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It has a ternary (NMC) battery. That rules it out for me. I think in real life it must be a great looking car - longer, wider and less tall than the Seal. Edit: I see in the post below this one that the ternary is only in the top model. The base model has an LFP.

Yes, the Seal has a multitude of bells, whistles and tricks up its sleeve but they somehow failed to provide a simple way to change from seat position one to seat position two - like a simple two-way switch on the driver's door. Bewildering!

No!

I live on a steep hill and when I leave the house with the battery at 100% and drive down the hill, my regen still works. This surprises me as there is nowhere for the regenerated energy to be stored when the battery is at 100%. An EV’s battery management system prevents the battery charger from exceeding 100%. It stands to reason that it would prevent regen from exceeding 100% too. In every other EV I’ve driven or read about, regen is not available when the SOC is 100%, as you would expect. Anyone know what’s going on with the Seal?

I think your wrap and wheels look great. Make your car quite unique. Why does the BYD badge on the back appear to be well off centre? No go faster stripes but I see the boy racer in you couldn’t resist retaining the 3.8S. Re. your comment about having the bumpers wrapped: Do you believe the paint is not up to standard; too thin? I remember reading or seeing an early review by some guy who had been a car sprayer and he was very impressed with the quality of the Seal’s paint job, although he was not pleased about the lack of a clear coat (whatever that is) inside the frunk.

How to tell if your version is the same, or earlier, than the one I had: 1) Your iTAC page will have "iTAC (Intelligence Torture Adaption Control)" instead of Torque. 2) You will have three hilariously loud pedestrian warning sounds. And quite a few other things won't work or will be missing.

Wow! When you compare that to the price of window tint, it seems to be really cheap.

No doubt about it! As long as you do that, there is no problem.

I could be very wrong, but I have a feeling it will be cheaper than might be expected. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing your wrapped Seal.

Aha! A bit of a boy racer, eh? What about some go faster stripes? You'll be telling me you're buying a Cyberster next!

Yeh, that makes sense, I reluctantly suppose. What about your wrap? Done yet? Pics?

My final conclusion regarding heat from the glass roof: Parked yesterday in full sun for about 15 minutes. I had the aircon on, the sun shade in position and I have supposedly fantastic, very expensive 80% film installed. It became so uncomfortable on the top of my head that I had to move and find somewhere else to park in the shade. And no jokes about baldness. I have a full head of thick hair, thank you. When the car is moving, there is no problem.

Hilarious! Wouldn't pull the skin off custard!

Here’s a video I made before updating my Seal’s software. This demonstrates just how crazy loud the pedestrian alert was with my very old software version. I wish they had left it like this and added the option to turn it on or off. 1702288377739.mp4

Yeh, I know how to do this. What I want to know is how I can call up and view my fastest time etc. the next day, or the next week or whenever. Any time I've launched the car, the stats remain on the screen for a limited length of time. I want to know how to retrieve them. By the way, you'll get a faster time if your battery is at 95% or above and you hold your LEFT foot on the brake, floor the accelerator pedal and then take your foot off the brake.

Yes, that's something I also don't like. I've been meaning to mention it. It even happens when you launch it - left foot on the brake, floor the accelerator pedal and left foot off the brake. Feels weird. I wonder why it's like that.

I don't see it. And I've got the latest update, supposedly. Is this intended for initial delivery drivers etc. Valet guys?

I assumed that only the AWD had the acceleration timer; that's why I specified "On the AWD car". Sorry about that!

Yes it does pop up. But I find it hard to believe it can't be retrieved. It has quite a lot of info on it, not just your latest 0-100 time. It reminds me of the highest score list on a 70s space invaders game.

Where is it?

On the AWD car, can anyone tell me how to call up the page that shows the 0-100km/h acceleration times? I have attached a sample screenshot of what I want to view. I’m sure it must be possible but I’m damned if I can find it.

I think you've made a great decision. I'm not so happy with a situation where you've paid a deposit on a car and it can end up costing more than what you signed up for.

To house the whole unit? I don't think a cabinet is a good idea. Best to have it not enclosed to minimize heat.

Yeh. It definitely sounded like a ghost and I really miss it. To be clear: it was a ghost sound and not at all like a banshee.

I’ve just updated my software. 66 minutes. No problems. I haven’t taken the car out but I’ve been checking the pedestrian alert sounds in my garage. A few questions: Previously, with my old software, I had the ice cream sound which was very loud. I still have that sound but it’s now very quiet, both inside and outside the car. Correct? (I suppose you can’t comment unless you had the old software to compare.) And I used to have two other sounds both of which were similar to each other and could be described as wind whistling, or the sound a ghost makes. I now have only one other completely new, different sound (“Standard”) and it is barely audible inside and outside the car. Correct? Although I didn’t really like the three original sounds, they were quite amusing and I’m kinda disappointed that the two remaining updated sounds are so quiet. By the way, I can’t believe they’ve buried the on/off switch for the sounds on a separate page!