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Congrats @Chaitanya D !!

Thank you Rahim bhai @Rahimdad see you all soon.

It was the longest drive I’ve ever done but what an amazing opportunity to get more in tune with my Pajero on these technical dunes, and opportunity to learn new skills from the leads and fellow drivers. Thanks for a great experience @Wrangeld and advice @Rahimdad. For me the highlight was the difficult stuck for @Mehmet Volga where many of us had to put in some proper muscle to dig out his pajero and gave me the chance for my first recovery with carnity, and that too on a very difficult spot. With @marks, @Mehmet Volga and I working together and @Wrangeld guiding us, we managed to pull him out after a couple of false starts. I had to have a proper nap in the afternoon, but was a great experience, thanks all ! Will put some pics in the gallery.

Apologies but I will have to drop out of this drive. You guys enjoy !

Hi @Ale Vallecchi unfortunately something has come up and I will not be able to join this drive on Friday. Really disappointed as it sounds like an amazing plan - but alas family calls. I will remove my RSVP from this drive. Have a great time, stay safe, and see you soon. Best, Asif

Hi @Ale Vallecchi yes car all fine now, thanks ! Looking forward to Friday !

Hi @Ale Vallecchi - confirmed I have done 6 drives since the promotion !

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for the drive this morning. Im disappointed to have had to leave early. The transmission temperature light in my Paj came on when we were in the very soft sand area, and i suspected 90% chance it was just the sand churning up causing the issues and on the flat track it would be fine. But Ale and @Vanessa8580 rightly recommended not risking the engine and exiting early. As it turned out, within 500m of exiting and driving on the tarmac the light disappeared and all was fine. I got the tyres filled up at adnoc and headed home. The epilogue to the story was that as I was driving home I saw a car stuck in sand on the side of the highway and a man and woman looking like they were about to get heatstroke. So I stopped, and it turned out they were trying to “test” their suv but the 4wd wasnt working and they had no rope, tools etc. I offered them water, fixed up the rope and towed them out of their sandy rut and got them onto the tarmac. Should have seen the look on their faces when I stopped and reversed back to them, they had been waiting for 30 mins in the sun. So I did my good deed for the day instead of having the longer desert drive - not too shabby :-). See you all next time !

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi. Got my front bumper cut on the Paj, and looking forward to the drive this weekend (only slightly scared of the early morning start time !). See you soon !

Congrats @Ale Vallecchi - its always fun to drive with you, look forward to many more !

Thanks @Frederic - it was a great smooth drive today with you. Also thanks @Mels Wolf for the pajero tips after the drive too. Glad @AviG made it for our first carnity drive together - hope we can do a lot more of them !

thanks @Frederic - looking forward to it !

Hi @George Francis yes i am registered for the 7am newbie at pink rock on the same day. Thanks for agreeing to switch. hi @Rahimdad and @Frederic - would you mind as administrators putting me into the qudra drive and @George Francis into the pink rock drive ? thanks !

My friend who is new to carnity is coming on his first drive, so i wanted to join him on this qudra drive. Anyone open to switching with me - i’m registered to the pink rock one...

Can I be on waitlist for this pls

There were definitely a lot of teachable moments and the efforts of the trip leads @Wrangeld@Jeepie, @Frederic, @Vanessa8580, and @Ale Vallecchi were really commendable especially given the heat today. It was a great drive overall, despite the stucks. The one small negative thing I will say that being stopped for a while allowed me to notice how much trash people leave in the desert - empty bottles, cigarettes, even car parts. People who venture to the desert and enjoy the outdoors should be even more protective of it, but unfortunately we see the rubbish people leave behind, as evidence to the contrary. As a responsible car club, lets all of us try and do our part to keep the desert clean - and leave no trash behind !

This was a fantastic drive - thanks everyone and especially @Rahimdad and the leads @Jeepie and @Wrangeld