Frederic

Absolutely amazing piece of community work @Hisham Masaad !!

Extreme level is a "drive skill" level and does not have anything to do with leading. Leading drives is only for Advisor, Expert, and Marshal levels.

Reminds me of the movie “Speed”. We’ll be installing a Carnity speedometer in your car. When you go above 20kmh your are promoted one level up.

Congrats to all ! You guys are the Adrenaline Rockstars. Keep it safe at all times and look after one another! And in the words of Colin McRae: ”if in doubt, go flat out”...

Another hint to crawl out of a bowl is to use 4LO second gear. It gives you all the torque without generating too much wheel spin. Of course, as soon as you are out, switch back to 4Hi

Hi @Anoop Nair, this will be slightly different for different 4x4 models based on the gear ratio. What you need to try to do is to keep your car in the power band during the drive. In my case this is between 2500 and 3500rpm, which allows me to use the available power at all times. During a hill climb from a standstill, go to first gear and keep it in gear (do not change gears while climbing). When you have to do a long hill climb or sideslope where you have the chance to take a long running up, you can shift to second gear but make sure you are well within your powerband otherwise you will lose your momentum. In my Pajero it goes as following: 1st gear up to 6000rpm/ +/- 50kmh (used for hill climb only, nothing else). 2nd gear for most sidesloping at about 40-45 km/h. 3rd gear for fast pace desert driving where no climbs are needed. I have seen people doing a hill climb in first gear, then move up to second gear, and when losing momentum, pushing it back to first gear. I am not a fan of doing this as this creates a massive strain on the clutch and you need to do this very fast or the lack of momentum will abort your hill climb immediately. In my Pajero my first gear is very short while the second gear is quite long. For Jeep this might be different. I think @Srikumar will be able to relate his experience as well.

Super well deserved @Islam Soliman ! On to new adventures !!

Congrats MarkyB !

Well done @Anoop Nair !

Well done Charlie !

Well done Fabien !

DRIVE REPORT I arrived a bit early, and was able to meet and greet our Fewbie convoy that was almost good to go. Was great seeing some of our Dubai Fewbie members @Warren Flay and @Lakshmi Narasimhan coming over to Abu Dhabi to enjoy this terrain. It says a lot about their commitment and offroad spirit. Well done guys ! Soon i noticed a white Pajero pulling in. @Jerry Han was joining us for the first time with his wife, and was eager to learn today and explore the dunes together with us. Buddies @Naveen Raj and @Sherry Mathew Jacob brought a Lexus GXR460 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee to the party. @Josh T. who i had the pleasure of meeting the week prior, was our second lead, and @Kailas provided superb support at the back. We started off with some gentle slopes and gradually built it up a bit. We practiced straight-cresting, and some side sloping while getting accustomed to the terrain. Everyone did really well. We had unfortunately some plastic that came off the Lexus @Naveen Raj was driving. This was mainly due to the low hanging bumper in the front. On @Jerry Han his Pajero is was more the rear Pajero scoop effect that will need a bit of protection to avoid it from coming off completely. @Josh T. i was really happy and impressed with the help and instructions you gave to @Jerry Han who was behind you. This is the exact role a second lead should be doing and the fact that you grasp this so easily shows you are a true team player. I see you growing in our club very soon: you have the right attitude, team spirit, and a perfect offroad beast that goes along with it ! @Jerry Han you did great for your first offroad drive ! The more drives you do, the more you will master the art of perfect throttle control so you can keep the bumpers intact at all times @Naveen Raj the Lexus is a fantastic 4x4 and you did great as well ! The low hanging bumpers are a bit more difficult and generally the damage will occur on your first 3-4 drives where it is still normal as you are still finding your momentum and throttle control as well. @Sherry Mathew Jacob the Jeep Grand Cherokee has lots of electronics. If you have questions about it, we have some amazing Carnity members around that know these vehicles very well, @Bretteis one of them. You did really great ! During the second part of the drive i wanted to explore a track which i had not done before yet. Soon we found majestic and enormous dune formations and we had some great fun meandering through them ! I had found an possible exit which went along a fence, but my satellite map forgot to tell me that there was sand and dunes blown over the track, which meant we had to go back inside a bit and re-route to find a cleaner exit. We exited at the Nahel Petrol station were we inflated and had a quick chat before heading home. All in all a great morning with a bunch of great potentials ! I will be back in Sweihan soon and hope to be riding with you guys again !

There is no difference in power, but the distribution between the front and rear. Try both 4H and 4Hlc and see if you can find any difference. I’ve never felt any difference for 99% of what we do in the desert. Only on long hill climbs it might give some benefit.

Small request: When you arrive at the meeting point just drive a little bit inside the gate. @Naveen Raj @Sherry Mathew Jacob @Jerry Han @Josh T. @Kailas

Nice shots !!

Temporary Convoy List 1) @Frederic - Pajero SWB Blue - Crew 2) @Josh T. - GMC Sierra - Newbie 3) @Jerry Han - Pajero - Absolute Newbie 4) @Sherry Mathew Jacob - Jeep Grand Cherokee - Absolute Newbie 5) @nr999in - Lexus GX460 - Absolute Newbie 6) @Kailas - Jeep Wrangler SWB Red - Expert I am looking forward meeting you guys tomorrow at 05AM. The plan is to introduce you all to some desert driving, with some basic side sloping, and straight cresting excercises. Getting stuck is part of the fun, so please don't feel ashamed or disappointed in case you get stuck. It's a learning experience and we gladly recover vehicles and share the tricks on how to recover yourself. I hope by now you have all watched the Newbie briefing that was posted in the drive topic, this will be your best introduction for taking your first steps into the sand. If you are totally new to desert driving, i would recommend not to bring family members along. It will be important that you feel relaxed and that you can focus on learning the basic skills first. You will be amazed what you will learn in a matter of a few hours. Myself and @Kailas will be supporting you throughout the drive. With regards to tools, have a look at below advice. For your first drive a pressure gauge is enough. From a second drive onwards you will be needing a radio, flag, pressure gauge, and a fullsize shovel: If you have a walkie talkie already, you can program it to our Carnity Channels as per below advice. If not then we will be handing out a spare model that you can use for your first drive with us: We will be using Channel 2: 446.03125 Mhz. Please arrive on time (or before is even better) so we can head out to the dunes quickly after deflating the tyres. See you tomorrow ! PS in case of emergency my mobile no. is 056 504 26 32

That looks indeed like a mistake from their side. Better to call the test center and ask them to change it.

Good to hear that. Make sure you have the AL Hosn App where the result is shown. SMS messages or test results via email are not being accepted at the border.

Hi @Jerry Han no need as we are using license free frequencies.