Pib

@BKKBike09 Since you have numerous months of Atto 3 use under your belt can you "manually" folder the mirrors as shown in below snapshot from page 132 of the owners manual. I can't get them to manually fold...and I put some pretty good pressure. They auto close just fine but I'm not sure I want them to auto close every time I lock the car. I'm use to the pressure required to manually fold my Fortuner mirrors which is not that much pressure. Thanks.

Did they send you an email or call you specifically asking for Item #2 "OR" are you just looking at what you submitted earlier which just happens to show #2....and probably show some other numbered areas where you "could" upload/add docs "if required for your application." When you initially submit an application there are some docs that do "not" apply and you do not need to upload those docs. It's just there is an entry/area available for your to Add (upload) certain docs if your particular application requires it. My LTR WP (which was approved/issued) Dec 2022 also shows item #2 when I view the area where you can view all the docs you uploaded. Just because you can "add" a doc does not mean it's required "UNLESS the BoI specifically ask you for it by email/call/entering a request in red text under a certain area. I don't see anything in your snapshot that indicates BoI has requested you to provide item #2.....if they needed it there would be some comments in red text from BoI asking for it.

Heck, I just noticed you said you uploaded the insurance doc on Tuesday....so they have had 3 days to review it. Give them until lunch time Monday morning...if not approved by then I would call them Monday afternoon. Good luck.

It's hard telling. if it meets the requirements in could happen almost immediately assuming it's looked at immediately.....but if they beat around the bush in reviewing the insurance doc it could be weeks. If you don't get approval by this coming Wed I would definitely call. BoI is the only organization that needs to look at the insurance paperwork. It's not like the initial review of your application where BoI does the core look and then some other agencies also take a quick look to ensure you are not on some bad boy list. How fast a person's application takes to reach final endorsement (approval) has been all over the map.

Just as soon as you reach Step 8 Status: Visa/WP Issuance Preapproved. At that time your online profile/status will change to where you can make an appointment...an appointment which will probably have plenty of ASAP openings. Back in late Dec 2022 on a Friday I reached to point of being able to make an appt...I made the appt for Monday morning. Watch your account and email inbox (and spam box) closely....if in doubt call/email BoI.

Yea...I hit send too soon....live & learn.

All settings related to how it works are grayed out...can not change.

Too expensive and dangerous to do so! 😄

I can tell you one Voice Command that don't work as I tried it numerous times yesterday when the wife and I went on our long drive...and that ignored command is: "make my wife stop her back seat driving." 😁

I took my V2L thingie out of it's plastic bag today to see if it works....plugged it into the car and then plugged a hand grinder into it...the grinder powered-up full strength. Back into it's little plastic bag it goes. Then with me-being-me about a half hour later I think I wish I had also checked the voltage level. So, out of the bag the V2L thingie comes again, plugged into the car, and I do an unloaded voltage check with my pretty accurate digital voltmeter (+/-0.5% DC/AC) and it gives a voltage reading of 219.3VAC....pretty much a double bullseye in terms of voltage level output. Back into the bag the V2L adapter goes to hibernate awaiting for some emergency.

This morning after the granny charger got the Atto Extended Range back to 100% charge when setting the range setting to Dynamic the range displayed 503Km...and when switching to Standard it displayed the 480Km NEDC rating. Will be interesting over time as the battery ages and I drive more to see how these two range display settings change. The standard setting will probably continue to display 480Km when at 100% charge but I expect the Dynamic may change significantly from battery aging, driving habits, etc....but I'm just guessing right now.

Yea, the AseanNow font size on the computer browser "and mobile" was fine up until a few days ago. They both now use a font size that needs to be bigger....like it was a few days ago. My browser font viewing/zoom size is set to 100%. When viewing other social media type sites the font size is fine at 100%. It's just over the last few days something changed regarding AseanNow. Other things like a person's rank/status disappearing, etc...Support's answer for that was that can occur during the re-indexing....but it didn't occur during the first 50% of the re-indexing. This font issue in on the AseanNow end; not on a person's computer/phone end.

Congrats...you having that new car smell high right now!!!....enjoy it!!!! This morning I stopped by my dealership to ask a insurance question before starting my 137.6km drive and I noticed the black Seal they normally had on display in the showroom was missing. The showroom normally has one Seal, one Dolphin, and two Atto's on display. The Dolphin normally on display was also missing. I asked the salesperson why so few display models and he said they sold them due to high sales (especially for the Seal right now). He said they should getting more Seals, Dolphins, and Atto's very soon...within days...and one shipment today. I was really surprised they would sell their "only" Seal and Dolphin models on display...expect some HiSo insisted on getting his black Seal "now!!!"...and maybe even that HiSo also wanted a Dolphin now!! When the wife and I was returning from our trip this evening we drove by the dealership and an 8 vehicle carrier truck was unloading Atto's...there were 6 gray Atto's still on the carrier....don't know if it arrived fully loaded with 8 vehicles....maybe all Atto's...maybe one or two Seals and/or Dolphis also. White and gray seem to be the most popular Atto colors based on seeing them in the wild...green is pretty popular also.

Yea...the Atto comes with a vehicle-to-load adapter which takes battery voltage and converts it to 220V to power your TV, fan, laser cannon, etc., during picnics. I doubt I will ever use it unless there is an extended power outage for hours and hours (extremely rare for me here in Bangkok) and I need to power my refrigerators, fans, recharge the smartphones, recharge some battery lanterns, etc. But it feels good I have a BIG battery setting in my carport to power some stuff in my home if needed during an emergency....hope I never have to use it.

Yea...a neighbor on my soi got his Atto about 5 days ago and every time he leaves and comes home he has to drive by my house...the sound is just freaken annoying "to me" at least...maybe just a case of still having good hearing and just not liking the spaceship sound even even a little bit. But as mentioned, I'm now silent running in my Atto.

Oh, one more thing to add. If I had done above 137.6Km drive in my Fortuner 3.0L Diesel (which I've done at least once weekly over the last 15 years) the trip would have cost me Bt396 in B7 diesel fuel. But in the Atto the electric fuel cost is Bt125....a 68% savings/cost reduction.

As mentioned earlier picked-up my Atto yesterday midday...rest of the day was just a few short drives in my immediate area...and just tinkering with the car. But today the wife and I did our first drive leaving the safety of our immediate area as we did our weekly visit to the Thai mother-in-law to show family the car, gets some car blessings by three lovely old ladies that also blessed our Fortuner 15 years ago. Since the Fortuner still looks and runs great after 15 years I figure those lovely ol' ladies blessings may have helped and we wanted the Atto to start off with the same blessings. I will continue to maintain the car well over it's lifetime to assist the blessings. 😄 Now for a quick review of the drive which went from western Bangkok and almost all the way thru the neighboring province of Nakhon Pathom where the MIL lives. Mostly on road #4/Phet Kasen Road with some on a rural two lane road. We started with a 100% battery charge level. It was mostly highway speed driving at around 80-90KmH but some very slow, stop-and-go, congested driving when still in Bangkok. The ride was very smooth and quiet. No wind noise even at 95KmH....all you heard was the normal tire noise. The air con worked great...nice and cool when set at 23C. I had the car in ECO mode which still provided plenty of power/get-up and go. Will be leaving it in ECO mode for the first 2000Km break-in period as recommended by the manual. Got to tinker with the infotainment system while driving which helped a lot to better understand/experience it...the camera system on the car is very good...so is the GPS map system. The voice command system (a.k.a., Hi BYD) really works great and greatly reduces the need to actually tap the screen to change some setting, switch to different functions/apps, etc. The roundtrip was 137.6Km...charge level went down to 74%...it's been plugged into the granny charger since getting back home to bring it back to 100%. Will be nice to get the wall charger so recharge/top-up can happen a lot faster....but the granny charger will easily suffice until we get the wall charger in a few weeks. Now, 137.6Km divided by the 26% charge used equals 5.2923 Km for each 1% charge used. If multiplying 5.2923 by 100 (for 100% charge) that gives a range of 529Km vs the Atto's advertised 480Km NEDC range. HOWEVER, BUT such a calculation assumes the Km per each 1% power used would be linear from 0 to 100% which is unlikely. But it does gives me a warm-fuzzy indication that after more driving the car's real world range should be at around 400Km....if more--great....will have to wait and see over the coming months. Yeap, PIb's long test drive went just fine. Another couple of hours on the granny charger and the car will be back to 100% charge...fully mission capable for tomorrow's mission (driving). Cheers.

I can't figure out what you guys are talking about as the font is too small to read.

Don't buy an OBD2 adapter...problem solved.

Here's my quick review. I got the Atto yesterday afternoon. This morning I plugged in the above approx 50 baht OBD2 adapter I got off Lazada and it worked fine...started showing all kinds of data...way too much for me to grasp at this time. Was was using the Android app "Car Scanner ELM OBD2" free version...and Pro version is also available for around $5. I literally only played with it for a a couple of minutes just to see if it works. Below the Google Play snapshot below I added 3 snapshots I took while using the app. I then turned the car off and unplugged the adapter as I don't have time today to play seriously with it...learn the app...get the app fine tuned for my use like setting up a dashboard of measurements I want to see versus the many, many possible measurements available. Summary: this particular 50 to 60 baht OBD2 adapter being sold all over Lazada, Shopee, and other online sites seems to work just fine. Sure beats playing thousands of baht for some supposedly brand name adapter. Snapshot from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovz.carscanner&hl=en&gl=US Some snapshots I took on my phone when using the OBD2 adapter using above free app...I was just setting in the driveway parked with the car turned on....having used the adapter and app for the first time...totally unfamiliar with the app right now....like a kid learning to ride a bicycle.

From quickly watching the first video I noticed at about the 27:40 point in the video the Seal has a healthy spaceship sound (i.e., the pedestrian & soi dog warning sound). Gosh, I understand the intent of the sound but both the wife and I find that sound to be annoying. I guess all the BYD models have that sound below 30KmH unless the little sound box behind the radiator gets unplugged not that I would ever do that.

About an hour ago (around 9pm Thailand time) both the wife and I were able to logon to our acct as normal via the legacy acct method. The 2FA code is sent to our email addresses. Since your application has been referred to Manila that means Manila plans to schedule a telephone interview...will probably do nothing more than ask you some questions that you already answered on your application...ask to confirm certain data.....probably take 10 minutes. I have been involved in three such interviews over the last half dozen years.....mine, my wife's and a neighbor. And right now I'm hand-walking another neighbor thru the application process...a dual Thai-US citizen who has very low smartphone/computer use skills. Anyway it was back in early July when we started his application by asking Manila to accomplish the application via telephone interview. You can do an application via telephone interview or online application....Manila confirmed that in one of their email responses. Well, in years past when you submitted a request to Manila for application via phone interview which works very well as they take all required data to build an electronic application, Manila process it and forwards it to Baltimore for final review/approval, and also tells you during the interview what docs you may have to mail Manila. Like for a dual citizen you typically must mail a certified copy of your US passport and/or Naturalization Certificate (can get at US Embassy for free by in-person appt or by mail) unless you are brave enough to mail the originals and hope they find their way back to you when going thru the Thailand and Philippines mail systems...or DHL/FedEx. OK, Manila has been asked in early July. and then over the next few months there were a couple of back and forth emails/enquires separate by 2 to 3 weeks with Manila which made a person feel like Manila was very understaffed, had trainees doing all the work, etc. After a few months of back and forth with Manila finally saying there are no available telephone appts right now (they are full up), but they will hopefully get back with the applicant in 60 days with a telephone interview date. I convince my neighbor to submit and online application vs waiting any longer for a telephone interview date/time....or said another way, me and him set down in front of my computer and submitted it. OK, come the last few days of Sep the neighbor gets an email from Manila saying Baltimore had asked Manila for assistance in reviewing his application (i.e., Baltimore had passed it to Manila) and Manila gave a telephone interview date for a specific date/time during the first week of Nov. So, the neighbor is now marching in place awaiting the scheduled phone call from Manila...but he's happy he now at least has a interview date...knows the application has been received and "slowly" being processed. Summary: application which require Manila involvement now take a LOT longer than 3 to 4 years ago....why?....I don't know. Thank goodness a SS pension application is only a once in a lifetime event. Your application taking months and months and months is not uncommon when Manila involvement is required. They are just much slower now for whatever reason(s). And my neighbor who has a sister in California who is also applying for her SS pension said she is 3 months into her application still being reviewed/processed by the SSA...now she is a dual citizen also so that probably has something to do with the slow processing even with the U.S....no Manila involvement. Regarding the residence and mailing address thing, I expect for "application processing purposes" they may only want to use your residence/physical address but may use your U.S. mailing address "after" the application is approved. Expect that is a question you need to ask Manila "whenever they get around to setting up a telephone interview with you. Watch our email inbox (and spam box) closely...that is how Manila will most likely contract you regarding the interview date/time. As mentioned that's how they contacted my neighbor....I thought he would probably get something via snail mail also but so far nothing and its been about a month since Manila emailed him with the interview date/time. Good luck with your application. You might want to send Manila an email/inquiry regarding your application...when are they going to call? Once your application is approved you are "officially" an ol' Geezer. 😉

These two Youtubes show what I literally did within the first 10 minutes of arriving home with my Atto to get rid of the space ship sound (i.e., noise for pedestrians, soi dogs, etc.) Took about 30 seconds to unplug...I'm silent running now. You can not deactivate the sound in the infotainment center...only change the sound of the space ship...so, I opted to implement a silent running solution instead. I'll just blow my horn when I get close to a pedestrian or soi dog. 😜

Below is my total knowledge of the BYD Free Charger and Installation....my knowledge consists of a couple of snapshots from the BYD Rever website, a picture of the wall charger given to me today when picking up my Atto, and what the sales people told me. I was also given the "granny" charger which I'm using right now to top up...it plugs into a regular 16/20A three prong outlet...has a 220V/10A (2.2KW) rating and according to my main circuit box ammeter it's pulling exactly 10A right now as I top-up from 96% to 100% The 7.4KW wall charger given to me today was a ZHIDA part number ZDA4-DC1-C12E. I figured the installer would bring the charger, but no it was given to me today to hold for the installer. I was told the installer will call in around 3 days to start the process but the installation would probably be a few weeks down the road...need to wait for the installer call for more details. Picture of wall charger below. Also below are are few snapshots from the BYD Rever website talking the free wall charger and installation. Wall Charger From Rever Website

Houston, Tranquility base here...Pib's Atto has landed in his driveway. Pib is now accomplishing Infotainment system checks....trying to figure out how to use all the possible settings....he's hoping he doesn't accidently trigger some type of James Bond injection seat. Arrived home from the dealership with a 99% charge remaining and the "granny" charger is now hooked-up....correction, granny charger has topped the charge back up to 100%....granny charger just unplugged. All systems are a Go. Tranquility base out.