Anish S

Getting another car is under consideration since she started as newbie...i am doing my best to avoid the topic 😉 😜

I do not think you had much option @Chaitanya D, it was a tricky terrain. I actually lost momentum and i had to quickly descend which caused the lost of visual on me because the descend made me quite off track.... though i was descending, the sand was so soft and i was getting closer a pocket that i ended up getting stuck. Secondly, when i was announcing on the radio i saw you were already crossing and i do not think you had any safe spot to stop at that point.

I would suggest to put ON/OFF switch, so u put it on while offroading because on road we donot get the A/T heating issue

Tricky Drive It was very nice to start the drive earlier, i think it would be better for all evening drive to start @16:30 so that we get more time on the wheel. It was a fantastic drive led and managed by @Ale Vallecchi @Frederic @Wrangeld. It was great to have information provided by @Ale Vallecchi as a foretaste where the expectation was set well in advance and made us mentally prepared. It was a goal achieved for all of us. The tricky terrain made the drive more interesting where we had opportunities to learn how to manoeuvre a different nature of sand and dunes, we also had the chance to do some ridge riding and criss cross...Luckily this week as well, i got the privilege to drive behind one of the most skilled senior member @Frederic, it is really gainful and enriching to attentively observe highly experienced driver and again i made the most it. Lesson learned from today's drive is refreshed knowledge on ridge ride and criss cross which was briefed and explained by the leader @Ale Vallecchi. Secondly, it was enhancing to learn how to navigate through soft sand though I got stuck twice. The first one was actually after i self-recovered from a refusal and i reversed to gain some more momentum when i found myself in super soft sand. My second stuck was also when i lost momentum and i was trying to descend and found myself in another soft sand pocket. Thanks to @Frederic assistance and @Wrangeld guidance, i was able to be back on track. Eventually, it makes me more confident to tackle such circumstance in future. Understanding different dunes is essential when off-roading and the direction of the wind tells lot about the form of sand dunes. There was an article by @Frederic on 'How to read sand dunes formation and texture?' which tells a lot about dunes and it is also mentioned that the wind direction in UAE is from NW to SE, however i was always wondering how to identify the wind direction in the middle of the desert without a Compass 😬. This dilemma of mine is solved when @Frederic shared with the team that wind direction can be guessed by looking at the flags mounted on our vehicles which is a new thing i learned today. I really appreciated the patience and guidance from @Chaitanya D when i got stuck. Thank you so much @Kalahari for the wooden base for the jack, i was looking for it for long. Thank you everybody for the enthusiastic drive.

I would love to have one too

Congratulations @andy_macdxb

Congratulations @marks