According to my father’s request, the budget is about 50,000, there is a little more space, it is convenient to bring friends when you go out, the quality of the car should be stable, and don’t leave him in the wilderness. It will be better if you have a little more power.

Because my hobby is to hang out in the car forum every day, and I like to take care of my own car when I am free, so I am entrusted with the “arduous” task of choosing and buying a car.
I am a loyal fan of Auto House. The registration date is 2009. I read at least one hour of car information and forum selections in my spare time every day, so I went to used car Home for the first time.
After careful comparison and analysis, three models finally entered the candidate list.

The first 2012 Buick LaCrosse 2.4L SISI deluxe

This is Buick’s most successful medium and large car of the year, with domineering appearance, luxurious interior, top configuration, suspension soft and hard adjustment, Harman Catton stereo, keyless entry, seat ventilation and heating. The car has enough power, convenient maintenance and low fuel consumption. 92 gasoline can be added, which is economical and affordable. It can be said that the LaCrosse meets almost all the needs of his father, and the price of this second-hand boutique car is generally less than 50,000, and the performance-to-price ratio is very high.

When I saw that the price of Volvo S80L 2.5T and 2011 2.0T was generally less than 60,000 in used car home, I was very surprised because of my work. Our company once gave me a 2014 Volvo S60 2.0t Zhiyuan version for more than a year, and I was very impressed by Volvo’s balanced performance in all aspects. Unexpectedly, a higher level of s80L, more than 500,000 luxury medium and large cars landed that year, the price of second-hand cars has fallen to this extent. Volvo has a good reputation for workmanship and quality, and the safety factor is relatively high. The elderly drive out with both face and interior. So this car quickly occupied the first place in my heart and began to watch cars and make comparisons throughout the network.

To be honest, this car was not in my consideration at first, for two reasons, the first reason, the budget of 50,000 can only buy models from 2007 to 2009, the age is too long, the condition of the car can not be guaranteed, the second reason, this car has the common fault of German cars burning engine oil. The reason why I put it on the waiting list is the perfect driving experience of my BMW 320li over the past few years. As an old BMW owner, I can’t escape this option.

After a few days of online search and comparison, the first to be found were two Volvo S80s in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, one of which was a very rare 2006 Volvo S80. After contacting the seller, I immediately booked a high-speed ticket to Wuxi. This is an all-imported model, which was launched in 2007. Although it has been more than a decade, the whole car is well protected both in appearance and interior. And it is a rare 3.2-liter six-cylinder self-priming in Volvo’s entire car system. From the video taken by the seller, we can see that the sound of the car engine is very smooth, the interior decoration is also relatively new, and the maintenance records found, although only in recent years, but basically normal maintenance, in line with the content described by the seller, has been driving a turbocharged engine, this time just experience the fun of high-displacement self-priming driving!

The night before I left, I habitually continued to browse the information about used cars on the Internet, and accidentally saw a very good 2007 BMW 530LI in a fish. As one of the alternative models, the car was located in Nanchang, where I was going to pass by high-speed rail, so I decided to take a look at it when I passed through Nanchang.

When I arrived in Nanchang early the next morning, I saw this BMW 530LI. The seller was a big brother, and he was very cheerful. When he met, he was still in a meeting at the unit, but without even looking at my ID card and driver’s license, he just threw the car keys to me and let me drive out for a test drive. I felt very excited when I had the opportunity to drive this classic model designed by Bangor for the first time. The driving experience is very similar to his own BMW 320, with accurate steering, heavier steering wheel and direct acceleration, which is very different from the explosion after a slight pause in the turbocharged engine. I prefer this steadily improving acceleration experience. It should be said that the driving experience of the old BMW was quite good, making two laps on the road near my brother’s company and then driving back to his unit. Generally speaking, the car is in good condition, the chassis is relatively tight, there is no loose feeling, the appearance and interior are also well maintained, the car is easy to see that there is no major accident, and the final reason for no deal is that there are two problems with this car, the first is that the cab makes a slight noise in complex road conditions, and the other is that the engine noise is very loud, with that kind of top cylinder sound. Last but not least, when I communicated with my elder brother, he said that this problem could be solved, and it was necessary to change the top cylinder in the engine, 60 yuan each, a total of 12, because I was not a professional. Considering that these two problems may not be completely eliminated, I finally decided to continue to Wuxi according to the scheduled plan and take this car as one of the options.

After a short lunch and a rest near my elder brother’s office, I called a taxi and went to the high-speed railway station. Because the departure time from the high-speed railway was already tight, I confirmed the time needed to get on the bus with the driver. The driver assured me again and again that he could arrive at the high-speed railway station at least half an hour ahead of time, but when it was less than 3 kilometers away from the high-speed railway station. When a taxi passed a fork road, a motorcycle suddenly merged into the motor lane from the side non-motorized lane, and the taxi driver did not notice because of the line of sight. When I opened my mouth to remind him, the car had already collided with the motorcycle. Then I saw the motorcycle overturn, the driver flew out, and then tumbled to the ground. Fortunately, the traffic flow was relatively large at that time. Taxis and motorcycles are not fast. The driver also wore a helmet, and the situation was not serious. He sat up immediately after falling to the ground, and then found that he was an uncle who should be strong and could scold the taxi driver in Nanchang dialect that I did not understand. However, when I took another taxi to the high-speed railway station, the train to Wuxi had already left, so I had no choice but to buy a new high-speed train ticket to Shanghai. Because there is no train from Nanchang to Wuxi on that day!

When I got off from the Shanghai high-speed railway station, I was completely bewildered, because I had no plan to come to Shanghai to see the car, and I didn’t pay much attention to the information here, but I was fooled by fate. Now that I have come, I have to stroll around Shanghai. I can’t take a trip in vain, so I booked a room on Ctrip and began to search for information about used cars in Shanghai. However, the first choice was the Volvo S80, there were no suitable models locally in Shanghai, and finally I only found a BMW 525LI that looked very good. This car is in the Pudong second-hand car market, the sales company looks relatively formal, and there are more models, at least you don’t have to worry about being tricked by false information, so you can’t just come to Shanghai so casually. I always had to find a car to have a look. I took the subway to the Pudong second-hand car trading market early in the morning.

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one is, when you arrive at the Pudong used car market with a tourist mentality. I did not expect that this used car company would be so formal, the reception salesman Xiao Yang would be so professional, and the car condition would be so good, the same feeling as when I first bought a BMW 320 a few years ago. I just drove the car on the nearby road for more than ten minutes. I fell, the car condition was so good, the car paint had the glossiness of a new car, and the leather seats with interior decoration had almost no wrinkles. The chassis is as solid and tight as a new car, BMW E60’s most classic silver outside and black interior color, a very rare personal first-hand car, and such an old car has been maintained in a 4S store in recent years, with a real mileage of 160000 kilometers. the whole car has no accident except for the front bumper, and the interior remains as good as new. I have to sigh that only in a big city like Shanghai, it is possible to keep a ten-year-old car in this state. As a result, everything became simple. Immediately after the test drive, we signed a contract to make money, and in the afternoon, we raised the file and transferred ownership. He drove back to Hubei that night.
Looking back on this car purchase experience, it is as wonderful as a TV series. If it hadn’t been for the traffic accident, I wouldn’t have chosen this car at the end of the list. I can only say that BMW and I have this inexplicable fate. Maybe everything is the best arrangement!
Here are the live pictures of the BMW E60 that has remained classic for more than a decade.