Foxtrot Oscar

Good morning fellow adventurers, As is always the case, last minute drop outs etc negates the need for two convoys. That said, everyone who is eligible and willing is able to take part today. We shall use Radio Chanel 1 (One) My proposed convoy is as follows: @Foxtrot Oscar Xterra Marshal Lead @Arman Silver Wrangler IM 2nd Lead @RooRzOn Y62 F+ #rd @Matt.T White Wrangler F+ 4th @Xavier Treasurer Xterra F+ 5th @Alexander Alcala Grey Wrangler Adv CF @Ruan van den Heever Grey Wrangler F+ 7th @Darren Brooke Tahoe F+ 8th @JeromeFJ FJ F+ 9th @Lakshmi Narasimhan Pajero F+ 10th @Ranjan Das White Wrangler F+ 11th @Jack Thomas F150 IM 12th @Shehab Alawadhi F150 IM 13th @Islam Soliman Yukon Expert 14th Hi @Werno this is a Fewbie Plus drive . we have changed the structure, previously you could have joined with 5 Fewbie drives but now you actually need to have Fewbie Plus rank to join. sorry about that , hope to drive with you soon

It's not a night drive , 3:30n has been fine , the temperatures start going down

In order to not disappoint those on the wait list we have decided to create two convoys , @Islam Solimanwill lead one, and I the other. As such we are able to increase the RSVP to 20 . It also means that , @Thomas Varghese @Xavier Treasurer and @Jack Thomasyou are all IN! Convoy lists will be posted later in the day.

Hi @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilas @Lakshmi Narasimhanpointed out , this is a Fewbie Plus drive . we have changed the structure, previously you could have joined with 5 Fewbie drives but now you actually need to have Fewbie Plus rank to join. sorry about that , hope to drive with you soon

Current waitlist 2. @Thomas Varghese 3.. @Xavier Treasurer 4. @Jack Thomas@

Good morning fellow adventurers, Can you please let me know today if you can't make it for whatever reason as we currently have 4 waiting in the wings. @Matt.T @RooRzOn@Lakshmi Narasimhan@Ranjan Das@Arman@Shehab Alawadhi@JeromeFJ@Sinol@Ruan van den Heever@Darren BrookeHopefully see you all tomorrow. Current waitlist 1. @Werno 2. @Thomas Varghese 3.. @Xavier Treasurer 4. @Jack Thomas

Yaaas! Hee hee

Drive Report The air was cool, the night sky was clear, and the opportunity to drive with the windows down at this time of year was very welcome. We started off on the track, as I didn’t want to disturb residents with a 12 strong convoy who lit up the night sky with an array of off-road lights. We reached the sand and started off gently, finding both our night vision and desert wheels as we meandered through Murquab’s dunes. It was a nice gentle way to become acclimatised. At one point we came across so many gazelles , more than I have ever seen, it was a beautiful sight. As the drive progressed so did the level and we had the opportunity to side slope and cross over some dunes. We had one or two refusals as we did so , but nothing major. We played around the areas some more and then at the top of the dune just before the sabka we decided to turn off the engines, and lights to gaze at the night stars stretching out before us. It truly was wonderful. We took the SZR through the small technical patch that led us to the north of Solar Park. Here we found some lovely low-level dunes that allowed us to get on top and do a little ridge riding and crossing. The technical challenge increased ever so slightly as some tight maneuvers were executed with the convoy coping admirably. As the dunes increased in size, we continued to side slope and cross them. Again, we had a couple of refusals and I think just one crest. That said, the convoy was doing exceptionally well considering, for many , this was their first night drive. As the clock struck midnight and with everyone driving well we had a choice to make, keep going or know when we’ve had enough of a good thing. I decided that , as always with these things, one final push may have been a push too far. We made our way out of the dunes and headed across the Sabka to the tracks and finally the tarmac. It was a nice , chilled , fun drive and that was made possible by the convoy. @Chris Meir , @Nithin Vaidir and @Richard Franks you all coped really well with some technical aspects, with just a couple of refusals and I think one stuck, well done. Likewise the guys further back, @Ehab @luis mantecon, @Anand Nataraj and @Danish Mohammad just a couple of easy refusals nothing major. I might have said yalla, did I say yalla? Haha I pushed you, I know I did, thank you , you really did cope admirably. Many thanks to my support team, @Pacific at 2nd lead who did a great job, @GauravSoni as my CF who was always on hand to assist with refusals and stucks. Likewise @Abdul Rahman AKhad the pleasure of helping GS get unstuck , well done and of course @Tbonefor assisting the convoy at the back and keeping us all moving. Great work guys. Once again thank you all for accompanying me on this night adventure, for listening to instructions, communicating clearly and driving so well! I had so much fun! Until our next adventure 😎

@Darren Brooke You're in, can you still make it? Current waitlist 1. @Darren Brooke 2. @Werno 3. @Thomas Varghese 4. @Xavier Treasurer 5 @Jack Thomas

No, it was a typo, we should exit around 7.30pm

Congratulations @WaYan

Well done @Hisham Masaad 👏

Good morning fellow adventurers, Tomorrow night's drive will see us gather under the trees in Murquab to deflate and prepare ourselves for a night of driving in the moonlight. The forecast is predicting clear skies, and a gentle breeze so lots of star gazing away from the light pollution of the city . This is a fun area with lots of nice challenges which will present further challenges in the dark. Let's see how we do but the plan is to exit around Solar Park. We shall use Carnity Channel 2 (two) 446.031 My proposed convoy is as follows: Driver Car Level Position @Foxtrot OscarAngela Black X Marshal Lead @Pacific White Wrangler IM 2nd lead @Chris Meir Jeep Fewbie 3rd @Nithin Vaidir LC Fewbie 4th @Richard Franks Red Rubicon Fewbie 5th @GauravSoni LWB Pajero IM CF @Ehab Red Jeep Fewbie 7th @luis mantecon Green Jeep Fewbie 8th @Danish Mohammad LWB Pajero Fewbie + 9th @Anand Nataraj Red Xterra IM 10th @Abdul Rahman @Tbone Pajero Xterra IM Expert sweep Flying Sweep Please let me know asap if , for one reason or another, you are unable to join as we currently have a waitlist. See you all tomorrow

Good morning fellow adventurers, Tomorrow night's drive will see us gather under the trees in Murquab to deflate and prepare ourselves for a night of driving in the moonlight. The forecast is predicting clear skies, and a gentle breeze so lots of star gazing away from the light pollution of the city . This is a fun area with lots of nice challenges which will present further challenges in the dark. Let's see how we do but the plan is to exit around Solar Park. We shall use Carnity Channel 2 (two) 446.031 My proposed convoy is as follows: Driver Car Level Position @Foxtrot OscarAngela Black X Marshal Lead @Pacific White Wrangler IM 2nd lead @Chris Meir Jeep Fewbie 3rd @Nithin Vaidir LC Fewbie 4th @Richard Franks Red Rubicon Fewbie 5th @GauravSoni LWB Pajero IM CF @Ehab Red Jeep Fewbie 7th @luis mantecon Green Jeep Fewbie 8th @Danish Mohammad LWB Pajero Fewbie + 9th @Anand Nataraj Red Xterra IM 10th @Abdul Rahman Pajero IM sweep Please let me know asap if , for one reason or another, you are unable to join as we currently have a waitlist. See you all tomorrow

Sure thing

Amazing! Well done @Islam Soliman

One day i hope to have the skills to do just that, but as of now I window shop, buy and pay someone else 😄

You know, it just looks like the lift mod brings a heap of issues. For the X at least. As I said to @Wade Pat2so far my stock ReBelle X has managed all level of drives, including Extreme, so I really don't need it

Yes, of course! And I have led and taken part in Intermediate and Extreme drives in my 'stock X' with no issues. Therefore, I don't really need it, I just like to spend money haha. Thank you for helping me make up my mind .

Oh , I’ll research it for the X Amazing ! Thank you , you’ve put me right off 🤣

We all love the X for its ready to use off-road prowess but recently I've been toying with getting it lifted, 2 inches or so. I feel it would offer me better off road performance, but then some say the centre of gravity is thrown but spacers would sort that. Would I need to change the wheels? (stock at present) I'm not sure, I guess with a body lift you'd need to cut the bumper? And what about a suspension lift? Any advice X guys and gals? I want!!! Oh , just clocked the snorkel (clearly right hand drive haha)