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Thanks again for the great drive @Davie Smooth_Operator Thouroughly enjoyed my first night experience. Will ensure to check my CANbus controller for next time!

I’m still getting used to the editing and stuff, so a bit slow. Will get it sorted soon. You could find a few on my Insta!

Thanks again for the nice drive yesterday @Frederic Also for the entertainment after the drive, I was convinced he would have another go at it and come back when we reinflated. However faith in humanity was restored just that tiny bit when he came out and drove off after giving @Mark B the bottle of water! Also, as I was crested yesterday, the Defender came up with something I had not noticed before: Extended Mode... Did some checking and apparently, in certain conditions, the air suspension enters into that mode automatically. When it is in that setting, one can raise the vehicle higher than the regular Off Road height, by pressing /holding the brake and the up button for more than 3 seconds. Unfortunately one can not get this setting manually, but the car does seem to notice when it finds itself stuck, crested or in deep water. That little tidbit would've been helpful to know a couple of months ago, but better late then never, I guess 😅

Congrats @Ana! Now forward and beyond (the next dune)!

The dream would be something like the Long Way series on Apple+ with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (https://www.longway.tv/). Yeah, I know that's on bikes, but the idea is the same. We have done a few longer trips on my Harley in USA: US North-East, the full US East Coast, Blue Ridge; and even more in Europe: full Atlantic Coast, Adriatic Coast, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe. However, now that the Missus is not that charmed sitting on the back of a motorbike for the larger part of the day anymore, doing this with the comfort of a car should be a great substitute! Now all I need is to convince her of the same! So instead of heading out for more than a couple of weeks on our bike, something a bit further than just off-grid and a bit longer with a car would be amazing. For now, I'll make do with weekend/day trips over here in the desert and the weeks in the summer on the bike (for a few hours in the morning and afternoon) and hope she'll catch the bug, so we can set sail for an adventure. Oh and win the jack-pot, to finance it all!

Well done Chris, welcome to the Fewbie club! Hope to see you again soon in the more advanced drives

Congrats Johannes, well done on reaching the next level!!

Thanks (Bedankt) @Frederic @Andrew John Melvill @Davie Smooth_Operator looking forward to the challenges the Fewbie drives will come with! Excited to explore the Defender’s true capacity in the sand and probably more importantly, develop my own abilities further!

Thanks, @Luke K P now the real fun starts 🥳 Thanks, @Aser looking forward seeing you on a Fewbie drive!

Thanks @Gaurav, will strive to make you proud! 🫡 Thanks @Zsolt, you can count on it!!

For those interested, this was our route yesterday. I know, I still tend to forget to press pauze and resume, hence the gap in the beginning and extended time due to breaks. Don’t worry, one day I’ll get it right!

Thanks for the great afternoon @Ale Vallecchi, @Andrew John Melvill and @Yurybel thoroughly enjoyed the ride through Al Qudra, good fun even though the camels and gazelles were not advised of our visit and did not come out to play in great numbers. Still can’t work uploading my photos in the gallery, so please find same below. Hope to see you all again soon!

Thanks for yesterday’s morning @Vanessa8580, @Emanuel and @JeromeFJ a lot more driving now that we can stay away of the stuck Defender messages 😜 In case some are interested, this was our drive today!