Sunil Mathew

Hello @TheUsualSuspect and welcome to Carnity Offroad Club. I can see this will be your first offroad drive with us. I am putting out some questions on behalf of our trip lead @Islam Soliman, for you to respond to , as and when you see this post... Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details. Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets. Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag. And confirm that you have seen : MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING as below

Congrats @Mohit Gurnani

Thanks you for leading us through a nice and interesting Newbie drive @Vanessa8580....and that too without any stucks or major refusals.. Being my debut "official" support drive , i could get away without any shovel time/rope time/jack time etc thanks to the route chosen, the compact sand due to recent rains and off course, exceptional driving by the whole convoy, especially the newbies !!! Driving at the centre, i could see everyone doing a great job, handling their cars starting with @Nathan doing great at 2L , giving timely terrain warnings to everyone👍 @Mahmut SARILI - looks like your offroad experience in Oman is evident and you were not having any issue following the convoy 👍..please get a radio for the next drive, which is really important @Robkalso had an uneventful drive with his gladiator 👍 followed by @Abdulla Alkhemeiri in his Tundra handling it very well in most places, with occasional minor fishtailing on some of those side slopes, which should be easily ironed out with more practise 👍 Two drivers , i could see very clearly were @Osama M in his QX80 - you handled the car beautifully today and had good control on straight crossings. One concern, as we discussed is very low clearance between your rear wheel and wheel arch. I initially thought you were carrying some kind of heavy overlanding gear, but turns out its the hydraulic suspension. It leaves very little suspension travel , and for higher level drives it is a cause of concern, especially when driving through cross tracks, i am sure you will hit your bump stops continuously . You might want to give it a thought when you sign up for higher level/faster drives. 👍 @Mostafa Nasef did great for most part of the drive, but needs a bit of polishing in your straight crossing skills. As we discussed, you let go of the gas too soon and tend to end up right on the top of the dune crest , almost bellied. I can see its only your 4th drive, and perfectly understandable. That feeling when you climb up and see only the sky when you reach the top - we have all gone through it, so take your time, drive more, get accustomed to it and find the right amount of gas just to get you through it and not fly off or end up crested. 👍 @lucas amat driving right behind me , had me amazed for most part of the drive, having absolutely no problem in driving through those churned, caked sand with his Jeep liberty. At many places, i really expected a refusal announcement from you . Dont forget to get your flag sorted before the next drive Everyone behind Lucas - i could not see much of you but being the fewbie lot in a newbie drive, you were driving at the tail end on all the churned sand , and having a couple of refusals is part of the game. Good to meet you all - @Mahesh_ @Martin M @Jeevan Koshy @SamBha - came in a little late and exited early due to his fuel guage issue(hope it gets sorted soon) , @Faraz94 - at the risk of sounding cliched - you've got a really interesting/unusual car bro !! @Ben Williams closing the convoy was our truck marshal - @Islam Soliman - good to see you back after a while, and looks like your car is up for the game now...i am sure our fewbies and newbies learnt a thing or too from all your guidances and instructions!! See you all soon in our next sand visit !! A few photos in the gallery https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1866-newbie-lisaili-dubai-28-oct-2023/

Hi @Vanessa8580...pls add me to manage/support the drive , thanx 😊

Thank you @Carnity for accepting me in to Team Carnity...looking forward to interesting times and to see how this pans out ....Been around with the club for couple of years now, and thought of taking this new found hobby towards a higher commitment...albeit a bit late Thanks @DP1011, @Frederic @Davie Chase and @Looper ... see you soon as and when our sand paths cross!! 🙂

Confirmed

Great drive as usual @M.Seidam doc...always like your night and twilight drives .. Big Red is definitely an area where if we dont move in tandem with the lead, the drive experience goes multiple notches down...We as a convoy definitely found our rhythm yesterday and behaved as a single unit throughout the drive...good to drive with all of you @Looper @Ahmad Nerat @Senthil Kumar @Pacific and @Cha.. See you next time!!

Congratulations @Senthil Kumar!! See you soon