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First, prepare to buy a car
Coordinates Wuhan. There are three members of my family. I studied in the UK for four years. I graduated from graduate school and returned home in June. My mother worked in Wuhan and my father worked as a foreign transfer in a southwestern province for three years. I only returned to Wuhan at the beginning of this year, and my position was promoted to a higher level. Over the past three years, three people and three cities, my father goes back to Han once a month, I return home once a year, get together less and leave more, and finally get together this year. Unexpectedly, in September, I got a job in Modu, OFFER. I will go to work next year, and I will soon be separated from my parents.
With my experience of studying abroad, I can buy a duty-free car. In order to reward myself, I mainly rewarded my parents by deciding to be capricious and successfully persuaded them to buy a new car for the family. Enrich yourself, improve yourself, and start with driving (for good reason? )! Because there is already a SUV at home, the new vehicle location is about 500000 cars.
In mid-August, we began to prepare all kinds of materials, among which the Certificate of returned students was issued by the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in the UK and took more than a month. At the end of September, a duty-free car agency for overseas students was contacted. When the company examined the certificate of returned students studying abroad, it found a serious problem: the certificate of studying abroad is mainly to prove the final academic qualifications (postgraduate qualifications). The British graduate system is one year, but after I finished my studies in eight and a half months, I returned home ahead of schedule without waiting for the graduation ceremony, which could not meet the requirement of “studying abroad for more than 9 months and 180 days during the study period”. The “Certificate of studying abroad” also notes that the undergraduate is studying in the UK, but there is no start and end date for the study. The undergraduate diploma is different from the domestic one, and does not indicate the start and end date! The company advised me to ask the embassy to issue a new undergraduate “certificate of study abroad”. There have been many communications in the past ten days, but to no avail. I won’t give up. I’ve been in the UK for four years. The round trip date on my passport is continuous. In mid-October, I tried to contact another agency, and the next day, Manager Ye went to the Customs for consultation and replied: no big problem, need to add some supporting information. Happiness comes a little suddenly, but there is still some uneasiness in my heart. On October 16, I went to the customs to examine and approve the materials, got the customs seal, signed an agency contract with the company, and finally landed. The next day, determine the source of 4S stores: November quota, estimated to 4S stores in mid-late December.
Second, the course of car selection
Because I will go to Mordor next year, after family-friendly negotiation, I happily devolved the right to buy a car to my father.
New car positioning: a medium and large car with a strong sense of technology, high configuration and luxury. In view of the fact that the previously purchased SUV is a niche brand, the choice of increasing the original function is too small, so this time it is mainly chosen from the first-tier brand BBA.
Audi A6L: at that time, it was rumored that a major change was about to be made, so it was ruled out first. It’s mainly a choice between Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Not long after the replacement of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the BMW 5-Series has just completed the replacement, and it will be 2019 from September. Both are established German luxury brands and are the most direct competitors. Mercedes-Benz E-Series: the front stand is full of momentum, extremely elegant, calm atmosphere. The interior is in S-class style, with a sense of luxury, and it is suitable for household business. BMW 5 Series: the classic double kidney-shaped intake grille and the beloved “spoon” lamp feel more suitable for home use. I’ll choose the BMW five-Series. For luxury cars of this level, there is no big difference in handling and comfort. The phrase “driving a BMW and taking a Mercedes-Benz” does not seem to be very applicable. It is more about the brand preference of the car owner. Another reason for choosing BMW: the manufacturer’s co-selection configuration is rich, as long as you are willing to wait, you can choose as much as you want, which is very flexible and convenient. First of all, let’s talk about the choice of color: it always feels that BMW’s classic colors are white and black. As a household, black is biased towards business; the first two cars in the family are all white, and my mother finally decides on moonlight silver, which is moonlight silver. It is said that this is the exclusive color matching of this generation’s 5 series. From different angles, the color is different, and it is very beautiful. Let’s talk about the car model: the choice of sports and luxury suits, Dad thinks he is in his 40s, forget the sports model, love real leather and look up to display these configurations, so dad decided to choose the luxury suit, but the sports style is a pity! Because dad is a configuration control, he starts directly from the 530 premium, and the increased configuration tends to the front row. There are: 1) enhanced driving assistance, 2) front seat comfort seat, 3) front seat active ventilation, 4) advanced fragrance system, 5) rear window electronic sunshade.
Dad was hesitant to upgrade directly to 540Li (554500), and the manufacturer’s discount price difference was 110000. Compared with the selected premium models, there is a difference of 60,000 yuan, the main differences are: engine, suspension and functional configuration. Over and over again, the whole family does not pursue much power, and the additional configuration is a little impractical, so it is better to be a “practical configuration control”.
Final choice: BMW 2019 530Li luxury set + personality option. Manufacturers discount car price for overseas students: 447200, additional: 46800 (manufacturers will give a 5% discount on the increased configuration).
On November 27th, the vehicle went off the line. On December 13, the car went to Wuhan 4s store. On the 14th, get the invoice and certificate and apply for insurance. On the 17th, handle the license, pick up the car, and apply to open the cloud interconnection. On the 21st, Manager Ye accompanied me to the customs to go through the write-off formalities. The entire car purchase process, to the customs declaration and write-off, to 4S store to pick up the car needs to be present in person, other such as the pre-declaration process, communication with 4S store, late duty payment certificate and so on are handled or coordinated by the agency, saving us a lot of time and energy! Give a like to Manager Ye of Wuhan Office of China Automotive Corporation! After dad picked up the car, he added some configuration himself: digital tire pressure monitoring (1300 yuan), the original agreement wireless charging (the function is exactly the same as the original factory, 1255 yuan, is it more cost-effective than the original factory? ), Baohua six-piece cover plate (1780 yuan), hidden driving recorder (729 yuan), etc.
After BMW came home, my mother and I couldn’t put it down and snubbed SUV. Among them, it is also found that BMW 5 has a disadvantage, there are only two seat memory buttons! It’s not enough. Why not design three? Let your parents use it and adjust it temporarily every time you drive.
Thank my parents for everything! There are still half a year to go to work, the time is right, take my parents to travel!