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Sakkie
03/31/2015, 10:06 PM
Just back from an amazing trip to the Namib dessert. When last did you clock 80mph where there is no sign of a track.... :bgwo:

Weca, an offroad fitment centre opening in Walvis Bay, a little coastal town in Namibia, were doing a "proof of concept" for a competition that they are planning, and I was invited to come play with. Battle of the Dunes!

The VX made me proud. It's almost as if she was custom built for exactly this.

It is just scary how high these dunes are. Many of it measuring >400 feet from base to peak, vertical measurement, actual distance 1200'-1500'

No 2nd guesses who kicked butt (and took names :p ) in the quarter mile sprint, over loose dessert sand :)

I'll see if I can get some vids into YT and post a link.
bartmanS4
04/01/2015, 09:19 AM
That sounds awesome! Would love to see the video.
Sakkie
04/02/2015, 10:24 AM
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101499996933568665247/videos?pid=6133142917799829970&oid=101499996933568665247



Don't know if this is going to work...
JoFotoz
04/02/2015, 10:51 AM
It works...




Don't know if this is going to work...

...thats awesome :thumbup:

Jo
mattferguson14
04/02/2015, 11:41 AM
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101499996933568665247/videos?pid=6133142917799829970&oid=101499996933568665247



Don't know if this is going to work...

All I'm getting is a black screen and audio :(
Marlin
04/03/2015, 10:49 AM
Very cool, reminds of the dune trips in Dubai!
bartmanS4
04/03/2015, 06:05 PM
Cool videos. Thanks for the link. Must feel like you're going to roll over when sliding sideways on the face of those dunes.
nocturnalVX
04/04/2015, 09:04 AM
Thanks for sharing, and representing all of the VX family out there too!
Sakkie
04/04/2015, 11:00 AM
Cool videos. Thanks for the link. Must feel like you're going to roll over when sliding sideways on the face of those dunes.

Jip....less than 6 hours into the dunes a Land Cruizer DID roll....13 barrel rolls down a very high dune. Vehicle had 700km on the clock!! Helicopter came and picked him up. Several broken bones in funny places.

He tried the same line the VX made look easy, seconds earlier. Didn't make it. Bad accident. Scared the hell out of some of the (sand)newbies.