Emanuel

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine from work may be buying my Pajero though he lives in Riyadh for work. He's interested in joining a club if he buys my Pajero or some other offroad vehicle and I'm wondering if anyone here knows of any decent, well organised, and safety conscious driving clubs in the Riyadh area.

Can't wait to get back onto the sand. Having withdrawal issues at the moment. 🤣

Thanks

Emanuel

Congratulations @Rk ram. See you on the sand soon.

Hi @Mike M. - I'll Whatsapp you to take this offline.

59 minutes ago, Andrew John Melvill said:

Hi @Ale Vallecchi @Luke K P @Aser and anyone who is interested.

A brief history of my Grandfather Alexander Melvill and his involvement with the LRDG.

After Schooling in South Africa he studied mine surveying and started work in the deep gold mines near Springs. After an accident where his entire crew was lost, he missed it as one of his men had left my Grandfathers plumb bob behind and he went to retrieve it. He left the mine and started work in topographic mapping, 

A few years later he went up to then Northern Rhodesia and worked on the Copper mines, once the Great Depression hit re was retrenched and with his pay out flew up to then Tanganika to try his luck.

Here he worked on a gold mine as a mine surveyor and then did topographic mapping along the western border and into what is now the DRC.

In 1936 he returned to South Africa, worked on power station construction and then as a topographic surveyor. During this time he met my Grandmother. 

After the outbreak of the War he volunteered and left his wife and two young boys on the family farm in South Africa. 

He was 1st stationed in East Africa but not long after was transferred to the 8th Army in North Africa, he was officially part of the 46 Survey group. After studying astral navigation, using a theodolite to observe the stars and give precise position coordinates, he was seconded to the LRDG. 

There are two missions that I have been told about in his time with the LRDG.

Near Buerat in Libya he led a small group of men to obtain ground control of an area so that it could be mapped and to confirm the info received from aerial photographs. For this operation he received the Military Medal from General Montgomery.

Just prior to the battle of El Alamein he mapped a route through the Qatara depression, in an area that was only accessible by using the LRDG expertise. In addition to mapping a route for the main army they surveyed enemy positions prior to the main battle of El Alamein. 

After the War he returned to South Africa worked as a miner, surveyor and farmer. 

 

 

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Amazing story. What an exciting adventurous life. Much to be proud of.

On 5/7/2024 at 8:14 PM, Emanuel said:

She is a beauty.

Got me looking at this again @Mike M.! Wish I were in a position to take a serious look at the White Rhino. Amazing what you've done with her. I've been thinking about upgrades for my Pajero or moving to a more formidable off road vehicle; however, the timing isn't right at the moment. I hope someone in Carnity takes you up on this offer.

Thanks for sharing this synopsis @Frederic.  Spot on for the places I've seen already. My first times in Abu Dhabi Sweihan were breathtaking and an exhilarating face paced drive. There are still a few spots on here I have yet to explore including a Liwa trip this year.

34 minutes ago, Mike M. said:

Hi @Carnity, I am sharing this here as I would want for the Carnity community to benefit of a very unique car before placing it in the public market place. I'll give it a week before putting it on sale in public. @Gaurav, @Frederic and @Srikumar I know Carnity is not a marketplace but this car is too special to go to a complete stranger  

The White Rhino is a high-end Pajero and probably the most maintained and pampered Pajero in the GCC, with the most premium add-ons available for a Pajero in the market.

Fully maintained and serviced at Al Habtoor with an existing dealer warranty (Until End of Jan 2025) and extended service package (4 Free Services). This car was bought from the dealer Al Habtoor 2 years ago at 0 km (First Owner).

 The below is a summarized list and details of the car:

·       Pajero 3.8 LWB 2020 – Elite Package - Under Al Habtoor warranty until 30^th January 2025

·       50,871 KM– Pristine Condition

·       Al Habtoor Service Contract until 80,000 KM (4 Free Services) bought on August 25,2023 – The Package also includes: 1 Body Polish, 1 Free Brake Pad and 2 AC filter replacements - AED 5460 

·       Rhinomotive Graphene Pro Ceramic Coating – Al Habtoor – AED 3000

·       Underbody Rust Proofing – Al Habtoor – AED 1000

·       Dobinsons - MRR Adjustable Shock Absorbers and Coil Springs (Warranty until May 17, 2024) – AED 10,850

·       KMC Wheels – Set of 5 – AED 5000

·       Yokohama Geolander G015 – Set of 5 – 265/70/17 – AED 3000

·       Rear Tyre Cover Delete Kit – Can be reversed to original look (Original Tyre Cover) – AED 1500

·       Original Tyre Cover - Custom modified to hold the rear KMC wheel – AED 2500

·       AOR Pajero 4DR Roof Rack Kit plus Eye bolt Eyelets and light brackets – AED 5900

·       Aluminum, powder coated, External Molle Panels (1 pair). Personally Designed and Custom-made (1 of 1 Set) – AED 2200 per side (AED 4400 Total)

·       2 x Black Rotopax Storage Packs and Rotopax Deluxe Lock Mounts with 2 x Quickfist holders for shovels – AED 2600

·       Front and back skid plates – AED 2200

·       Upgraded Entertainment Unit to Wireless Car Play – Al Habtoor – AED 1100

·       Rear Lights Black Coloring – Signature Look  - Done at Al Habtoor – AED 1050

·       42” LED Front Light Bar

·       2 x 75W Rear lights – Double Flood Bars

·       De-chrome package and angel eyes DRLs

·       Centralized Gang Rocker Swith Panel – Factory Look (Connected Front and Rear Lights and ready to connect a fan or spot lights, switches are there but never got a fan or spot lights)

·       Red Caliper Coloring 

·       Pajero All weather mats – Front seats, rear seats and trunk

·       Engine flush at 20,000 km – Al Habtoor

·       Everything is at highest premium levels  

·        Most invoices are available, if needed

·       Over AED 70,000 spending on the car - Not your typical Pajero.

·       Reason for selling: Bought a new Ranger Raptor 

·       AED 105,000 - Priced for selling, not negotiable

If interested, I can be reached on +971 55 4284084

She is a beauty.

Well done @Ishak. See you on the sand soon.

19 hours ago, Looper said:

@Emanuel here you go, the first 15 min till we lost track of the tail. Click on this Gaia link for the track of this video. We drove 7.80 km in 14:50 min at 31.5 kmph. 

Hi @Looper, thanks for letting me know it's ready. I had a look already and inspired that maybe one day I too can make a video professional looking like yours with the overlay labels and data. ...and convince my wife about the justification for the 360 X3. 🤣 We will watch it together later tonight.

On 5/5/2024 at 12:52 PM, Looper said:

A very intense drive. Thank you all who could manage to join this drive. My initial idea was to go to Shuwaib and turn back so that we could end the drive at Badayer Shops. But I got so engrossed looping at the dunes before we reached Iftar Bowl that, this plan was not executable anymore. I did however wanted to go all the way and reach Shuwaib, exactly what we did. We started on the dot at 7:00 am which seemed a bit late due to the temperatures and finished exactly at 9:30 as planned. 

@Emanuel & @Zulfikhar Naiyar you drive very well, kept up with the pace. Behind you were the experienced lot, @Anoop Nair, @Amir Amiri and @Mahmoud Taha - the last two have been on every Badayer drive I have done till now 

Thank you all for one more exciting drive today. See you soon in the next one. 

Great trailer for the main feature. Those screams near the end sounded familiar. Did you overlay them from the last drive I had here with visitors from Ireland? Sounded very familiar. 🤣

Glad to see you guys completed 100kms.  Quite a challenge. 🦾

Thank you @Looper for an epic first drive in the Intermediate Level. The first time I was up here was with you leading a FB+ drive, which was extremely memorable and one of my best videos of our drives to date. No video today from me because I wanted to focus on this first IM drive and being S/L.

It was a faster drive than FB+ which meant more laser focused concentration. It was exhilarating. 

Nice to meet you @Amir Amiri. Great driving with you again @Mahmoud Taha, @Zulfikhar Naiyar and @Anoop Nair.

A very dynamic elevation profile below and other interesting stats.

See you on the sand next time. 

Truly amazing 👏 

Legend 

Welcome to your first Fewbie drive @Martin M and @RiadJL. You and the rest of the convoy drove well. Looking back every now and again we were mostly evenly spaced out and moving nicely.  

Here is a Relive video of our drive. 

https://www.relive.cc/view/vXOdXPeBAkO

It was driving with you again @Simon D @Sunil Mathew and @Cha.

See below drive stats

Congrats on the promotion @Gurcharan Mehta. Will be good to drive with you again. 

Congratulations @Zak_.

Congrats @Batuhan Kulac. This quite an achievement. I'll see on IM drives soon.

Congrats @RiadJL on your promotion.

Congrats on your latest achievement @Mahmut.

Congrats @Shaun J on the latest achievement. 

Well done @Aser. This is quite an achievement. Enjoy a fast and more challenging pace.

The finale for today are a couple of my videos - a feature and raw footage. Enjoy and smash the Like button if you enjoyed them.

https://youtu.be/5-O6tp3OzUk

https://youtu.be/E45Gna2aivA

Here are some stats from our drive

It was great to drive with you again @Islam Soliman with you in lead and @Mahmoud Taha in sweep. After much time we finally met @M.Seidam and work together to recover a couple of stucks. 

A big welcome to the new joiners @SShan, @JanS, and @nithish468! You all did well on your first drive. Some had more practice than others at finding the sweet spot between just enough power and a wee bit short. 😄 Being one with our cars takes time, patience and practice.

Here is a Relive link to our drive.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvx5RXE79O

Here's the finale for our drive. The feature video and selected raw footage. Enjoy.

Follow this link to see more

https://youtu.be/sbJYKQ2uTWo