Andrew Dwyer

Yeah, i hear you, i took ages to make the move myself, was torn between Atto 3 and MG4, considered a Dolphin together with a HEV for a while, almost bought an Atto 3 but then Seal came along and i knew that was the one for me, no regrets after 1 year. Sealion 7 would be my choice today. Starting to see some red plates around already, hopefully you don’t have too long a wait, see some having Feb/March delivery dates !

Was it only me or did anyone else hear a fanfare when reading that ?? Seriously though, welcome to the club !! Are you willing to divulge which one you went for so we can nod our collective heads in approval ??

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4FLS3iUH/?mibextid=wwXIfr quite a few responses that they have the same and some suggesting to put a plastic nut with a flange on it . just had a look at my Seal and it has similar although not quite so obvious.

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Not much about the car unfortunately, too much struggling to charge ….. and eating as usual !

So funny when he loses it with the apps. Crossing the highway on foot at the U turn in search of food 😂😂

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Bjørn is back in Thailand, here’s his Ioniq 5 testing.

Seems like the jury is still out on whether the Swiss guy bad mouthed the youths ( or even sneered ? ) and deserved the punishment or the youths were bored and decided to take out their aggression on an elderly falang for fun. Either way the AN jury seem to be voting in favour of a lynching and deportation of his corpse for the falang.

Re: 1 year/20k service. How many km’s did you do at your first year anniversary and did it have any effect on your service date ? The reason i ask is my 1 year is Nov 30th and around mid Nov ( with 17.2k driven ) called the dealer for a service date, they replied with a “ call back after Nov 30th or at 19k” answer. Last Thursday, Dec 12th, called back with 18.4K on the clock and they are adamant we need to wait until 19k !! ( at 18,800km now and no plans to go anywhere may well be next week !, do they do Christmas dinner in Customer Lounge ). Seems like they are really pushing the 19k target so I wondered what is the preferred target at other dealers, hence this question l. Have never heard of this before as it is usually the “ whichever comes first “ rule ( 1 year OR 20k km ) and suspect i might be alone in meeting this. I would assume few hit the 20k, or even 19k, and wonder what would have been their reaction if i was 8 or 10k for example. Indeed, a couple of YouTubers in Oz had their services right at 1 year with 12k and 6.9k km driven. Of course it might seem a little irrelevant on an EV as it is more of a check than anything but one of the Aussie youtubers had brought it up that BYD recommends a tyre rotation and wheel balancing at 10k in the manual ! Anyone do that ??

I have Spotify ( free version ) in the car and play it almost constantly, the ads are very short, , it has a huge amount of content, unfortunately the little lady has discovered there’s a lot of Thai music also !! As an aside i also use Radioplayer app via CarPlay ( assuming Android will work also ) which allows me to choose from hundreds of different U.K. radio stations. The Radioplayer app won’t play any BBC programmes ( Radio’s 1, 2, 6, World Service etc ) but for these i use BBC Sounds app which also has numerous Podcasts, much to my delight i discovered recently Desert Island Discs ( more than 2000 ) are also available and have bookmarked many. Some classics on there, Ian Wright blubbering brought a tear to my eye I have to admit !!

While i have had 2 x Haier 9000 BTU air cons for more than 7 years and am happy with their daily operation i would have to say that they are probably not the quietist on the market. The Haier air cons are great value for money but if noise is of high importance then you need to do some research. Other brands are often quoted for their low noise output ( Mitsubishi, Samsung and Daikin etc ) but you might have to make some compromise on price.

Yup, could have at least bought a 4th cylinder for dad’s Celerio ( celery in Esperanto ).

This on Seal but possibly same on Sealion: Energy - Charging settings - Smart Charging Choose time to start and finish ( or to 100% ), not possible to set to 80% finish but a rough time calculation would suffice.

Might mean Swift in Latin, but in other languages:

So, just for those interested, I got rid of the drain flies and probably took around 8 days to see them off. All cheap materials: Used baking soda and vinegar mixed together in a plastic bottle and poured down 2 x drain and 1 sink in the kids bathroom. As the mixture effervesced quite strongly next time I decided to pour the baking soda into the drains and then add the vinegar to give maximum effect. I would do this mixture every other day and alternate with boiling water. After 4 or 5 days they appeared in another bathroom so i included that in the routine. Last couple of days i started putting those small moth balls down the drains ( 2 sinks, 2 shower drain and 1 bathroom drain ) and pouring boiling water on top. Not sure if this worked or they were already near the end . Strangely during this time we had no more than 10 in the kitchen or our bathroom while in the 2nd bathroom there were literally hundreds probably thousands ( i killed 165 in one sitting ) at its peak !.

Agree, usually I would have sought pastures new after 2 or 3 seasons but not so with Gotham, up to S05E05 and sticking with it, only 8 more episodes to go but will be ready for a change then !! Lost count how many have died but brought back to life by some foul means and how many times the main characters have been shot or stabbed …… worse than a night out in Bradford it is !!

Looks interesting, 20 speakers, 4 wheel turn and 0-100 3.48 secs !!

Special expat price 🙃 ( running currently on FB ).

A tempting discounted price but only for first 1,084 ordered. The usual EV freebies. Seems like Geely are running a little late . Geely Ayutthaya is just a sign on a gate currently but as it was a previous showroom ( Kia ) wouldn’t take much to get it up and running ……. still a long way from CM though !

Surprised to see zero Sealion 7’s in that breakdown !

You asked the op about his location when he had clearly stated it in the first post, you could have scrolled back to see that but you chose not to bother. I gave you the answer to your question about the OP’s location but it seems to have gotten you annoyed ?

You missed that the op is in Chiang Mai

My norm is 60% all round and 40% at the front, as the Seal glass roof has no fixed sunshade I chose 80% for the roof.