BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[Andrew Dwyer]

2 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

 

I wouldn't have gone for 35% profile had I known the car had 45% profile originally.  However, I'm happy that it works and it does look cooler.  My speedo will over read by 4.8%, acceleration should be improved and top speed lowered.

 

I'm happy with my choice.  I'll post a side on picture next time I take the car out the garage.

 

 

Yes please do.

Would be interested in hearing any benefits you are seeing from the Michelins. 
Although it’s not a direct comparison since you went all Street Rodder on us !!

[JBChiangRai]

29 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yes please do.

Would be interested in hearing any benefits you are seeing from the Michelins. 
Although it’s not a direct comparison since you went all Street Rodder on us !!

 

I'm worried I went all dementia on you

[Pib]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

 

I wouldn't have gone for 35% profile had I known the car had 45% profile originally.  However, I'm happy that it works and it does look cooler.  My speedo will over read by 4.8%, acceleration should be improved and top speed lowered.

 

I'm happy with my choice.  I'll post a side on picture next time I take the car out the garage.

 

 

 

Your speedo overreading around 4 to 5% to pretty much normal for all vehicles for many, many years as that's a requirement in most countries' laws/regulations to help prevent the exceeding of speed limits..    My 2009 Fortuner reads around 4-5% high....my 2023 Atto reads around 4 to 5% higher (closer to 4%).   When my speedo is reading 100kmh or 50KmH  I'm truly doing around 96KmH or 48KmH per OBD2 data where you can also get the true speed and also Google Maps in displaying a GPS speed of around 96KmH or 48KmH.  Yeap...nothing wrong with your vehicle speedo as that's the way it's set at the factory.      

 

So for us  folks out there  when we get a a speeding ticket saying  we were doing 95KmH in a 90KmH zone, well, your speedo was displaying around 99-100Kmh when the traffic radar (which reads true speed) snapped your vehicle zipping along.   Just pay the ticket.   

 

And speaking of tickets I typically get a ticket in the mail every 5 years or so....none for speeding so far but usually for some other traffic law infraction like some entry/exit infraction, some lane change to close to a intersection in Bangkok, and now I can add running a red light to my list which I did indeed do.  It was at a highway intersection (the highway speed limit was 90KmH with traffic and me moving at that speed when the light went from green to red like in 2 to 3 seconds and I had glanced down just when the light was doing its quick change from green to red.  As I look up I'm indeed going thru a red light at 90KmH and think to myself I could be seeing a ticket in the mail if they had cameras at this intersection (which they did).   Six weeks later I get the ticket in the mail for Bt500 with less than two weeks left before it's suppose to be paid (typical for mail tickets I've got where it arrives around 6 weeks later).  The picture in the ticket had me dead-to-rights and I remembered that red light very clearly in how it changed from green to red so quickly as I zipped along around 80KmH with a bad-timing glance down while zipping along.   I just love how many (most) red lights in Thailand quickly change from red to green....sometimes even without any yellow light for a few seconds.   Oh well, just one of the challenges of driving in Thailand in don't expect to get much (or any) of a  "yellow" light warning between the red and green.   P.S. the Bt500 was so easy to pay...just scan the bar/QR code on the ticket with your mobile banking app....a few seconds later Bangkok Bank facilitated me contributing to the police to help maintain the outstanding road safety laws in Thailand....I hope they use some of that money to maybe extend "yellow light" time from 2 seconds to maybe 5 seconds.  😀

 

[JBChiangRai]

I have had one speeding ticket and one traffic light infringement, turning right from lane 3 not lane 4

 

My daughters have had a few speeding tickets, they come to me and I pay them.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Never had a speeding ticket yet, but has got flashed a few times on the highway radars, maybe they will come later.

 

I did get a ticket for running a red light.

What i thought a little strange was that there were two photos, 1 showing me right at the light when the light was on red and the other showed i had continued on past the light.

What was missing, imo, was a photo at the exact moment the light went red and my distance from the light.

In theory, and from the photo, i could have hit the white line at the exact moment the light went red and, again imo, wouldn’t have given me enough time to stop safely ??

Not worth arguing over but i did think it a tad unfair.

 

Did also get a “ fine “ for not paying at a toll booth, in reality i just didn’t wait for the receipt !!

Toll was 40 baht and the fine was 50 baht, now i always get a receipt !!

Biset khrap !

[JBChiangRai]

Here are some photos, car is filthy

 

[KhunLA]

No rabbit starts, or hard braking, and usually drive the speed limit.  New, haven't a clue.