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There are thousands of dunes and bowls in the desert, but only safety takes us home. Even tho I was recording, I didnt realize that the LC flew over to the other side of the ridge and had some splash of sand. We are very fortunate that we have @M.Seidam @Hisham Masaad who both are richly experienced leaders and one doctor. The unfortunate event is well handled by both with the support from the Carnity family which I am honored to be a part of. And glad to hear that both Mohamed Anwer and the LC are back in the same day. Despite the unfortunate event, we did have some good time in the area. I finally got to do some nice bowls in Abu Dhbai, found out that the death bowl isnt too difficult for the Pathfinder, and realize riding the long ridge of the big bowls is one of my most exciting part of desert driving. Definitely need to come back again for the AD bowls! I wish a speedy recovery for @Mohamad Anwer both physically and spiritually, and look forward to riding the bowls and ridges with you soon!

Finally seeing the LC1000🍄

I initially had same thought as the output figures are identical, until I read someone saying its dual VVTi for Fortuner, and I looked up Toyota ae and found out they all have dual VVT-i mentioned on their performance spec ( Fortuner Hillux adventure LC70 series). we need to chop up a newer 1gr fe engine to find out🤡 https://www.toyota.ae/en/new-cars/hilux-adventure/4.0-l/

congratulations @M.Seidamtruely deserved promotion! You have the exemplary heart of an offroader Have learnt so much from you and look forward to more!

Thanks all for the help, tools, and patient waiting, The car is sent straight to garage, should know soon if the engine is still ok or not. Hope you still had a good drive later on😶😶

confirm

👽eagerly waiting for 2 dropouts

There is green brand from Australia (club policy I cannot disclose the name) have decent accessories for Hillux, not sure about tow points but tow bar they do have.

My experience with cooper AT3 was noisy onroad, shaky handling above 110km that I once thought something broke under my car, and yes weak sidewall, had a fist size of bubble on one of the tires that I never had on HT offroading, which is very strange to me. But offroad it did give me more grip which I could clearly feel, and it has one of the best look among AT tires in my opinion now I have been using yoko geolander G015 since 40 drives back, around 20k kilometer on the dash. couldnt been more satisfied with the tire, moderate noisy onroad (cruising at 130-140kmh) almost no effect on handling. Never had one single popout, absolutely zero hassle tire to me, I run 8-10 psi with stock rim. Plus its cheaper than mainstream AT tire. The only con could the it looks just as gentle as a HT 😁. I see that Rydanz Raptor AT has been receiving positive comments, anyone has experience with it?

Congrats @Hisham Masaad, well deserved!

my shovel and jack are ready for deployment😈

Hi @Chaitanya D I have put myself in manage, hope you don't mind that

there is no leak, I disconnected the battery from both terminals for 3 days to check if it holds, and it didnt. and I cant find the warranty card anymore ☹️

I will definitely keep one spare battery in my car from now on.... my own daily's battery died without sign this week; my pathfinder's few month old battery seems to be defective that doesnt hold charge for longer than 3 days; see at least 1 case each weekend that someone's having battery issue battery's failure can be solved easily just by ourselves, but so critical that can stop a fully mechanically healthy car from running....

An IM drive that has everything I look for, short convey, competent drivers, fast pace, trackless desert with nice weather. and I could find the room for improvement which is very important to me. At initial part we stayed above 30km/hr average moving speed on the ridges only! and we completed the drive with 26.2km/hr average moving speed. Thank you @GauravSonifor the lead, and @Chinthaka Ruwan @Thomas Varghese @Looper for joining and support. See you soon back in sands!

Congrats Varun! Can't wait to join one of your drives 🙌🙌

Thank you Thomas and @Looperfor joining 😃😃😃, this drive will be a blast I'm sure

@Simon Dawood @Chinthaka Ruwan please dont leave the drive 😭, I think the minimum is 4 cars?