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Thanks everyone. My findings : i went to the icare in central festival . This is the same company that has offices in both central airport and maya. not satisfied with their level of technical expertise / service so will try below as suggested . https://goo.gl/maps/aobTeuvvuBF8LJWeA Appreciated all your comments

Hi, Any recommended places to repair ipad out of warranty in Chiang mai . I am aware of the ICARE in Central Airport/Maya plus the Studio 7 in Central Festival and Maya. I called Apple directly. Apple Support advised to go an authorized dealer. Apparently, authorized dealer can repair free if it is not a hardware problem and also they can give you a estimate price to fix it. There is no cost to estimate to repair. Any thoughts much appreciated/.

To add to Pib's note, Tesla do not have distributors too. Luckily for Tesla, I understand from Youtuber Electric Viking that in China currently, about 20% of the distributors are making money. China is going through a rough time in the automobile sector.

Second after Toyota , bkk motor show .

I talked to a BOI rep. He told me that changing to self insure is not a problem. I need to show prior one year account statement of 100k prior to renewal ( 2 months before LTR expire )He also said it can come from multiple accounts and can even be in money market fund ( of course cash equivalent ) No need to liquidate to cash .

I did my ltr with a health plan insurance . Anyone if one can change from insurance coverage to the self insure 100 k during the 5 years? Does the 100K cash have to be one account account or can be spread to a few accounts?

interesting info. I am sure this is bad for the ev resale market as I would think most buyers finance than pay cash . Ice cars going to be around ..

Due to recent floods, I read on Facebook that car insurance does not cover water damage battery due to flood . Is this norm for 1sr class insurance in Thailand ? For those who bought cars that includes insurance , I hope flood and fire is included . Any thought about which insurance company has better coverage ?

thanks , good to know that it have pm 2.5 filteration , only does not have sensor to display the readings, in/out . Appreciate your reply .

Andrew, thanks , my bad . I meant the 50kwh standard dynamic 410 for 899k model . I am sure the BKK motor show will confirm if this model has pm 2.5 filteration present . Thanks .

Pm 2.5 is essential here up in the north. I am sadden to read the new 2024 BYD Otto dynamic 480 priced at 889k does not have it . It might be an omission by the media publisher . Anyway at least the next model, 945k Otto 3 premium 480 has the pm2.5.

JB, I saw this on Facebook of their pm2.5 reading here in chiang mai . it is certainly not 5 . https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1561893624610758&set=gm.1195259918515300&idorvanity=735185977856032

aarg, found out that Byd took out the pm 2.5 filter from the dynamic . Guess BYD had to cut some stuff out to sell it at 899k. However they did upgrade battery 50.25 , continental tires and reduce 100k.

looks cool , same price as current BYD Otto xtd, 1099k with similar upgrades as the BYD Otto 410 , 949k . All coming after may.

It was a no go with central festival immigration . They told me to go Bangkok for tm 95. So star visa must be dealing with someone at the airport immigration. Hope it is true that chiang mai immigration can process tm 95.

PiB, thanks for the reply. I like BYD Otto 3 option to turn off Ada’s if I decide not to use it (turn off once) unlike the mg 4 that requires a turn off upon a start. Appreciate your ownership responses . Will check put the Otto 3 standard 899k in may . not sure if the 950k model is worth it( larger screen and wider tires )

Hey Pib, Can you,please share your driving experiences with your Otto 3 . I am most interested on BYD adas system ( I like your comment that you use standard regen with normal mode ) Have you disable any of their adas system.? Appreciate any experiences , the 899k baht may delivery with 7.9 se. 0-100 kmh sounds attractive even with the standard battery

I was discouraged to open a foreign currency deposit at Bangkok bank because of the high fees and paperwork to withdraw to convert to baht for everyday expenses . Could you please share your experience why a foreign currency deposit has been your choice of account please? What are the advantages Besides having in USA currency?

congrats

Good to know in Thailand , we have the option to disable till we enable it ( part of software menu) . This option available is invaluable as the comments I read on the video indicated that removing the ADAS function manually invalidates insurance coverage .

Good to know that BYD software here allow you to disable the Adas and keep it disable and do not require you to set it everytime you start the car . Thanks

I thought you can save your settings to Disable ADAS so that you do not need to disable again after startup . Are the Thai seal different than AUS seal. If not , how are your experiences with BYD ADAS.

Thanks for the info on Ppf , i was thinking of putting it but now will just settle on wax job every 6 months . Great forum. much better than the one discussing new tax law 555

i am in the same camp. I will do my normal dc charge from 20-80 for time savings and will not let it go below 10 % soc. Thanks

This is very useful . Since I do not have a wall charger at home . For me I will just do my normal outside dc charging - dc charge from Soc <10% to 80 % and then let it continue to complete 100% . Since I get charge by kWh for time spent for the last 20 % is no issue . Is it beneficial to switch from dc to ac charge for the last 20% charge ? I always thought that estimation range in nedc was higher than wltp. It was great to see you achieve above nedc km as your trip a meter showed over 500 km. I thought using dynamic ( better than nedc and wltp) would even be less range than 490 advertised range but you showed otherwise .this has been very informative . Thanks