Andrew Dwyer

Indeed, i have gone for the minimalist view while charging up for a lengthy trip to a family ( wife’s nephew ) wedding and an early start tomorrow . As for the hansum part , at one time I might have been considered hansum but now am just the generic mid 60’s expat avoiding the sun and living the dream 😜

Yes, I can move any of the tabs to the “ more functions” page and back again but there are no others than those on the home page …. maybe more will come. Likewise for the Seal, no cabin temp in the car only ext temp, so the cabin temp in the app is a very welcome addition. Just turned the air on remotely ( car is outside of a mall ) to see the reaction time : It was 34° and went to 36° as soon as I opened the air, took about 3 or 4 minutes to get it back to 34° and now going down steadily ….. very steadily !!

Did you even read the article ?

I don’t see that vehicle health tab on my app ( also V2.7.0 ) , a slightly different layout , the more functions button leading to this greyed out vague suggestion of more features ? What i also noticed is the addition of cabin temp on the main page: Is that new ? , I don’t recall .

Yes agree, expect the GBox thing will fade away without any accountability or solution. Another unanswered question is regarding the sim free data? Some Atto 3 owners have surpassed the 2 year + 3 months mark and have been told that on May 1st there will be clarification. Does seem that Rever’s 3 month + GBox sim swap deal was not thought through !

Who are both the suspects who have denied the allegations ?

Pathetic

Yes, seen a few posts to that effect, also seen some posts recommending deleting Gbox and sideloading the newer version ( not recommended imo ). Also some stating to use something called Revanced Manager or MicroG, either way its all way over my head. As always some will be claiming they have a work around or a better solution. Me, I’ll just wait to see what happens thru official channels. BYD, or i suppose Rever, need to clarify the situation, Gbox has put their official statement out and the people will want answers. It was always a radical move to enable YouTube or videos etc to run while the car was in motion. I’d settle for another 5 months of free charging 😀 Bottom line is, for me, GBox didn’t bring anything of much interest, just an easy way to load some apps. Handy to have YouTube ( Music ) etc while you are charging but can be done via the built in browser anyway. All i ask of the centre screen is a workable navigation app, whether that BYD or Google Maps or whoever I don’t care, the charging apps would also be nice to have centre screen also. Will be interesting to see Rever’s response.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350341755/kiwi-brothers-back-country-after-spending-time-thailand-prison

It is all good, those movies might be worthy of a watch as getting around 7 on IMDb.

The trailer is from a series of Swedish/Danish movies (3) from around 2013/2016. The British version is a tv series of 8 episodes to be released in May 2025. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27995114/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Well in my case both VFS and HMPO were guilty of errors. VFS informed me that i was okay to renew one passport while retaining 2 valid passports with a covering note on the application form, the correct information should have been that i needed a covering letter from my employer stating why i needed 2 passports, which countries i would be visiting and for how long. As a letter from my employer wasn’t an option i then had to send my “2nd” passport to HMPO for cancellation. While HMPO were terrible at communicating and noted my email address incorrectly ( so i didn’t receive any emails from them, only SMS messages pointing me to emails that didn’t arrive ) VFS initiated the whole comedy of errors in my case. VFS also didn’t contact me to collect my cancelled/returned passport while in their possession, but that could have also been a HMPO lack of communication as this passport didn’t go through the VFS system initially.

Was asked for 800 baht at Ayutthaya IO for a CoR …….. any advance on 800 ?? I believe some IO’s will accept the yellow book or pink id as residence proof, not 100% sure of that .

My 5 year renewal at Ayutthaya DLT was pretty easy, went and made a booking 2 weeks in advance, 1.30 pm i think it was. Had the online video pass proof on my phone. Watched a short video explaining the process then entered the room with around 7 other people, 1 lady controlled all the tests and stamped the paperwork without leaving her seat, very impressive ! Then downstairs for the photos and the finished license , all done in around 45 minutes to an hour i think with some waiting around before and after the photos. The previous renewal was a shambles, no order and very little indication of where to go or what to do next.

With your “ Less waste hence more efficient “ mantra why didn’t you get 6 years like everyone else ?

Gonna need some Strepsils after that throat rasping display !!

Found this video about removing the front bumper for cleaning purposes, its in Portuguese ( Brazilian ) but you get the gist. I wouldn’t take the wheels off or jack it up to remove the screws underneath. A multi pin connector and a single connector makes all the electrics simple. Might have a go at this at 40k or sooner if my diy cleaning proves to be ineffective.

I tried to get some sense from the FB Thai group but difficult to understand and mainly guesswork. Some saying they have infringed the copyright by using GBox in a vehicle ( as opposed to a phone or tablet ) others stating it is something to do with allowing YouTube etc while on the move !! Could be close to the truth i suppose. I I would be happy to be able to use Google Maps directly from the screen as Apple CarPlay version is poor. If BYD gets the in house navigation app to work accurately then that would be great also. Getting the charging apps to work via the screen would be another helpful option imho. Am not interested in YouTube or Netflix. To be honest i was better off using sideloaded apps before GBox !!

Yes, a bit stressed at seeing this for sure. About a year ago i ordered a grill from Shopee but it got cancelled after a couple of weeks so i forgot all about. With the recent posts on fb showing the amount of debris inside and the lengths needed to clean this i figured i would do a diy attempt at cleaning, not wanting someone to remove the bumper with parking sensors and camera to avoid any other issues or damage to the paintwork. I ordered a grill from Lazada ( 609 baht ) and when it arrived i set to. I was wondering how to maintain the air intake vents open but with the car unlocked and bonnet open the vents remained open for an hour or so, closed when i locked the car afterwards. This is what i could see: obviously the leaves are of concern to limiting the cooling. Armed with a bit of bamboo and a bent wire i managed to drag out quite a bit of trash ! Gave it a good ole blasting with the hosepipe, quite a lot of dirt and bits of leaf flowing out. Fitted the grills: Very easily fit, just bent the top one slightly, snap into place, probably not easily removed though ! So, not a professional cleaning job obviously and i wish i had pursued this option a long time ago but it surely it must help.

Obviously you have better reasons for using Rever other than my crass comment, apologies for that.

I used the number i was given for COVID vaccines for tax id and it worked on a couple of apps. Sounds like you are having a tough time, hope it gets easier. The PTT booking system is a pita tbh but can work in your favour. Yesterday was coming back from the mil’s and normally i can make it there and back with around 10 or 15% left but wifey decided to inform me that we would be dropping the step daughter off at Uni also, another hour on the trip. So, using the EV Station Pluz (PTT) app i could see a charger on the highway up ahead and made a booking. ( 20 baht discounted from charging fee ). Upon arrival at 3 minutes to 4pm there was a guy stood by his car scratching his head ( he had been charging when it suddenly stopped because of my booking ). He obligingly moved to the other charging point but then had difficulty in getting it going, looked like someone had booked that one too. I left after 15 minutes and offered him to charge but I don’t think he understood what was happening. So, normally I would “ walk in” to charge on PTT but if it is busy, like yesterday, best to make a booking .

When BYD had the free charging promotion ( Aug 24 to Jan 25 ) i used nothing but Revershargers for 5 months at BYD dealers and Bangchak pumps. After the promotion ended if you had used their chargers sufficiently you would get a discount of up to 5.8 baht per kWh until June 25. ( usual price 8 baht per kWh ) Unfortunately most, if not all, of the dealers are not eligible for the promotion and not so many Bangchak pumps either in my location. In short I would use a ReverSharger if i needed a charge on a long trip irrespective of the price and have the app available for use, but tend to use EV Station Pluz primarily followed by PEA Volta then ReverSharger and a couple of others would then be next on the list purely by numbers available. A popular poster on here used ReverSharger on a road trip siting the BYD lounge for coffee and some snacks as an incentive. In my case i have never paid for charging at a ReverSharger and would have to use my U.K. credit card or put some money in the wallet in the app. I find EV Station Pluz better for payment ( straight from my BKK bank account via debit card ) or PEA Volta ( have plenty of money in wallet already ) or even EleXA where i can pay after charging via QR code without loading up a wallet . Short answer: Would use Rever if necessary but prefer others because of availability and payment method.

Had a look and didn’t see any scratches but it does need washing !! Next step is tie a few of these together

So, the moobahn cat has adopted us ever since, around 3 years ago, it came meowing to our door and i gave it some rice and tuna . That has developed into buying bags of dry cat food and those sachets of “ jelly “ , yes I am a soft touch ! He ( Lucky ) will happily sleep in the house all day and lets us know when he is hungry, also gets a little grumpy if the correct ratio of jelly/dry stuff isn’t acceptable ! But he does use the makeshift cat litter tray I made which keeps the neighbours relatively happy. Anyway it is all good, the wife and 2 kids love him so …… happy wife ( + kids ) = happy life . We kick him out at night time and he doesn’t seem too bothered about this as he has a girlfriend who comes around for a feed most days. Recently he has taken to sleeping on the car roof waiting for us to wake up, + breakfast of course !. Being a glass roof am not too worried about this but concerned about the paintwork as he gets up and down . Seems like I read somewhere that cats don’t like plastic bottles filled with water and have indeed seen a few on garden walls so, being an inexpensive solution, i gave it a try. This morning. Back to the drawing board !!

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