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Hi All,
Thanks for joining me in the Dubai Offroaders group. Below is a brief note about me and after that is the (long) story which brought me to this group 🙂
Name: Karthik
Vehicle: Nissan Patrol SE (Y62). Just a month old as I upgraded from a sedan to 4×4.
Occupation: Product Specialist
Offroading: 2 times and the complete story is below.Stage 1 : Sand dune between Muhaisnah and Sharjah University
Vehicle : Hyundai Tucson 4×4.
Story : Emirates road fully blocked and so I followed some Patrols and Prados to this area. All of them just breezed across the dune and entered Sharjah. Flicked the 4wd button on and went straight up the dune at 60kmph. Violently turned the steering left and right to get traction and all of a sudden saw a huge drop in front of me. Hit the brakes and it was a perfect stop. Front two wheels in air and back two wheels had dug deep into the sand. 0 movement and all wheels were rotating free. A kind offroader came to my rescue and he was even more kind enough to show me a demonstration of how to drive on the dunes.Stage 2 : Sand dune between Emirates Road and Dreamland Aqua Park, UAQ
Vehicle : Nissan Patrol
Story: Saw a Audi Q7 stuck in the sand and immediately wanted to help. Bought a 35 dirham tow cable from Eppco and went to the rescue. Reversed into full sand with 35psi air pressure. 2 minutes later realised i was getting stuck while trying to pull the Audi out. Removed the tow cable and managed to get the car out. Reduced air pressure to 30psi with my own imagination and reversed again to get stuck even proper. Realised I am not going anywhere and found a Jeep Wrangler who rescued me. It was a whole other drama to get the Audi out.Moral of the story :
1. Never enter sand without knowing basics.
2. Never offer help without knowing how to help yourself.
3. Its the driver and experience which count and not how big or expensive your vehicle is.
4. Learn to offroad safe and do it the right way.
5. Learn to respect the desert and the vehicle.
6. Join Dubai Offroaders to enjoy and learn what to do, why do to and most importantly, how to do it.. the right way 🙂So here I am folks… Sorry for the long intro but I couldn’t resist sharing this so that other first timers realise than do something wrong or even worse, dangerous…
Regards,
Karthik
Name: Nuno Abreu
Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler JK
Occupation: Creative Director
Offroading: Been offroading since 2012, when arrived to Dubai. Have been doing desert and wadi drives with the guys from the Land Rover UAE Club (my previous ride was an LR3), and I love to go to the desert (all year!)
Welcome to the group Praveen, Kartyk & Nuno.
It is indeed my pleasure to welcome you all here amidst a group that is Multi-cultural, Multi Nationality but like minded in the pursuit of adventure and outdoor skills learning.
Knowledge is a never ending pursuit…and nature & outdoor is a fascinating teacher if one keeps our ears & eyes open…it is a very strict disciplinarian too and does not tolerate mistakes!!!
So Keep safe, keep driving & keep learning.
Best of luck!!!
🙂
quote Ahmad Pervez:Welcome to the group Praveen, Kartyk & Nuno.
It is indeed my pleasure to welcome you all here amidst a group that is Multi-cultural, Multi Nationality but like minded in the pursuit of adventure and outdoor skills learning.
Knowledge is a never ending pursuit…and nature & outdoor is a fascinating teacher if one keeps our ears & eyes open…it is a very strict disciplinarian too and does not tolerate mistakes!!!
So Keep safe, keep driving & keep learning.
Best of luck!!!
🙂Nothing to add to Ahmad’s eloquent words except, never fight gravity and stay away from the brakes apart from that welcome on board guys 😀
Name: Bevan Stratton
Vehicle: Toyota Prado 2013 (poverty pack) No mods.
Occupation: Banker
Offroading: Not much, have owned plenty of SUV’s and soft roaders and would like to learn how to explore the desert’s around Dubai.Have just moved back to Dubai (3rd time living here) from South Africa – did lots of Safari in Africa so would like to continue to spend some time in the bush. I grew up in the Aussie bush so I guess its never left me. I love my family, Top Gear, Rugby, Photography and cooking – in that order I hasten to add. Looking forward to meeting up with the DO community.
Bev
Welcome Bevan, from a fellow South African
Hiiii guyz
Guess you all doing good.
Just joined the bandwagon today. Below are my details. Look forward to having some good time in the sand with our beasts.Name: Shane Gonsalves
Vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero.3.5
Occupation: Hospitality.Sales
Offroading: Been just once with the UAE offroaders.
Contact :0502884609Meet up with you guys soooooon
Welcome Shane, hope to meet you soon!
Welcome to the Club, Shane !
You can register for any Learner drive for now… Incidentally , there is one posted for this Friday (23/08)
Hope to see you in the sand soon.
quote Shane:Hiiii guyzGuess you all doing good.
Just joined the bandwagon today. Below are my details. Look forward to having some good time in the sand with our beasts.Name: Shane Gonsalves
Vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero.3.5
Occupation: Hospitality.Sales
Offroading: Been just once with the UAE offroaders.
Contact :0502884609Meet up with you guys soooooon
Welcome to Dubai offroaders Shane!!!
quote praveenvk:Hi All,My name is Praveen. As I’m new to this group, I thought I will introduce myself. I work with a private company in Abu Dhabi in the Oil & Gas sector. I have got some off-roading experience in Qatar and Dubai deserts. I look forward for some new discussions, new drives, new learning experience etc. I love the Baja and Dakar rallies :drive: . I look forward to meet some like minded people as well.
Thank you all for allowing me to this group. :thanks:
Regards,
Praveen VamadevanHappy 🙂 One more ‘Abu Dhabi” ian….Look forward meeting you soon.
Hi Praveen, good of you to join this group as now the three of us (Firoz and myself) can possibly request for our good founder to help create the Abu Dhabi Chapter of Dubai offroaders.
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Faheem Ahmed
Nissan Patrol 2013 SE
Been to desert drive few times and loved it.
Retail & Trading (Self Employed)
quote chughtai:Faheem AhmedNissan Patrol 2013 SE
Been to desert drive few times and loved it.
Retail & Trading (Self Employed)
Welcome to the group Faheem!!
quote chughtai:Faheem AhmedNissan Patrol 2013 SE
Been to desert drive few times and loved it.
Retail & Trading (Self Employed)
Welcome to the group Faheem… I am a fellow Dubai Offroader and Patroler too 🙂
Have been searching for a fellow Patrol driver to understand the vehicle more…. So catch up with you soon in one of the drives..
Regards,
Kartyk
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