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Hi @Ale Vallecchi I have a jack with me

Morning @Ishak finally walked through my door after a a mammoth shift at work. Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong hence I’m just getting home now. I’m really sorry but I’ll have to pull out of this drive as I’m absolutely exhausted. All the best.

Hey @Luke K P really sorry. Have to drop out of tomorrow’s drive, last minute work issue unfortunately meaning I’m having to work through until the early hours of tomorrow 🤦🏼‍♂️ … have a great drive and I’ll catch you on the next one

Thanks everyone. Looking forward to the higher level drives 💪🏻 😜

Apologies @M.Seidam I’ve managed to oversleep and I won’t make it in time to the starting position. 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ … I’d be very late so I’ll have to drop out. Apologies again.

Apologies @Emanuel taken myself off the drive. Duty calls 🤦🏼‍♂️, Cheers.

Hi @Emanuel hope you don’t mind if I join the drive do you?. I saw the drive was still open so thought I’d take a chance.

Hi @M.Seidam my apologies, works running over and I won’t make the start time. I’ll have to pull out. All the best.

Hi @Ale Vallecchi sorry have to remove myself from the drive. Sorry for the last minute drop out but I’m feeling unwell 🤧 don’t want to risk driving and not paying my full attention to the drive. Thanks.

Sorry guys, have to drop out after all my initial excitement … work has got in the way. All the best and enjoy

Hi @Ale Vallecchi I’m going to be 10-15 mins late. Got away from work late unfortunately. I appreciate if this is too much of a delay for you and you need to get away in a timely manner. Let me know. thanks

Sorry @Looper I won’t be able to make the drive tomorrow morning. Last minute work problems. All the best for the drive.

Hi Seidam. I’m really sorry I’m being held up at work. I won’t be able to make it. sorry for the last minute drop out. All the best guys have fun.

Thanks @Davie Smooth_Operator for putting on the twilight drive and superb lead. Thanks @Mark B for your super sweep and support during my god awful turn into a ditch … I may have shouted a few expletives at myself 😂 … and thanks @ChrisW for adding me to your long line of “winch” customers. First time is FOC I hope 😜 … thanks for the support guys. to everyone else sorry I delayed the drive a little with my excellent driving skills, I blame it on the FJ’s key feature … poor visibility … and my new window tint … just kidding, it was my own fault I should have known better but we all make mistakes. still one happy customer despite ripping off my rear mud guard, denting my beautiful plastic bumper … and the car is shaking like a sh***ng dog … maybe an engine mount issue … I’m sure I’ll be back next weekend to do it all over again. All the best guys have a great week!!!

Hey @Frederic sorry it’s late but I’m gonna have to pull out of this one. Just finished a drive with Davie and drove home. On the way home I noticed something out of the ordinary so I don’t want to risk it. Need to get it checked over before venturing out in the sand again. Hope you understand. Cheers and hope you all have a great drive.

Morning I’ll be a few minutes late due to a small delay at the petrol station 🤦🏼‍♂️

Thanks for adding me to the drive @JeromeFJ. I didn’t get to drive last week due to illness so I’m looking forward to it!!

Good Morning @Looper I’m really sorry, need to pull out of this drive. Woke up with really bad headache and nausea. Quite unexpected. Apologies. Have a great drive.

@Ale Vallecchi thank you for putting on this afternoon drive. It was a great afternoon. @Emanuel thank you for the support and @Mike M. for bringing up the rear. I think learning how to get the best out of your car is going to be very helpful moving forward, check if your car has any issues preventing you from getting the most out of it. Driving in “D” may not be suitable for your car, you may need to use “manual” or “triptronic” gears or a combination of both throughout the drive especially in more testing areas. Ensure you have all traction aids turned off, especially if you turn off your car and start it again (for the newer cars). Ensure correct tyre pressures are met and if needs be lower them for more soft sand, just don’t turn too sharply. Carrying momentum and not trying to power through from a standing start is going to help, keeping fluidity in the drive is a must. For cars with turbos you may have to get on the accelerator earlier for your engine to spool up the turbo, yes engines have got better over the years but there is still a time lag between you putting your foot down and your car getting in the correct powerband. Larger engine displacements with turbos probably manage this better than smaller engines with turbos but it’s all the same. try, try and try again. Never be put off if you fail to do something that others can do. Never panic and listen to instructions. Never get frustrated and try too hard to push through something as that could lead to overshooting, fighting gravity etc. putting yourself and your car at risk. just some friendly advice 🙂 all the best guys, see you soon on the next one.

Thanks @Gaurav for the great lead @Emanuel for the support and @Marek for bringing up the rear. Oh and @J-P L for your eagle eyes. The drive was certainly different from the past couple of drives I’ve had in this area recently and it was nice to take a completely different route to the Iftar bowl & Super bowl. In all honesty the drive wasn’t as smooth as I had hoped but that’s the name of the game, you have to take the rough with the smooth. In all though it was a great morning and it was great to have a play around on the larger dunes flexing the FJ’s muscles 💪. Every drive brings something new, and new skills/techniques to take away. Learning how to handle your respective cars takes time. But once you’ve learned how to handle your car you will get the most of out of your drives. And probably come away with a larger smile on your face. to all, great drive, great patience and I hope to see you all in the sand very soon. All the best for the week ahead.

Myself, @Emanuel & @J-P L drove in this area today with Ale. Your suspension is going to get a great work out. There’s a lot of deep cross tracks in this area. But it’ll be fun all the same. Looking forward to it 👍🏻

My vote is the for @Frans M LC71. It’s beautiful, retro styling, tough, rugged and reliable. the 70 series has around in various forms since 1984 (if my thinking is right), still beloved today and sold pretty much as it was back then. Admittedly I’m a bit of a Toyota fan boy (first car, imported 1999 Corolla) who doesn’t really like modern technology. Two things on earth will survive a nuclear holocaust, cockroach’s and the 1GRFE engine 😂. A close second place would be @Frederic Isuzu Trooper. Great green machine.

Hi @Ale Vallecchi yes that would be perfect. Thank you for considering me and I’ll happily see you tomorrow

Hi @Frederic I’m really sorry, won’t be able to make it. Had some bad news overnight. All the best for today and enjoy the drive. See you next time.

Hey @DP1011 really sorry for the last minute dropout. I’m not too well unfortunately, came on very suddenly. Have a great drive.