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Sorry @Frederic, I have an urgent engagement that’s come up and hence, I won’t be able to make it. This is the second time I’m missing out on a true overlanding drive of yours I have updated the event RSVP accordingly, and it should move the next waitlist into my spot.

Congratulations @salah2u! You’re in for a treat with the FB+ drives

Congratulations @Krishna R! Enjoy the new level

Congratulations @Vishal Nair! Enjoy the new level!

Congratulations @Pacific!

@Ahmad Shaker, this is an amazing initiative and one that’s going to give all the drivers such fond memories to look back on. Great job, and thank you 🙏🏽

Hahaha, right at you bud!

An amazing achievement, and well deserved one! With every drive I’ve been on with you, your presence lends a lot of confidence to those around. Great going @Looper!

Congratulations @JERINE_B! Enjoy the new level

Congratulations @Murad Hamed! It's raining Y61 promotions today 😍

Congratulations @Joseph Raju! Always a pleasure to see another Y61 in the convoy

Congratulations @Morshedi! Enjoy the amazing new change in pace that comes with FB+

Congratulations @JamesThorn! We need to see more of that beast and how you wield it, in action

Amazing job @Rajiv Sam! Been a while since we've been on a convoy together but I always know it's you when I see those twin Toyota flags flying!

There we go! And with such style too Well done @Vaibhav

@Waqas Parvez - Great job buddy, well deserved and a testament to your driving skills!

The stickers are finally here This is the list I have so far: I'll sort out logistics on how to get these out to you over the next few weeks.

Honestly, if there's one advice that should be given right after not fighting gravity, it is this one. Thanks for calling this out, @Frederic! @Yesu Yarlagadda Underpowered cars and their drivers have been practicing from day 1 to extract the most out of their engines, but it is the overpowered ones that need to learn restraint. If there's one thing I'm consistently trying to fine tune with every single drive I get on, is my throttle management. I'm still many many drives away from being any good at it, but I'm a lot better than when I began. Using your power wisely has adverse impacts: 1. It teaches you to extract just enough power out of your vehicle to climb up or hold your car in a safe position while traversing over sand. Look at @Islam Soliman do this with his GMC and it boggles the mind but when you figure it out, it will feel so intuitive. 2. It helps you be gentler with the tracks you lay down, so you're not just a good driver for yourself but also for those behind you in the convoy. If you are ever on @Ale Vallecchi's drive, he'll drill this value into you. 3. It will vastly improve your fuel management helping you to do full day drives without fear. 4. It will make your drive less strenuous too. The moment you realize that you don't need as much power, you will be a lot more mentally relaxed negotiating ridges and climbs. When you do this for 4 hours of driving, the mental fatigue will be a lot lower. 5. Being able to micro-feather your power will quickly teach you the "blip blip" technique - one that I've seen @Gaurav & @Wrangelduse with such elan that they almost always self-recover themselves. The day you begin to get a feel for just how little power you need to get through sections, that day you'll feel like this is the easiest thing ever, and you'll fall even more in love with this sport There are only two occasions when we will rely on your immensely powerful engines - for tugging/towing cars out & for breaking ridges so we can cross over

@Islam Soliman Good morning, I’m en route but running late and should be there by 6.45am. Apologies!

Congratulations @Alexanderrr! Enjoy the fast new pace of FB+

Congratulations @Prakash Anoop! Enjoy the blitzy pace that comes with this level

@Mario Cornejo thank you so much for the focused information. Helps having another Y61 owner with as much experience as you do here to guide me on this 🙏🏽 I’m almost giving up on climbing and riding bowls in general, because the core reason why I got into off-roading - beginning with desert driving due to accessibility of terrain - was to learn the skills & technique in traversing through it. I will now be moving onto rocks and wadis because I want to start rounding my skills as an overlander more than a dune rider. For which, I will have to make other weight additions to the car that will regardless have an even more detrimental impact on the performance. These include a drawer system, an overhead rack, side awnings, etc. So I have to start forgetting about climbs & bowl riding anyway Over the past eight months riding up to the IM level, I’ve realized that if I truly want to break through with a LWB Y61, I will need to significantly reduce its weight and improve powertrain response. Both of which are counter to why I got into this. So I will instead - when I have the capital in the future, and I’m craving the high speed pump - get a SWB Wrangler, Jeep 392, or Bronco Raptor and strip it down to the bare minimum for the adrenaline pushing dune driving As far as Cooper AT3s go, I’m more keen on the XLT variant rather than the 4S. Have you heard similar reviews about it too? I saw that you were running Coopers in Liwa so you have the first hand experience here.

I'm sure you'll be on the next one! @Frederic, @Gaurav & @Srikumar are the ones who can make this happen