BYD Seal

Stupid post in fairness; adds absolutely nothing to the thread. Comments you are referring to could hardly be labeled in the ‘fret’ category. We all love a bargain.

No.

not worried but said I’d ask anyway.

Taxing for first time - reg and last 6 digits of VIN. Saying not recognized. Only collected last Thursday evening so possibly just a wait until DOT systems are updated?

I drive a van motorbike and the car. You adapt within days. It's really simple tbh.

Cheers for the Tax information Lister; I'm guessing that your intention was to quote Cork's post in your above reply 😎

The dealer submitted my tax stuff Monday and the car was able to be taxed Thursday afternoon.

God be with the days that Nissan handed over my second Leaf taxed for three months to take the hassle out of that step. Was a nice touch.

I have an Ohme charger but don't know the model. I haven't charged just yet but happy to compare notes. The missus has been using it for about a year, she usually uses LCD screen rather than car app.

If anone is having similar issues after several days, call 0818411412 (Online motor Tax in Shannon). Don't bother calling the Dublin number as that will route to physical tax office in Smithfield and they will just tell you that "you need an RF100 and we will put one in the post for you".

Speaking to a girl in Online tax division of the DOT, she asked for reg and name/address. She told me that she could indeed see the details were correct in terms of my name & address associated with the reg but with EV cars, periodically, there is an issue and they have to manually alter/input something on their system, which she told me she did there and then, and that this would be uploaded in some form of batch file overnight so should be good tomorrow in terms of online taxing, obviously using last 6 digits of the VIN.

Would it have happened naturally without intervention in a few days? Well that is anyone's guess.

I taxed mine in the local tax office the day after collecting it, The girl told me that to tax for the first time you have to go into the tax office after that your car is then officially on the tax system.Her words not mine.

I suppose people mightn't want to run into arrears if it crosses over a month end, but a month's arrears on €120 tax is €12. Not exactly going to break the bank.

or if you prefer:
Motor Tax (Shannon) 0818411412 & 1890411412 Call Instead – 061365001 or 061365010
Interesingly, hours of operation are 10am to 1pm, Mon-Fri.

Don't see it as uptight. Just asking questions. And I agree totally with you that you would be very unlikely to run into an issue if you were stopped in such an instance. Still possible though.

Had one of them got a ticket. Sent the council an email with photo of the vehicle invoice (this was a vrt UK reg job) the squashed the fine immediately on the understand car tax within days is unreasonable.

It's both until you prove you've paid. Not paying road tax is an offence. At worst you get to court, prove you had road tax for the day in question (proof of payment of any arrears etc.) and it's struck out. That's why they wouldn't bother somebody who's clearly got a new car. Pointless.

Fair. That's all they can do you for since you're usually not present and in any case can't question you about your road tax payment situation.

Off topic based on recent posts but I really am very surprised at the lack of updates and functionality in the app.

This is where the likes of BYD should be leaving legacy automakers for dead to be honest.

Still unable to lock or unlock the car.

Still no trip information.

Still no cumulative efficiency information extractable.

Still no charging history data.

Still no monthly driving stats in the app.

Still no location services in the app.

Still no remote car view.

Flash the lights, preheat the car, beep the horn, close the windows, TPMS.

That's about it and a very poor app all in all it must be said.

I did similar, and mentioned to the dealer in Cork, and emailed their feedback address and fed it back via the popup asking for feedback in the app.

As you said though, not likely to be actioned.

can you not lock & unlock in the app on the seal?

you can on the atto

oh ok that's a bit strange as they work on the atto.

BYD are in town this week promising to pick up feedback from customers if it is shared with dealers. Give it a shout via your dealer. Given that they weer hot to change the side of the indicator stalk, you might get soem results after a bit of time. Also, if it is on the Atto, I would be confident that it will happen.

yeah, first thing I did. I’ve removed any settings or schedules from the ohme and set ‘MAX CHARGING’ option. In fairness, it’s a pretty **** dashboard on the Ohme app, with a host of useless information and the lack of a purely timed schedule on the unit is disappointing but if I can technically use it as a ‘dumb’ charger and the car runs the show, that will work fine. At present, car timer is set from 2-6am and the charger is set to ‘max charge’ …..i will know in a few hours if successful or not 🙏

Update: 4hr charge worked as hoped. Hopefully that'll be it for me going forward.

Think you have to have a FB account to see those.

Any cop?

I didn't, thanks very much for posting @Oonagh123

Definitely 6 digits not 4. I spoke to the DoT office today (thanks for tip !)
The lady on the phone acknowledged the request and said that it had to sent upstairs to IT and would be active in the morning.

I had nothing but issues with mine. My rear button has a poor finish. They will not replace or repair as the bumper will have to come off and never be the same. I appreciate and understand that. Paint is very thin so expect loads of stone chips, rear handle getting stuck and car had damage. They are trying to fix most things on the car. Made a complaint to BYD and no response in weeks, very poor customer service but I do love the car, design and what it has to offer and there is a lot of good quality but somethings lack which is a pity. I wonder how much I will loose after one year after selling it?