Parked in a small room in the garage.
Parked in a small room in the garage.
Frequent business trips, all over the province and all over the country.
Frequent business trips, all over the province and all over the country.
And often come home late irregularly.
And often come home late irregularly.
Residential community
Residential community
I have been paying attention to Volvo XC40 for more than two years. ? The good impression of the brand comes from a study in Qingdao headquarters. When the leader spoke, he mentioned that Volvo cars would never smell, and grass would be planted. ? Just after the preview of the new product came out, one afternoon my college roommates visited my house and they suggested to me, "What about Volvo? There is a Volvo compact small off-road vehicle to be released soon. " Since then, grass has been planted here. After that, I kept searching for the progress of XC40 in search engines and various car apps. Until the release, price announcement, import and domestic production, when I was really ready to start buying, I paid close attention to the price changes of various channels. In this process, my inner vision, vacillation, firmness and determination have made unremitting efforts for the safety of all models under the Volvo brand after several changes and moves.
As wage earners, the budget is tight and they are sensitive to vehicle prices. Since the release of the imported version, I have a psychological threshold for the price range of this model: between 230,000 and 300,000. Later, when the domestic version was released, I always felt that the budget at that time could not buy the model I wanted, so I put it off again and again. ? In addition to the brand impression and the recommendation of colleagues and friends next to you, the choice of vehicles. My personal values also have a certain influence on my car buying behavior.
Downstairs at the beginning of the epidemic
Downstairs at the beginning of the epidemic
Son's building block
Son's building block
A pandemic in Wuhan at the beginning of Gengzi prompted me to make up my mind infinitely. On that day, when we were ready to leave, we were shocked to see Zhong Nanshan's news about the confirmation of human-to-human transmission. Our hometown is in Hubei, and we need to go back to Wuhan to reunite with the elderly during the Spring Festival. Later, there was no choice but to refund the ticket and find the packed luggage. As time went by, the external environment became more and more tense at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, until the train stopped, the flight was limited, the bus stopped, the bus stopped, it was difficult to get a taxi, and the bicycles enjoyed outside the community were not maintained during the sensitive period, so no available vehicles could be found. Some vegetable markets are closed, so we have to walk to buy food far away. Later, I went to the hospital temporarily and went to work in early March. I either walk or ride a bike for an hour and a half, which brings great inconvenience to my life. This process accelerated my decision to buy a car. ? The last boot fell to the ground because my son, a child in kindergarten middle class, would ask his parents every few days when our family could have a car of their own. One night, after taking a shower, all three of them sat in bed chatting. When I told his mother to buy a small house or a car, he pooled his money to buy a car. We told him that our budget was still a little short, and he immediately expressed his willingness to take out all his lucky money and buy a car with us to tide over the "difficulties". His mother and I perfunctory him, saying that we would buy a car if our son contributed. That night, the child was almost insomnia with excitement. His mother and I were both shocked and moved. I didn't expect children to have such a strong desire to own a car. We deeply blame ourselves. From then on, I made up my mind to buy a car. ? Finally, at the beginning of September, it was sold in a store in Kunming 4S, and the prices and services of other stores were ignored. I am grateful to Mr. Li, the sales consultant who has served me, who has always been reluctant to give up. With his professional, capable and empathetic communication, he helped me win a price acceptable to both parties and follow-up services. Finally, he was moved by his strong efforts and persistence in selling vehicles and decided to sign the contract.
Pick up the car
Pick up the car
Settle down and line up.
Settle down and line up.
In fact, I spent three months wandering in various apps and forums for a long time; Collected almost all gag advertising words about various automobile brands; Enter a strange word in the search box on Du Niang to instantly supplement the relevant knowledge of the vehicle: zero integral ratio, spare parts burden index, working hours burden index, daily maintenance, accident loss rate, complaint sales ratio, et value J, timely four-wheel drive/full-time four-wheel drive, McPherson suspension structure/double wishbone suspension structure/multi-link suspension structure, spiral spring/blade damping spring, multi-disc clutch /XX clutch, and tire size. XC40 uses it to play a stable gearbox (there is almost no sense of frustration when accelerating to 100 yards), a suitable figure (the size of length, width and height is very important for me as a novice), a tall face (simple and fashionable appearance), cornering stability (knowing that the third-party evaluation of the car is above average) and exceeding the expected off-road performance (pulley test and 35-degree slope are at the same level). The actual storage capacity of the trunk (above the average of the same class), the environmentally-friendly and healthy interior with almost no odor (suitable for allergic people), the high-quality air freshening technology in the car, various elk tests, pedestrian ghost probe tests, and relatively static brake tests before and after driving have not let me down. ? During this period, as far as safety is concerned, I know the following efforts made by different brands around the world when building cars: active safety ABS anti-lock braking system, active safety EBD electronic braking force distribution system, active safety TCS traction control system (also known as tracking control system), active safety ESP body electronic stability system (or VSA or VSC), active safety AEB active braking system, AWS anti-collision warning; Passkey and safe ACC adaptive cruise control, lane keeping /LDWS road departure prevention and protection system, intelligent avoidance of opposite vehicles, LCA lane change assistance system, BLIS blind spot information system (with steering assistance), reversing vehicle side warning system (with brake assistance), reversing radar, backward collision warning system, active rear-end collision prevention, fatigue warning system, reversing warning/reversing image/camera, seat belt, Three-lock anti-theft modes of srs airbag and other security anti-theft systems), automatic induction headlights and/or night vision auxiliary systems, night vision systems (such as basic infrared headlights or thermal imaging cameras), child locks, multi-function steering wheels, uphill auxiliary systems, exit assistance, early warning of attention loss in face recognition, the relationship between car body color and accident rate, urban security systems, boron steel alloy local car bodies, etc. By analogy, the XC40 still has the most active and passive safety designs in the industry at present (Volvo's safety board is standard for all models and all configured models, and the fact that China Insurance Research Volvo's other models have 25% collision bias, and other people's recorders trigger urban safety systems, obstacle avoidance systems and various auxiliary systems gives me confidence as a new driver). Volvo is the only brand that engraves "safety" into its bones, just like a tireless pursuit of perfection. Many people say that this car has the active and passive safety configuration of other brands, and safety can't be used as such a big reference score, but what they don't know is that, first of all, compared with the safety configuration of other brands of the same grade, Volvo is mostly optional (even if all Volvo models are equipped with more budgets, it is standard for conscience safety configuration), and secondly, even if they are equipped with more budgets, the measured results of third parties are still far from Volvo. Again, driving safety mainly depends on the driver's personal driving behavior, but isn't the driver deliberately doing this every year? Who doesn't want to be safe?
Right in front of "Thor's Hammer"
Right in front of "Thor's Hammer"
Right behind the Viking Tomahawk.
Right behind the Viking Tomahawk.
Left rearview mirror
Left rearview mirror
Front seat
Front seat
Crystal gear handle
Crystal gear handle
cab
cab
backseat
backseat
Passenger side door
Passenger side door
Driver display screen
Driver display screen
Central control display screen
Central control display screen
Combined with my budget positioning, my wife and I finally chose the T4 Zhiyuan Deluxe Edition XC40, which I was initially optimistic about. ? After the decision, the final payment was made on Sunday, September 13, because the Tmall 1000 coupon was written off before September/0/5. The consultant told me that I could pick up the car the next day, but I secretly called my old father at home and asked him to find someone to calculate the day after one week. After getting everything ready (pulling a red cloth of one foot, six inches and eight inches), I took a friend of mine and drove the car back.
Left rear end
Left rear end
front of a vehicle
front of a vehicle
45 degree edge
45 degree edge
Right rear side 45 degrees
Right rear side 45 degrees
Right rear tail
Right rear tail
Left back 45 degrees
Left back 45 degrees