BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[Bandersnatch]

16 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I did get another Viriyah quote from Rabbit Care, about 250 baht cheaper, coverage 200k THB less at 1M, but battery cover 100% (previous quote is 90% battery cover).

 

I am going with first quote as I think if you need a new battery, more often than not you’ve written off the car.

 

But I would be interested in what everyone else thinks?

 

I went to my local Viriyah office after starting to complete the Rabbit Care online form and stopped when I found their questions too intrusive. I didn’t complete the form and just closed the page down, but they still started calling me.

 

I paid ฿32k including adding my 27 year old wife as a named driver. Half the staff from the office came out to look my Seal, it was obviously the first they had seen. 

 

A few years ago we asked BMW what the insurance for an iX1 would be and was told it would be ฿50k

[mistral53]

21 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

Viriyah quote for Seal Performance with 5 named drivers of any age was 30,000 baht for 1.2M baht coverage.

 

I’m going to go with that I think.

I would wager a a bottle of VSOP that the insurance underwriters will stop shortly to issue 1.2M coverage for a one year old car, with the new car price at 1.2M.

[JBChiangRai]

I sat in a Sealion 7 yesterday morning, it has the dashboard of the new Seal when it comes, I like the dashboard a lot.

 

Salesmen told me the price was reduced to 1.1M for premium and 1.2M for Performance until December 10th, but this doesn't fit with the graphic posted earlier.

[UWEB]

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I sat in a Sealion 7 yesterday morning, it has the dashboard of the new Seal when it comes, I like the dashboard a lot.

 

Salesmen told me the price was reduced to 1.1M for premium and 1.2M for Performance until December 10th, but this doesn't fit with the graphic posted earlier.

Have done the same today. It's a nice Car and feels bigger inside then the Seal plus to step in and sit in the Car is more comfortable. It is a 800V Battery  with 82.5 kwh, so not the bigger one you can get in China or Europe. The price for the Performance AWD is 1.2 M THB, but will go up after the Motorshow to 1.4 M THB and is available sometimes second half of December.

Out of interest I have asked what I would get for my 7 month old Seal Performance. They have made some pictures and copy of the blue Book and send it to a second hand Dealer where they are working with. After 20 minutes waiting I've got a price for my Seal. As response I've just told them if they want to keep me as a customer they should not give me such a answer. Turned around, wished a nice day and left.

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, UWEB said:

Have done the same today. It's a nice Car and feels bigger inside then the Seal plus to step in and sit in the Car is more comfortable. It is a 800V Battery  with 82.5 kwh, so not the bigger one you can get in China or Europe. The price for the Performance AWD is 1.2 M THB, but will go up after the Motorshow to 1.4 M THB and is available sometimes second half of December.

Out of interest I have asked what I would get for my 7 month old Seal Performance. They have made some pictures and copy of the blue Book and send it to a second hand Dealer where they are working with. After 20 minutes waiting I've got a price for my Seal. As response I've just told them if they want to keep me as a customer they should not give me such a answer. Turned around, wished a nice day and left.

we had language difficulties at the showroom yesterday, but I specifically asked if it was 800 V architecture or 400 V and the salesman said 400 V, but I wouldn’t necessary believe that

[Pib]

1 hour ago, UWEB said:

Have done the same today. It's a nice Car and feels bigger inside then the Seal plus to step in and sit in the Car is more comfortable. It is a 800V Battery  with 82.5 kwh, so not the bigger one you can get in China or Europe. The price for the Performance AWD is 1.2 M THB, but will go up after the Motorshow to 1.4 M THB and is available sometimes second half of December.

Out of interest I have asked what I would get for my 7 month old Seal Performance. They have made some pictures and copy of the blue Book and send it to a second hand Dealer where they are working with. After 20 minutes waiting I've got a price for my Seal. As response I've just told them if they want to keep me as a customer they should not give me such a answer. Turned around, wished a nice day and left.

What was it max DC charging rate?  If it was rated at 150KW it's a 400V system; if around 240KW then it's an 800V system.  

 

Partial quote from Wiki.  And below the quote is a snapshot from the ReverAutomotive Sealion 7 brochure showing the Thai model has 150KW max charging capability.

 

 

[UWEB]

5 minutes ago, Pib said:

What was it max DC charging rate?  If it was rated at 150KW it's a 400V system; if around 240KW then it's an 800V system.  

 

Partial quote from Wiki.  And below the quote is a snapshot from the ReverAutomotive Sealion 7 brochure showing the Thai model has 150KW max charging capability.

 

 

Just asked my Wife again as she was translating, Sales Person clearly said 800V, but I did not asked for charging speed.

[mistral53]

11 hours ago, mistral53 said:

I would wager a a bottle of VSOP that the insurance underwriters will stop shortly to issue 1.2M coverage for a one year old car, with the new car price at 1.2M.

Case in point....... it's too tempting!

 

The discussion in the comments proves the point.