Thomas Varghese

The scenic classroom

The Marshal @Wrangeld Lessons on recovering a stuck 4 X 4 in the desert

I wish to join but still in fewbie plus rank as I didn't apply for promotion even though I already finished 13 fewbie drives and 1 fewbie plus drive. I think I need 1 more fewbie plus drive to apply for intermediate promotion plus the tow rope & the soft shackles. I hope @Lorenzo Candelpergher will allow me to join if he believes I can handle this drive and the RSVP has some slots available.

And if you do get stuck all you have to do is get you and your friend to pick up the car with one finger and she’ll be out Reminds me of my Dolphin car (Reliant Kitten) which I was using in my college days from 1986 to 1990. Fiberglass body and 800cc. Small, light but extremely powerful with an aluminum engine which was relatively new in that era. I used to offroad with that car inside jungles crossing streams, rock climbing etc. Stock car. No mods. Relatively easy to repair. Had a nasty roll over when I tried to lift the car by 2 inches and the car rolled over thrice and landed safely resting on its roof once the momentum stopped. Nothing much happened to the car except for a broken side window and some paint scratches (my friends who was inside the car was safe but little bit disoriented for some time). The car was put back on its own wheels by my friends (4 of them) & me by just pushing and rolling it over by brute force and we continued our journey. Getting bogged down on mud and rocks were not at all a problem as me and my friends could literally lift the car up or push it out (raw teenage power). Can't say Jimny could be lifted up like this as its a metal body and much heavier. The Indian variant of the Jimny is the Gypsy and is the most preferred transport of Indian Army. Infact even when the company announced that its discontinuing the aged model Indian Army suddenly placed an order for 3500 units or more. That's the legacy of Suzuki Jimny and the version we get here is much more powerful than the 1300 cc we get in India.

I have confirmed 'totally agree' with the new COVID restrictions requirements for the drives

Hi @Wrangeld, I am just 1 drive away from applying for Intermediate rank but as @Chaitanya D pointed out during yesterday drive that I should wait and continue in fewbie and fewbie plus drives to finesse the skills more. So let us do more sand dance and perfect the blip blip, left right steering and some hard core shovelling work.

I already RSVP's just now for the @Wrangeld's unexplored fewbie qudra drive in the afternoon. You can exclude me.

@sertac please waitlist me as my 1st drive.