There is a car called "Volkswagen God Car". There is a joke on the internet that: adding a butt is sagitar, shortening is Polo, leveling is cool, lengthening is Passat, and renaming is Magotan. ?

Yes, it is Volkswagen Golf. And I am a Volkswagen Golf Owner and Car Editor for over 0/0 years. At present, I am doing one thing: sell this six-generation golf and start Skoda Ming Rui PRO.

Ask me what I have learned in this process. That is: reluctantly give up what you love and meet a new lover.

Some memories of golf 6

/kloc-in the past 0/0 years, this golf 6 has traveled170,000 kilometers, accompanied me through countless ups and downs, witnessed my transformation from a sunny teenager to a bearded uncle, and left countless impressive memories. I ran farthest around Qinghai Lake.

But I know that my story with golf will eventually pass.

Old age left a striking time mark: the color of the car body changed from candy white to cheese yellow, and various rubber and plastic parts inevitably showed signs of aging. Although the car is still very good, I don't have the conditions for permanent collection. I'd better get going while I can still make some money in the used car market.

I have been obsessed with cars since high school. I have read many professional automobile magazines and know a lot about GTI, Golf R and other performance parameters (on how an automobile editor is tempered? )。 After graduation, I entered the automobile media, which coincided with the launch of the new Golf 6 car in September 2009. I started decisively. My car is probably the first golf 6 sold in Chengdu. When the new car arrived, the police of the vehicle management office took a photo. It is said that this picture will be used in the driving licenses of all the six owners of white golf in the city.

By the way, this car is still the top match among the top matches. The top price was more than 1.6 million, but this car factory gave it an optional package of 1.7 million (xenon headlights and the arrogant Volkswagen RNS 5 10 car at that time), one of which was more than 1.8 million. Magotan can be bought today.

The last thing I expected was that after I picked up the car, Golf 6 started the price increase mode for more than three years, and it gradually subsided until shortly before delisting. 1.4T engine +powershift has also been introduced to the market from Golf 6, which has opened the glory of Volkswagen 10 for many years. From this perspective, Golf 6 is also the undisputed most successful generation.

Some entanglements in the process of changing cars

With the arrival of the little life at home, changing cars was officially put on the agenda, and I began to think about what kind of car to change.

As a car editor, I test drive dozens of new cars every year. To tell you the truth, I have contacts from the entry level of 50,000 yuan to Maibakh with more than one million yuan. However, as the saying goes, it is not easy to choose a new car that really suits you.

I was so obsessed with Highlander that I even planned to start. I am used to driving a small car like Golf 6, and I hope to use a big car for a change. However, the new Highlander has just been listed, with a higher price, and there is no car yet. The real reason why I finally gave up Highlander was that I didn't really have a strong demand for seven seats. At the same time, Highlander's center console design is a bit old-fashioned and the interior is also very ordinary. For a 300,000 car, the leather content is obviously insufficient.

"The car that life can't bypass"-BMW 3 Series is also one of my favorite cars. At that time, our friends of Golf 6 Racing Association basically changed cars, and the people who changed BMW 3 Series and 5 Series were the most. In fact, these two groups have something in common. Golf 6 is well controlled and the body is smart and compact. Many friends dare to get off the track, which coincides with BMW's excellent driving experience. However, it seems that the new BMW 3 Series has never solved the problem of low-speed frustration. Even though I think it's a golden right foot, the drag feeling is obvious when I release the throttle, which makes people suspect that I am driving a recyclable pure tram.

There are also new energy vehicles represented by Tesla, with obvious advantages and disadvantages. It's really easy to drive and the travel cost is low. I can totally accept new energy vehicles. However, my community does not have the conditions to install ground charging piles, so I can only veto it by one vote.

Why did you finally choose Ming Rui PRO?

After a big turn, I finally chose the 2023 Ming Rui PRO Deluxe Edition, which is the highest configuration. The manufacturer's guide price is 654.38+054.9 thousand, and the discount of 4S shop is 654.38+070 thousand. Finally, the price of bare car was 654.38+037.9 thousand.

Many friends asked me why I finally chose a car with a price similar to that of Gao 6. Is it a little conservative? There are many reasons: the sense of responsibility brought by the imminent birth of a child, and the mentality of "reading thousands of books is dull" as an automobile editor in the face of future uncertainty.

Before I drove the old six, I once thought that the old six was a "magic car", but after I really owned the old six, I found that it was just a "grocery car" after all, but it was just right for me. As an ordinary family car, Gao 6 doesn't have such strong performance, but its performance in all aspects is very balanced, which exposes the fact that it is a German car-making concept.

This "virtue" is manifested in its simple appearance, attention to technical details and great concern for drivers' feelings. /kloc-German cars of more than 0/0 years are used to the feeling that the chassis is solid, responsive, flexible and easy to open, so the change is basically locked in German.

Ming Rui PRO has the same "three big parts" as Volkswagen, including engine, transmission and chassis design. Compared with Gao 6, Ming Rui PRO has obvious intergenerational advantages: the engine is upgraded from EA11to EA2 1 1. Although the displacement of 1.4 liter remains unchanged, the maximum power is increased from 96kW to/KLOC-0. DSG powershift is also more mature and reliable, and it can hardly feel the frustration of low-speed shifting, which is much stronger than that of High 6. In addition, Ming Rui PRO was born on the Volkswagen MQB EVO platform, and its technological content has been significantly improved compared with the previous Volkswagen PQ35 platform.

Although my senior 6 is also the best match, it looks "shabby" compared with the luxury version of Ming Rui PRO today. Ming Rui PRO Deluxe Edition has many functions that it doesn't have, such as reversing image, ventilation and heating of front seats, 12. 1 inch touch screen supporting CarPlay and CarLife, 30-color ambient lights in the car, and PM2.5 filter in the car, not to mention that Ming Rui PRO Deluxe Edition also supports L2-class intelligent assisted driving, which makes it easy to realize full-speed adaptive cruising and drive at high speed.

And my favorite feature of "small body and large capacity" is more prominent in Ming Rui PRO, which is the only one and the reason why I gave up sagitar. That's the hatchback feature of Ming Rui PRO. The hatchback presents a natural sliding back shape, which is handsome and practical. After putting down the back seat, you can get a huge space of 1482L, and all strollers and camping equipment can be easily stored.

I picked up the car.

The process of picking up the car went smoothly. The only regret is that I like "Energy Orange" best. This color is the advertising color of Ming Rui PRO official map. With Skoda's latest family design, it is angular and very in line with the aesthetics of modern people.

It seems that we can only hope for the later revision. It should be a new story. I chose quantum gray, which is also very eye-catching and has a sense of technological trend.

The sales brother of the Skoda 4S store in Jianguo was very enthusiastic and professional, and readily gave a discount of 654.38+0.7 million, and said that if you choose the full loan, there are more discounts. After checking the appearance and interior of the new car, everything is normal, so get on the card quickly.

The 4S store also held a formal delivery ceremony. In contrast, the last experience of buying a car was like grabbing food at the vegetable market, haha.

On the way home with a new car, a familiar and fresh feeling came to my mind: all the operations were so familiar, needless to say, even the road feedback felt "the same". As the wheels lightly cross the road, the freshness is more like the spring breeze outside the window.

Looking forward to my future story with Ming Rui PRO. In the next few months, we will make a more detailed evaluation of this Ming Rui PRO. Whether you are an old driver or a novice, if you also have troubles and troubles in choosing a car, please pay attention to us and learn more stories about car use and car purchase.

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