BYD Seal

I thought the price had dropped 10k or something when I saw all the new posts

Forums are there to engage and talk shop horse. It's lurkers with 17 posts that add nothing...

Cheers man. It's appreciated!

I am overall pretty happy with the car, all things considered, but I will say, the auto headlights are brutal.

Had the same in the i4 and they were seamless, 99.9% of the time they would react as fast, if not faster than me and dip the headlights appropriately.

Was driving home from the airport on N40 and M8 last night and I actually had to turn them back to manual. Continually putting on full beams when traffic was oncoming. Quite annoying and I'm not sure if maybe the sensor was dirty or even faulty but it's the first time I've found them to be unusable.

What's everyone else's experience been driving at night on motorways?

My last car , a volvo was the same on motorways, had difficulty seeing the lights of cars and trucks coming towards me on the opposite motorway, main difference with the volvo was when i manually dipped, the automatic lights were disabled until i manually put them back to high beam. On the BYD it seems to automatically go back on high beam and ends up blinding the oncoming traffic i had manually dimmed for.

Bigger issue for me is the controls on the stalk. Turned the lights off accidentally when passing a car on the motorway at 115Kph. When activating the indicator I accidentally turned the lights off without knowing it. Luckily it had happened to me previously so I knew what had happened and could turn them back on immediately...so beware , if lights go out while indicating you have hit the switch

App suuuucks. Actually the UI sucks on it too. Really amateur app tbh I don't think it's native it seems to be basic cross OS setup

Can't really be a troll when I've been contributing to the site (forum) for 16 years fella.

Enjoy your day though. 'Big man behind keyboard'

Your contribution has been excellent keep up this informative forum input. I thank you for your efforts in..... reads notes 19 posts 3 of which were slagging posters in here.

first service due at 20K or a year. There is a setting in software to program a reminder for it, perhaps 5K set in there in yours

Hi recent Seal owners, early days I know but....

are you regretting the switch and if you could undo your purchase (now almost 3 months ago for some of you), would you ?

I'm due to take delivery next week but I can still pull out until 'signing day' and get deposit back. I love the look of the car, and the finish inside & out, but I'm just concerned about the quality of everything underneath. I've been on 2 test drives and the UI is just poor but I'm inclined to let that slide (it'll never be comparable to the Tesla) and be optimistic that they will push OTA improvements quickly and frequently to cement themselves. Same for the APP; I cannot see those being monumental tasks for a team that obviously has their fair share of tech wizards. It's the other stuff I'm concerned about. I suppose there is a very good warranty for the mechanical side to ease one's mind, both battery/ DT and otherwise. Decisions !

I'm not regretting anything. Driven the AWD more in a week than I did some months in the various Leafs/ICE cars I've had.

What car you coming from? M3?

I am not a Seal owner, but it is probably the only other car I would consider when changing my Model 3.

I always tell people if they like something and can afford it, then get it. We only go through life once...😋