All right, Hello, everyone. I’m here in the late stage of procrastination. As a “rookie”, I have been wandering in the forum for so long. Every time I see your best posts, I make up my mind to write the same good post every time. From Lexus RX350 to BMW 540i, when I finally drive 540i for more than 5000 kilometers, I think that if I don’t post again, it is estimated that the owners of 2021 540i will post, and then I type these lines. My literary talent is limited and can not be compared with the great god of the forum, and it is purely a personal experience. Please spray it lightly. In addition, although the first post has a lot of words and a little more pictures, it is all what I think in my heart. You can help yourself. do not want to see the front self-affectionate expression and memories to see behind the car selection link, thank you.
Maybe at the beginning, unlike most riders, I didn’t like cars when I was a kid. As a military trainee fan who loved weapons from primary school to military, airplanes and tanks were my favorite, especially when I first went to Zhuhai Air Show in 1996 to see all kinds of airplanes and the roar of jet engines. Oh, my God! This is the representative of modern human technology. Then I went abroad to study, and then I gave up a summer vacation to get a driver’s license in China. The car is a means of transportation for me. By contrast, the subway is my favorite, because I don’t have to find a parking space.
Since I graduated from college and got a master’s degree, my first car has come to me as a reward for my parents. Lexus classic RX350,V6 engine, 272hp, but speed up 7.7s, forget it, don’t think about driving too fast.

How appropriate and real this picture is to me. After I was admitted to the master’s degree that year, I wanted to stay quietly in the UK for an otaku’s life, but my mother called, your father bought you a car, hurry back, and then ask carefully, Lexus confirmed, V6 engine confirmed, suffix 350 also confirmed, OK, find car data which is strong, naturally is the car home, a look since it is GS350 Oh, my God! This acceleration, this appearance, instantly felt like finding a girlfriend, booked a flight home immediately, and the result was. When the Hong Kong bus arrived in Jinan University, my father came to pick me up. At this time, I saw a RX270. My father pointed to the car I bought for you. Isn’t it beautiful? your configuration is high, is it the new model or 350,6 cylinders? Oh, my God! What is all this stuff? how can you buy SUV? How could I forget to ask whether it was the SUV or the car? I was depressed on the way home, thinking that I didn’t buy the first car on my own. After returning to work, I simply drove the 2003 American version of my father’s old car, because the RX350 consumed too much gas, and I had road anger at the beginning of driving. I honed myself by driving an old car, because I couldn’t catch up with anyone.

OK, back to the point. After returning to China, I met my girlfriend, who is now my wife. I met the right person at the right time. I soon got married. Looking at my father’s beauty, I had the idea of changing cars, because my father’s beauty has been in Guangzhou for more than ten years. Guangzhou is one person and one car. The quickest way for me to change my father’s car is to change my father’s car. In fact, I planned it for a long time, but my father didn’t want to.

What kind of car should I buy first?
As a senior Japanese fan, Cantonese, I already like Japanese cars, but Lexus drives away in this way, the power does not meet my heart is still a little passionate pretty boy! And my wife doesn’t like Japanese cars, so naturally it’s BBA. American cars don’t think about it at all.
At the end of 17 years, I felt that the time was ripe to change cars. Jiamei has been driving for more than 300,000 kilometers for 15 years. I can think of a change, so let’s try it first. Here, I really want to thank my wife for her support, because she doesn’t know anything about cars. So as long as I like her, how can I ask for this?
My specific requirements are as follows: budget: 500000-600000 cars, station wagons, not SUV anyway
Power: it is better to have six cylinders or five cylinders. Four cylinders are almost there.
Appearance: younger, more athletic, but not too high-profile.
Practicality: home, thinking that his wife and future children will sit on it, safety and space are essential.

OK, Beijing Mercedes-Benz has not considered, this analysis, the choice of only two cars, a replacement: Audi A6L 3.0T and BMW 540LI, replacement is Volvo S90 T5, but since driving relatives of the A6L 3.0T, that power really surprised me! That’s awesome. It’s really cool to run on the highway. All right, Volvo doesn’t want it. Ha. Compare the BMW 540LI budget overruns, then the A6L, because the replacement is just waiting for a while, and then there is Guangzhou Auto Show to see all kinds of new cars, various Audi 4S stores to look at cars, without 3.0T test driving to find 2.0T. I once thought that this car would be the first car I bought myself, because the price was really good and it felt good to drive. But slowly I found that the back seat of the car was so hard that I couldn’t stand it. How could I drive a long distance? Do not compare with RX350, the same beauty is hard, I comfort myself that there is no perfect car, but I do plant a seed in my heart that I do not like this car, and then because my wife is pregnant, the purchase of a car will be delayed, and then my old friend bought a new A6L 45 TFSI. Well, this is my car, ha, since I brazenly tested the formaldehyde problem of the legendary car, OK, it really exceeded the standard. If you have a child, you will PASS! Although the price of 3.0T is really attractive! I gave up for the sake of my family.
The next news surprised me. 540 is not made in China. It’s depressing. Although it is over budget, there are really not many choices. I have dinner with two friends one day, and both friends are senior cyclists. One of them said, you can consider the imported version of BMW 540i, continue to find the car home, power 3.0T, 100km acceleration 5.1 seconds, the shape is good, the size is enough, after all, the child is still young, the back row is not too big. Although there is no test drive, but continue to run the 4S store in Guangzhou to see the car, here I would like to thank my dear wife, as the finance minister of the family, the BMW 540i is really not cheap if I buy a car by myself, and my parents do not sponsor it. I feel guilty, but my wife’s words moved me to tears: “Honey, it’s better to buy a car you love than to drive a car you don’t like.” I support you. “next, in the plot with my mother, the transfer plan has begun quietly (dare not change without my mother’s approval, Jiamei is my father’s” * “).
Finally, after countless separate tests to see the car, with his wife to choose a car, in this praise under a treasure of Xiaoya classmate, really is a professional, answer questions do not beat around the bush, what is clear, visited so many 4S, really her team is really good! In the end, the wife chooses the interior, the outside, the body color, polar frosted ash with mocha color plus ACC, why not choose to enhance? Because it is useless, the ACC is enough, the highway in Guangdong is very congested, and the enhancement cannot be used. What do you mean that there is no congestion in other provinces? Don’t jam this car and drive ACC obediently? Unfortunately, there is no previous ceramic option, it is really a pity, and then the front seat ventilation did not choose is also a mistake, I never thought that the BMW air conditioning is even worse than expected, Lexus only 5 minutes outside 40 degrees can cool down, BMW. So every time my wife sits in the copilot and Lexus’s seat is ventilated, she feels very cold, especially if she is wearing a skirt. You know (funny).
OK, waiting slowly, mid-February and off-line, early March boarding, across the Mediterranean Indian Ocean, the South China Sea, although the COVID-19 epidemic on the earth continent, but the cargo ship carrying my beloved 540i still rain or shine, smoothly arrived at Guangzhou Huangpu Port. Six months of waiting! Six months of waiting!

Let’s talk about the experience of driving 5000 kilometers: I have only driven it once in the economy mode and didn’t feel too much, so let’s not talk about this mode. It’s generally the comfort mode. In this mode, the power is already very powerful and you can already cope with all kinds of feelings you want to drive fast without losing your safety. If you are stuck in a traffic jam, you will feel frustrated at low speeds, especially when it is below 20. However, I think this depends on the running-in. This running-in is not only about the mechanical running-in, but also the realm of integration of people and vehicles. In this way, you have a deep understanding of the horsepower throttle, speed, and brakes of the car. Driving is naturally comfortable, and a car with a T can accept all setbacks. No setbacks were found in other situations. After driving for 2500 kilometers, I started to turn on SP mode. It is Sports + Bar. It is very powerful. The GIBORI’s friends are not worse than that of my friends. The only thing is that the exhaust sound is not as loud as it is. The overall exhaust sound is still there., but you just have to roll down the window to listen. The SP mode on the roads in Guangzhou is already overpowered. I personally feel that it can still be used on high speeds, but everyone, pay attention to driving! Safety comes first! In addition, I spit on the tires. The sound of explosion-proof tires walking on asphalt roads is okay, but when I came back from Foshan and walked on the Guangming Expressway, I didn’t know what it was. It felt like walking in the sand and it was very loud. I thought I had a flat tire. Explosion-proof tires are delicate, be careful of pits when driving on urban roads! Especially remember that asphalt roads are not afraid of the sun but are afraid of rain. After rain, there will be many pits. In addition, the overall sound insulation effect is still good, and the fuel consumption is not high, which really adds a lot of points.