mistral53

I am thinking - maybe trading in the Seal for a Sealion 7 with wider tires is a good option, too

And it appears with decent tire dimensions compared to the Seal: (from the quoted link) 'sporty with large alloy wheels 20-inch tires 245/45R20 from the camp, MICHELIN and 19-inch select tire size 235/50R19 and 255/45R19'

Went for another Sunday morning no-cost refill - one pretty amazing observation is the impressive charging speed close to the full mark (Compared to the hyped Tesla M3 LR charging curve that sees 45 kW the last time at 80%)

That is a new one for me - normally, men look at their 3 inch willy and claim some fantastically exaggerated multiplication of said number - conversely, here we have over 10 inches of tire width, and you saw 3 inches...... ah well, I guess that is why it's called perception, and yours fooled you with the interior, and continued with the tires

I hope this is your feeble attempt at sarcasm........

New entry into the Thai market: (copy and paste from a FB post) 'Changan launches a new car AVATR 11 (Avatar One One). There are 2 sub models. Model Standard Range. Price 2,099,000 baht. Electric motor that drives 2 backs. Size 230 kW compared to horsepower 313 ps. Torque 370 Newton meters. Comes with a battery with a capacity of 90.38 kWh. It can run a distance of 575 kilometers according to NEDC standards. Soft close door. 21“ max wheels Model Long Range. Price 2,299,000 baht. Electric motor that drives 2 backs. Size 230 kW compared to horsepower 313 ps. Torque 370 newton meters comes with a battery capacity of 116.79 kWh. It can run 680 kilometers according to NEDC standards. More equipment from the Standard Model. Electric gate 22” max wheels Brembo brakes For the first 200 customers, there is a discount of 100,000 Baht.' First real up-market entry from China. Very tempting with that massive battery - but where is the 4WD version? https://avatr.co.th/en

Gawd - if this ever comes to pass, we will lose several longtime friends of the oil lobby to hyperventilation beyond redlining into an early grave............lol But don't fret for now, happy living goes on for the losers/defenders of the status quo for a couple more years, who knows..... I could imagine some parts of the worlds it is much later, some sooner, so just get ready and pack your bags and live a nomadic life on fossil burning pastures.

I doubt that whoever wrote this blurb actually watched the entire episode in question - or this is a willful distortion of what Cooper actually tried to convey. In the end, the subtle message that is pushed here is that any discussion about history is worse than blasphemy, and has to be shouted down to make sure we commoners all understand history as written by the victor is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth....... a totally laughable argument. The reader - or listener - should be wary when a subject is beyond debate, any 'fact' that must not be debated or revisited (revised?) is most likely false or fake. In my defense - or offense to some - I have watched the entire 2:19 minutes. There is nothing in there to be scared of, and while this is the first time I heard of Cooper and listen to him, I found his strength is in his ability be open to what scares most less read people. I do understand why Carlson will never have a big following on here - he had the audacity to say out loud what we all know....... English food sucks!

Sunday morning, the wife said she will go and see her gik, and I said I will go to church......... in reality, I was sneaking out to get a bucket of electrons as I saw 2 Rever chargers free at our close by BYD dealer. As I take off, and knowing it is a 13 minutes drive, I am fully cognizant that I might arrive with both piles busy - alas, half way down the road, it now shows only one pile free, but I kept moving, stepping on it to increase the odds. As I pull up to the dealer, I can see there is still one stall open.....dashing in, backing into position and exhale - I made it! Lo and behold, within less then 10 minutes, 5 Atto 3 are pulling in, and a few minutes later, a Dolphin. The car next to me leaves after about 20 minutes, I kept going for (let me check my app) 52 minutes or 85%, wrap it up and leave. Thais seem to be very patient when they can get a freebee - the car that used the pile I had hooked up, depending on battery depletion, could easily spend between 1.5 and over 2 hours for a full charge....... well, maybe this is time better spent than in church for him, but it just seems a bloody waste of time - and never mind the cars that came even later. One of the let down's is that the charging power drops to a paltry 50% - or a little over 50 kW - as soon as both piles are in use. Just my experience, YMMV.

How does this look? Not many details - but it's an interesting comp What is surprising is that the performance owners really get the short end of the stick...... 1,2 MTHB vs 0.9 and 1.1 MTHB residual sucks!

What are the details of your quote, e.g. what is the sum insured of your car? (the amount you will receive in case of a total loss or theft) Do you have a deductible?

Free charging for (some) BYD owners, and the consequences........ How much did you save last month?

Clearance sale - they seem to be preparing for the new model: https://carnewschina.com/2024/08/21/second-generation-mg-zs-to-become-a-hybrid-for-europe-and-australia/

That would be shocking if your SOH dropped to 95% after only a few months of usage - something in that reading got to be wrong. Or you are doing everything wrong in your charging practice?

Same here - I just got a green light from my sales rep, she said the problem has been resolved and the app should again work as intended......... will see next time I try.

There might not be an email reply - just a credit........

Am I the only one who cant use the BYD ReverSharge app with direct discount? Does anybody else have this problem? I have been advised to simply email my charge events, and Rever will refund back to my cc within 30 days - does not seem to be a very efficient method.

Although the Chinese are good - even they would blush with your wildly exaggerated number of 39 million........ but I like your attempt to discredit yourself in a total FUBAR

Until very recently, I would have brushed his antics aside - but his visit a few days ago to Capitol Hill during the visit of a certain war criminal has firmly put my decision against ever owning a Tesla. Nothing personal, just my wallet voting my conscious.

I think what he implied was that he would live in that place after cleaning only....... some people live under a bridge and feel perfectly fine.

Cool video, and it appears BYD took care of some of the limitations of their batteries in the upgraded 3.0 Evo version, which allows them to push the envelop further. The unanswered question is regarding the entire design philosophy - a youtuber (Gilevich Sergey) stated it very well by comparing German and Chinese made cars: The Germans build their cars for the autobahn without speed-limits, the Chinese build cars for a top speed of 150 km/h because nobody is allowed to go faster. The current generation BYD Seal is a good example for his point: above 150 km/h, the car is unsafe to drive.

Yup - that would explain this........ My point was simply that the BYD Seal charges with 7.X KW on one phase.

Of course, why would I trust my lying eyes when we have your opinion to the contrary... Alas - this is how all ABB chargers for the BYD Seal in Thailand are set up by default.

The ABB wall box charges 7.5 kW on a single phase in the BYD Seal. Actually, even the single phase MG wall box we have for the HS PHEV charges the Seal with 7.2 kW, alas, the tiny cable the MG wall box uses gets way too hot for my taste.