Luke K P

Great work on moving to Fewbie Level.
Im sure you'll have a great time learning lots of new skills and tackling some fun challenges!

Great work on levelling up!
Congrats!

Congrats mate. Looking forward to driving with you again soon.

wow thats a solid bumper!

When I put a steel bumper on my pajero (mostly for clearance after i damaged the plastic one.. i had it made of thinner steel and came to around 20kg. I didnt notice it making much of a difference other than clearance + the few times it hit a dune there was no discernable marking/ damage.. 20kg vs ~80kg is a pretty big difference tho.

while i dont have a winch ive been dragged out of stucks a few times by those who have them. My view is that they are a great connivence to save time in the extreme heat on someone elses recovery instead of doing it the 'slow way' with kinetic ropes for those very very stuck situations.. but sometimes recovery is the fun part of the day and problem solving with the ropes is enjoyable.

TLDR; thats a super heavy front combo imho, dont think a winch is *really* needed if you driving in a big group with experienced leaders.

Lovely Sunday morning drive! Thanks to @Gaurav @Imran Asghar and @Mark B for getting us in and out safely. 

A bit of everything was on offer today.. technical dunes, gazelles, camels, even ghekos!

My first time in murquab so it was a good drive to check out the style of drives in this area.

Around 0820 we had a short break, while some of the FEWBIE drivers practised their sidies just before we crossed into Lisalli.

We managed to cover arrive 31km before we got to the exit.

Nice driving everyone! Hope to see you again in the sand soon. And looking forward to seeing any pics you took in the gallery! 

https://carnity.com/gallery/category/2064-newbie-exploring-murquab-dubai-09-jun-2024/

Wow what a drive! 

Lots of excitement, lots of drama, but no shovels or ropes!

I think from these GPS tracks it's fair to say we enjoyed looping around the bowls alot

We left right on time this morning after @DP1011 have the briefing.. heading south on a track before heading west to get a good read on the sand from the early morning light. 

No warm ups allowed, we got straight into some ridge riding and switching so that @Andrew John Melvill could get a taste of what's to come on his first FB+ drive.

After playing around in the first set of bowls, we enjoyed some tea and watching another convoy tearing up the same area.

From here we touched on a sabkhas, then loops up north west into the big bowls to end the day. Big G-forces, big noise, big fun. We decided to extend the trip a bit to do some extra loops

@azad got the dreaded CEL in this final set of bowls, so we headed to an easy exit. Hope the car is feeling better soon.

Thanks @DP1011@Looper @Zulfikhar Naiyar for getting us in and out!

I really really enjoyed it and hope everyone has a great weekend. Looking forward to seeing you again in the sand soon .

It's being crazy @Faraz94 it's like max 10 minutes. Just take first exit on highway after adnoc and follow the lanes back

Locked in 😇🙏

Al habtoor are worse than useless 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

2 minutes ago, DP1011 said:

Dear Nahil'ians! 😁

 

thank you for showing your interest for this 5:30 am challenge! ( Confirmed and WL) members! 
 

Can u pls react to this post with any of your fav emoji,  if you agree with below : 

"5:40 We all as a convoy will commence the drive, and if anyone is late , we leave him behind and none of you will consider me rude😅🙏🏼!  - This means we all arrive on or before time and be ready for briefing 5:35! and This also means if anyone's GPS shows arrival time beyond 5:30, they leave a message or call me to say they are taking a U-turn back home" 

Thank you! 

 fair 🫡🫡🫡

Fair 🫡🫡🫡

I spy a level upgrade!

Good work mate I know you'll enjoy it a lot. 

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturdays drive 👍👍

just a bit of sand left in there .....   

Vidz: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7rS8glycAa/?igsh=YXcxdmc3bXBjbXRj

10 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

😂😂 Oh man - we should have stayed on the sand!

Next time we loop around and take the sand back 👍👍👍

9 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

Yeah, I live in AD so the speed limit and red light traffic cameras are a well known feature for me! I have to admit that I thought I’d already crossed in to Dubai side and had a little slack as compared to the signs. 

AD CARNITY CREW GOT STUNG TODAY 😭

Looks like I got caught in 1996 from the quality of the provided pictures.... 

@Hani crest king recommend going to tyre shop having them take the sand out of your tyres. Will def need the front passenger side rebalanced.

Esp if U had pop-out before and you getting vibrations on the highway, prob sand from micro soft pops in all wheels. 👍

What a lovely drive! Thanks @DP1011 for guiding us in and out safely! 

We started on time after our briefing and basically just headed due east. A couple of early refusals to @Luke K P @nithish468 @Hani crest king and we started getting some good momentum towards the fox burrows and animal graveyard.

We stopped off for a break of chai and croissants here before lowering tyre pressure and heading into the technicals. 

A text book cresting from our fearless leader allowed for some good V-channel digging practice and explanations on how to recover easily from this position. 

Next we had a double whammy of a bumper squish for @Talal H and pop-out for @Hani crest king

After some reinflation and @Aser ducktapping the bumper back we made our way to the exit.  

Excellent driving from everyone, it was all pretty smooth and look forward to driving with you again soon.

Enjoy your weekend.

1 hour ago, Hani crest king said:

I was thinking the same @DP1011 i run on coffee so engine running high as for the car giving it a try hopefully all goes well. Just serviced everything yesterday, taking advantage don’t think i have much drives in me for this heat. 

You'll have to bring some of this high octane coffee some time. Power up the rest of the convoy 😜🤣

So took my pajero with steel bumper and lights and roof racks with Sharjah plates to get inspected at motor city tasjeel. Failed due to "off-road modifications only allowed with Dubai plates"

Went to tasjeel auto village in Sharjah and failed. Return car to stock.

Tasjeel Dubai gave me following advice:

Remove plates

Cancel registration in Sharjah

Get export certificate to Dubai

Inspect within 24 hours in Dubai,

Register with new random Dubai plates.

Went back to motor City tasjeel, Passed without issue. Seems like Dubai plates with steel bumpers,rock sliders etc are no issues as long as combo above works.

Used some rubber bumpers with double sided tape to put on front of bumper for inspection and removed once I picked up from carpark

Good luck to others needing passing 🙏

what a beauty. 🤩
Good luck with the sale @Patrick van der Loo

1 hour ago, Looper said:

To be honest, I preferred to go to old lady dune myself as well - because last time we drove there we already went towards Nagra Hill. 

jealous, what a fun area. enjoy guys.

05:45.... I'll be arriving in my pajamas..... 😎

10 hours ago, azad said:

@Aser, @Robk, @Gautam Banka, @Julien Recan, @Mark B, @Marek, @Deepak Eswar, @Luke K P

Short Video of the drive. Hope you guys like it

 

Thanks for the clip @azad

The slightly sped up section from half way gives the effect of toy cars getting up and down that dune with the switch at the top.. cool effect!

@Vijaya Kumar Doppa great looking car. 🤩
congrats! See you in the sand sometime soon

9 hours ago, Vijaya Kumar Doppa said:

Hi everyone! Thank you all for your suggestions, After a year of waiting, I finally received the all new 2024 Jeep Rubicon Xtreme Recon from Trading Enterprise in April. I'm excited to go on drives with you all, but I'm not sure how many kilometers I should drive before going off-road. Any suggestions? 

27 minutes ago, Frederic said:

SELL THE FORD…. problem solved 

after i had to be rescued by the patrol safari i was thinking the same thing @Frederic 🤪🤪🤪🤪