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• [car selection] No longer obsessed with Mercedes-Benz E300L
• [booking a car] it takes a lot of work.
• [waiting for the bus] the quota has been delayed again and again
• [pick up the car] it was said that it was mentioned before or after the year.
• [experience] a tight sense of feet
• [decoration] find a friend and paste xpel’s car and clothes.

In fact, I didn’t value the BMW at first, but I was attracted by the Mercedes-Benz E300L for a long time, mainly the 30-inch * and various configurations. Because the welfare of the company has the big customer discount of Mercedes-Benz, there will be tens of thousands of yuan on the basis of the existing discount, so when you decide to change cars, you quickly go to the Mercedes-Benz 4s store to negotiate the price to see the car. But apart from me, the sales of Mercedes-Benz should be so hanging! Say nothing to me, but also look down on me nobly. “if you test drive, you will be responsible for the traffic problems. Here is the exemption agreement. Please sign it.” This is very uncomfortable, test driving has insurance, if it is the other party’s full responsibility, then the other party’s insurance to bear, my responsibility should also be borne by vehicle insurance, if I should bear, I will not shirk. But it would be very uncomfortable to say that from the sales mouth. After all, I’m here to see the car, not to take responsibility for you.
Although I signed the exemption agreement and tried to drive the car, I was not in a good mood. When it comes to configuration customization, I said I want options such as sapphire blue, geometric multi-beam, and enhanced driving assistance. The seller told me that if these configurations were added, the production time of the vehicle would not be certain. I asked if there was any expectation in the approximate time. “Oh, the last customer handed in the car for about a year and a half.” my kind of wipe, that is, I am not allowed to buy it.
At that time, it was just in time for the company’s employees to buy cars, and some of the offers from the cooperative manufacturers came out. It is learned that the discount intensity of BMW is relatively strong, especially 540li, the discount can be up to 26% (23% discount for manufacturers + 3% for major customers). Resolutely set his sights on BMW, it was a windfall, 4 cylinders were upgraded directly to L6. However, I later learned that it was because of the clearance of inventory and there was no room for optional equipment, so the price was relatively low, which was in July.
Two months later, I really put the change on the agenda. Mercedes-Benz was sad and decisively went to Beijing BMW 4S to see the car (BMW didn’t even have to sign an agreement for a test drive). Finally, 540Li, Hu Carol beige and enhanced driving assist + Broad W speakers are selected.

By comparison, three 4S stores were selected as options, namely, South third Ring Road, Jianguomen and Northwest Wang (I will not mention the name of the specific store). These stores feel that from the point of view of the scale of the store, the store in Jianguomen is the largest, and the price concessions are also the biggest, and they all talked well in the early days, but in the end, when it was time to choose the configuration and sign the car contract, the moth came. I was told that the agreed price could not be filled in the car booking contract, and it should be clearly determined according to the actual situation after the car was offline. Isn’t this for nothing? if it’s expensive later, who am I going to cry to? In the end, repeated negotiations still failed and gave up. So I found the store on the South third Ring Road. Although the price of that store was not the lowest, but the service was the best, but when I asked again, the quota of 540 had already been booked by others.
Finally transferred to the store in Northwest Wang, the discount is also good. Although it is the least of the three, there is also a 17.67% discount (excluding 3% of major customers), but the decoration of 1w3800 should be mandatory. Take a look at the contents of the decoration: BMW original glass film (said to be manufactured by 3M), large surround floor mat, hidden driving recorder, whole car crystal plating, whole car deodorization. I still need it. I’m going to buy it anyway, that’s him. Finally, I booked a car at this 4S on September 7, 2018.
Here, I would like to give special thanks to Miss Doudou, who sold at the 4S store on the South third Ring Road. Although she did not book a car at her home, she gave me a lot of help, including comparing various sales policies, prices, problem solving and so on.

Originally, I booked the car for December 2018, so I can pick it up in early January. However, it was later told that due to the capacity of BMW, all the current production capacity had been moved to the newly listed x3, and the quota of 540 was needed until January 3. I thought to myself, January 3 will be January 3. It was later learned that “03Universe 2019” means the third week of January 2019, not January 3rd. I immediately became hot, this is not deceiving consumers, directly to the 4s theory, sales said that in time for the third week, the Spring Festival no big problem can also lift the car, and then said to give away three times of maintenance. Although I am very angry, the sales attitude is just like that, but that’s it, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Because I also asked all the BMW stores, there is no advance quota.

My car is off the line on January 18, originally normal transportation, January 27 or 28 can arrive at the store, as a result, January 28 told me that the car was locked, the lock reason “technical lock car” specific why do not know. Sales said that half a day this behavior is the behavior of the manufacturer, has nothing to do with the 4s store, I think so, there is no way. I can only take a taxi during the Spring Festival. In this way, the Spring Festival is over, and the first day of work after the Spring Festival (we have 9 days off during the Spring Festival, so I still have a rest on the first day of work), I have a cluttered Wechat and asked the salesman, is the car unlocked? The salesman unexpectedly said, the car has arrived, come to pick up the car today. Guys, do you see the problem? Logistics is not working during the Spring Festival, it is impossible to get to the car on the first day after the Spring Festival, it can only show that the car will arrive before the Spring Festival! Although full of suspicion and atmosphere, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t mention it before the Spring Festival, but I was very excited and went directly to the 4s store.
After arriving at the store, I asked the salesman, what’s the matter? The sales also said helplessly that the car actually arrived 14 days ago (January 27), but because the assistant in charge of inventory was given a pay cut in the store, which led to collective departure, inventory disorder, and all the information was not aligned, so I didn’t know the car had arrived before the Spring Festival.
Expect to listen to the sales people to make up these stories, as consumers are really helpless, but what can be done? It is a pleasure to lift a car. Although there are many loopholes and logical errors in his story, I don’t want to expose him very much. The mileage of the car is 5km, and the car is full of dirt, it is believed that they did not drive this car during the Spring Festival. This is the end of the day. We are ready to pick up the car. -February 11

1. Driving
Forgive me for not driving a six-cylinder car, but at the beginning of driving, the excitement was from the inside out. From the sound of a fire, the acceleration of half-throttle, to the navigation information displayed by full-color HUD. This kind of driving and technology experience has never been experienced before. It is believed that this can not be experienced on the Mercedes-Benz E300L, because such a luxurious configuration can only be felt on the E320L, but the V6 engine of the E320 is relatively old and the speed increase is not as fast as this generation of B58. As for why the word “dense” is always said, it is mainly because the 8-speed Mobil gearbox matches the engine of the B58, because it has been driving the Mondeo 2.0T high-power model, although the speed increase is not bad, but the shift timing and frustration feeling of the six-speed gearbox are still not so linear.
2. Comfort
At first, I didn’t like the BMW seat very much, the seat style was very athletic, and the driver’s seat was too low. And test drive 530m, which is very tiring. This time, the 540 standard nappa luxury seats can always be adjusted to a very satisfactory and comfortable sitting position, which I value more. After all, Beijing commutes most of the time in traffic jams, if the seat is not comfortable, it is a kind of suffering.
3. Fuel consumption
The problem of fuel consumption may be of concern to everyone, and I am also very concerned. My original Ford 2.0 high-power machine has 13.6 fuel consumption, pure cities. The fuel consumption of the 540li is unexpected. Although it is a 6-cylinder 3.0T machine, the fuel consumption can be controlled at more than 13, which is even more fuel-efficient than the original 2.0t engine.

Car clothing this thing, in fact, everyone’s views are still different, thinking that easily 1w or 2.3w cars and clothes are enough to spray paint the whole car 1.2 times, why paste car clothes? In fact, I have several views:
1. Protect the original paint
After all, the original factory paint is only when it leaves the factory, and then a little hurt and then spray is not the original factory paint, it can be said that this is irreversible. Cars and clothes are pasted not to prevent rubbing, but really to guard against owning rowing. When I was in the last car, I never stopped well, but I was still scratched around with a key, which was very distressing. If cars and clothes had been pasted at that time, this would not have happened.
2. Brighten the car paint
My Hu Carol beige, brown with a little bit of pink or champagne, the brighter the better, so another purpose of my car clothes is to brighten the car and make it look better.

A few points worth noting:
1. For the project of cars and clothing, the water is too deep, so we have to find a reliable place to post it.
2. Cars and clothes half look at the goods and half look at the craftsmanship. No matter how good the car and clothes are pasted, it will be in vain. Still need experienced master paste, the edge of the package is tight! It is also not easy to store soil (unwrapped edges tend to stick dirt)