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10 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Film on the inside is likely to make the roof panel hotter.

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.

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.

23 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

 

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.

13 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I am loving the car, the only thing I don’t like is the delay on the accelerator pedal, particularly when you blip it, the power comes in after a delay and continues to build after you’ve released the pedal. I have seen this before, I suspect it’s a power electronics issue, it’s present in MG’s too, but not all EV’s.

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.

23 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Pull down from the top on the home screen and it's there.

I don't see it. And I've got the latest update, supposedly.

Is this intended for initial delivery drivers etc. Valet guys?

22 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I haven’t done a timed run so not much help.

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

Sorry about that!

17 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I wonder if it pops up after you have done the run but doesn’t retain it anywhere 

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.

21 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I am surprised nobody has pressed the "Transport Mode" button,

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.

2 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

The salesman called me to say my Space Grey Seal Performance will not come till next year and price may go up 50k THB, he's not sure on the price increase yet.

 

He can get me white or black performance now, so I told him to get me the white one and I will wrap it Porsche FrozenBerry.  I should have it later this week.

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.

51 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

or maybe a cabinet would be better,

To house the whole unit?

I don't think a cabinet is a good idea. Best to have it not enclosed to minimize heat.

42 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

 

Scariest post I have ready in a very, very long time......... My science background had me absolutely convinced that there is no such thing as ghosts, but if you have heard them, I will revisit this believe of mine. 

I just noticed I am sitting here with sweat of fear running down my forehead, time for another blond one............

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.

On 12/14/2023 at 3:55 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Well, it appears OTA updates are being handed out to even those unworthy !!

52 minutes apparently.

 

 

Hope you are getting yours 

@macahoom

@Bandersnatch

 

Cannot wait to delete the karaoke before the wife sees it !!

 

 

EDIT: apparently you cannot charge and update at the same time.

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!

28 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I think you are confusing the greater/lesser than symbols.

 

 

> greater than.

< lesser than.

Oops! Don't know how I managed that!

Thank you.

7 hours ago, Pib said:

The magic of dew (condensation) and how small difference in air temperature and a surface temperature can result in condensation on the surface (or not).  Expect there is a "small" difference in surface temperature between the round spot and the rest of the hood with the underlying brake fluid container/cap causing the small round area to be a slightly different temperature (probably slightly warmer) than the rest of the hood.  Probably just a little more heat from the engine/drive area is probably funneled/migrated along the brake field container/cap causing a very slight heat difference on the hood.  And doesn't the Seal have a frunk with certain openings like for the brake fluid container that would focus heat under the frunk to escape upwards out those openings onto the hood?  Nothing to worry about.  

I guessed it's something like this.

But I still find it quite surprising, especially after the car has been sitting for 12-15 hours.

7 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I would try thumping the passenger seat a couple of times next time it happens, it could just be a sticky sensor.

7 hours ago, Pib said:

A slight possibility exists it could be the seat belt connector.  Check the seat belt connector (the part anchored to the seat....where you plug in the seat belt...the part that you use to release the seat beat).  Look to see if anything like dirt, paper, sand, etc., might have got into the connector causing a funky connection/weird warning when combined with the seat sensor circuity.   Insert and remove the seat belt around a half dozen times which might clear in funky connection.

Thanks, guys.

I will give both of your suggestions a go and report back.

My girlfriend suggested it might be a ghost sitting in the passenger seat.

38 minutes ago, sathornlover said:

I received my car last Saturday. When it comes to the driving characteristics of this car, I can't really say anything new and basically only positive things, but on the software side the world looks completely different. Although I was already warned from what I could read or hear here and from other reviews, I was actually already warned and my expectations weren't really high in this regard and at least I had the hope that the last update would at least fix the worst bugs . Here, too, I couldn't report anything new at the beginning. my responsible salesman assured me that this car already has the latest update. Nevertheless, I had to take note of all the defects that had already been reported with this vehicle. I can still live quite well with a silent Google Maps navigator or unreliable parking sensors. With an extremely unreliable and sometimes violently intervening lane keeper assistant, if necessary I could accept it if it could at least be deactivated, but that wasn't ans is not possible. Just like I couldn't deactivate the constantly annoying acoustic warning signals. In my opinion, this is not just a nuisance, but a significant security risk. And in this condition, this car is anything but a suitable travel car. with which you can safely cruise through the country in a relaxed manner! A quick software version comparison in this forum revealed that I was still stuck on an old version. Until yesterday I waited in vain for the last update to finally be delivered via OTA and started to suspect that something was wrong with the vehicle in this regard too. My responsible BYD salesman assured me via LINE that the software was up to date and I could deactivate the lane departure warning system and the annoying warning signals …

 

So yesterday I made my way to the BYD showroom not only to convince my salesperson otherwise, but also to find out why an update was not possible and whether the workshop service could provide me with an update. I was able to convince my salesperson quite quickly that I was unfortunately right about the problems I had reported. Right from the start, the service department seemed pretty erratically and haphazard to me. Here, too, I had to convince everyone again that this car was not on the latest software update. They told me to please wait a bit. They would do this update now. After waiting for 2 hours, the vehicle was returned to me with the message that the latest update was on it and all the problems were solved. As soon as I called up the version number, I could tell that there had been no update at all and that the karaoke app that was so beloved here in this forum couldn't be found. Needless to say, everything was the same on the next test drive with the seller! I told to the staff that I would not take this car in this condition because I consider it a safety risk and I expect the significant defects to be corrected as quickly as possible, including a current update. Unfortunately, my question as to what had been done to my car in the last 2 hours remained unanswered... For me it was too obvious that they were overwhelmed by this problem. We agreed that the next day the top technician at this workshop would work on my car.

 

So instead of my Seal I drove home with a Neta V from Grab. It was very spartanly equipped, but apparently does everything you could expect from such a small car and does not need a constant warning signal or background noise. It was much more comfortable today with my Good Cat, whose really surprisingly good driving assistants in this vehicle category convinced me from the first day. Especially the vehicle lane keeping assistant! But back to the topic, because now there might be something new to report. It took at least 20 minutes to find someone who could tell me what the situation was and what would happen next. And only then when I intervened a little louder in the showroom and pointed out that I would probably have to inform the BYD Thailand headquarters. The same service employee appeared from yesterday who claimed my car had received an update and she claimed this again today and that we could take a look at the car but the chief technician would continue to work on it for about 2 hours. Yes, what can I say, we went to the vehicle together and the old software version number appeared again, and I would have to continue to do without this great karaoke app. Now she told me the problem was that newly delivered cars with a certain serial number and above were not yet receiving any updates from BYD. and the workshop itself could not install any updates. Now the chief technician would try to resolve the problems. I have very big doubts that this will be successful. When asked what was done to my car in the 2 hours yesterday, she openly admitted that everyone was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. I thanked you for her openness and asked her to continue communicating with me in this way in the future. I assured her that I am not a troublemaker, but that I wanted to solve problems - in this case mine and possibly BYD's too...

My comments may or may not make you feel a little better.

I took delivery of my Seal AWD on October 26. After comparing my software with others posted on this thread, I realised that I had an earlier version than everyone else. The dealership were unable to update me; they told me to wait for an alert on my screen.

I still have the old software and a few days ago I received the alert in my car informing me that I could perform an OTA update. I am now waiting, as is required, for the battery to be below 20% before I update.

With my old software, I can turn off all the irritating, intrusive assistance. I actually have almost all turned off except one of the lane ones. Are you sure you cannot turn yours all off?

8 minutes ago, Pib said:

Do you have "anything" laying in that seat?  Any weight like maybe caused by a granny charger, shoes, bag of something, etc., would trigger the sensor in the seat making it think someone is seating in it.

Nothing.

As mentioned in my last post, we were staying in a hotel recently. Every morning there was a serious amount of condensation on the car’s bodywork (and glass). Each morning, I noticed a perfectly defined circle on the bonnet/hood which was completely dry; no condensation at all. Hopefully you can see this in the photo.

When I opened the bonnet, the brake fluid filler cap was directly below the circle.

Any ideas what was going on?

Note: the car had been parked overnight for at least 12 hours.

We’re just back from a week in Khao Lak.

Most mornings I’d walk, by myself, to the car park and drive the car round to the front of the hotel to plug in and top up the battery with a granny charger. Every time I did this, I got a voice, beep and screen warning informing me that the passenger had not put on their seatbelt. There was no passenger; just me.

By the time I reached the charging area, the warning had increased in urgency - louder and more frantic. Quite annoying.

It’s obviously a fault of some sort. I haven’t remembered to look into this since we got home.

Anyone else?

First world problems:

There is so much that's spendid and tremendous about the Seal. It has far exceeded all my expectations - expectations which were already very high.

The attention to detail is great, although there are a few niggly things which seem to have inexplicably escaped the notice of the designers/programmers.

As mentioned before, the absence of seat memory buttons on the door is nothing short of unforgivable. 

And does anyone else think that the definition of text and icons on the smaller screen could be better? Okay, it's not the end of the world but, during daylight hours, neither of the settings (light or dark) is as good as it should be. I have never had a car before with this problem.

Having said that, at nighttime, the dark setting works quite well.

Saw a Chery Omoda 5 (BEV) yesterday in Khao Lak. It had Malaysia or Singapore plates.

Nice, solid looking SUV.