Coffee with Roshen, Friday 27Mar09

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  • humsafar
    March 27, 2009 at 8:32 am #10516

    It was Stuck Marathon with lot of social work as well
    😀

    sahmed
    March 27, 2009 at 10:45 am #10517

    This trip must have the highest ‘stucks per vehicle’ in the history of MEO…

    Here’s what I learnt:

    Moist desert sand clogs the treads on your tire to effectively make it a racing slick… so you have no traction whatsoever. I was looking at a tire thinking that it looks like a large brown balloon… no tread at all.
    (eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ShJZnH3flQ)

    Add to that the fact that moist sand doesn’t slip down a dune, you have an odd situation where your tires won’t work and gravity isn’t helping. So when you get even a small wedge against your tire (eg. when side sloping), your tire can’t climb over it, can’t push it groundwards and basically it becomes a dam that stops all movement.

    The scary part is that you can actually rollover if you hit a deep rut side-on.

    And since the sand is much harder, your vehicle takes a beating too… every bump is a thump… not good for car at all. I hope you guys all checked your vehicles throughly after the drive.

    P.S. I wasn’t really late, just waiting for the other 3 cars (humsafar, stanly, mohd) at the pump.

    anonymous
    March 27, 2009 at 11:42 am #10519

    Dear All Members!!!

    [color=#0040FF]First of all i would like to say to be cooool X( to everyone of them….This was not my idea of drive…i knew in the beginning when Stanley inaugurated a side stuck at the beginning.Ya and to be honest we did a good job at the beginning for that reason to save two innocent love birds in white FJ. Ya and we knew that they are orginal husband and wife 😀 .Then what happened is a history for CWR drive.Then and after believe me i had not a track drive but a series of recoveries…i cannot blame the drivers who got a single stuck…but rest who got more than one… X( .These were the drawbacks today ;;) .

    The weather was really cool today.Expected a rain drive but… #:-s …Thanks to all…i know the drive was not cool like the weather today /:) .

    Happens …. :-w

    roshan
    March 27, 2009 at 1:27 pm #10520

    Sorry guys….dint get my camera today. I took some pics from my mobile.

    roshan
    March 27, 2009 at 1:28 pm #10521

    roshan
    March 27, 2009 at 1:31 pm #10522

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    humsafar
    March 27, 2009 at 1:47 pm #10523

    Dear Shan,,

    Official detailed trip report please…. in your style, with Physics, Chemistry Algebra and Maths in it.

    😀

    sahmed
    March 27, 2009 at 2:59 pm #10524

    That pic of my Shabah is misleading… I had a valve leak in one tire, was only reinflating to required pressure…

    renegade
    March 28, 2009 at 7:25 am #10535
    quote ShahzadShamsudheen:

    i knew in the beginning when Stanley inaugurated a side stuck at the beginning.

    FYI…
    i didnt inaugurate the first stuck. Shan did the first two in record time of 2 min of starting the drive.
    😉

    renegade
    March 28, 2009 at 7:28 am #10536

    will put up my pics by the evening. Shall i create a new folder in Photo gallery or just continue adding in the CWR folder ?

    anonymous
    March 28, 2009 at 12:50 pm #10537

    Hi stanley!

    its nice to see the pics in our folder as how roshan does!!

    :thanks:

    renegade
    March 29, 2009 at 5:12 am #10540

    set 1

    Attachments:

    renegade
    March 29, 2009 at 5:18 am #10541

    set2

    renegade
    March 29, 2009 at 5:26 am #10542

    set 3

    renegade
    March 29, 2009 at 5:37 am #10543

    set 4

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