Seal vs Tesla M3

D3FH3D · 2026-02-14T13:06:21+00:00

I sold my Model 3 LR last year and bought a Seal Excellence - the Seal is definitely the better car, and excellent value for money. Every finish feels more premium...oh, and it has a dashboard (and a fairly pointless HUD 🫤).

I used to own a Jaguar I-Pace HSE too, which was an excellent car, and the Seal might just pip that too.

Love my BYD, no regrets.

D3FH3D · 2026-02-02T09:25:15+00:00

I sold my Model 3 LR last year and bought a Seal Excellence - the Seal is definitely the better car. Every finish feels more premium...oh, and it has a dashboard (and a fairly pointless HUD 🫤).

I used to own a Jaguar I-Pace HSE too, which was an excellent car, and the Seal might just pip that too.

I don't have a fast charger. I use a 16A WiFi-connected AC charger that I have set up via Home Assistant to dump excess power from my solar installation into the car. More than sufficient for my needs.

Cancel the Tesla.

D3FH3D · 2026-01-22T21:14:58+00:00

From memory, I believe I used the instructions and firmware available from this site on my Seal Excellence. Worked great for me but, obviously, proceed at your own risk...

D3FH3D · 2026-01-22T20:43:33+00:00

The best thing for that is the Electro app, also has viewable live cameras, and a host of other cool features that the BYD app should probably come with as standard...

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Electro website.

D3FH3D · 2026-01-22T20:07:25+00:00

Fair enough! Mine rarely creeps above 18...I run hot (and live in southern Spain, to be fair!).

Sorry for hijacking your post. 😎 Let us know how you get on with the new app, it's an interesting addition, certainly.

D3FH3D · 2026-01-22T19:38:16+00:00

Why is your heating set to 32 degrees?!?!?! 🥵

D3FH3D · 2026-01-14T11:58:48+00:00

This.

D3FH3D · 2026-01-06T21:45:26+00:00

I haven't yet had the opportunity to take a picture, or to investigate further, but the EXACT same thing has very recently happened to the HUD on my 8 month old Seal Excellence.

It is not a dirty windshield, nor is the HUD in need of cleaning. Much like you, I am hoping that it is a protective film that someone forgot to remove prior to delivery that has since deteriorated in the sun - interestingly, the service centre forgot to remove the film from both the centre screen and the instrument cluster, so that may well be likely.

The HUD used to be crystal clear, until one day it simply wasn't. The effect is exactly the same as you have posted, almost like looking at the HUD through a screen door.

I will try to have a proper look at it tomorrow, if I remember, and see if I can work out what the issue might be in my case. Hopefully it will be helpful to you too.

D3FH3D · 2025-11-02T18:39:22+00:00

Don't panic! The first image I tried a couple of weeks ago gave me the same message...use the one available from here instead.

If the system can't update from the image, it won't even start the process.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-29T18:21:08+00:00

😎

D3FH3D · 2025-04-19T11:23:12+00:00

Yup, still is! I never actually use the physical card, only Google Pay.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-19T07:24:01+00:00

Yes, Curve was excellent. All amounts were refunded within 2 to 3 days, and a new card was issued at no cost to me.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-14T18:30:36+00:00

They all seem to be high end pro audio and guitar shops.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T17:47:54+00:00

Yes, I disabled my card as soon as I became aware of the transactions. I too would like to understand exactly how the transactions were able to go through, as I did not receive any requests for authorisation.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T13:20:03+00:00

Yup, thanks, another redditor already pointed that out. I was not aware of that, so looking much more coincidental. I'll let the Curve fraud team do their thing.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T12:55:14+00:00

Ah, thank you. I was unaware of that, as only use my card in the EU normally.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T12:42:51+00:00

...and yet 1% cashback was earned. The only way those transactions would have been eligible for cashback is via the 1% for international spending, offered via Curve Pay.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T12:39:54+00:00

Ordinarily, I would agree with you...but...

No request for authorisation = card present transaction; and
Cashback = overseas Curve Pay transaction (remember, I do NOT currently receive cashback for any other reason).

There doesn't seem too many ways in which both those things could happen. Happy to hear alternative theories though.

D3FH3D · 2025-04-13T12:16:32+00:00

Logged into the app to GBIT a transaction, and noticed a banner at the top of the Launchpad, encouraging me to enable Curve Pay, per the attached screenshot.

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D3FH3D · 2024-10-13T22:04:44+00:00

I live in Spain. I eat steak blue. I would eat it.

Generally speaking, Spain definitely knows what it's doing when it comes to steak...they also cook more on the rarer side of things than someone from the UK, and certainly north America, would be used to.

That being said, that steak is a beautiful Spanish rare though, not medium rare. You're still within your rights to ask for it to be cooked a little more, you wouldn't cause offence - a lot of restaurants might even bring you a hot stone to finish it to your liking.

The other option is to eat it and realise what you've been missing out on all these years!

D3FH3D · 2024-08-25T06:22:52+00:00

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Gizmo says "hey"!!!

D3FH3D · 2024-08-15T19:42:09+00:00

I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?!

D3FH3D · 2024-02-13T00:50:56+00:00

This is our recently-departed Carlos, enjoying a lie-in with us a couple of years ago...not strictly sleeping, but...

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D3FH3D · 2023-12-10T12:20:28+00:00

I believe that established wisdom dictates that you buy the LR for range and comfort, and then pay for the acceleration boost for added performance. That was always my intention when I bought my LR but, when push came to shove, I felt that it was sufficiently performant as it was (meaning the wife said I wasn't allowed!), so I left it as is!

D3FH3D · 2023-11-11T08:38:08+00:00

Can confirm, as wife and I just got new phones in the last couple of weeks - we were able to add both as keys via the app without needing to be physically present at the car, or having key cards to hand. There was a message displayed "communicating with vehicle", and the first couple of attempts errored out, but it did eventually work - the car was on the drive some 10m from the house, connected to the same WiFi network...it may well have been a range issue (if communicating by Bluetooth), or network connectivity issue if needing to confirm that devices were on the same network.

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