Introduce yourself
- This topic has 532 replies, 297 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 4 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Welcome to Dubai Offroaders. How about you start by introducing yourself?
This topic is for you all to introduce yourselves! 🙂
Proposed format to go about it is Name, Vehicle and Mods, Occupation, Little bit about yourself and Offroading.
Let me start.
Name: Hamza Ahmad.
Vehicle: Jeep Grand Cherokee and FJ Cruiser TRD edition. No mods.
Occupation: Commercial pilot and web developer.
Offroading: Been offroading since 1997. Been active in navigation from 1997-2006. In 2006, I got my driver’s license and then started driving too along with navigation.You go now 😉
Name: Mohammed Amjed
Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler YJ-1993 ; 2.5″ Rugged Rigid Suspension Lift Kit, AFE catback Exhaust,31″ Cooper discover HT tyres
Occupation: Events Manager
Offroading: learnt offroading with friends, wandering around with them with basics,joined sevral offroading groups learnt bit by bit and improved driving skill , joined DO and learnt the actual skills & techniques with good friends and still in learning process from seniors and enjoying every drive with DO which is my second family now, warm comfort being with Do.
Salaam to all
Name: Abdulla Mohamad Al Ameeri
Work : in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ( ADIA ), Head the global trading department.
Cars for Off Roading : jeep sahara 2009 (afra) and Nissan safari SWB 2012 ( Alyakah )
Alhamdelillah marreid with 9 children.
i do offroading when every i can :drive: which is almost every week when i am in town. and camping every thursday and friday duering wintter .i am a member of many offroad clubs. but now i oly do trips with DO and AD4x4.
i realy enjoyee my friends and family in DO. and thank u all for being so nice .
Name : Ganesh Murthy
Vehicle : Mitsubishi Pajero 3.8L 2009 Model
Modifications : Cut off the front & rear bumpers… 😀
Working with Paris Gallery Group of Companies..
Offroading : First experience of offroading was with Ashok during the GNFD 2011 in his prado….later on started the drives with Dubai Offroaders.
I can still recollect my first drive led by Ali at Badayer and got stuck while entering the defaltion point….learnt the technicalities of my vehicle during the drives……
Love to make friends and get involved in entertaining activities and event management….
Still maintained the record of not driving with any other offroading clubs other than Dubai Offroaders club :-BD
Hi, this is Robinson Leiva and my permanent co-pilot is Ale
Someone is calling me The Winch-man
Car: Nissan Patrol 2003 super safari
Modifications: Money from my bank to my car and still going on…like a black hole….
Working at Arabian Gases as GM
Offroading with DO since late last year
As Ganesh said, I also drive only with DO
Name : Khalil Lamrabet
Vehicle : FJJJJJJJJJ
Modifications : uplift 2.5″ ironman 4×4 , AFE CAI more to come 🙂 It’s a jeep … oups a .. Toyota thing … never mind ..
Occupation: Works with Dubai Airports as a Manager of Market Development.
Offroading: Been offroading ever since I have started offroading … you know… right from the begining 🙂 😀 8-} Jeep Cherokee days, then Jeep Wrangler, then a short time with Prado and then FJ 🙂
Name: Gerald Pinto
Vehicle: Nissan Patrol SE (2012) ; 2″ Ironman Suspension Lift Kit, Front Winch (Iron Man) 9000lbs, Front and Rear bumpers cut and modified.
Occupation: Operations Manager – GIT Dubai
Offroading: Started off my first day offroading blowing off my back bumper! When i could give symmetry to both back and front decided this was something I love to do!!! Been hooked ever since!!
Name : Ashok Kumar
Vehicle : Prado & Nissan Patrol – 4800 VTC
Work : At Paris Gallery LLC Group of companies as Group Finance Manager
Offroading : First drive was with GNFD in 2011, and later joined with DO’s as a regular member. 🙂
Name: Christiaan Roeleveld
Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee sport (2000). No mods but it came with battle wounds so I didn’t have to hurt it myself 🙂
Occupation: IT (Virtualization consultant to be more precise). Currently working for Abu Dhabi Terminals at Khalifa port
Offroading: Started offroading with DO in june this year. Apart from some scandinavian gravel roads no offroad experience before that. I only drive with DO, there are drives every weekend so no need to “shop” around. And all people in DO familiy are great too 😀
Name: Sam Fernando
Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler ’97 AKA “Transformer” STOCK 😉
Occupation: Advertising Industry.
Offroading: For quite some time and join with DO in ’08. Fall in Love with DO. Married to DO. Being faithful to DO 😉
Name ; Humayun Shareef
Vehicle : Earlier Pajero 3.0 and now Toyota LC 96 Model VXR
Modifications : uplift 3″ Oldman Shocks, installed Oil cooler and additional fan to avoid heating issues, yokohama ATS 285 / 75/r16 with Chinese GPS.
Planning for a winch and Garmin GPS in near future..
Profession: Oil and Gas professional.
offroading : since sometime last year..
Name : Jayesh Krishnan
Vehicle : Smokin Lariat (Ford F150 2004) loded with :K&N, Borlas,Super chip,Warn,Garmin,Komo,Ranchos
Occupation : Trading (gifts & premiums)
Offroading : Summer of 2012, since then with DO, i cherish the time spent with u guys, u all are ROCK STARS :ymhug: !!
Name:- G.Kumar
My Camel:- 2004 Nissan Patrol
Profession:- Handling human beings, dignified version is Human Resources
Offroading Experience:- Was introduced to sands almost 8 years back by friends but very soon was forced to take a long break. Restarted offroading since 2010 for my family, especially for my daughter who was very fond of the wobbling drive in sands. Now they are bored of it, but I am not.The turning point was my meeting with Abdul Aziz, Chief of ADNOC offroad training and rescue department. I could drive with him and learned the very basics of safe offroading. Later started practicing it during the drives with friends, following safari convoy’s tracks. :p Was not aware of any offroad clubs in Dubai, till finding DO.
I can very proudly boast that my offroading attained its perfection after joining DO by the end of last year. Learned alot with DO and love to continue in the same learning phase. Also I am thankful to the DO Management for all the considerations and recognition extended to me during this short period. This is a wonderful family and I look forward, to be always a part of it.
Name Ahmed Pervez
My Current Ride 2008 FJ Cruiser
Profession Have my own IT solutions and on-line IT/ electronics Retail Company.
Offroading Have been literally always off Roading, we used to go hunting antelopes in Northern India on some old Willys Jeeps.
I guess this is something that’s in your blood…the love of adventure & risk taking capacity…
either you have it or you do’nt…It’s just a matter of these harmones either being dormant or raging…I started initially going offroad with Fraser Martin…who now works in Dubai Autodrome…and is one of the senior most Motorsport Journalists not only in UAE but in the region as well.
This was in the mid 90’s, I used to drive a Jeep Cherokee Auto at that time.
He used to and still runs and organises Jeep Jamboree for Trading Enterprises,
He used to have a Grand Cherokee & a Caterham 7 in those days,
He had some superstition & all his cars used to have white & yellow in some combination,
We had some great rides together, the desert was clean, pristine & one hardly ever encountered a fence or a blacktop…I then joined Gulf news as a Marshall in 1997/1998, and you know what…I had never ever been a participant in any Fun Drive…always as a Marshall…right from the First Fun Drive that I attended.
The team leader and the convoy leader, too, at that time used to be the legendary Jehanbaz Ali Khan(Jum),
He is the author of quite a few offroading books, the chief Marshal of Gulfnews Fun Drive…since 1986!!! Clerk of the course for Emirates Desert Challenge and a has number of other off road related assignments.
Jum is currently running a company specializing in off Road Jungle tours in Thailand…Off roading was really challenging, at those times, or at least it seemed like that…to the novice that I was…but yes…desert was open and endless with very few landmarks and we did not have GPSs till 1999…
It has been an honor for me to have ridden with these legends & I could safely say that I owe whatever skills I have today to these legendary friends & mentors…
and now I am happy to be part of the DO family having founded this small club with a few friends in April 2008.
And Please remember…One never stops learning, and if you think you have mastered it, think again!!! and my journey of Discovery continues…
Name: Ricardo Perez
Vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero LWB 3.8 (no mods) and Jeep Wrangler 2004 (2.5 lift, air filter).
Occupation: Technical Sales Engineer
Offroading: Second season off-roading and plan to do many more -I just love the desert 🙂
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
