Simon D

@JeromeFJcongratulations 🥳... looking forward being on one of your drives

17 minutes ago, Tom B said:

Well if the pajeros continue to keep getting stuck then I think it may be worth investing in winch 😉 🤣! 

….…. famous last words. I am sure I will now be the first to get stuck next Saturday! 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 just get the winch and i will make sure to use it hahahah

8 minutes ago, Michel Van Woudenberg said:

@Simon Dawoodyoure welcome to take the wheel for a bit but you’ll have to be patient since I’m going to cool down a bit in Europe for the next month or two so see you on the other side of summer !

@Michel Van Woudenberg thanks my friend , wish you a pleasant time in Europe .

Thanks @Hisham Masaad for the drive, its always a pleasure being on your drive.

 @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler well done as a SL 

@Rob S as always being a great CF and support , always ready to shovel and to support( Amazing energy  )

@Mohammad Anwar thanks for the support and sweeping the convoy . its always a pleasure to see you handle your small LC70 like a pro ... man it feels that  nothing can stop you in the sand . 

@Gregory and @Alexanderrr well done for keeping our heads high  and showing these toyota guys what it means to be a real driver 💪 😂🤣 ( No offence Toyota Guys )

@Michel Van Woudenberg your FJ40 is an eye candy i loved what you have done to it,  i wish to take her for a spin next time 😁. and by the the way thanks for the morning workout💪 😂

@Mark D its always a pleasure driving with you buddy specially hearing that monster roaring in the back was so satisfying 

@Tom B its always fun driving with you man you always have something to say that will make us crack . seeing your almost stock LC on the drive is always a pleasure 😆😅( just wondering when are you going to install the winch )

@Tareq Al Turq great driving my friend on your 1st FB+ well done . don't let a few refusal set you back  just keep going 💪

 @Imteeaz @Joseph Raju  @salah2u well done guys on the drive .

it is always a pleasure driving with all of you , its not only the drive and the sand but also the company we have .

looking forward to seeing all of you soon ... Cheers 🍻

Congratulations @ASAD.

2 hours ago, Rob S said:

@Simon Dawood we missed you today! Hope the car is sorted soon! 
 

Thanks again @Islam Soliman for great drive today! And for a small shovel workout as always!
 

Thanks to @Hisham Masaad for sweeping and @marksand @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for support!

Some photos in the gallery! See you all soon!

thanks you @Rob S , i had one of the  coolant hoses cracked. but now its fixed, but i feel bad for missing a great drive.  

@Islam Soliman i appologise,  i wont be able to make it today 

In that case we have a full house 😉

3 hours ago, Mohamad Anwer said:

Yeahhh Pajero is back in the group 😃 😊 😀 😄 

This time we are missing the Xterra😆

I really wish to join this drive 😁

Congratulations @ASAD.

@Tareq Al TurqCongratulations my friend .... well deserved promotion !!!!

get ready for the adrenaline that will come with this promotion 😁

As Always, you cannot be disappointed when driving with @Hisham Masaad especially in Badayer!!.

the drive was a bit more challenging than usual  as the sand was much softer . but nonetheless, we had an exceptionally capable convoy that drove amazingly well with confidence. 

by the way, It was a bit intermediating for me driving with such good drivers 

 @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Charbel @Fabien Monleau @Rob S @Tom B @Amir Amiri @Chris Wing  

@Lawrence_Chehimi especially I was the Only PAJERO in the convoy  😂🤣  

thanks @JeromeFJ for the support and sweep . its always a pleasure driving with you. 

see you all soon in the sand 

12 minutes ago, munkybizness said:

My kit: Fujifilm X-E1 with 35mm f/1.4 + 18-55mm f/2.8

I guess I will be a lone munky  

@munkybizness no not really i have a fujifilm s5 pro 🤣

Just now, Frederic said:

@Simon Dawood I have added you to the session

Thanks @Frederic

2 hours ago, Mohamad Anwer said:

No Pajeros tomorrow 😢? 😊 😃 

The action will not be full without at least one  pajero 😅

1 hour ago, Thomas Varghese said:

After speaking to @Ranjan Das and analyzing the symptoms I believe its due the the MAF sensor becoming dirty. He self services his air filter and probably one of the times didn't close the air box properly seated and maybe the MAF sensor got dirty. The symptom he described was when climbing uphill straight and when he floors the accelerator the engine RPM cuts down from 4500 and he loses power. MAF sensor tells the ECM how much air is being pulled into the intake manifold at what temperature and ECM sends the signal to the injectors to spray the fuel as per the data input from the MAF sensor. If the data is incorrect because the sensor is dirty the ECM cannot instruct the injectors to speed up the spray and its duration which results in loss of power. As per him, his garage said it maybe because of abnormal rise in engine coolant temperature while doing extreme climbing but he said there is not much difference showing in the temp gauge.  Also if the engine temperature shoots up like his garage said it will take some time for the fans & the radiator to cool it down to operating temperature. 

Anyways I told him to clean the MAF sensor and observe the result in this drive. 

Let us wait and see. 

In my case, after pushing my car 2 hours in the desert i will loose the capability to drive up long dunes .  

I have an obd monitor installed that allowes me to monitor the temp and other information recieved from the car ecu like The MAF and AfR , transmission temp and coolent temp.  And what i noticed is  that all the readings are not changing much during power loss episodes except the coolent temp increases from 77 to  (between  95 to 108 °c i lose power) for the gauge in the dashboard this temp is still normal.

I think you should use a Bluetooth obd and monitor the temp live.

if you are facing this issue when temp is high then you will  know where to look for a solution.

Thanks,

May his soul rest in peace🙏

14 hours ago, M.Seidam said:

hearty congratulations @Simon Dawood well deserved . prepare yourself for a fun blast this coming sunday 😀

@M.Seidam its always a fun blast driving with you  ...lets get those heart beats up 😅

14 minutes ago, munkybizness said:

Congratulations @Simon Dawood! Supremely well deserved and in spectacular fashion too. Make that Pajero flyyyy  

Thanks @munkybizness i am just following your footsteps bro 😃

13 hours ago, Srikumar said:

Thank you to all the drivers for a superb day in the desert. It was a long drive to reach the sand, but hey with no pain there is no gain. As mentioned in the briefing this was an area that I had in mind for the longest time, but perhaps it needed the kind of convoy that we had today to enjoy it to the fullest.

A "warm up" at Old Lady Dune did set the tone for the drive, criss crossing on top of it was indeed special as you need a strong heart to do it, and I thank everyone for putting their trust and executing it so well. 

Some of those bowls and ridge were an absolute off-roaders delight and to have them so clean without bumps was like icing on a cake.

@Warren Flay @Simon Dawood @ASAD. @Naveen Raj @ShereenMK @Gregory @Tom B @Mus_hus78@Karthikeyan Govindarajan once again thank you and look forward to seeing you on another episode of Sweihan Adventures.

P.S. @Simon Dawood I second the suggestion of Warren 😂

 

@Srikumari will give my Pajero another chance to correct her attitude on the long dunes . but first i will need take her to the spa 😂

9 minutes ago, Warren Flay said:

@Srikumarit was great to see you again in happier (suspension) circumstances. The old girl was really on form today and she showed the Gadgero a clean pair of heels and taught her a few lessons in light weight/high traction physics!  It's a long grind from home to the mighty Sweihanistan mountains but well worth the time and fuel for me, it's just majestic. It really is good for the soul to see the dunes sailing off into the far far distance in the early morning light... 

The sand was wind groomed and very soft, many times I had rooster tails of sand flying from both ends as the Gadge scrambled to follow the leaders path and frequently had to opt for a variation as the nose kept plowing and refusing to answer the helm

Considering the high speed challenge that was laid down to the team today, everyone drove really well with few stucks and only a soft serving of refusals (I cannot imagine it was easy at number 10 with how soft it was at number 2!). @Simon Dawoodmaybe it's time to trade up to a 40 year old Jeep Cherokee? lol (jut kidding bro). Great to hear @Tom B chuckling away on the radio while the mighty Yamato booms and thunders along at the rear, shaking the earth and helping to slow the earth's rotation.

Thanks to all the NASCAR pit crew for swinging in to place and repairing my pop out in what seemed like record time, I have no excuse for blasting my tyre off other than "I was trying to follow Srikumar" lol. 

Great to catch up with some old faces like @Mus_hus78who I haven't driven with for a while and looking forward to getting back into the 'mountains' again soon!

@Warren FlayWell said , except for the jeep part 🤣😂

Congratulation @Rob S well deserved  ... enjoy it  

On 5/4/2022 at 12:56 PM, M.Seidam said:

Dear Friends 

Thank you so much for being ahead of time and I apologise for the little delay of mine . After the quick briefing we started moving north and east toward the rising sun which surprisingly still cool at this time of the year. Warming up forth and back before we join the Baja for a short segment to enter after it to practice some technicality where every one did great . Taking our first coffee break on the large sabkha 

moving on toward the long range dunes of murqab sloping , crossing , bowling till we got a pop out of our sweep which was fixed on no time by the collective effort of the team . Driving and driving toward Lisaili as planned and started to feel my steering heavy to realize a leak hope it’s from the cap only . Topped it up and moved again however and before reaching half way as Murqab was still in my rare view I decided to end the drive in Murqab instead of lisaili as every one never disagreed with me . Looping with convoy crossing over and over from hard to slip direction . Just before the last dune to the track i got bogged in a sideway slip side which was managed by a gentle tug . 

@ASAD. You were the perfect second lead so vigilant and anticipating the next move even before announcing it on radio . Pleasure driving with you bro 

 nice to see you after a while and didn’t feel like you were doing your first Fb+ to me . Well done . The new FJC suites your style 

@Felix Obst pleasure driving with you after quite a while , flawless 👍

@Simon Dawood it seems the best day and example of harmony between you and your Pajero no issue at all . Pleasure 

@Joseph Raju, @Karthikeyan Govindarajanand @Joji varghese first time we meet what a pleasure . Guys you rocked in the back

@Rajiv Sam thanks for watching our back as usual you are always ahead of your official level . Well done 

last but not least I would like to thank @Lawrence_Chehimi for being there when ever needed . Thank you for the tug😉

I will take my X for check up this afternoon hope nothing is serious . 
 

till we meet take care and drive safe 

cheers

Seidam 

https://youtu.be/XLja-T6z354

 

@M.Seidam thank you very much for the amazing drive , it is always a pleasure driving with you . every drive we learn new things constantly.

and thanks to the wonderful convoy members @ASAD.@Gertjan , @Felix Obst, @Joseph Raju, @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, @Joji varghese, @Rajiv Sam and @Lawrence_Chehimifor making it a pleasant drive .

i hope you managed to solve your Xterra steering fluid leaking issue

looking to see you all again soon  

4 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear Desertnauts.

I thank you all for the enthusiastic participation to Rush Hour 4. While looking at the waiting list I have had an idea that I would like to present to all drivers, the conformed signed up ones, and the waitlisted. If all, or most, agree, I will proceed as below:

I will extend the drive to 10 cars, hence confirming the following CONVOY 1:

@Zixuan Huang - Charlie, @Vaibhav, @Daniel Rodas, @varunmehndiratta, @Prakash Anoop, @topgear, @Rob S, @Alexanderrr PLUS @KAMALIO and @Chinthaka Ruwan

I will open up the drive to the next 10 waitlisted drivers, hence creating a new CONVOY 2:

@Naim Aoun, @Ashok chaturvedi, @munkybizness, @Simon Dawood, @Shaker, @ASAD., @Waqas Parvez, @Pacific, @Anoop Nair and @Ranjan Das

Convoy 1 will:

1. meet up at Qudra's Last Exit at 2:00 PM, and will "rush" to reach Ghantoot's exit point
2. start the drive exactly at 2:30 PM
3. plan to end the drive at 4:30 PM sharp
4. in case the full distance between Qudra and Ghantoot has not been covered, there is a track on a sabkha available for a quick exit to Ghantoot

Convoy 2 will:

1. meet up at Ghantoot starting point at 4:30 PM, corresponding the Convoy 1's exit, and will "rush back" to Qudra's Last Exit
2. start the drive exactly at 5:00 PM
3. plan to end the drive at 7:00 PM
4. also, if the drive will not have reached Qudra's Last Exit, we'll take the closest exit on Bab al Shams Road

This will allow 2 convoys to drive within the "Rush Hour" format, on the Qudra to Ghantoot route and vice versa, with only me commuting back and forth. It will be a relay of sorts, with the goal of accommodating all drivers into this exciting format.

I would like to ask each of you, both confirmed and waitlisted drivers, to please acknowledge the above idea, and confirm your presence in the allocated convoy. I will proceed to open up the drive to all those who agree with the above format, hence confirming the convoys above (or part of them, if not all agree).

Thanks a lot for your prompt consideration and reply. Have a great Sunday.

Dear @Ale Vallecchi with great disappointment i will have to withdraw my name from the drive for tomorrow, due to some family engagements  . i wish you all a  great ,fun and safe drive . i hope i will make it next time .

thanks,