paolo dassi

Thanks Srikumar and all the participants to this morning drive! It has been a challenging yet very enjoyable drive, heat put some additional strain to our cars, but we fully enjoyed it. Disappointing from my side the struggle to climb up pinck rock, while it was quite straightforward last time round... anyway, looking forward to the next drive! Some pictures added to the gallery!

Well done @Pancho

Great second drive for us! Despite the COVID distance policy (which I would define in half a car lenght ) the welcoming and helpful attitude of all was great. We started with some hard sand driving (hard due to the evening rain in the area?) to go for some more challenging passages. Hits of the day were a couple of refusals I was very happy to get out from almost by myself and the main lesson learned in the steep climb to pink rock. I started with not enough throttle and moreover in fully automatic gears... midway through the slope the car decided revs were to high compared to what it is used to when we go to buy grocery and shifted to second gear, leaving me with not enough torque to get to the top of the slope. Back to the bottom of the slope, I engaged D1 following @Wrangeld suggestion and started with a bit more confidence, getting to the top of rock with no issues. Thank you @Rahimdad and all of you for the time spent together yesterday, see you next time!

Perfect, see u tomorrow then... Just did not want to wake up at 5 for nothing!!!

Drive confirmed? It looks like it is raining quite a bit in Sharjah at the moment...

Guys, is a licence required to use these radios in the UAE ? I was told this by the shop where I bought it, is that true? Thanks and see you tomorrow!

Great drive and great fun! Thank you all for having welcomed us and for the tips! See you next time!

Homework done! Paolo here, very newbie :-), Pajero SWB... see you tomorrow!