1. Original intention
On January 25, 2017, on the eve of the Chinese New year in Wuhan, my wife suddenly said that your old Mondeo is almost ten years old. Is it time for a change? Thinking that his wife, who had no feelings for the car, would not take the initiative to change the car, it was a secret delight in her heart, so she solemnly replied, “it’s time to change one for the sake of safety.” Looking back now, it has been exactly one year.
I dawdled for two months after returning to Shanghai. I started to shoot my own cards in April. I thought I would have to do it ten or eight times anyway, but in September, I was in a hurry to shoot it with the education network wireless network in the school conference room, and I got lucky. All right, let’s start choosing cars.
2. Choose a car
To be honest, like most car buyers, they only have a superficial understanding of cars, and before a test drive, the primary selection is mainly based on brand and appearance. For reasons that we all understand, Japanese and Korean cars are not considered; German BBA is definitely in the alternative range; and since there is nothing wrong with driving Mondeo in the past ten years, the United States is also under consideration.
Further narrow the scope, old age is not confused, face is always wanted, and financially affordable, so it is a little regret to filter out the Ford Taurus, who has always been liked by Mondeo. Ford’s sharp evaluation is good, but I have no feelings about it, especially the two big white stripes in the net, how uncomfortable; Cadillac’s tearful eyes have not been interested, Pass; Lincoln’s six-speed gearbox, old interior design, Pass. Audi? My wife vetoed it for me for a strange reason: she went to Germany for a short visit for a month, saying that many Germans disliked Audi when they talked about it. As for Volkswagen, as a manufacturer who is good at studying Chinese people, its profits are second to none in China, but the quality I can observe is really unflattering. Several colleagues have bought too many kinds of Volkswagen cars. I have witnessed many cases in which I am even more averse to Volkswagen than Japanese cars. Well, according to his wife, “Don’t you just want a Mercedes-Benz and BMW?”
From the bottom of my heart, my initial goal was the Mercedes-Benz E300L luxury. In March 2017, a black sign was often heard under the office building of the park, and the appearance was so powerful that it felt like not marrying a concubine at that time (so falling in love at first sight is a lie, especially for men over 40). I went home and told my wife that the car price was 500000 over budget by 25%, and I didn’t quite agree. But it’s still the first choice in my heart.
The first day of watching the car. On the third day of National Day, I began to watch the car. I shouted “Mercedes-Benz E, I’m here”. I took my wife and son to drive to the nearest Yuexing Mercedes-Benz 4s store. When I was approaching, I found that there was a BMW 4s store by the side of the road. This is how fate comes! My wife said to take a look at BMW first, so we entered the first 4s store-Baojing, and got on the first exhibition car-530Li luxury. At that time, I had no idea that I would finally buy this car in this store! Up to now, I still don’t know the status of Baojing in Shanghai. Now all I know is that the sellers can brag and cheat, and the opponents all despise it. But in the end, I came back here to buy the first car I saw. I thought this fate is really unstoppable.
Back to the point, I took a brief look at the 528, 530 luxury and X5 in the Baojing Exhibition Hall and asked if the sales had a test drive. It is said that not for the time being. In my heart, I despise what kind of 4s store this is? There is no test drive of the best-selling models. With Mercedes-Benz E in my heart, I pulled up my wife and children and went straight to Yuexing across the road. The first time I sat in E, maybe I saw too many photos, but I felt less amazing. Yuexing is good, providing a test drive for GLC and E320. After the test drive, I was disappointed with GLC. The comfort, space, interior decoration and sound insulation were not ideal. According to my wife, it was not worth more than 400,000 yuan, which was worse than the price she had seen several times. Of course, the power of the E320 is needless to say. As soon as the sales got on the bus, they pressed the sport+ mode, and the power felt very fierce. I am quite satisfied with it. How about my wife? She said that she was generally comfortable in the back row and felt more forward when braking. Later, I realized that the back seat was too narrow. My wife also suggested that I try to drive the E300L and 530Li before making a decision.
The second day of looking at the car. On October 4, a family of three went to Caobao Road Mercedes-Benz and Wuzhong Road BMW 4s store to test drive. Mercedes-Benz in Caobao Road test-drive E300L, this time noticed that the engine sound is very loud, a little disappointed. When we arrive at Baoxin, Wuzhong Road, both 530 Deluxe and X528i have a test drive, so try both. All right! Here comes the thing. As soon as I get on the X5, I feel like I can’t come down. Do I feel surprised by the speed of empathy? The person who is not married without a concubine immediately changes. Then test-drive 530, the mind has been fully focused on how to persuade his wife to pay for the X5, the test-drive experience can be imagined. Wife and children feel very satisfied, comfort is very quiet, but feel that the X5 is a little bumpy, the seat is also too hard.
Although my wife did not agree to buy X5, after many soft and hard bubbles, I had no choice but to agree. Baojing’s sales are closely watched, and you are informed that it is either a store celebration or an event, and it is finally understood that it is indeed cheaper than other stores, coupled with the presence of a car, and finally put down a deposit of 10,000 yuan one day in late October-X528i of Starlight Brown. But I don’t know why, but I didn’t feel happy after I made up my mind. After thinking about it, first, I feel that the X5 engine with 2.0 is always a little different, the second is that the configuration is too far from the new 5 and the new E, and the third is that I want to upgrade to X5 elegance. When I went back to tell my wife, as a result, the anger of Thunder felt that I was getting more and more demanding, and that I had no spirit of contract. In any case, in the end, I returned the order and lost 3000 yuan as a result of the deposit.
3. Buy a car
Over the next two months, X5 elegance and GLE320 were still being considered in the early stages. Later, after many test drives, the home learned more and more, slowly calmed down, and more and more felt that 530 was the best choice in terms of budget, driving performance, family ride comfort, technology and configuration. Oddly enough, colleagues and friends around us, post-60s and post-70s, basically recommend SUV, but almost all post-80s and post-90s generation unanimously recommend cars. And the initial love-Mercedes-Benz E, in addition to the face is still the same, steel body, imitation leather, noise, low configuration, low comfort has made my heart can not go, God can not go.
At the end of December, I planned to book a car at Baoxin, but an acquaintance (a friend of a colleague) I had contacted before called and informed him that he would be transferred to Baojing in January. I contacted him in early January and informed him that there were existing cars that were currently available and the prices were relatively beautiful. Only more than 560,000 yuan of decoration and 13000 yuan of insurance were available with QJ. Because I love to sweat, seat ventilation is the first choice, and the volcanic red Dakota is my true love than Nappa. Therefore, I regret to give up the luxury of Hud and ordered the exclusive M suit with the manufacturer’s gesture control on January 13. The full payment was paid on the 17th.
It is necessary to explain my attitude towards optional options. In fact, I personally feel that I can choose as much as possible, especially Hud and enhanced driving assistance. It’s just that I wanted to get the car before the New Year, but I felt that the two-month option might be lowered from the car price and was not cost-effective, so I gave up selecting and binding the car.
4. Pick up the car
When booking a car, an acquaintance told me to pick up the car at the end of January. These ten days have been really tormenting. I spend more time on the home every day than on WeChat. When the sales notice arrived on the 28th, I sent my ID card to apply for a temporary license, and picked up the car on the 30th. When I arrived at the store, I asked when the license would be available, and the salesperson said awkwardly that it would be New Year’s Eve-Baojing’s bad habit of detaining certificates came again, and I was asked to open a temporary license for the New Year. I immediately said that I would go back to my hometown during the Spring Festival and I must sign up before the New Year. Later, acquaintances coordinated and notified me on the 29th to pick up the car and put on the license plate on February 6 to do it together. On the 1st, an acquaintance gave me a small surprise and informed me that the car could be picked up on the 3rd. I didn’t sleep well all night on the evening of the 2nd. Today, Xi Dapu took his wife and children to bring the car back. In the end, I decided that 530Li would enjoy M, and I felt gratifying!
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