Dan S

Dears, the most amazing and wonderful offshore experience that I had until now.

Desert, mountains, rain, flash flooding with YAAALAAAAA water is coming, to camping and enjoying each other companies on a beautiful fire, to refusals and challenging soft sand on a 22 psi, to getting crested, recoveries and beautiful sceneries. This experience had everything that you can think of.

Thank you so much @Frederic for thinking, planning and doing this amazing ride with chill and professional attitude. Thank you @Srikumar for your guidance support and funny moments, we had a nice combo with you two!

Many thanks to all the rest of the convoy, I had fun driving and being with you gents @Soufiane @Alphin Aloor @Damian @Ahmed Farouk @AlexM @Christian Andras

5 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear Desertnauts

sorry for the short briefing, due to my return from a long business trip. I will explain more and be more detailed tomorrow, just before starting. 

In the meantime, find below the convoy order:

@PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke in Second Lead

@Dan S at #3

@Rafey Hashmi at #4

@mahesh at #5

@Gurcharan Mehta at Center

@Abhilash Kottakkal at #7

@Gautam Banka at #8

@frederic demolder at #9

@Sreenath G at #10, and 

@Ashutosh Garg in Sweep.

I do encourage all to come with a full tank, as the drive should be quite long (but not enough to need a jerry can).

The radio channel will be chosen on the spot (among Carnity's published frequencies).

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, for a timely departure at 8:00 AM. Have a nice Sunday.

Hi Ale, thank you for the convoy list.

21 minutes ago, Frederic said:

Hahaha, great to see people asking for it, as it means you guys are self-reliant and learning the navigation parts of it.

See attached. Small variations will be there based on the timing and progress, and Day one will end a bit earlier where will camp on that big flat Savanna in front of Maliha.

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Beautiful, I was thinking is a "Secret" and I wanted to create my own anyway based on our path. Thank you for this!

10 hours ago, Damian said:

Hey Frederic - AOR flag and suction arrived today from Amazon but are not compatible even though Amazon said they are frequently bought together.  I can't get a replacement delivered in time for Saturday. Any ideas of where to get one or can I be in convoy without one?

Hi Damian, i bought the same AOR from Amazon and they are compatible, if you want to do a replacement, check the below 

Happy birthdaaay @Frederic Wish you good health and success in all parts of your life!

38 minutes ago, Frederic said:

@AlexM considering the small convoy so far, which means we can probably pick up some speed along the way, i will move the starting time to 8AM.

@Dan S @Alphin Aloor@Ahmed Wagdy@Srikumar please take note of the revised starting time (8AM instead of 7AM).

 

Well noted Fred, can't wait for this drive. I am also coming from Abu Dhabi but I got used to wake up at 3 am  in the weekend . 

Just now, Ishak said:

@Dan S you got pole position 😁 👍🏼

Hahah, I have learned my lesson from last time Ishak,  

Dear @Gaurav is there also a possibility to pay for the camp meeting only, to be there like a visitor to witness the winner of the trophy and enjoy the night with Carnity members?

2 minutes ago, Davie Chase said:

@Dan S I will make a decision as we progress through the week and we see who stays on the drive, peoples plans change and sometimes they drop out, as you said very early yet, watch this space and I will let you all know later in teh week.

Many thanks Davie for your prompt feedback, will do as you advised. 

10 minutes ago, Robk said:

Hi @Davie Chase

Im a newbie with Carnity, 3 drives completed in past month with previous desert driving experience outside the club. I notice there arent any newbie drives lined up for this coming weekend. Is it possible to join a fewbie drive for this week or is that out of the question? Just wondering, keen on driving.

Rob.

Hi Robk, I would suggest that you apply for a fewbie promotion following the guidance of the below topic, in this way you can be promoted early based on all your Marshall's and desert trips that you have done until now, than you will be with full "license" to apply for fewbies

Damn, everybody is so fast, only 11 minutes passed and already 10 RVSP and I am in 3rd line on waiting list o.O

Any possibility to increase the RVSP Davie 😅? @Davie Chase

Many thanks @Frederic, I definitely had some fun and I learned more about Jimny style, getting out of the soft sand patches and where Foxes sleep o.O

@Rafey Hashmiyou the man, i am happy to see how we gain knowledge and how you improve with the Jimny

Thank you @Xavi Moyano, @Shahid Mehmoodsee you soon guys!

Dear @Davie Chaseyou made an awesome drive, making my first fewbie an amazing one. It was a nice one, big thanks to all for their drive and support @Cha; @Gertjan; @Bjoern;

@Rafey Hashmiyou are getting more and more the master of Jimny, keep on going !!!

@Fredericone small confirmation please, inside event description it is written When:  12 November 2023, Saturday

But I believe the actual ride will, be on 12.11.2023, Sunday, correct?

7 minutes ago, Frederic said:

If you are coming from Abu Dhabi i would assume taking the E11, followed by E14 is better. In that scenario you will have the Al Samha ADNOC on the E11. 

Understood, thank you Frederic, I think I can also follow E20 up to the Nahil Adnoc right before coming from Lane 1821 between the farms up to the meeting point. I believe this one is closer

Hi @was003,

In order to transfer any offroad experience that you have, please kindly follow the below steps explained on the link below:

I believe only after you have done at least 1 newbie drive and you have applied for rank promotion you will be allowed to enter higher ranks drives.

Dear Frederic @Frederic, I am coming from Abu Dhabi and I just wanted to confirm with you, if this ADNOC station is the closest one to the meeting point considering the fact that I will come from AD, I do not see any other one with low impact on travelling time.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RkZXYH5GTrPqNuc87

I will be looking forward to your feedback, Many thanks!

40 minutes ago, Davie Chase said:

Congratulations @Dan S enjoy the new level

Many thanks Davie, see you soon on my first fewbie led by yourself, can't wait to experience your leadership

5 minutes ago, Mahmoud Taha said:

Congrats @Dan S

Thank you Mahmoud, i hope to see you on some drives soon

10 minutes ago, PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke said:

Congrats. You'll surely enjoy the fewbie level drives! see you out there sometime soon!

Many thanks Luke, will surely do. I hope to see you soon also! All the best!

1 minute ago, Sunil Mathew said:

Congrats @Dan S..see you soon on fewbie drives!! 

Many thanks Sunil, looking forward to!!!

Congrats @Mahesh_!!!🥳 see you on FB drives

3 minutes ago, DP1011 said:

Congratulations @Dan S ! Well done and enjoy the new level ! am sure you are looking forward to the weekend

Many thanks @DP1011, yes you are right, now I am not limited to only 1 type of drive which is amazing

Many thanks @Gauravand @Looper, I am happy to reach this level, for sure I will enjoy since it became my weekends best activity to do.

29 minutes ago, PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke said:

For those interested... This was the amount of force required to break a wheel off... Video of break and then time-lapse replacing it.

Turns out the rims are 'genuine replicas' 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HAosRUM5c6tArUzQ9

 

"just a popout" LoL yeah right 😅

 

 

Wow that really did not seem like a very high force, sorry that it did happen but like many others said, happy that it happened now and not during the championship

13 hours ago, Sunil Mathew said:

It was a really nice morning drive  @Islam Solimanand i am sure , everyone who joined us got an opportunity to learn a thing or two about handling their cars, shoveling, self recovery, rope recovery etc., we had it all today.  We had a really long convoy of 16 cars comprising of 

@frederic demolder as S/L beautifully handling his BAIC BJ40 , joined by his Dad. Good to hear that he enjoyed the day, and hope to see him (and you offcourse) for our next one

@TheUsualSuspect aka Renier, drove without any issue whatsoever, and apologies to have missed you out in our convoy line up roll call .. i need to work on my skills to "read between lines (or names)"  

@Mahmut SARILI had some heating issues with his "Red Kettle" as Renier put it . Hope you had a good look at it and it gets sorted soon. An extra fan would be something to consider. I also noticed that the car struggles even on comparatively easy climbs with a lot of wheel spin. Probably try 12psi next time, as you have big and wider tyres. That car should be able to do everything what we did on Saturday, like cakewalk 🙂.  A little bit of polishing on your straight crossings , is needed to prevent "air time" like you had yesterday. Good that you are safe, and the car had no damage.

@Amal Sunil - a fellow fortuner rider 👍, i believe you had some opportunities to understand your car. Good that you have a skid plate. A little trim on your front bumper , a kill switch and cutting off your rear mud flaps will help you a lot on higher level drives. TGet a compressor too before your next drive, as most of our drives dont end close to petrol stations. There is a very detailed review of compressors on the forum , which can be found at link below

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/16760-the-ultimate-compressor-review-2021/#comment-95593

@Natalia Koryakovtseva  joining back after a break did great in handling her car, couple of refusals and re-attempts must have given you some pointers to understand your car better. Hope you will sort out the tyre valve issue soon.

@Zeeshan Patel  joining us with his F150 for the first time , must have noticed the change from the previous Y62 . Getting your car crested is very easy, and you gave us the opportunity to give a demo of a rope recovery to the whole gang 🙂. Sure, you have taken home some amount of learning , to be implemented in the next drive. Lets tame that V8 !!!  you can also probably try 12 psi on your tyres (being BFG all terrain) next drive.

@Robk - as always flawless drive. Your offroad experience with your friends shows in the way you drive, and good to know that you enjoy taking it step by step with @Carnity. Sometimes you need a break from all those fast and furious drives up the Iftar/Super bowl, take a step back and just amble along .

@Mahesh_ - hope you had a great time and a flawless drive. One pointer for you would be to try and manage the gap between you and the car in front. At times, the convoy gets too elongated and you might miss the track. Am sure , once you are accustomed to driving behind different drivers/cars, you will calibrate your style too.

@Jeevan Koshy and @Shiju Raju - our FJ comrades of the day, had some great opportunities to put the capabilities of FJs into action, especially the ATRAC function. It looks like ATRAC is only active on 4LO, which was a new reveal for me while trying to help Jeevan. Anyhow its a very handy feature and it can get you out of most sticky situations, once you  master it. 

@Rafey Hashmi - all of us will agree that yesterdays spotlight was on this little Jimny 😉and its driver Rafey, getting himself stuck/un-recoverable in a seemingly unassuming soft sand patch (am not sure if it qualifies as a bowl !!! 🙃)  . We tried various rope recovery angles,  but ultimately deflation to 8psi did the trick and Rafey was able to drive himself out without any rope assistance. I hope you had a very crucial moment of revelation/enlightenment  w.r.t the effect of deflation on tyre traction  👍😉

@Dan S - the other trucker with us also managed to get himself crested and surely went through some learning moments to handle his behemoth of a car. Thanks for readily agreeing to help us with recovering @Rafey Hashmi the moment we asked you , although we did not need it at the end. Appreciate your spirit and selfless attitude!!

Special thanks to @Ben Williams sweeping the convoy to safety and giving excellent guidance to the tail enders. 

Hope to see you all soon 

@frederic demolderand @Mahesh_ - in case you dont know, we have dedicated photo galleries for each drive to upload photos. Yesterdays drive's gallery can be found at  https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1872-newbie-solar-park-dubai-4-nov-2023/

 

 

Thank you so much Sunil, for your words and summary, it was definitely a ride that expands your knowledge and experience, worth having!! See you on the next rides

Thanks to everyone, amazing drive and so many experiences with many things to learn from each.

Thanks to Sri, lovely drive, thanks to all the support team, all went smoothly.

I took the chance to make this video in Relieve, with the rim of Luke at the end :(, I hope you like it