Chapter 040: Monotonous and boring

"No girlfriend. Fang Yuan has also been tempered by society, and he didn't feel any embarrassment, and generously admitted that he was single.

"It's good to be single. Zhao Fang took out her mobile phone, pulled out a photo, and leaned in front of Fang Yuan and said happily, "Look at my cousin, this year is twenty-one ......."

Fang Yuan stared at his phone and found that the girl inside was as beautiful as a flower, with a well-proportioned figure, and no powder......

Very good girl, Fang Yuan was pondering, and suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the road in front of him, gesturing secretly, and squeezing his eyebrows, as if he had something to say.

"Is there something hidden?" Fang Yuan chuckled in his heart, realizing that Lu was hinting at his refusal, so he immediately shirked his busy work and said it when he was free.

"Okay, when you're free, let's get together. Zhao Fang didn't notice her husband's abnormality, and happily offered to let Fang Yuan contact her as soon as he had time in the future.

Fang Yuan didn't want to say anything about meeting and having dinner, so he immediately changed the topic and told Lu Zheng and his wife that the third one was through the Sheng.

Fang Yuan said that through the Sheng, he did not mean that he had to go off-road, say Tianpo, break through the cross shaft, and cross the shell crater, but to cross the potholes in the city and get on the road.

When you get out of the city, walk on unpaved roads, pass bad roads, and have the ability to go lightly off-road.

Don't look so simple, if the chassis is not high enough, not solid enough, and it hits the oil pan, it will be troublesome to support the bottom.

There are three indicators to measure the passing of an SUV, which are chassis height (ground clearance), approach angle and departure angle.

"What is the approach angle, the departure angle?" Lu Zheng was very confused, saying that he didn't understand.

Fang Yuan took the trouble to explain seriously.

The approach angle refers to the angle between the tangent line of the front wheel and the ground when the car is fully loaded and stationary.

The larger the approach angle, the easier it is for the car to climb up the ramp from flat ground, and the better the ability to pass through the car, the less likely it is to have a contact accident.

The departure angle refers to the angle between the rear end protrusion of the car and the road surface when the car is fully loaded and stationary.

The larger the departure angle, the steeper the ramp can be descended without worrying about the rear bumper getting stuck and unable to move.

The minimum ground clearance is the distance between the lowest point of the car and the road surface, except for the wheels. It reflects the car's ability not to collide with obstacles such as rocks and tree stumps.

Of course, there are exceptions, and some models equipped with variable suspension have a different value for the chassis height (ground clearance), approach angle and departure angle because the body can be raised and lowered.

In general, the minimum ground clearance for a sedan is between 110 mm and 150 mm.

The larger the ground clearance of the car, when it exceeds 130 mm, the passing energy is relatively good, but the high-speed stability is poor.

The smaller the ground clearance, below 110 mm, the better the high-speed stable performance, but the worse the through-speed performance.

Hardcore off-road vehicles focus on off-road performance, and their minimum ground clearance is generally between 200 mm and 250 mm, such as the Wrangler's minimum ground clearance of 220 mm.

Urban SUVs focus on road energy, with a minimum ground clearance of between 150 mm and 200 mm.

Geely Boyue fully loaded minimum ground clearance of 170 mm, approach angle 20 degrees, departure angle 24 degrees, data is relatively good, up and down 20 cm high road teeth no problem, if you want to off-road, then forget it, professional things, or professional models to come.

The fourth is the drive form.

If you often want to travel by car or the road conditions are not very good, of course, you should choose a four-wheel drive, although the SUV is not strictly a real hard-core off-road vehicle, after all, rain and snow, mud or general non-paved roads can still cope with it.

In this case, Fang Yuan recommended that he choose a two-wheel drive, and the power was enough.

Geely Boyue's 2016 model has two engines: 2.0-liter and 1.8T, front-wheel drive.

Fang Yuan's recommendation to Lu Zheng is a 2.0L 141 horsepower L4 engine with a 6-speed manual gearbox.

The maximum power is 104, the maximum torque is 178, it will not give people a strong feeling of pushing back, but the power output is relatively smooth and soft, and there is a problem of abnormal engine noise and shaking.

The 2.0L engine is stable and okay, but after a long time, there will be oil leakage from the engine valve chamber pad, and it is also necessary to pay attention to whether there are large areas of oil stains on the timing chain cover.

Compared with the engine, the gearbox of the 2016 Geely Boyue has been seriously dragged back.

This 6-speed manual transmission shifts, throttle release, low-speed stuttering, and loud noises when shifting up and downshifting.

Fuel consumption is also high, so for a long time, there are about 12 congested sections in the urban area and about 7 at high speeds.

Geely Boyue's 6-speed manual gearbox is rotten like this, and it is also stronger than the 1.8T.

The 1.8T is powered by a 6-speed automatic manual transmission powered by Australia's DSI, a transmission company wholly owned by Geely.

Although it is also an AT gearbox, it is too far from the AT gearbox of Audi, Toyota and other manufacturers.

High fuel consumption, oil seepage, gearbox shake and abnormal sound when starting, not as good as Audi, Toyota's tuning level.

After normal driving, the gear switch is also relatively slow, especially when speeding up, the gearbox needs a certain reaction time,

What's even more bizarre is that the fuel tank is full of abnormal noise, that is, when passing through bumpy roads, it will come from the lower part of the fuel tank, which is caused by the lack of wave protection plates inside the fuel tank, especially at night It sounds more troublesome.

"Ah, the gearbox is so rubbish?" Lu Zheng was taken aback by the fuel consumption of Geely Boyue, and the fuel consumption of his previous Wuling Light was only a few?

However, Lu Zheng let out a long breath, fortunately, Fang Yuan recommended a 2.0L manual transmission to himself, so there were not so many bad things.

"Boyue can definitely be said to be super high in terms of configuration, and it is rare to have such a rich configuration at a price of 60,000 yuan. Fang Yuan introduced that the value retention rate of domestic SUVs is generally very low, and the value retention rate of Geely Boyue is okay, even if it is to be replaced in the future, it will not lose much money.

"Just buy this Geely Boyue. Zhao Fang, who was in charge, made a final decision, and at the same time, they were also very curious about the other Dongfeng handsome car introduced by Fang Yuan, and asked to take a look now.

The budget for Lu Zheng and his wife to buy a car is 80,000 yuan, and this Geely Boyue used 60,000 yuan, and the remaining budget of 20,000 Huaxia yuan is too little.

Fang Yuan struggled with his brain cells to think of the 2014 Dongfeng Shuaike, which was licensed in February 2015 and currently has a mileage of 63,000 kilometers.

(I've been driving this car for so long, so I'll tell you about it.) ）

Fang Yuan led the two of them to the Dongfeng handsome car, and looking at it from a distance, Lu Zheng and Zhao Fang frowned.

Because there is no comparison, there is no harm, the front face of the Geely Boyue just now has a ripple grille with water droplets, fog lamps in the style of jade Ruyi, and a cheetah waistline, and a double-sided exhaust, the overall appearance is atmospheric and beautiful.

And what about this Dongfeng handsome guest?

The white body is square, without the rounded lines of Geely Boyue.

The black trapezoidal grille in front is very large, and the square headlights on both sides have no bright spots, and the overall performance makes Lu Zheng and his wife feel monotonous and boring, and they can't arouse a little bit of interest in appreciation.

If Fang Yuan hadn't introduced this Dongfeng handsome passenger earlier, it would only cost twenty-three thousand, and Lu Zheng and his wife wouldn't want to go one step further at all.