DP1011

BIG Congratulations @essam ibrahim for this impressive move and promotion to FB level.  Always pleasure driving with you - Keep up the energy ! See you soon in desert ! 

Drive Report :

For a Newbie level - Test of Endurance, raising your patience levels and Team sport - This is what I would call this drive all about and ALL of the convoy demonstrated all of these skills - Absolutely Impressive!  Thank you @Islam Soliman For giving us this opportunity of great learning , both for the NBs and as well as the Support members ! 

Despite the challenge thrown by @Islam Soliman & Google maps ,on Finding the location  of meeting point, All of the members were pretty much on time and post deflation  with a back to school detailed briefing by Islam the journey of learning began.   

Some Drive stats :

The drive commenced at 6.20, and we finished at 11.30, covering a distance of 39kms . The total duration being 5 hours, with 2.15 hours of stoppage time, while battling those soft patches which offered all of us great learning of who are our first go to friends in desert - the 3s, Steering, Shovel and Support team  

The only absolute NB @Rafey Hashmi with his impressive Jimny and from being flagless one day before the drive, to an amazing UAE flag, demonstrated great attitude by taking up all the challenges offered. am sure reflecting back on what you did, you should be proud of yourself ! Keep it up my friend and am sure you also learnt the art of moving to Manual and the timing of shifting gears and how steering works in your favour  !  - just a reminder , Ikea 49 Aed is for the shovel is your next investment

@Dev_ - Another member in convoy - I think hardly any refusals for you except minor ones if i remember, was first drive with you and you drove well, My only suggestion would be on aggressive steering my friend and nothing else - I know you felt the drive was easy and that explains your experience of learning on just you second drive ( not sure if you were driving before)   

@Dorian Zissi - Hope you had a good relaxing weekend my friend and am very sure, when reflecting on the day, you will certainly be proud on yourself, with so many learnings - as we say, the more you are stuck or face refusals the more you learn. and what you learnt on this drive is i would say, I learnt in 5 drives of being my newbie level - Keep up the endurance and the way you self recovered your self on that soft patch with inputs from Pajero king @Mehmet Volga was absolutely impressive. and looking forward to driving again with you soon .

@DTG The demonstration you do with you machine is always commendable Danny and how well you know your vehicle is clearly seen that you buying water spray even before Shovel ( just on a lighter note) - Ikea 49 dirhams is your next investment !!  _ Nicely done while doing those side dunes and overall I see you stepping up in each drive ! 

@essam ibrahim Always great to see you on drives and You were most inspirational on endurance level, with minor refusals , great attitude and extremely well done ! What's your source of Energy - we would all want to know !! 

@Fabien Monleau & @Mehmet Volga - Been long we drove together and it was great to have you guys as a team and am sure if not your presence, we wouldn't have had early dinner  haha ! 

and lastly once again - Thanks @Islam Soliman - As I said, I got my technical Adrenaline ! 

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon in desert ! 

10 minutes ago, Gaurav said:

I use these ARB gloves for winching needs and am pretty happy with them.

My VOTE Goes to this one - Very solid quality ! 

Looking forward to the Technical Adrenaline @Islam Soliman 🙌🏼! Which i always admire on ur drives💥🙌🏼

Doc @M.Seidam  So the Demolition Squad is on front , making it IM+ for No 5 onwards ?

@Ale Vallecchi Not sure if LRDG had those back office / off desert support staff , But if it had any, i am the one. Have been reading about it and already having a screenplay of this amazing theme! 

https://lrdg.hegewisch.net/ - For all other convoy members, while Ale will be relaying lot of this tomorrow, I thought in case someone wants to relate to !

@PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke : Major Popski :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popski's_Private_Army  This will be first time Popski will not be in a Jeep but in a mighty Pajero ! 😎

6 minutes ago, Abhilash Kottakkal said:

True..as a mechanical engineer I understand...but overall if we look it's just a slight loss of power ..my wife told me today it seems the engine is Rev up a little more than the previous...we have to trust them for sure...and next time in the desert I will Rev it up more to compensate  and hope it will do...my intention to stay alfloat like the jeep guys and take forward the desert driving....

@Abhilash Kottakkal You should have told me before Getting tyres replaced, I would have given you a better suggestion. I would have told you, Get 5BFG tyres but along with Jeep fitted to them 😂😂!

@AnasArif from above contributions of @Frederic and @Gaurav , I suppose you now have the answer ( re-confirmation of what we discussed on your first drive:) - no need of disabling Airbags) as you are a proud japenese car owner;)

Thanks @Frederic, I see @Mario Cornejo with same model 2021, but he says Kill switch yes? Is it bcos its SWB? or am reading it incorrectly - Thanks for this.

6 minutes ago, Abhilash Kottakkal said:

@DP1011 did I waste my money?? Will it not help?? I am sorry but i am just new and dont know the technical details much...hope you can calrify..

I had decent stock tyres, that i drove with ( Mud terrain tyres) but when i changed it to BFG KO2, Its totally a different experience both Off road and On road! Do I say more? even the lead @Looper is with same BFG!  I will let you react with "totally agree" reaction on Sunday 9.35am! 😎😁

For academic interest and mutual learning on the imp feature of Kill Switch  or Airbags Turn off button : I seek inputs from all the fellow off-roaders : ( please respond to the thread only when the answer is YES to  - Do you have Kill switch / Airbags turn off button in your car?  If not, and you have specific comment to educate the community members, please feel free to comment or add useful links )

Guys your contribution will help and the end result I am aiming is to have compiled list of cars which do have default Kill Switch/Airbags turn off button etc. and where to locate, plus in addition  any other specifics you take care of before off-roading ( Fr eg : Jeep guys press Traction off button for 7 seconds, that helps to disable ESC )

Can you please hence in below format add with your contributions : ( If you see already your car model is replied by someone, please put a like / totally agree, so we avoid having multiple responses for same models.)

Car mode :  Jeep Wrangler 2021 - Rubicon

kill Switch Button  ( if yes, where to locate) - NO

Airbags turn off  button (if yes where to locate)  : NO

Other comments  : Before every drive, Press the traction control off button for 7 seconds, which helps to turn off ESC (Electronic Stability Control ). When you engage 4L, the ESC is enabled again, so repeat the step when you shift to 4H, to turn off both Traction & ESC.

Looking forward to your contributions !  As someone rightly said "Let's root for each other & watch each other grow."  

Congratulations @Stumpy Paj ! Whoa - Am sure you are all set for the pace and adrenaline ! Ready with your fastest fingers for 7pm IM level drive I suppose ?

Congratulations @Issam Atra for reaching the Fewbie Level ! Jeep power and well deserved ! 

Congratulations @Ben Williams for reaching the Fewbie Level , am sure you are looking forward to weekend FB

Congratulations @Srilakshman Karthikeyan for reaching the Fewbie Level, well deserved and well done ! 

Congratulations @Faraz94 for reaching the Fewbie Level, well done !! 

For those who would like to Program their radios to Carnity Channel, please see link below  - This will be very useful as you progress through different levels of drives, while also allowing you to change radio channels on the go. 

https://carnity.com/advice/offroad/carnity-two-way-radio-frequencies-r119

Hi @AnasArif ! Welcome to @Carnity and am sure you are excited for your first drive! 
Since this is your first drive with the carinty club, can you please confirm on below: 

First time with Carnity Off-road Club:

Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year.

Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.

Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets.

Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag.

Can you confirm that you have watched the MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING ( the link that Ale posted  in the above drive post. 

 see you tomorrow! 

20 hours ago, Looper said:

Surprising how you managed to get a speeding ticket with Jeep. I was wondering what @Jaro Tuzinsky was talking on the next drive. 

I looked at the Speeding camera, Instead of saying Yalla dont Push, I by mistake said "Yalla Push" and it managed to made me (not)smile with a flash😂😂 

Now jeep is tuned to Yalla push @Hisham Masaad 😂!!

P.S : it was 80 road and i was at 110:(
and 140 when it was 100😅

Great drive @Looper! Despite some green start you managed to take us to  clean dunes in second half of the drive!!

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 200th! WAS HONOR TO BE PART OF YOUR MILESTONE ACHEIVEMENT!

and was pleasure to see all known faces! See you all soon in desert guys🤞! 

1 minute ago, Bravoecho said:

I think that the summer crew should be able to RSVP for drives at 6:58pm in winter time 😁

How about the privilege of "Auto RSVP"?? 😈😈😂

3 hours ago, Arravind said:

Sure, sounds good. I have watched the video

Thank you @Hisham Masaad

 

All the best @Arravind! I had tough time with @Hisham Masaad durimg the quiz he took me on my first drive with him! Am sure u r well prepared🤞😁! 

Impressive and congratulations Doc @Rk ram ! Well done and looking forward to seeing you soon in one of Pace drives ! 

Congratulations @Abhilash Kottakkal and well deserved!! 

22 hours ago, Looper said:

@Gaurav what does @Vishnu Ramankutty knows that we others don't know? 

Looks like he is now prepared for Steps / Sharp drops, must have got his bumpers trimmed / Lift up done may be

On a lighter note, @Looper   We Jeep guys wont understand Fortuner owners worries   )