[Songkran celebration turns tragic as stray bullet hits elderly man]

30 minutes ago, nahkit said:

I'm trying to figure out how a bullet comes through the ceiling, so is presumably on a downward trajectory, but hits him under the chin and lodges in the back of his head when he's lying own on a bed?

Apparently it didn’t come through the ceiling as stated previously:

 

”Police arrived at the scene to gather evidence and found a damaged hot water flask hit by a bullet, but no bullet holes in the ceiling, suggesting the shot came through the ventilation.”

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26 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

I love most BYD models, but that looks dull as dishwater. Definitely designed with taxi fleets in mind.

ha, yes it is far from exciting and seems perfect for a taxi or fleet vehicle, seems strange why they would want to release it for the general public.

But, who knows, the price is right and some see the advantage of a decent sized storage area, might see it delivering Lazada and Shopee stuff anytime soon 😀

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Here’s a BYD which was not given much coverage, originally destined for the taxi market has now been added to the Rêver list of available EV’s and with a healthy discount.

A station wagon with a spacious cabin and large storage space and the BYD trademark quality interior, safety and entertainment features.

 

 

 

https://autolifethailand.tv/special-price-byd-e6-ev-bev-rever-automotive/

An alternative to MG EP & ES.

 

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49 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

You really should get with the times. BYD uses a lithium ion 12 volt battery, not lead acid.

Actually mine uses a Lithium Iron Battery 

( lithium ferro phosphate )

 

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Just now, transam said:

Really, are you sure, I thought they all had a 12volt battery to energise stuff....🤗

 

Tell me how yours does that job..........?   😉

It has a 12v battery it just isn’t lead acid 

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19 minutes ago, transam said:

An EV has a lead acid...Yes/No...........?  🤭

Mine doesn’t 

[What do you remember ?]

Buying one of these at the local shop after school, having a race to see who could finish it first, gnawing at it like a beaver and occasionally getting brain freeze !

 

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2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Other countries that don't care that the steering wheel is on the opposite side?

 

Different countries (and even states in the US) have different requirements that must be met to be approved for sale. 

So RHD cars can only be manufactured in RHD countries and cars cannot be manufactured in different states in the US if the requirements are not the same ??

 

What exactly are you trying to say ??

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28 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

We are all just guessing, but that is the fun part.

I think BYD got themselves into a bit of a pickle. They sold around 40,000 cars under the EV3.0 and 3.5 agreements. As I understand it, they now have to match those sales numbers with domestic produces cars in 2024 or 1.5x in 2025.

With falling overall auto sales, the only option for BYD is to dump prices.

To make matters worse, some potential EV buyers might skip the showroom and look at the growing second hand market.

But like we have discussed before those domestic produced EV’s can be exported to neighbouring countries, Lao and Malaysia for example or even the U.K., Australia and Brazil where BYD are selling okay to well.

[Two Estonians fined for smoking on Finnair flight into Bangkok]

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

The world is going crazy, what type of person does that. 

 

This guy

 

 

[Boom boom: Thai people ranked No.1 in Asia’s list of top shaggers]

21 minutes ago, thesetat said:

You didn't get out much when in America huh? Or perhaps you lived in the desert. I was banging 5 a week one night stands when i was there. Messed up when getting married there.

Worked in Wisconsin ( Chippewa Falls ) for several weeks back in 2002 , some of the locals were telling us to go to Shooters Show Girls

One guy proudly proclaimed that the girls were TOPLESS !!, after seeing our confused expressions he explained.

The state law was :

Topless - no liquor license 

Covered - liquor license 

seems like booze AND breasts would be just too much for the locals !!, no wonder there’s so many Americans over here !!

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18 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You can say sell...

Apparently it is not a sale until ….. blah, blah, blah 😒 

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I’ll throw a random number in there:

BYD 5,345

[BYD Seal tips, tricks and help]

A cautionary tale:

 

I was contacted yesterday by a poster in the U.K. who has had a Seal for 2 weeks now.

For whatever reason the showroom were polishing his car and an over zealous employee had managed to remove the silver coating on the front BYD logo.

( I had mentioned earlier that the front badge is unusual in that it is almost transparent, shine a light inside can be seen outside, and I think at one time it was designed to be illuminated ).

Now, because of the way the badge is mounted ( plastic welded ) the front bumper needs to be removed to repair/replace the badge, something the owner is not happy to do on a 2 week old car.

The showroom seems lacking in knowledge of the car,

a) to cause the damage in the first place.

b) they seem to be unsure how to proceed and are giving him the run around about how they will fix it.

 

So, a brief mention to your detailer to avoid the front badge when polishing can avoid a world of pain.

[Diary of a farang in Isaan]

A near neighbour died last week of an aneurysm, aged 56, nice fella had a van and sold lottery outside the local 7.

The old lady and myself paid a visit to the local temple for the 7 o’clock chanting. The car park was busy and a lot of people attending, we managed to secure a couple of seats near the front outside ( inside was already full ).

I was just thinking that he had attracted a lot of people when I saw his photo near the refrigerated “ coffin” ……. yup !…. it wasn’t him !!

 

Our friend was in another smaller room around the back with about 6 people!!

Anyway he had ( yup, I can’t even remember his name !! ) just 4 monks but their chanting was amazing, really melodic and each one slightly offset to the others making a really hypnotic type of music.

They finished their lengthy part and left the stage with their “ gifts “. Another 4 ( one was a returnee ) came on and did similar hypnotic chanting, it was like some religious Battle of the Bands !! Never seen this before.

 

Note: not trying to diminish the effect of the obviously harrowing funerals of your local children @owl sees all just thought it of interest.

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50 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

Stop complaining - at least you get over 500 km of range, with the AWD model only a female driver will get over 450 km  🤪

 

On a more serious note - what is your total kWh/100 km reading?

My cumulative is 13.7 kWh/100 km, my past 50 km is 12.6 kWh/100 km as I slowed when the 10% red lettering and warning popped up ( vaguely recalling the post about range disappearing rapidly below 10% ).

 

The point of my post being where does the Dynamic range setting get its figures from ?

[BYD Seal tips, tricks and help]

40 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

Stop complaining - at least you get over 500 km of range, with the AWD model only a female driver will get over 450 km  🤪

 

On a more serious note - what is your total kWh/100 km reading?

You seem to forget I have the Premium with more range ( 650 NEDC )

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How accurate is the Dynamic range setting ??

Okay it has to be better than the NEDC I hear you say but tbh mine is not much better !!

 

What is the criteria for the Dynamic range setting ??, is it updated instantly or every 10, 50, 100 km’s ?

 

So, in the past I have mentally calculated the range setting v the actual mileage driven on a 210 km  highway drive that I frequently undertake and under normal driving conditions ( my driving) 210 km will take 260 km off my range ( that range figure became 189 km when hit a huge stretch of stop and go ) , speed being the major factor.

 

Yesterday, I decided to do a longer test( mainly highways with a small amount of city traffic).

Starting at 100% battery and a “ range “ of 653 km i embarked upon a trip there and back and got back home with 8% battery and 47 km range left.

Equating to 0-100% battery of 530 km actual driving re a 653 km guessometer reading ( around 82% accuracy ).

 

Nothing unusual about that you say but when charging back home overnight to 100% it gives me 644 km range on the Dynamic range guessometer !!

Why not 530 km ??

 

My conclusion is that the Dynamic range isn’t giving me the range to continue driving as per my recent trip but giving me the range possible albeit slightly adjusted ( never got below 650 km before ) but even that is confusing as the last 50 km back home were at a lesser speed when I saw the % getting low.

 

So, what is the criteria of giving me a lower than normal 100 % range this morning ??

 

So in conclusion ( again ) the Dynamic range setting is not much better than the NEDC only they give random numbers to make you think it is helpful ??

 

I will add that this is lower than my previous 580-590 km range claim but possibly due to 4 adults + 1 kid v 2 Adults and sometimes 2 anorexic teenagers, 40° temps in Nakhon Sawan meaning higher air con settings and me showing off my acceleration/overtaking prowess at the start until berated by Mrs D !

[Rock Bands That Should Have Been Bigger?]

2 hours ago, maechanman said:

Rory Gallagher was very underrated in my opinion, a far better guitarist than most and also the Icicle Works, a great 80s band from Liverpool.

+ 1 for Rory, a real workhorse who wanted nothing more than to play his music to an appreciative audience.

[Rock Bands That Should Have Been Bigger?]

5 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Anal Leakage was a popular local band where I come from. As far as gigs and big contracts, they never managed to solidify anything. 

They had a good run though !!

[Rock Bands That Should Have Been Bigger?]

2 minutes ago, retarius said:

Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray, the Rolling Stones, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, Blind Willie McTell etc etc

So you think Hendrix, Clapton, SRV and the Rolling Stones should have been bigger or did you not understand the op  ?

[BYD Seal tips, tricks and help]

54 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

BYD Seal AWD: Another trip to BKK, total distance run: 425 km; remaining battery: 7% or 35 km - so realistically, the max range is 450 km max. (my wife would probably do +5%)

 

Parameters: 95% of time 2 people, about 25 km with 3 on board. Temperature: outside of BKK and suburbs, around 34C, in the city 37C (per BYD gauge) speed outside city: max 120 km/h, most of the time around 110 to 115; driving mode setting: normal

 

Conclusion: the range is OK, but I would not want to have any less; the non AWD model is the more sensible selection....... but could I really live without the ooommp on occasion?  😁

 

On a totally different subject: Am I the only one who finds the 'two blink' one touch turn signal very odd, if not to say nonsense? I have had this feature on every car going back over 20 years, all car had 3 blink one touch turn signals.......... what's up with BYD? Are all BYD models like this?

It is one of the reasons I chose Premium, I have a regular around trip of 420 km, if i stay o/night and have a bit of running around it can run to 450/480 km. But that still gets me back home with around 15 - 20 % , which is ideal for the battery conditioning charge o/night.

 

Doing this run tomorrow with 4 adults there and back.

 

The RWD 313 horses and 330 nm torque is more than enough for me .

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20 minutes ago, mikebike said:

You know that this is the divide character, right?

 

/   Like 5/10= 0.5?

Actually that is forward slash and represents 5 out of 10 and not divide at all.

 

Apple accept that the divide by or division symbol is absent and used the foreward slash symbol as their text replacement example in Apple Support Community.

 

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3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

 

( where is the divided symbol on an iPhone ? ).

 

Well, to answer my own question, there isn’t one !!

So I used “ text replacement “ to create a shortcut, copy the symbol and choose any letter or word combination to enable it.
I chose ++ to give me the ÷ option:

 

 

Apologies for the slight deviation, back to Electric Vehicles in Thailand