BYD Seal

No didnt get the spoiler yet, sadly. It went from the Galway Depot to Portlaoise on Thursday and back to Galway on Friday. An Post are useless you cant talk to anyone. All I was able to do was have web chat with customer care. The girl thought that TOP BYD got something wrong with customs declaration but wasnt sure. Will just have to wait and see I suppose

At least raininsummer got his eventually. I'm not giving up on it yet!

If you set your phone to sync only favourites in the bluetooth part of the phone settings this will only give the car the favourites to consider

That'll shift up come summer. I'm assuming you're in an AWD too.

Thankfully I don't listen to too much radio bar the odd bit of news but yes, it's definitely the weakest part of the entertainment suite.

The AWD is reduced compared to the RWD. I'd expect 450 to 480 in summer. Lads in Australia I'm following are tipping over 500.

400 = still in honeymoon period and a (very hard not to) heavy right foot. Keep driving mode as normal and you’ll see the range increase dramatically. I’m nearing 460 now in RWD, and still not close to driving miss daisy. Spent 1.5hrs on the M50 last week on a bray blanch daily return. 37kms. 5% battery used. So it is consuming very little when you’re stuck in traffic. Good to know.

My 400 was in March in weather slightly warmer but much wetter than this. Don't forget April has been sunny but the temps here were down to about 2-4⁰C last night and they've never peaked above 13⁰C (for me). The battery packs haven't warmed up yet. There's been no prolonged warm period.

And on top of everything else EVs suffer from marketing lies just like petrol or diesel mpg wise.

I'd guess over 500 for the RWD.

I have come to the conclusion I must have a heavy foot. Drove the AWD down to 13% a few weeks ago (normally recharge in 40-60% range). Good bit of motorway involved and last 50k or so at 120 with heater on full ( wanted to get battery percentage down) . Ended up telling me my total range was 357k. My total charge to date, all home charging is 1500Kwh and mileage 5800

So would the RWD Seal at present (March/April) complete a 400km round trip which included 300km motorway driving at 120kph and 100km at 80kph?

I'm in the market for a EV and was considering the M3H as it would only need a splash and dash at Ballacolla to complete the above journey however if a second hand Seal RWD appears on the market in the next 6 months I might be swayed.

AWD. Full fat or nothing.

400km range would be my experience too in the last 6 weeks. Usually recharge when battery is between 40-50% so I can get it to 100% using the night rate from 24:00 to 09:00. At 50% left trip says I've done about 200km. Mine is RWD and car says I'm consuming 19.1kwh / 100km. It's mostly city driving and short trips I'm doing.

Edit: Also I drive in eco mode all the time too. I played around between eco and standard and noticed barely any difference in how it drives but definitely getting more range in eco

Data Monitor

Some motorway, say 4-5 trips to Dublin (all in 2.5k tops). I can do 125kmph on motorway for 22/100, overall I've moved from 20.5/21 in the first month down to 19/19.5 now.

I think the weather is having a positive impact, and I think my driving style has changed - especially when on commuter/kids trips. Definitely not driving like a manual when I was contantly cycling through the gears.

Got my boot spoiler this morning anyway. I like it, what do you guys think

Much nicer than the body-coloured one.