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My reply that you've quoted above refers to Greenside's question about the HUD in the Seal, not the Dolphin. When Greenside says, "Bandersnatch, That's the model I drove" he's talking about the Seal Performance.

Thanks for this. I cannot understand Thai but I can tell this has some interesting information. It's great that he shows how to use the emergency key. I will go through it again with a translator at my side.

Yes, I'd heard about this. Good to have it confirmed. This is great news as those sounds are really annoying. They always sound below 33kph and are far too loud!.

Two guys arrived yesterday to install the ABB wall box for my Seal. As soon as they walked into my garage, they saw I already have two wall boxes installed - one single phase and one 3 phase. So, rather than run a new dedicated cable from my circuit breaker panel to my new ABB box, they utilised the existing cable which supplies power to one of my already existing wall boxes - the single phase one. They installed a new breaker adjacent to the existing one on the wall. This setup allows me to switch between the two wall boxes, both powered by a single cable which runs from my circuit breaker panel. Hope this all makes sense. The installation went quite smoothly until we tried to test it to see if it was working. It would not work. Long story, very short: To get it working, an app, wifi and bluetooth are needed and a whole lot of faffing about, which the manual does not explain. The installers knew nothing about this. They were not even aware that an app is needed. I don’t know how she did it, but my girlfriend somehow eventually got the damned thing working. The lingering question remains: do I need to use the app each time I charge? I guess not. I’ll maybe try later today. Note: The wall box on the left is a replacement for my MG box which stopped working after four years. .

Window film: I installed Midas. Imported from the USA. Supposedly very good. Who knows? Certainly not me, but I'm happy with it. 60% all round; 80% on the roof. Looks dark from the outside but easy to see through even at night. It's photochromic. Not cheap.

Good lord!

Yeh, it's really great on the Seal! I think even VocalNeal would be impressed.

It’s got an Intelligent Cruise Control indicator and an Adaptive Cruise Control indicator. You can switch between having these visible and not. You can also change the colour of the display figures from pure white to blue - handy when there’s snow on the road in Thailand. You can also adjust the height of the display to suit your seating position, the brightness, and the “whirling”. I won’t attempt to describe what that is as it’s no big deal; it’s obvious what it is when you adjust it.

Thank you!

Have you ever driven a car with HUD?

Sorry, could you explain what you mean by this in language more suited to a tech-dummy? Thank you!

A Velocity Blue next to a Frozen Blue. I think we both must be colour blind!

Anyone know what "Multimedia brightness linkage" means? I can't see any visible difference whether on or off.

Confusingly, when I click on “Vehicle version - Update” I get a message which says “Your car has been upgraded to the latest version: V1.0” The dealership told me to bring the car to the showroom and they would update my software. I went to the showroom but, surprise surprise, they couldn’t update it. They said I have to wait until I get an alert in my car informing me an update is available. When I get the alert, I must drive to the dealership and then they can update it. What a palaver!

Here is a photo of my software detail. It is different, and obviously older, than the version in Bandersnatch’s video.

Seal Performance AWD range report: I drove from Phuket - Khao Lak - Phuket today. I am following BYD’s advice and taking it easy for the first 2000 km. So, maximum speed: 80-85 KPH; no cruise control. It was raining heavily for about half of the trip. Left the house with 100% charge. When I got back home, after driving a total of 206 km, the remaining level was 64%. When extrapolated that works out at 572 km for a full battery.

Okay, I'll pay more attention next time I see grey ones under differing ambient light. We drove beside one two days ago and it was very grey. My girlfriend is still saying (about our velocity blue), "What colour's the car today?"

My car is velocity blue.

Are you sure it's the space grey you've seen? It always looks grey to me. The velocity blue subtly changes colour; sometimes looks blue, sometimes grey, sometimes purplish, sometimes violetish.

Love the quadraphonic/surround sound alerts when you’re manoeuvring the car and getting close to an obstacle. The beeps come from the part of the car which is close to the obstacle. Sounds silly, but it's brilliant! Definitely not a gimmick.

Cigarette lighter socket. I don't want there to be the slightest risk, however small, of voiding the warranty by hardwiring.

70Mai A800S dash cam plus rear camera installed. Pretty neat, easy job although I didn’t do the installation myself. Doing it myself would likely put me in a bad mood! I didn’t bother with the A810 as that has features I don’t need. The sunroof shade has been installed, never to be uninstalled. I was concerned the cable going to the rear camera might hamper the installation, but no, it didn’t cause any problems.

Well done. I am not sure if I would trust someone to do this for me unless he had already successfully installed a few of them before me. I love the neatness of the completed job, the fact that it is integrated into the infotainment screen and the built in micro SD card down below. What I don’t love: The absence of a rear camera. I'd love to know why it isn't already factory fitted. Must be something legal.

Okay, we're not gonna get retrofitted seat memory buttons, but surely BYD will include a voice command in a future software update?

Yes, this is a ridiculous oversight by BYD. What a rigmarole! What were they thinking? One less step for you when using the voice command: If you use the button on the steering wheel, there's no need to say, "Hi BYD." Either say, "Hi BYD" without pressing the button, or simply press the button and she's ready to receive your command.