Jefy

I predict and bet my money on it, that this Cybertruck will be the mainstream SUV in 5 years.

Very smart move from Elon to step away from the traditional design. Finally something refreshing in the automotive world.

Tesla will be the benchmark for the automotive world.

I like it. ☺️

Congratulations Mert! 

4 hours ago, Frederic said:

Private drives with few friends can indeed be useful to learn a bit at your own pace, but the amount of stuff i learned since joining Carnity is so much more useful. Some of my friends also came with wrong information and assumptions, as they were not senior offroaders but had "seen all the Youtube videos".....

I agree, like: "use L4 all time!" 

@Gaurav @FredericI like this mentality. Would be nice if I manage to catch the intermediate drives before the summer.

During the weekdays I go with other guys as well to the desert. There is a discussion on this board about driving in a club or private.

In my opinion, the balance between driving in a club and private is perfect.  The drives I already did, have thought me a lot. This knowledge I take with on the private drives where I have free time to practice them.

An example of this is, when @Emmanuel took shotgun with me and instructed me how to take the side-slope. After this instruction I understood the importance to drive in some circumstances the optimum torque band of your engine. Where I would drive before that only in D and try to push as hard as possible, I am now putting the gearbox in manual and hitting the 3000 - 4500 rpm.

My gearbox has 6 gears and in automatic it has the tendency to shift quickly a gear up. Toyotas have the ECT (Electronic Controlled Transmission) button, when switched on, the gearbox shifts at a higher rpm, that already helps when the pace is a bit faster and it becomes a bit more technical, so you keep a bit more control, but as soon when I see that I need my torque, I push the lever to the left, pull 3 times quickly backwards (from automatic to manual it goes standard to the 4th gear).

What I also find out, and now I open a can with worms, is that my tires are doing super well in the sand.

I am already looking ahead and making calculations how much new tires costs if I have them to replace them. As an offroader you start looking automatically at a/t or maybe m/t.

Only talking about dune bashing, I think h/t are performing good enough maybe the best. Yes, when you go to wadi’s you want to have a stronger sidewall and a more aggressive thread to have more grip. With dune-bashing you want to float on the sand instead of digging yourself in. 
I noticed this with my friends and in the group as well. The H/T’s are actually performing very good in the dunes. 

As I said, I probably opened a can of worms and might be shot down now, but this is what I’ve seen and thinking about it, it also makes sense.

@Frederic Thanks for the link, have something to watch again :).

I am already calculating in my mind how many months it will take for me to join you.

Looking forward!!!

8 hours ago, Jamy B. said:

It was interesting to witness it, and for Rahim to be shot gun

I hope that Mohammed and passengers are doing well. 

Enjoy the drive guys! 

Congratulations @Brette!

Congratulations Atif!

Congratulations Shamil! 

Congratulations 🎊 @Roshan Abraham

Thanks everybody! 🥳🥳

Hi all,

I respect the structure and appreciate the values of the club.

Unfortunately I can't participate every Friday, beside that I drive regularly during the week with friends. According the structure I am a newbie.

I don't want to jump over other people, but to keep the drives a bit challenging for myself, I ask kindly if I can join next drive a Fewbie drive. Just to keep it interesting for myself. 

Don't know how to raise this question, that's why I hijacked this topic.

Shared transport like an Uber or Ekar but 100% autonomous transport.

Door to door transport, vehicle will be used to optimum performance. 

And like the horse, we will go on our days off to the circuit or desert to enjoy our hobby.

Children in traffic, all forms, not fastened in a car, on a bicycle, playing near a school.

It is not the child I am scared of, but the lack of education.

On 9/28/2019 at 6:19 PM, desertdude said:

 

Realistic Flight Simulator. Current weapon of choice. Flight Simulator X steam edition and favourite bird to fly the PMDG Boeing 777.

Hi Dude,

if you have questions regarding the 777, or how to fly some approaches, you are always welcome to ask. 

Lets rock and roll!

My 4 top hobbies at the moment, I have to say they change in priority with time and I have more then 4, but I’ll keep it to the top 4.

- Flying (planes, also professional)

- Driving (karting, and offroading as a new one)

- Backgammon

- Diving

On 10/3/2019 at 4:42 PM, Barry said:

So beer isn’t a real hobby? Can I change my option to movies then? 😂

Beer is an underestimated hobby. It is a pity that craftsman beer is expensive in Dubai. 

The weight of wheels have an impact on the unsprung weight and the rotational weight of the car.

The performance and handling are direct influenced by changing the weight of the wheels.

The lower the weight of the components the less energy is required to decelerate and accelerate (more delta power available).

Google for more info on this topic. 

Another thing, if you consider to change your offset in the future and you want to do this with spacers (another discussion point if you want to do this with spacers instead of getting the correct offset), it is recommend to do this with non steel wheels.

Welcome to the group Adil, nice summary about your first drive.

It was a nice drive again. Sometimes I am in the writing mood, not today, but instead of a write-up, I made a video of the drive.

See you on the 8th of November!

See you tomorrow!