Off-road driving courses (beginner)

[shirt]

That's 3 of us confirmed then (you, me plus a colleague) which makes it game on. I've another colleague who's just waiting to see if he has to travel Friday.

[h_____]

shirt said:

Hugh - how did you find driving on sand with your old R19 wheels? A concern has just hit me that with 255/50 r19 I have bugger all sidewall to allow me to air down and get out of trouble. I realise at some point I will have to find some R18s but that ain't gonna happen in the next few days!

Not good, the Cayenne was on 21" 40 or 45 profile tyres.....it was terrible. You might be OK on 19s with a 55 profile, worth trying I guess. Cheapy road tyres on 18" wheels (265/60R18) were brilliant. Not sure the new BFGs will be as good on sand, but should be more puncture resistant.



On the note of trips, I cant make this weekend ( :-( ) but be keen to see if we can go out 19th or 20th if people are free. Aim would be early am start finish about 9- 9:30am off sand to avoid heat. I think doing Fossil rock might be a good idea. Phil, are you going to grab a track of where you go? That would help us?

I currently use View Ranger, as it seems good on IOS and Android, easy to import GPX, and you can record a trail. Would be handy.

[Fats25]

As it stands at the moment I will also be there. Will confirm 100% Thursday evening so suggest we have a check in then.

Perhaps worth getting a WhatsApp group together?

[shirt]

Cool. I'll dig out my explorer book for meet up coordinates and download that app Hugh.

Colleague is selling his lr4 so might end up with his 18inch compomotives. He told his wife that he bought them off me for 1000dhs so I reckon if I negotiate in front of her I can grab a bargain!

[h_____]

If people PM me mobile numbers I'll set up a whatsapp group. Or drop me a note .......Mine is oh five oh 800 25 08,

[h_____]

OK, whatsapp group set up.....link is here

https://chat.whatsapp.com/7LNAie0GRaI34pBsBySPHl

[shirt]

4 cars confirmed for tomorrow. Any others interested in joining then use the whatsapp link or pm me your mobile no.

[Fats25]

Guys,

I said I would post up the bare necessities that I took from almost4x4 club.

http://www.almost4x4.com/forums/forum/technical-of...

You can spot the idiot asking the idiot questions!

Is a difficult site to navigate, but there is some good information on here. Take a look around. If anyone wants to moon the club, let me know as is easier if someone recommends!

Thanks

[Emanresu]

Again, I'll recommend checking out carnity.com last week they ran a free desert driving course and this Friday they have a free night time desert driving course.