Shehab Alawadhi

3 hours ago, Watteau said:

don't leave us hanging @Shehab Alawadhi, I'm guessing night vision goggles, driving in pyjamas, new lights or truck mounted gaming rig? 

Well @Watteau inshallah if we are both on the drive we shall see!! I’m not gonna say anything just that I did some stuff 😈

@Lakshmi Narasimhan alright so basically what happened was a few things that led to this.

1 I didn’t get enough sleep and before this drive I was in a morning Fewbie plus drive, so the number one mistake here was me being exhausted (please get rest if you’re going to do 2 drives in one day).

2 I felt my car slipping so I downshifted (to gain more power) to not slide down the dune, as I downshifted my front tires hit a patch of hard sand and got traction which basically shot me over the ridge that’s why you can see my tail moving roughly around but my front firmly on the ground. Now normally I wouldn’t need to downshift on this type of dune but I didn’t have enough momentum from the bottom which in turn required me to give more power. Furthermore, if I would have pushed my gas pedal down I would have dug myself in and ruined the sand that’s why I resorted to downshifting (each car is different I’m not saying you should do this with your car, I’m just telling you how my car works)

3 I miscalculated where the crest was and my front left tire barely went over the ridge and gravity won as usual and pulled me down. That’s what happened. 

 If I would have turned to my right I would have flipped side ways. If you saw in the video my rear right tire was in the air. So the best thing to do at the time was to turn left, exit the dune and re join the convoy

I was lucky there was a sort of gradual decline or if there wasn’t my car would have rolled down the dune. 

This situation happened due to me not sleeping properly, I had gotten 2 hours of sleep the night before and had been awake all day on a sugar and redbull fueled spree, I wasn’t functioning correctly because I was most definitely having a sugar crash. I was actually very luck in this situation, I didn’t panic and tried to the best of my ability to safely go down. You can hear @Foxtrot Oscar saying it was right to exit at that point. Which at the time was what I knew I had to do it. But in all honesty if there was a steeper drop on the other side it would have become and accident. 
 

Moral of this story is. Please sleep well before your drives (this situation would have been avoided completely if I did get rest) pay attention to the dunes to the left, right, ahead and to the CAR behind you. 
 

1 hour ago, Wrangeld said:

WL for this drive, all 2nd drive 

@Thomas Varghese @Shehab Alawadhii(fighting

 @Watteaufor sweep duties?)

 @Gaurav Soni

@Ahab Shamaa

See I purposely chose a night drive, I have something special I want to test out and I’m glad that there is a night drive this weekend 🤘😉

@Wrangeld could you waitlist me for my second drive please! 

Thank you @Serafino

Thank you @Wrangeld for this drive, it was a good way to relax and just enjoy the views, wind, gazelles and not think about a stressful week!

Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for sweeping the convoy and making sure no one was left behind 😂.

Great job to @AlexPol for being our second lead. 
Thank you to all my seniors for helping out as much as they could and giving guidance where needed. @Foxtrot Oscar @Jeepie @Desert Dweller.

Great job everyone else for completing this drive and hope you all had fun and learned something from a drive with this many experienced people! I also hope you didn’t mind my small jokes here and there 😂. 

See you in the next one inshallah! 

Thank you @Luca Palanca Falsini for taking us to this area, I’ve always wanted to climb these dunes. I went twice with my friends but wasn’t confident enough to take my car and now for sure I’ll take my car with them.
Thank you @Lorenzo Candelpergher for helping me recover my car, and it taught me a few new things about my car too!! 
Great job everyone, although it was tough hope everyone had fun! 
See you on the next one and inshallah we get to our exit! 

18 minutes ago, Ishraque Ahammed said:

Unfortunately I had a bad reaction to my prescription medicine, and unwell since this morning. Please accept my sincere apologies for the late cancellation.

Get well soon!

47 minutes ago, Desert Dweller said:

Another Rock fan here 😌

Rock, heavy metal, power metal, anything with loud guitars and drums I’m into that stuff 🤘🤘

1 minute ago, Desert Dweller said:

ACDC?

Ayyyy someone got the reference 🤘🤘

Just now, imranaasghar81 said:

Morning guys I'm 5 mins delayed. I'll be there asap

I’m here now 😂 tit said on the gps 1 hour I got here in 45 mins 

1 hour ago, Pacific said:

@Shehab Alawadhi Rock n roll enthusiasm and cars be on roller coasters 

Not the reference I was looking for but I’ll accept it, I’ll explain tomorrow what I meant exactly 😂

This is gonna be in qudra area correct?

@Pacific @Wrangeld i hope you understand it’s gonna be a rock n roll train 🤘

(if anyone understands this reference please say so, because I think it’s hilarious and perfectly timed😂) 

Thank you @Anish S!

46 minutes ago, Luca Palanca Falsini said:

Good morning

@Niki Patel @Joe Biju Joseph @imranaasghar81 @Mario Cornejo @N@ved @Rob Harper @Javier Lucero @Danish Mohammad @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader @Lorenzo Candelpergher

Here the convoy list:

We are going to use Carnity Channel 3 (44605625).

A Warm Welcome back  to @Lorenzo Candelpergher!

Can't wait to see you all on the sand!!!!

Some big cars in the front end of the convoy, this should be a fun drive. See you all tomorrow!

1 hour ago, Wrangeld said:

There is an embarassment of riches in tomorrow afternoon's drive. We are blessed with some of the most experienced drivers in the club. This means that for the Newbies, it's an opportunity to literally follow in the tracks of some of the leaders in the club where normally you would be three, four or ten cars behind. 

This is the Newbie drive on which you really want to be and it's unmissable as a result. 

Please deflate and put up your flags once you arrive. COVID is still a massive problem, so let's be careful that we don't add any more cases by being super careful during the drive to abide by all the rules. 

@AlexPol @Yawa @Desert Dweller @Ishraque Ahammed @Pacific @Shehab Alawadhi

  @Lakshmi Narasimhan @TT_Dubai @Jeepie @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @kolinrrj @Foxtrot Oscar @Niekku @Darren Brooke @Ale Vallecchi

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped to see the different levels on a newbie drive, and 16 cars in one convoy. This is gonna be a learning experience for everyone, including myself with so many experienced drivers in this drive. Does anyone have a “fast forward” button so I can skip the day and just jump to tomorrow’s drive? 😂

53 minutes ago, Wrangeld said:

To update on WL position at the moment. 

@AlexPol - was not WL as this is 1st drive of the week. 

@Shehab Alawadhi - made if from WL to confirmed

@Lakshmi Narasimhan  - made if from WL to confirmed

@Thomas Varghese - still on WL: Likely we will extend to accommodate, but cannot confirm at this time. Will be moved up if someone pulls out of the drive for any reason. Reason for not putting you straight in the drive is to keep the length of this, a newbie drive, reasonable. 

Awesome and see you all on Friday, and I have the same question as @Lakshmi Narasimhan

@prajupramod congrats!

@Danish Mohammad thank you! 

2 minutes ago, Niki Patel said:

Many congrats @Shehab Alawadhi!! I am certain we were on the same absolute newbie together and awesome to hit this landmark also on the same day! 🤜🏽🤛🏽 See you Friday!  

Yea I’m pretty sure of that also, it’s really great honestly! See you soon bro! 🤘💪

11 minutes ago, Janarthan said:

Congrats @Shehab Alawadhi!!!

Thank you🤘🤘!!!

congratulations @Niki Patel 🤘💪

1 minute ago, Chaitanya D said:

@Shehab Alawadhi great to see your progress,  well done and congratulations 👍

We all strive to always better myself and my skills!

7 minutes ago, Watteau said:

Well done mate, mabrook, less "gaming" and more driving, us truckers need to stick together. see you soon

Thank you! Gaming is in my blood its kinda hard to get away from that, funny story I used to have 2 games on the PS2 about off road driving 🤣 one had monster trucks and one had quad bikes. Yes us truckers need to stick together, we are like a pod of whales gracefully gliding across the sand. Inshallah we get to drive soon, or you never know we might one day do a truck only drive  

2 hours ago, Alain Canivet-Abikhalil said:

Nayce ! 👏👏

Thank you! hopefully we can drive together soon

1 hour ago, varunmehndiratta said:

Congrats @Shehab Alawadhi ...well deserved. 

Thank you!

1 hour ago, Mohamed Seidam said:

Alf mabroook , hearty congratulations well deserved Shehab @Shehab Alawadhi Time for Boost and refine your skills and the 🐳 👍🌷🙏

Very well said Shehab , it’s all about the Driver my friend 👍

Allah ybarik feek! Inshallah ill get to learn more about recoveries and helping others! And yes it is all about the driver! 

50 minutes ago, Rahimdad said:

Congratulations @Shehab Alawadhi on your promotion.  Just reminded me how much I miss you and @Arman on my drives. Love that you take things on the lighter side, but when it comes to safety you're taking it seriously. Improving your driving skills is more important than any mods in the world. Love the way you're progressing and looking forward to riding along your side soon.

Thank you @Rahimdad inshallah we get to drive together soon! Id love to support you on a drive or just go on a drive and ill bring @Arman with me but his car is currently being fixed so he probably wont be on a drive for a week or two . Safety is always important I don't want to get hurt or other people to get hurt.