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I talked to a BOI rep. He told me that changing to self insure is not a problem. I need to show prior one year account statement of 100k prior to renewal ( 2 months before LTR expire )He also said it can come from multiple accounts and can even be in money market fund ( of course cash equivalent ) No need to liquidate to cash .

I did my ltr with a health plan insurance . Anyone if one can change from insurance coverage to the self insure 100 k during the 5 years? Does the 100K cash have to be one account account or can be spread to a few accounts?

interesting info. I am sure this is bad for the ev resale market as I would think most buyers finance than pay cash . Ice cars going to be around ..

Due to recent floods, I read on Facebook that car insurance does not cover water damage battery due to flood . Is this norm for 1sr class insurance in Thailand ? For those who bought cars that includes insurance , I hope flood and fire is included . Any thought about which insurance company has better coverage ?

thanks , good to know that it have pm 2.5 filteration , only does not have sensor to display the readings, in/out . Appreciate your reply .

Andrew, thanks , my bad . I meant the 50kwh standard dynamic 410 for 899k model . I am sure the BKK motor show will confirm if this model has pm 2.5 filteration present . Thanks .

Pm 2.5 is essential here up in the north. I am sadden to read the new 2024 BYD Otto dynamic 480 priced at 889k does not have it . It might be an omission by the media publisher . Anyway at least the next model, 945k Otto 3 premium 480 has the pm2.5.

JB, I saw this on Facebook of their pm2.5 reading here in chiang mai . it is certainly not 5 . https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1561893624610758&set=gm.1195259918515300&idorvanity=735185977856032

aarg, found out that Byd took out the pm 2.5 filter from the dynamic . Guess BYD had to cut some stuff out to sell it at 899k. However they did upgrade battery 50.25 , continental tires and reduce 100k.

looks cool , same price as current BYD Otto xtd, 1099k with similar upgrades as the BYD Otto 410 , 949k . All coming after may.

It was a no go with central festival immigration . They told me to go Bangkok for tm 95. So star visa must be dealing with someone at the airport immigration. Hope it is true that chiang mai immigration can process tm 95.

PiB, thanks for the reply. I like BYD Otto 3 option to turn off Ada’s if I decide not to use it (turn off once) unlike the mg 4 that requires a turn off upon a start. Appreciate your ownership responses . Will check put the Otto 3 standard 899k in may . not sure if the 950k model is worth it( larger screen and wider tires )

Hey Pib, Can you,please share your driving experiences with your Otto 3 . I am most interested on BYD adas system ( I like your comment that you use standard regen with normal mode ) Have you disable any of their adas system.? Appreciate any experiences , the 899k baht may delivery with 7.9 se. 0-100 kmh sounds attractive even with the standard battery

I was discouraged to open a foreign currency deposit at Bangkok bank because of the high fees and paperwork to withdraw to convert to baht for everyday expenses . Could you please share your experience why a foreign currency deposit has been your choice of account please? What are the advantages Besides having in USA currency?

congrats

Good to know in Thailand , we have the option to disable till we enable it ( part of software menu) . This option available is invaluable as the comments I read on the video indicated that removing the ADAS function manually invalidates insurance coverage .

Good to know that BYD software here allow you to disable the Adas and keep it disable and do not require you to set it everytime you start the car . Thanks

I thought you can save your settings to Disable ADAS so that you do not need to disable again after startup . Are the Thai seal different than AUS seal. If not , how are your experiences with BYD ADAS.

Thanks for the info on Ppf , i was thinking of putting it but now will just settle on wax job every 6 months . Great forum. much better than the one discussing new tax law 555

i am in the same camp. I will do my normal dc charge from 20-80 for time savings and will not let it go below 10 % soc. Thanks

This is very useful . Since I do not have a wall charger at home . For me I will just do my normal outside dc charging - dc charge from Soc <10% to 80 % and then let it continue to complete 100% . Since I get charge by kWh for time spent for the last 20 % is no issue . Is it beneficial to switch from dc to ac charge for the last 20% charge ? I always thought that estimation range in nedc was higher than wltp. It was great to see you achieve above nedc km as your trip a meter showed over 500 km. I thought using dynamic ( better than nedc and wltp) would even be less range than 490 advertised range but you showed otherwise .this has been very informative . Thanks

When the car is turned off, does the car have internet connectivity always on ? I assume internet connection must be active regardless of the car “off “to gain entry. If you are at home with a Wi-Fi , does the car always chose the Wi-Fi lan as first priority automatic over cellular like our phones? use OTA Wi-Fi to download new version in the future ?

This is good information to anyone with no home charges ( live in condo ). Every 3-6 months perform a full charge to 100 % soc with a public 7kwh ac charge . If starting at 10 % Soc ,use dc charging till 80% and then 7kwh from 80-100 %. if starting soc is already at 80%, then just top it via ac to 100% for the recommended recalibrate /equalization once 3-6 months . too bad , BYD does not display the message reminder to recalibrate like the MB 555 :) i ordered a dolphin standard and now I am thinking of changing to dolphin extended due to the dc fast charging to 80 %. A 80% charge is enough for my daily use while I might need 100 % for the dolphin standard which will be a much longer charging time due to the last 20% charge .Thanks everyone to this forum . Moving from ICE to EV is easier with you all.

Wow , good information about that the reboot and booking time slot . Thanks everyone Good to know that my charging can be stopped if there was someone who booked in the next time slot . in your case , if there was a booking in the 9:30 slot you started at 9:27 . You would only have 3 minutes charge .. so in this case , a booking would be ideal to avoid to be bump after 3 minutes

what does it mean with regards to reboot at 55 hours to the hour. i thought it was what you use kWh ( energy usage 5.5 baht ) that is amount you pay.