Andrew Dwyer

Yes, I was just playing with the air con control update and if you are not careful ( go slow ) it shoots up to 7 or 30° !! Might be handy if you forget to start air con remotely and want to cool the car down ( i use this all the time via app and remote ) but otherwise … meh !

So I got wireless Apple CarPlay to work ( after a lot of fannying around ). It would connect via the cable no problem but wireless the CarPlay icon was greyed out even though it was showing a connection and pairing with my iPhone and after trying for around 30 seconds it said something like “ Apple CarPlay connection failed please try again. So, I had already disconnected BT on both car and phone and “ forget this device “ in BT settings to no avail. This time i redid that and went to Settings/General/Carplay on my phone , turned off CarPlay and “ forget this phone “. Connected and paired again ( got the pairing code number ) and Bingo !! the icon turned white ( as it does when connected with the cable ) and connected !!. Whether i had hit the magic sequence as @Pib stated earlier I don’t know but it is working. Time to celebrate with a little Derek at high volume !!

I do wish they would itemise these OTA’s , seems like only word of mouth to find out what has actually changed. I swear the indicators and warnings ( parking sensors noticeably ) have reduced the volume, whether there’s some way to adjust that or you get what you get remains to be seen! Anyone else noticed any changes from this OTA ? I forgot to mention there’s also a separate update for voice control, English, Thai, and a couple of others. This is from the V1.2 update on a Seal in Brazil a month ago, I didn’t see that page when i updated today, presumably here in Thailand would be the same or very similar.

My app has righted itself, vehicle location now shows and door activity back to normal. Cannot get wireless CarPlay to connect still, no biggie. 3 finger air con adjustment, confusing and superfluous, probably never use this option.

Yup, downloaded and installed just now. BYD App has the same doors unlocked anomaly plus I don’t have vehicle location !! Wireless Apple CarPlay, cannot connect . The bringing up of fan speed/temp on the screen using 3 fingers seems a bit hit and miss as to which option appears. All in all a non event for me !!

Haven’t got it yet but seen a couple of FB posts who have updated. From what I can gather the only other thing of note is wireless Apple CarPlay, possibly some tweaks also. ( isn’t it 3 finger adjustment ? )

“ Suzuki's plant, in Rayong province, makes the Swift, Ciaz and Celerio models. It employs around 800 people and produced just 7,579 vehicles in the last fiscal year (ending 31 March 2024), including 1,272 for export. The company sold 10,800 vehicles in Thailand in this period, including imports. “ https://www.just-auto.com/news/suzuki-to-cease-production-in-thailand/#:~:text=Suzuki's plant%2C in Rayong province,in this period%2C including imports.

Yup, another great round up of the weekly log Owl, thanks for the time and effort taken to keep this going and keep us up to date with your antics. Had a shock when I first saw this photo, thought you were cleaning up in your speedos !!! My bad, “ should have gone to Top Charoen !! “

Bit of a surprising occurrence today ! We now have a black female cat and her 4 kittens camped in our garden since they were born at the beginning of May. They are lovely little things and play happily for our amusement but now they have chosen to climb up inside the car near the front and will only come out when the mother calls them which usually takes around 5 or 10 minutes. Our daily routine has now become: I start the car and the kittens start to meow, the mother 🐈‍⬛ appears and we back away from the car until all 4 have descended and gone to a safe distance near the back of the house. Today I started the car but no sound from the kittens, the mother was spotted nearby but didn’t approach, I opened and closed a couple of doors, banged on the underneath but no sound from within. Started to back the car out slowly with the wife and kids looking underneath, the kittens mother looking on . Drove the car to the local mall, around 4 or 5 km away, stayed there for around 3 hours then drove home. As soon as i stopped the car outside the house gate 1 kitten descended and dashed into a neighbour’s garden. I pulled into the garden, the mother appeared and the remaining 3 started squeaking inside, descending one by one. We backed away from the car and the family reunited in one of their usual places near the back of the house ( the mother had to retrieve 1 from the neighbour’s garden ) as if nothing had happened. Now happily playing none the worse for wear after their “ outing “. IMG_4109.mov

Ironically i looked at the BYD app in the App Store and it says the same as your Android details, went back to the app and it has upgraded again !! Can’t keep up !

My BYD app has been updated to a new version 2.1.0 from 2.0.8 but I don’t see that anything has changed, certainly haven’t got the vehicle location update. EDIT: when charging the car the picture is now of a Seal ( before was an Atto 3 ) wonder if that was the version update ?

More info about the Seal U DM-I than the Seal U ( confusing isn’t it ) anyway ….. anyone for a PHEV ? https://autolifethailand.tv/byd-seal-u-dm-i-hybrid-ev-bev-coming-thailand-motor-show-2024/

Not much more on the European site, only gives range and battery size, but some pretty pictures. https://www.byd.com/eu/car/seal-u

I would go back to the U.K. if my good lady passed away. Spent my days in a nice little bungalow near to my children, and grandchildren, get myself a Jack Russel and walk the moorland while able, an odd pint or two at the local and eat till i burst ! Oh, and log out of AN for good !!

Teabags for sale ?

That is the latest version but has been around for some months now so not exactly new. Mine is exactly the same ( except for IMEI and ICCID ). The new version ( 2403 ) is expected anytime soon and has been implemented on the Dolphin already, but could possibly have a different version number.

Another pesky diesel beemer on fire ?

Video don’t lie !!

I occasionally have the odd cuppa ! A cup of Ty-Phoo ( only until it is finished then back on the Yorkshire ) in the morning with breakfast and the Jasmine Green Tea early evening.

Another great Sunday log Owl ( even if I did get it 6 times ! ) That statue could be the great Thai/American comedy actor Dan Aykroyd ?

Yup, a couple of other series split a season up into 2 halves ( Ozark was one i think ), most annoying if you don’t realise it is going to happen.

Because the dealer covers all that

That’s what I thought initially but it gives me a quote for the Premium model (2023 or 2024 model ) even if I swap the criteria around.

I tried a Hua Hin postcode and got 12,795 . Try a 13160 postcode and see what you get.

Yes, I tried a few options but it wasn’t able to give a premium for the Performance model.