Sunil Mathew

Never thought about where to buy from 🙂... Ras Al Khor - lub shops could be a good place to start with..or your regular car workshop guy can give you some, because they have trolley jacks too...so they must be refilling and servicing them.. or go by suggestions from @Frederic and @Pacific - brake fluid.? I found this , during a general search https://www.amazon.ae/SILVERHOOK-SHRJ1-Silverhook-Hydraulic-Oil/dp/B00AYF83QY/ref=asc_df_B00AYF83QY/?tag=googleshopp09-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=406701849751&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7813583968020702977&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000013&hvtargid=pla-524089794881&psc=1 something similar should do

Ideally should have enough viscosity, not to leak through the seals. .We use hydraulic oil grade 46 for our cylinder jacks on field

An IM drive after almost a months break from offroading, I was apprehensive whether all the "muscle memory" gained could be recalled, after the gap, but seemed fine !!! Thanks for the nice smooth flowing drive @Ale Vallecchi, we did the whole circle as planned, i hope, climbing slip faces and criss crossing our way , all along covering a 100Km with almost 28Kmph average pace... very minor refusals here and there, and the radio channel waking up mostly for "terrain prompts" from Ale, for a bump here, a bush there etc etc Although the day proved to be slightly unlucky for @Pacific, with a pop out and a flat tyre, it was a fun drive with all of us driving at different positions every 40 min, the unconventional element of the drive from Ale 👍👍..this ensured that we dont slip into our comfort zones , staying alert to adjust to a different driver in front of you, every 40 min, varying from a high alert 2nd lead to a lazy IM sweep Good company @Fabien Monleau - who i seem to share some commonality w.r.t our field of work - ships 😀, @Christian Andras and veteran @Thomas Varghese Until next time 🤘🖐️

Looking forward to my first time in Sweihan 👍👍🤘...!!

Good Going @GauravSoni... Marshaldom is not far from where you are now ...Congrats...!!! Keep up the banter you bring to drives, See you soon on one of your drives.👍👍 And dont confuse me with @Anoop Nair like you always do... 😂😅

Congrats @Rob S..see you on drives soon!

Congratulations @Joji varghese..see you on drives!

Congrats @Fabien Monleau...see you on drives soon!!

Congrats man @Zixuan Huang - Charlie, ready to shoulder greater responsibilities !!

Dont know about europe..but in india, all of them will go at the same time.. dont ask me how!!

Congrats @Davie Chase..well deserved and see you soon on drives!

Yes, we all made it!! @Ale Vallecchi And Thanks for opening up this otherwise "advisor exclusive" recce drive for normal people ...i was just a silent observer to the whole drive as you kept sharing snippets for @varunmehndiratta 's lead coming saturday, which gave me a different perspective of how you guys do the route planning, exit points, choice of different routes based on convoy response etc. It was indeed a welcome re-start for me after almost a month's break , a chill and relaxing fewbie track , a very short convoy - 4 cars to start with and later 3 cars when @GauravSoni had to exit due to a work site call - hope all is ok. All the best to both @varunmehndiratta for his partial lead on Saturday and @GauravSoni for his first independent lead...Go rock the sands!! See you all soon !!

Am at the location @Ale Vallecchi... cant see anyone here...

I will join @Ale Vallecchi, ...keen to know how a recce drive goes.. hope the meeting point and time are same as the original drive ??

Congratulations @Pacific Prasanth!! so took the plunge , towards a higher calling !! See you soon

Congrats @Rajiv Sam...finally the right spelling for your name 👍👍😀😀see you on IM drives soon!! Hope your gang follows suit

Congrats @Waqas Parvez..see u on IM drives 👍👍

Congrats @Vaibhav...see you on IM drives soon!!

Great going @Looper...congrats and see you soon!!

Good news indeed @Manoj Soman, and thanks for informing us. nothing manoj...just some itching for some time and then all fine ...thanks for asking See you back in action with full vigor shortly 👍🤘👍

Well , that was an eventful drive ! A tough recovery, engine shut off, battery burst, pop out - all in one car @Manoj Soman and another pop out for @Jona Manoj - Pls update how did it go with your car - insurance recovery and what went wrong with the electrics etc. We are curious to know whether all went well, and it will also help and guide others who may face similar situations. I had a full house wrangler with 3 of my friends joining me to get a taste of desert off roading , and they definitely got a plate full of another side of this hobby . I must also say that they were impressed right from the briefing by @Gaurav and all the ensuing events that unfolded through the drive. One of them was an Indian Army ex-officer who has done military missions offroad for reconnaissance and surveillance. Although we could not drive much , we enjoyed the track where they could see most of our dune crossing techniques. As for me, it was a great learning experience, right from the battery leak with its fluid spilling on my hand and a bit on my face, got a bit shaken when i heard the burst sound when removing the terminals. Never again am i going to remove a terminal without eye and face protection !!! And 2 pop outs to attend to , my first experience, and will not forget Gaurav's advice of cleaning the rim seat - "use all your fingers like you do your dishes at home !!!! how in the world did he know that i do the dishes at home ??? 😅😂 " To those who had pop outs - @Manoj Somanand @Jona , it would be worth to get the tyres cleaned out of all the sand which must have gone in , and get it re-balanced at a tire shop, else, you may face vibrations/imbalance. Same here @Davie Chase, good to drive with you again, and i learned that along with your regular tools, you carry a multimeter which came in handy yesterday !!! Meeting many of you for the first time @Pieter Potgieter@Quresh Pajero @Patrick van der Loo @Tareq Al Turq @ASAD. @Joseph Raju @AlexM , couldnt have lot of interactions yesterday and hope to drive with all of you soon at various levels. @Morshedi my long lost Absolute newbie mate , driving together after almost a year. Its going to be one year , this 9th April ..i think ?? 👍👍🤘

I've not been on GN fun drive, but i have gone with a local radio station for couple of drives, long before joining carnity, and that too with my Ford Explorer - 2011. It was definitely safe for newbies (*refer end of story below also ) , and i presume GN also will be safe for newbies, provided they dont ask for any offroad experience as a pre-requisite. The drive i went for had a dinner at a good desert camp with all regular stuff in a desert safari - barbeque, belly dance, tanourah etc etc, so that took care of the fun element to a certain extent. The drive itself was a new experience for me, so it was kinda fun at that time. But now, after drives with Carnity, i think the drive part would be boring, because 90pc you would be going through flat/low terrain, with a bit of climbs and drops - managed one car at a time by the marshalls/organisers. **now the bad news - i had a very bad experience on the second drive - the drive was marshalled by a popular offroad group from Dubai, and there were many convoys, and you wont believe it, one of the convoy leads lost his way!!! and i was part of that convoy. they kept on coming back to the same point (i didnt have Gaia gps that time, but from my interest i downloaded a basic app which would show offroad tracks and i could clearly see that we were moving around in circles) it was getting dark, and they panicked. Finally , to get us out , they took us through really tough terrain, sharp drops, very technical areas etc etc and i and many others sustained damages to cars. One car was abandoned (i think it was a honda pilot) and i dont know what happened afterwards. We reached the desert camp at 9PM , while the scheduled time was 6PM for dinner. So had to satisfy ourselves with some leftovers and go home , a bit shaken. I believe this would be an exceptional case, but since this topic is opened, i thought i would pen down my experience as well.