Rafey Hashmi

Hey @Ale Vallecchi Got something come up last min, dropping out, have fun!

Hey Looper, will sit this one out. See you soon

Is it weird that my hands are itching to go back? That does speak a lot about the outstanding experience we all had. Thank you very very much @Frederic for organizing this, I have rendered this trip as an Oman experience, and I'm happy with it. I have to say, I genuinely had doubts before joining the convoy. But Fred believed in me and gave me that 'one chance' (lol) and I can now proudly say that I am LIWA certified (awaiting the sticker Fred). Wouldn't had been possible without our amazing convoy and it's leaders. @M.Seidam@DP1011. Some highlights below Soft sand is an understatement when it comes to Liwa. I got a refusal 3 mins into the drive, back of my mind I was like 'what did I get myself into' - but further down my sight I could see Fred and Deepak sir quietly watching and assessing. Immediate motivation booster haha! The dunes sang for me whenever we headed down, that was a true ':O' experience. I thought I had a pop out and its creating that sound. Nonetheless, all captured on video. 😳 Deepak sir had a simple yet interesting situation, jerry can leaking. When @Amr A used his surgeon steady hands to transfer the fuel, it's only to find out that one is leaking too lol. 😋 Fred being on standby while DP checks out the dunes and gives the go ahead really saved us from some tricky bowls. Well done! 👍🏼 Unfortunately, I looked away for 5 seconds on the sabka and went off track and hit the front of the car from a step. Which caused my car to create weird sounds when I braked and when I took a half left turn. Bothered Fred from his well deserved break to check out the car and he was kind enough to do a thorough check just for my peace of mind. Although the issue was not identified and the grinding and grunting existed till the end of the trip, massive respect for Fred was gained. 🫶🏻 Heading to our final camping site and seeing the beautiful sunset was a sight to behold. But an even better sight was when our second convoy rolled up on our camping spot one after the other, next to each other with loud music blasting from their cars. @Simon D @GauravSoni 👏🏼 After a quick spin by the second convoy, @Imran Asghar decided to retire the rush and set camp as you cant be lucky thrice. Wise move sir! 🫡 The beautiful sun set as the stars came out, a blanket of pearls in the sky with little to no light pollution. Couldn’t stop looking away. Our fireside stories began and one by one, we voiced our experiences digging deep into our Carnity journey. ✍🏼 Headed straight to the tower the next morning, no rush, at ease at our own pace. @Batuhan Kulac got to try the Jimny and fell in love. @Amr A was able to squeeze his legs in the driver seat and immediately smiled once settled. ✅ As we inflated and said our goodbye’s, I was excited for this to happen again next season. 💪🏼 Learnings from the drive: I have a whole another level of love for Jimny’s Create your own lines when the going gets tough Push, but don’t over push. Fine line between getting bogged and making it out Any and I mean any mechanic can fix a Jimny. That incident costed me 20 dhs and a screwdriver to unbend the disk. Heads up the person behind you and request patience, @Alphin Aloor being a champion with that. Thank you. See you all post Eid. #JimnyPower

Will be arriving by 10-10:15.. on route now

Those who are arriving tonight to camp (including me), maybe we choose one of the options Fred mentioned and camp together? 😎 @Frederic

@Frederic Thanks for the info. As I will be packing light - I will end up with option 2 on friday night. Wake up early on Saturday, head to the station, freshen up & fuel up and be ready at the meeting point by 7:30AM.

My first drive with @Looper - and damn he is fearless. If anyone has played the old Prince of Persia games, you might remember the 'wall running' technique. Pretty famous. I really didn't know cars can wall run too. Even though at times I gulped before attempting, but the sheer passion of pushing myself, kept me going. As Looper said himself, there is a fine line between challenging your self and stupidity, I steered down whenever I started to fall towards the latter. @PAJERO petelczyc luke, great SL, and thanks for the heads up, plate watching and ofc the fuel top up! Learning from the drive - 95% of the time 1st gear on 4H, a Jimny can take it. - Wiggling worked on higher climbs. - With enough momentum a vertical wall of soft sand can be driven on and even crossed over. - Radio silence means people are having a lot of fun - Fuel up even if it shows full 🤷🏼‍♂️ #JimnyPower

Congrats @Faraz94 - see you on the next fb+

@Simon D drives are a mix of 2 scoops of adrenaline stir fried with 6 ounces of learning resulting in a drive you playback in your mind until the next weekend. @Emanuel being the awesome second lead that he is. Thanks for watching my plate for me too Loved the efforts on the videos! Learnings from this drive - Wiggling the steering on climbs can help gain 15-20% more area than normal - Tried 4Low on 3rd as Jimny is a high rev car anyway. It immediately turned into an RC car. - '8' shape driving or snake maneuver can make a Jimny cross whatever is thrown at it. Looking forward to the next one #JimnyPower

Congratulations @Alphin Aloor! VTC power!!

Man that sunrise, can't get it out of my head @Amr A an excellent second lead, timely prompts and heads up helped avoiding traps. @Lala G's clear non verbal confidence boosters whenever I steered down were welcoming. @DP1011 your drives are becoming my favorite. You take time to discover your convoys areas of improvement and segment your drives in that order 👏. Plus going above and beyond to stay with me and assist with the form submission on the dubai police app even after everyone left deserves another 👏 Learnings from the drive 1. Plate numbers need to be glued and bolted into the bumper for extra protection. 2. Being a Jimny, ride riding can be tough due to being a smaller vehicle, requires 200% attention. Summary on plate: Got a call from the police to confirm where the plate was lost. After the certificate was received I went to Ras Al Khor heavy vehicle testing branch, as they are the only ones having a print factory. 75 dhs later, plate was in hand. Bracket was ordered from Amazon. All well and good and thank you all for the treasure hunt! #JimnyPower

Hey @Gaurav, I’ll be dropping out of this one. Everything was good until I lost my front plate during the FB+ drive with Deepak sir just now and Dubai police report will take 3 working days. Have a great one and see you soon

@Gaurav confirmed! 🫡