4 have front and rear towpoints ? This is a very important point and i want you to inspect your towpoints to make sure they are not completely corroded or loose. We want to be able to recover your car from any angle safely in case you get stuck. For your first Offroad drive we request you to bring the following items: - Pressure gauge with deflator, as we need to deflate your tyres to 15psi. - 12V Air Compressor to inflate your tyres. We will be ending our drive nearby a petrol station but unfortunately their compressor is out of service. Hardware shops like ACE, Speedex, and Dragon Mart have plenty of options from 200AED up to 1500AED. After this drive, you will become a Newbie level driver, and then you will be needing additionally: - An Offroad flag. - A UHF Radio (walkie-talkie), programmed to our frequencies. - A proper shovel. If you have any of these items already, all the better, please bring them along. Do not hesitate to ask your questions if any !

Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club @AMBATI! The Absolute Newbie drive is tailored to members who join us for the first time, and where we can guide you through every step along the way into becoming a confident Offroader. You will be amazed at your own progress and soon you will be doing things with your 4x4 you have never even imagined ! We have an Absolute Newbie briefing video which you should definitely watch a few times, and which will give you the essential basics and make you feel more comfortable behind the wheel coming weekend. Please take your time to go through this video prior to joining us. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING On this drive topic, please introduce yourself a little bit, and include the following info: 1) Which 4x4 are you bringing ? 2) Do you have any prior off-roading experience ? If so, where and how ? 3) Does your 4x4 have front and rear towpoints ? This is a very important point and i want you to inspect your towpoints to make sure they are not completely corroded or loose. We want to be able to recover your car from any angle safely in case you get stuck. For your first Offroad drive we request you to bring the following items: - Pressure gauge with deflator, as we need to deflate your tyres to 15psi. - 12V Air Compressor to inflate your tyres. We will be ending our drive nearby a petrol station but unfortunately their compressor is out of service. Hardware shops like ACE, Speedex, and Dragon Mart have plenty of options from 200AED up to 1500AED. After this drive, you will become a Newbie level driver, and then you will be needing additionally: - An Offroad flag. - A UHF Radio (walkie-talkie), programmed to our frequencies. - A proper shovel. If you have any of these items already, all the better, please bring them along. Do not hesitate to ask your questions if any !

Sorry to hear that @Gerrit Bus Get well soon ! I will remove your RSVP. Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club @Ajit John ! The Absolute Newbie drive is tailored to members who join us for the first time, and where we can guide you through every step along the way into becoming a confident Offroader. You will be amazed at your own progress and soon you will be doing things with your 4x4 you have never even imagined ! We have an Absolute Newbie briefing video which you should definitely watch a few times, and which will give you the essential basics and make you feel more comfortable behind the wheel coming weekend. Please take your time to go through this video prior to joining us. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING On this drive topic, please introduce yourself a little bit, and include the following info: 1) Which 4x4 are you bringing ? 2) Do you have any prior off-roading experience ? If so, where and how ? 3) Does your 4x4 have front and rear towpoints ? This is a very important point and i want you to inspect your towpoints to make sure they are not completely corroded or loose. We want to be able to recover your car from any angle safely in case you get stuck. For your first Offroad drive we request you to bring the following items: - Pressure gauge with deflator, as we need to deflate your tyres to 15psi. - 12V Air Compressor to inflate your tyres. We will be ending our drive nearby a petrol station but unfortunately their compressor is out of service. Hardware shops like ACE, Speedex, and Dragon Mart have plenty of options from 200AED up to 1500AED. After this drive, you will become a Newbie level driver, and then you will be needing additionally: - An Offroad flag. - A UHF Radio (walkie-talkie), programmed to our frequencies. - A proper shovel. If you have any of these items already, all the better, please bring them along. Do not hesitate to ask your questions if any !

A nice article to get introduced to Astrophotography and Time lapse recording: https://www.canon.com.au/explore/astrophotography-timelapse-tips-from-matthew-vandeputte

The Pajero 3.8 models are great, but there is only one unfortunate thing, and that is the automatic upshifting in tiptronic. This was an issue with most Pajeros up to 2011 if i remember correctly. It's not the end of the world, but for Intermediate drives where you want to keep the car in the same gear when climbing a big dune, it's quite annoying.

Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club @Gerrit Bus ! The Absolute Newbie drive is tailored to members who join us for the first time, and where we can guide you through every step along the way into becoming a confident Offroader. You will be amazed at your own progress and soon you will be doing things with your 4x4 you have never even imagined ! We have an Absolute Newbie briefing video which you should definitely watch a few times, and which will give you the essential basics and make you feel more comfortable behind the wheel coming weekend. Please take your time to go through this video prior to joining us. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING On this drive topic, please introduce yourself a little bit, and include the following info: 1) Which 4x4 are you bringing ? 2) Do you have any prior off-roading experience ? If so, where and how ? 3) Does your 4x4 have front and rear towpoints ? This is a very important point and i want you to inspect your towpoints to make sure they are not completely corroded or loose. We want to be able to recover your car from any angle safely in case you get stuck. For your first Offroad drive we request you to bring the following items: - Pressure gauge with deflator, as we need to deflate your tyres to 15psi. - 12V Air Compressor to inflate your tyres. We will be ending our drive nearby a petrol station but unfortunately their compressor is out of service. Hardware shops like ACE, Speedex, and Dragon Mart have plenty of options from 200AED up to 1500AED. After this drive, you will become a Newbie level driver, and then you will be needing additionally: - An Offroad flag. - A UHF Radio (walkie-talkie), programmed to our frequencies. - A proper shovel. If you have any of these items already, all the better, please bring them along. Do not hesitate to ask your questions if any !

Waitlist as per 27 July 2021 1) Ranjan Das 2) BipinM 3) Humayun Ghias 4) Joseph Sebastian 5) Alexander Alcala

Sure Gautam, I’ll put you on the waitlist. Hey @Mikhail Lukichev sorry to hear you cannot make it but we will be definitely using your tips and hints and hope we can meet soon again !

As an experiment we are doing a short Fewbie drive this weekend in Khatim. Based on that result we will decide if we can expand this further.

Hi @ShereenMK unfortunately due to the curfew imposed we are severely limited with options for AD drives. We will first experiment this weekend with a short Fewbie drive to see how this goes. As you are aware the curfew is until 5AM in the morning, and with the summer heat we need to be able to exit by 09:00, so that limits the timing and no marshals can be on the road in Abu Dhabi before 5AM. Stay tuned and bear with us while we are looking for solutions and hope this curfew will be lifted soon.

Yeah i was afraid of that. We will be finalizing on the meeting point by this weekend ( i will be scouting the area). In any case if we decide on a different meeting point it will be similar or same distance from Maliha as Wadi Shawka. I will go and check out Buraq Dam this weekend.

Hi Sam, i was planning to do a recon this weekend do verify this as well. Will get in touch with you.

The Carnity Offroad drive is scheduled in Maliha-Fossil Rock from 8PM till 11PM after we will quickly inflate and head out to Shawka dam.

Very true... nothing better than to sit back and relax and let our eyes gaze at the starry sky !

Welcome @Aaliyah Mohammed ! Of course you can bring your dad along if that helps you in being more comfortable. You will find a walkie-talkie in Dragon Mart (you can even order online now from Dragon Mart). Just make sure it is a programmable radio like the Baofeng UV5-R or the Crony/Motorola MT777 model. A flag can be purchased from hardware shops like Speedex, ACE, and Dragon Mart has them as well. Even in the dune buggy shops in Ras Al Khor you will find them. Have a look at below advices: Dragon Mart Off-Road Gear Shops - Off-road - Carnity.com Carnity Two-Way Radio Frequencies - Off-road - Carnity.com Essential Off-Road Gear - Off-road - Carnity.com See you on Friday !

Good morning @Savio Fernandes @Paul Zeitoun @AbdullaB thanks for signing up ! As you are joining us for the first time, please let us know which camera/lenses you will be bringing, and which experience you have. This will help us in determining if you need any help or assistance from our experienced members with similar type of equipment. Thanks! For the members who are joining us for the first time, please let us know which camera/lenses you are using and in which category you would put yourself: 1- Absolute Newbie. (Interested in Photography, but mostly use the Automatic settings, and things like aperture, iso, and f-stops are a mystery to me). 2- Enthusiast. (Is not afraid of experimenting with the manual settings, and knows his way around his camera a bit). 3- Jedi Master. (Is mastering not only his own equipment, but can help out or other members during the session).

@Aaliyah Mohammed @Jins John Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club, and thanks for your introduction @Jins John ! The Absolute Newbie drive is tailored to members who join us for the first time, and where we can guide you through every step along the way into becoming a confident Offroader. You will be amazed at your own progress and soon you will be doing things with your 4x4 you have never even imagined ! We have an Absolute Newbie briefing video which you should definitely watch a few times, and which will give you the essential basics and make you feel more comfortable behind the wheel coming weekend. Please take your time to go through this video prior to joining us. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING On this drive topic, please introduce yourself a little bit, and include the following info: 1) Which 4x4 are you bringing ? 2) Do you have any prior off-roading experience ? If so, where and how ? 3) Does your 4x4 have front and rear towpoints ? This is a very important point and i want you to inspect your towpoints to make sure they are not completely corroded or loose. We want to be able to recover your car from any angle safely in case you get stuck. For your first Offroad drive we request you to bring the following items: - Pressure gauge with deflator, as we need to deflate your tyres to 15psi. - 12V Air Compressor to inflate your tyres. We will be ending our drive nearby a petrol station but unfortunately their compressor is out of service. Hardware shops like ACE, Speedex, and Dragon Mart have plenty of options from 200AED up to 1500AED. After this drive, you will become a Newbie level driver, and then you will be needing additionally: - An Offroad flag. - A UHF Radio (walkie-talkie), programmed to our frequencies. - A proper shovel. If you have any of these items already, all the better, please bring them along. Do not hesitate to ask your questions if any ! Hi @Jins John have a look at the above posted message. A tire deflator and pressure gauge is enough for your first drive. After that drive you will be indeed needing a radio, flag, shovel. A rope is not needed until you reach higher level. We highly recommend for your first drive not to bring any children or passengers. The main reason for that is because we want your to be 100% comfortable and not distracted. After this first drive you will be definitely welcome to bring children along, as long as they are properly strapped in as per the RTA regulations.

The Perseids Meteor Showers began on July 17th and will continue until they peak on the nights of August 12th and 13th with up to 60 trails per hour. https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/perseid.html https://www.travelawaits.com/2683734/perseid-meteor-shower-august-2021/ The plan is to have a meetup with max. 15 members to practice and enjoy the art of Night photography and learn from each other. Bring whatever camera you have and have a look at the advisable settings in your camera's manual or ask in the forum. After the event you can publish your photos in our gallery ! Meetup Location: Buraq Dam Parking https://goo.gl/maps/KJDj5dukheWD5ArT7 Photography Location: https://goo.gl/maps/icqfVZmoV7T9kwbv7 What to bring: Red headlamp and/or flashlight, camping chair, Camera or Smartphone, tripod, film/memory cards, extra battery, Recommended Lens(es). A tripod is recommended for night photography. Note: This meetup session is COVID19 Compliant, hence we strictly ask all members to wear their masks, keep social distance, and not to share any food. This is not an Offroad drive, there will no need to deflate. For the members who are joining us for the first time, please let us know which camera/lenses you are using and in which category you would put yourself: 1- Absolute Newbie. (Interested in Photography, but mostly use the Automatic settings, and things like aperture, iso, and f-stops are a mystery to me). 2- Enthusiast. (Is not afraid of experimenting with the manual settings, and knows his way around his camera a bit). 3- Jedi Master. (Is mastering not only his own equipment, but can help out or other members during the session).

I’ll be posting the meteor gazing session later this evening by 08:00. The Newbie drive in Mahafiz on that same evening will only be posted in the week prior to the date, and this will be a regular Newbie level Off-road drive.

@Aisha S you have the warrior spirit ! Nothing or no-one will stop you Congrats on your promotion !!

Well done @JamesThorn !!