Ashok chaturvedi

4 hours ago, Beide Worku said:

I don’t know if this is a competition worth having but, thanks to this conversation, I just learned that I had contributed to the AD economy a cool sum of 3k over a span of 2 days in Feb. Who’s your Abu Dhaddy now? 🤣

I’d say there should be an amendment to the golden visa rule. 

That is terrible...what a bad luck. I escaped however. 

3 hours ago, varunmehndiratta said:

I am so hoping you are not ..was just behind you at  almost the same speed, at least till the limit rose above 120 which i usually in any case don't exceed....keeping fingers crossed..i realized we are in AD however totally forgot about the no cushion thing 

Yes I saw you.. as we neared the cut to emirates road, you went straight ahead and I turned right.  The speed dropped to 80 near the short overpass and I saw a policeman crouching behind the short wall. I was doing near to 100 at that time. Yet every speed camera i was slowing down. Let us cross our fingers.

1 hour ago, Federico Galbieri said:

How many of us got flashed from the speed camera on the way back because we didn’t know we were in Abu Dhabi?? 

I assume I am one of them.. crossing my finger

Dear @hisham I am so sorry been busy today and noticed you placed me on the drive as I was on WL. Deeply apologise I am already on Varun's drive. So I need to exit the drive.  

Quite true sir it was the drive @Wrangeld @Lorenzo Candelpergher I am sure it will be another great drive coming Sunday.. Have been missing your presense. 

Great to have dear Richard back, I once recall he was behind me on a drive ( as a convoy driver) and I  was superlative nervous to have a Marshal behind me.  Near-half way of the drive he had to exit as his car was having some engine problem and I then could totally relax.  

16 hours ago, Frederic said:

The gentle breeze this morning invited us into the Murquab dunes, and we happily obliged. With a small yet very capable convoy we easily digested the multiple technical areas we came across, with only a handful of refusals and stucks. I had my eyes set on some large long range dunes nearby Lisaili towards the end, but at one point my car started overheating very quickly and when I stopped and @Dodi Syahdar came to the rescue we noticed the coolant was all gone. Quickly Dodi his friend found the culprit which was a loose heater core hose. Took us some time to bypass the heater core and refill the radiator but after that time was running out and we had to head to the exit. 
@Adam James you did great as SL today ! @Anirudh Dayma and @Yogesh Chaudhary rocking their Pajeros brilliantly, @Zubair with his new FJ toy driving effortlessly, @Jonny90 gliding the  Super Safari through its natural habitat, all the while @Dodi Syahdar was everywhere to help out where needed.

@Alex Hollands and his roaring Wrangler, and @Ashok chaturvedi surfing in the back of the convoy. A coherent team !

Thank you all for joining today, I promise next time we’ll be spending extra time on the long range dunes !
 

Thank you and great to drive under your command.. I hope your  car gets a look over. Sometimes are are simple solutions and this was proved by Dodi and his friend.. 

55 minutes ago, Jonny90 said:

@Frederic thank you very much for an expertly led drive on Sunday morning at Murquab. Not sure if it was that we had a slightly shorter convoy than usual but I thought we all kept up a great pace and as a team had a very minor amount of stucks or refusals. Certainly keeps the adrenaline going when the dunes are receptive!

@Dodi Syahdar & @Ashok chaturvedi thank you as ever for the guidance and advise it’s gratefully received.

Great to meet you all.

Lookin forward to the next one already@Frederic

Thanks dear the entire convey did great there was only a couple of stucks and rest were mere refusals. 

2 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear Desertnauts.

I thank you all for the enthusiastic participation to Rush Hour 4. While looking at the waiting list I have had an idea that I would like to present to all drivers, the conformed signed up ones, and the waitlisted. If all, or most, agree, I will proceed as below:

I will extend the drive to 10 cars, hence confirming the following CONVOY 1:

@Zixuan Huang - Charlie, @Vaibhav, @Daniel Rodas, @varunmehndiratta, @Prakash Anoop, @topgear, @Rob S, @Alexanderrr PLUS @KAMALIO and @Chinthaka Ruwan

I will open up the drive to the next 10 waitlisted drivers, hence creating a new CONVOY 2:

@Naim Aoun, @Ashok chaturvedi, @munkybizness, @Simon Dawood, @Shaker, @ASAD., @Waqas Parvez, @Pacific, @Anoop Nair and @Ranjan Das

Convoy 1 will:

1. meet up at Qudra's Last Exit at 2:00 PM, and will "rush" to reach Ghantoot's exit point
2. start the drive exactly at 2:30 PM
3. plan to end the drive at 4:30 PM sharp
4. in case the full distance between Qudra and Ghantoot has not been covered, there is a track on a sabkha available for a quick exit to Ghantoot

Convoy 2 will:

1. meet up at Ghantoot starting point at 4:30 PM, corresponding the Convoy 1's exit, and will "rush back" to Qudra's Last Exit
2. start the drive exactly at 5:00 PM
3. plan to end the drive at 7:00 PM
4. also, if the drive will not have reached Qudra's Last Exit, we'll take the closest exit on Bab al Shams Road

This will allow 2 convoys to drive within the "Rush Hour" format, on the Qudra to Ghantoot route and vice versa, with only me commuting back and forth. It will be a relay of sorts, with the goal of accommodating all drivers into this exciting format.

I would like to ask each of you, both confirmed and waitlisted drivers, to please acknowledge the above idea, and confirm your presence in the allocated convoy. I will proceed to open up the drive to all those who agree with the above format, hence confirming the convoys above (or part of them, if not all agree).

Thanks a lot for your prompt consideration and reply. Have a great Sunday.

@Ale Vallecchi Thanks and appreciate very much.. I am so sorry that you have to run back to back convoy for us. I am most certainly in.

No sweat dear....hope all is well with you @Harshal and everyone have a wonderful time.

9 minutes ago, Vanessa8580 said:

Sorry @Ashok chaturvedi but his space has been taken by the first on the WL and I closed my RSVP now. 

@Vanessa8580 No problem.. have a great drive

6 hours ago, Vanessa8580 said:

Good morning everyone ! 

I am very excited to lead the convoy tomorrow after a long time being away from the Sweihan dunes ...  

Sorry for the people that haven't made it into the drive list, I hope to see you next time ! 

Below you can find the convoy numbering for the drive. We will be using radio channel 2 (446 03125) 

Pos	Member	Vehicle	Rank
1	Vanessa	Pajero LWB Blue	Marshal
2	Varun	Jeep Wrangler	AD
3	Andrew	Pajero LWB White	FB
4	Han	Suzuki Jimny Yellow	FB
5	Fabien	Land Cruiser 76	INT
6	Guracharan	Land Cruiser Black	FB
7	Karthekiyan	Land Cruiser	FB+
8	Naveen	Pajero LWB Grey	INT
9	Rajiv Sam	Toyota FJ Cruiser	INT
10	Amr Aydin	Jeep Wrangler Green	FB
11	Deepak	Jeep Rubicon Green	FB
12	Santoso	Jeep Rubicon Blue	FB+
13	Awais Zuberi	Chevrolet Silverado	FB
14	Harshal	Toyota Tundra	FB
15	Srikumar	Jeep Cherokee	Crew

 

Hope to see you all bright and early tomorrow morning at 6 am !

@Vanessa8580Since Karthiken dropped out is there a possible chance of replacement.. I am #2 WL Ashok

2 hours ago, Hisham Masaad said:

Dear @Ashok chaturvedi I can see you are on wailist on other drive, but having very good chance to be on the drive. Are you still interested to join this drive?

 

Yes I would and exit on the other drive

2 minutes ago, Ashok chaturvedi said:

Yes I would and exit on the other drive

please confirm then I will immediately exit.. appreciate very much

@M.Seidam.... Great feat and well done.

11 hours ago, Zixuan Huang - Charlie said:

Anyone else come from Dubai and plan to camp at starting point on Friday night? I can tag alone

USA is a crazy country when they invite exclusive features before allowing imports. There was silly car before FJ called PT cruiser just a smaller car than FJ and quite celebrity low cost car with fuel saving. I am sure the FJ you mention here could have been a model USA car and not the regular one we drive in this part of the world. But not having 4H and 4Low is unbelievable. Glad to hear someone bought it off you. Speaking about 4X4 the 80-90s the popular one to have was Land Rover Discovery with the high back. Driving in the sand wasnt in demand then but what we called 'wadi bashing' and the Land Rover was on the king of rocky paths. 

Dear All

please recommend where to buy remote tyre pressure monitoring system for my FJ. where we can monitor live the pressure. 

thanks ashok

Thanks... 

@Ranjan Dasabsolutly.. It was long time back that I managed to be number one in the list and yelled with the pleasure of a conquer.😁

@Islam Soliman.. oops sorry..so silly of me. I have removed myself from your AD drive and wish to join tomorrow (It will be my only drive). I hope I get through. Many thanks.

@Islam SolimanGood morning Islam sir, I was #1 registering in the drive but my name seem to vanish please. I dont know how this happened so I am placing my name in WL but it is not going through.. kindly help. Ashok

39 minutes ago, imranaasghar81 said:

Team a fantastic fantastic drive today. From the dunes to the skill shown by all. Loved it and can't wait to drive with you all again soon. Junaid I hope your car is going to be ok. @Ashok chaturvedi can you show me a link to get the blocks you have. I have the end bits that grip but can't find the initial blocks as per the pic below 

Dear all

Need advice about installing a cold air intake system on my FJ. Some believe that it adds HP, smoother engine better sound while say others it can damage engine. Is it really worth the cost of AED 2500/-?

2 hours ago, M.Seidam said:

Dear @Ashok chaturvediconsidering you are the only one on the last updated list and its your first drive , i have added you to the RSVP drive. 

Thank so very much Dr..

9 minutes ago, M.Seidam said:

@M.Seidam @varunmehndiratta Absolutly doctor .. there are two parts the upper holder and lower which can be mounted on any car rack etc. some modification to the lower can be done with some garage. 

@varunmehndiratta @M.Seidam 

Buy the whole kit but you must have a roof rack of sort to mount it.