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@Gaurav I've joined your Newbie Night Drive this week so it gives me a practice run, but mostly so I slow you folks down a little lesser on the 12th 😄

I'm totally in! You're all such amazing folks 🙌 🤩

Hello everyone, the Perseids Meteor Showers began on July 17th and will continue until they peak on the nights of August 12th and 13th with up to 60 trails per hour. https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/perseid.html https://www.travelawaits.com/2683734/perseid-meteor-shower-august-2021/ The starting point for the newbie drive into Suwaydan by @Frederic seemed pretty dark out to make a great backdrop. The Mleiha Center usually does some stargazing nights but I don’t see one on their events list for now. Wondering if you folks know if that’s worth a point to start from?

Thanks for confirming @Mario Cornejo! I’ll get back some sleep I’ve lost over this now 😅

Thanks for this reference! I’ll do a rear fog lamp test this evening and share here. You’re absolutely right. Sounds very fishy (and cheap)!

A few weeks ago while getting a skid plate installed, I finally saw my Y61 being reversed. And that's when I saw that the right-hand side reverse light was out. I've never checked the reverse light of my cars unless someone has pointed them out (now a note to myself for the future). My car is only a few months old and so this felt like an issue that needed to be fixed. Fast forward to this morning, where the guys at Arabian Automobiles told me that this is how its meant to be. The sales rep at the Deira branch told me that it's got something to do with the fact that it's common in "France" which I thought was very strange and weird. Why would the French with all of their infinite design wisdom make only one light (on the left-hand-side) work. When I said to him that Nissan is Japanese, he said it's Renault Nissan. Because I don't really have any facts on this, I left. All of this sounds quite strange. I've found some forums in Australia that call out this single light but wanted to see if this is common here in the UAE too. Is this a real Y61 Nissan Patrol quirk or do I have a faulty reverse light?

And the hat tips right back at you @Daniel Yang. Watching your Y62 gliding in my rear-view mirror, hoovering up the desert sands in your deft hands was the most fulfilling sight. I look forward to having our two generations meet again soon! And to @Frederic, thank you for what was the most visually magnificent drive. From that glorious sunrise to the changing colors of the sand shining with the rising light, I was in a visual trance. Perhaps, that's the reason I completely missed those bushes 😛 - thank you @Hisham Masaad for bailing me out on that one and for the phenomenal advice on the climb. @Ranjan Das watching you lead me with a LWB gave me so much more confidence on approach angles.

Congratulations @Ranjan Das 🤩

One of the best off-road club rides I’ve joined or been a part of! Thank you @Srikumar & @Nivin for being such amazing sports as marshals 🙏 You guys solved challenges on the spot making this such an easy thing for me (and I’m certain the others) to enter and meld into.Some real lessons today, on what to do when it goes wrong.

Hi Srikumar, I have a Y61 Nissan Patrol Super Safari that I’ve picked up a few months ago. I’ve taken a couple of classes with Galadari for offroad driving so I have basic knowledge and have self-driven once after that. My car has front & rear tow hooks, and I have a portable compressor on hand.