Marek

@Mahmoud Taha I am curious if you diagnosed the issue with your car?

If we cancel for any reason, I will be there in the morning anyways to recover my fender flares I lost during today's flight... see you guys at 6!

Try clay bar. If that does not work - windshield polish. I got some reservations regarding it, worrying that it might create a lens effect if the guys who are working on it have no experience working with glass (anybody can polish, but not a lot of folks here know how to do it right and we all have seen results on our roads). Next time we meet I'll show you where (I don't want to get banned here for advertising ) My problem was that the car spent 3 winters in Europe with stones and salt corroding windshield and I did not want to risk replacing it (especially that they can break stuff when doing so). The result was phenomenal tbh...

torque defines the power curve across the rev range, so yea - "helps", but it also shows that the car has much more power in the mid range than the Pajero... but even with that - there are other factors (different gear ratios, weight, tires, so there is no clear 1:1 relation between power and performance here as I understand it). anyways, this engine is healthy as it should be. And probably has the stock value. I am just having problems with "dynoing" it because of several aspects, including gearbox that can't be locked in gear (thank you Toyota), so you can't really floor it on fourth gear without kickdown and the speed limit kicking in at the rev limit on fourth gear, so just before reaching the max power you get a cutoff that is related to law-required speed limit in US (105mph?). I'll be comparing gains and focus on that, rather on looking to measure it this way.

has anyone seen dyno numbers of stock dual vvti engine? I just had a pleasure to get mine tested in preparation for upcoming mods and I am confused with how low the stock output is. Not sure if this is a dyno chart processing error or the engine is simply so underpowered (230hp on the crank / 326Nm after applying SAE norms), which means approx 139whp. The same dyno showed my 3.8 tuned Pajero was little over 270hp with 285Nm. Pajero was nowhere near as powerful when climbing as 4runner is... so numbers don't really translate well to climb performance.

On the contrary, @Ale Vallecchi, it was one of the most scenic drives this season! Blue skies, nice wind, sun at the right angle! Even white cars that don't normally look good in such conditions turned out quite well! @Simon D, promised portfolio shots: Look at the sky! And one from down under: @Cristian, some of that spectacular BMW driving: And the grande finale: one of the most interesting recoveries I had a pleasure to participate in:

I gotta say... the weather today was picture perfect @Cristian But we have lost ... a Toyota in the process. Which is new. I can't even type here what happen because every time I try, my keyboard just stops working... that's how improbable it was. But it happened. Damn.

@Gaurav I think the problem returned

Everything according to the plan!

nope... it's all or nothing. There are no other functions of this buzzer.

@Islam Soliman, my first ever Newbie drive! I will remember this experience Thank you so much for all the great memories, sir!

A handshake from fellow intermediate driver 🤝

some lift off pics: @Shaun J @Tharun Kumar V, I see the front wheel in the air too! @Imteeaz also about to take off:

@Gaurav Soni thanks for the drive today! And thank you for recovering half of my flag Couple of snaps for you: @Andrew John Melvill, some of the most dramatic shots today are thanks to you:

@Shaun J you should be proud of such modest and yet capable company - Looper grouped cars based on recent reliability, I guess. Edit: google maps in 2023 registered something like this right next to this place we are meeting: Dear driver, dune driving using vehicle or motorcycle strictly prohibited. Are they serious there?

visit Gargash and talk to them directly. This will show you if they are serious selling these or not. The whole Chinese car story is not that great when you read feedback from other brands. But GAC has a strong representation so perhaps it is better (than e.g. BYD)

Hey, I have an idea how to use them. I'll ping you.

Hey @Siddharth Sai G, I hope I planted the crazy seed and you will enjoy this as much as I do Good luck!