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DRIVE REPORT How i missed these cool morning, where the sun starts peeping through the sky and you the beautiful Qudra dunes await. The whole team arrived on time and was eager to hit the sand and enjoy the scenery. @Tariq Niyas was my second lead with the Montero Sport and drive wonderfully well ! @Arshad Roojee we did not see you today. Hope everything is ok and we can see you joining the next drive. @Mahmoud Asar you were enjoying the drive with the open sunroof and drove perfect. Well done ! @RAKIN KURIAKOSE the big Pathfinder is maybe not the easiest car to take offroading, but you managed it very well ! @Lukas Lewis brought a very nice Ford Explorer and i hope you are your son had fun. You did great ! @DANIEL NOGUEIRA you look like the kind of person that easily grabs a challenge with a smile. You took the Dodge through every dune without a hiccup ! Nice ! @Aravind Padmaraju The Xterra is the perfect toy for weekly stress relief. Your friends from the club will agree Well driven ! @[email protected] Very well driven. Keep it up ! @Archibald Jurdi your enthusiasm and attitude are superb. The TJ needed to wake up a bit, and with the help of @Jeepie who knows these cars quite well, you managed very well today. See you back soon ! Again a big thanks to @Jeepie for supporting this drive !! Moving forward you all will be joining the Newbie drives and not an Absolute Newbie drive. Drives are announced every Sunday at 11 am, and they go live on Sunday at 7 pm. Due to the high demand, these drives get full in about 10 minutes, so please be online at 7 pm to book your spot. For the next drives, please bring along a deflator, pressure gauge, flag and radio as a minimum. Learn to deflate your tires and checking them precisely Learn to fix a flag on your car Learn to program and fully charge your radio Also like I mentioned during the debriefing, join the Carnity Whatsapp Drive Notification to get the latest updates on the drives, so that you can RSVP on time for the next weekend's drive. Please have a look at below topic which describes the tools needed for every level: Please have a look at below grading structure that explains various off-road levels: See you next weekend on the sand. Till then take care and drive safe.

The 3.5 SWB is also good, but from intermediate level will need to pushed harder and you’ll have less power margin. The 3.8 has enough margin and eventually will run a bit cooler. @Wrangeld has recently bought a 3.8 and also did test a 3.5 and might be able to tell you the difference.

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED Please find your convoy positions for tomorrow attached. @Tariq Niyas @Arshad Roojee @Mahmoud Asar @RAKIN KURIAKOSE @Lukas Lewis @DANIEL NOGUEIRA @Aravind Padmaraju @[email protected] @Archibald Jurdi @Jeepie Some pointers: 1) Please watch the Newbie Video Briefing in case you have not done it before. 2) Please go through the COVID regulations and abide by them during the drive. 3) Please bring a tyre deflator and pressure gauge. If you have more offroad gears you are of course welcome to bring them. 4) Please be on time or a bit before time so we can assist you in deflating the tyres where needed. 5) Make sure your front and back towpoints are in perfect condition. We will need them to recover you safely. 6) Be CAREFUL when you cross the bicycle track at the meeting point. There are lots of bicycles and they have the right of way on their track ! In emergency cases, you can contact me on 056 504 2632. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING @Jeepie (Marjan) and myself will do our utmost best to make you enjoy your first club drive ! See you guys tomorrow 05:30 !

Dear @Aravind Padmaraju @[email protected] Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club ! Kindly introduce yourselves by providing the following information: - Which 4x4 are you driving ? - Any prior experience in offroading ? - Does the vehicle have front and rear towpoints and are they in perfect condition ? Please go through the Newbie Video Briefing which will prepare you for your first drive with us: MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING With regards to offroad gear, please bring a tyre deflator and pressure gauge (readily available in Ace or Speedex). Other items like a shovel, offroad flag, and radio will become mandatory from a second drive onwards (if you have them already plz do bring it along).

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED (4:30PM) Dear Carnitees, The long range dunes in Faqa, followed by some small technical areas, and maybe a little visit to "Little Sweihan" is on our drive plan coming Friday. @Tamas Hoffmann will be my second lead. As @Brette is now eligible to lead a portion of Fewbie drives, he will be in Center Forward position and take over the lead whenever he is comfortable of doing so. I have no doubt he will be leading us to nice dunes ! @Desert Dweller will be our trusty captain at the back of the ship, and will keep the convoy together and moving. Thanks and see you on Friday !

@AviG and @Senthil Kumar i did not find your names on the "Totally Agreed" List of the Covid19 Precautions Topic. Please read below topic, and at the bottom please click on the "totally agree" Emoji. As you can see we have already 133 members that have "agreed". MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions

@siddharth maheshwari members are allowed to join more than 1 drive as per their liking and drive level, but cannot RSVP on two drives at the same time. They can however be put on the waitlist on any open drive.

Waitlist as of 1/10/2020 10:00AM: 1) Jodha Singh Sekhawat 2) Ashok Chaturvedi 3) Asifk 4) Siddharth Maheswari @David Ortells you have been added to the RSVP. Please do confirm if you can make it.

Welcome to the club @DANIEL NOGUEIRA ! Looking forward to see that Dodge Ram, and i am sure your teenager son will have a good time too ! Please take your time to read through the drive topic with regards to the Covid rules, and watch the Newbie video briefing which has replaced the verbal briefing we normally do. Watching this video with undivided attention will give you a good headstart to prepare yourself for offroading. See you on Friday !

DRIVE RSVP IS NOW CLOSED Dear Carnitees, The long range dunes in Faqa, followed by some small technical areas, and maybe a little visit to "Little Sweihan" is on our drive plan coming Friday. @Tamas Hoffmann will be my second lead. As @Brette is now eligible to lead a portion of Fewbie drives, he will be in Center Forward position and take over the lead whenever he is comfortable of doing so. I have no doubt he will be leading us to nice dunes ! @Desert Dweller will be our trusty captain at the back of the ship, and will keep the convoy together and moving. Thanks and see you on Friday !

Good morning @Krishnakumar. This drive is reserved for Absolute Newbies only (first drive with Carnity). So please remove your RSVP. You can asked to be put in the waitlist of any of the Newbie drives this weekend. Thanks !

Hi @Lukas Lewisfor your first drive you can use a spare model that we can give you, no worries.

Dear @Lukas Lewis @Arshad Roojee Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club ! Kindly introduce yourselves by providing the following information: - Which 4x4 are you driving ? - Any prior experience in offroading ? - Does the vehicle have front and rear towpoints and are they in perfect condition ? Please go through the Newbie Video Briefing which will prepare you for your first drive with us: MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING With regards to offroad gear, please bring a tyre deflator and pressure gauge (readily available in Ace or Speedex). Other items like a shovel, offroad flag, and radio will become mandatory from a second drive onwards (if you have them already plz do bring it along).

The first thing to check is proper grounding, as this is usually the first thing that starts to fail. Have a look at the connection points to see if there is no rust or if the wires are slightly loose. Maybe one of the LEDs is on its way out and causing a higher current than the other which upsets your monitoring system. I am just thinking out loud here. Maybe @Barry can pitch in with an idea.

Hahaha if you can handle a Pajero, the Wranger will be a walk in the park Thanks for the quick reply !

Dear @Mahmoud Asar @Archibald Jurdi @Tariq Niyas Welcome to Carnity Offroad Club ! Kindly introduce yourselves by providing the following information: - Which 4x4 are you driving ? - Any prior experience in offroading ? - Does the vehicle have front and rear towpoints and are they in perfect condition ? Please go through the Newbie Video Briefing which will prepare you for your first drive with us: MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING With regards to offroad gear, please bring a tyre deflator and pressure gauge (readily available in Ace or Speedex). Other items like a shovel, offroad flag, and radio will become mandatory from a second drive onwards (if you have them already plz do bring it along).

According to my broker: "there is a specific clause from the Insurance Authority for Young and Novice drivers below 25 years of age. Various companies have different rules when it comes to issuing a policy or if you want to add an additional driver to your policy who is below 25 years of age as the risk of an at fault accident is more when the driver is young. RSA specifically has denied me previously a full cover for one of my clients who wanted to add his daughter as an additional driver who was 20 YO". So it looks like maybe you should check once with a few other insurance suppliers. AXA might be better for this.

That is indeed a strange issue. 1) Are these the original headlights ? 2) Are they LED headlights ? If so the anti flicker harness might be having an issue. This might be related:

A 2000/2001 will be the less powerful 3.3 engine, @Rahimdad will know more about them. Personally i would no spend more than 6-8000 Dirhams on them, and use the remaining amount in your budget to get them completely offroad ready: - Fresh fluids and sparkplugs. - Checkup on suspension bushings and shocks. - Drive belts. - Fresh Amaron battery. - Checkup of all electrical wiring and replace where needed.

Hi @Sreejith Sreenivasan big difference between the two. The Armada is pretty capable but very heavy and not so nimble. The older Pathfinder Series R50 are easy to fix, are smaller and more reliable as well.

Fancy gadget... Until you use it 10 times and the sand starts to get inbetween the cylinder, or the hoses start to leak. You will also need an onboard air compressor.

Hi @Badar Tariq, Looking at your budget and the performance of the vehicles in our club, i would recommend the following: 1) Nissan Xterra. Even the basic model is an amazing offroader that will fit your budget. 2) Mitsubishi Pajero LWB: 3.5 or 3.8 (3.8 has bit more power). Generation 4 3) Mitsubishi Pajero SWB: 3.5 or 3.8 (3.8 has bit more power).Generation 4 4) Nissan Pathfinder R50 model. Go for the 3.5 model.

Dear @Badar Tariq the latest Pathfinder unfortunately has less than the minimum 8inch ground clearance as is required. The approach angle is also extremely low and not suitable for off-roading in dunes.

Congrats @Senthil Kumar !

Congrats @Javier Lucero !