Volume 1 Chapter Ninety-Five: Collecting Ramblers and Goyle
Yao Pengfei's Chrysler Edifier TP, the car condition is quite good, the maintenance is in place, the engine is particularly clean without cleaning, there is no oil leakage in the old car, and the leather seats are not cracked.
If you take a closer look at the Edifier PT, you will find that the details reveal a lot of modern car styling concepts.
Teardrop-shaped headlights, integrated front bumper. At the same time, the headlights and rear taillights extend to the flared wheel arches, reminiscent of the Dodge sedans of the 40s.
The roofline is also inspired by the sedan style of the '40s, and the high-strength body roll cage ensures structural strength when the roof is raised. The three-sided side windows and sturdy B- and C-pillars continue the retro style of the vehicle.
"There's a reason why this car is expensive, and it's made of sturdy materials. Xing Yu sighed when he saw the roof of the car.
"No, this trolley weighs more than 1.5 tons, and the front suspension is quasi-MacPherson independent suspension with coil springs. The rear suspension type is a torsion beam rear suspension with stabilizer bars, and the Watt connecting rod used in the rear suspension not only maintains the beating of the suspension, but also greatly reduces the space occupied by the rear suspension in the baggage compartment. The sincerity of the designer can still be felt here. Yao Pengfei followed and introduced.
"But overall, the suspension is softly tuned, and the shock absorbers absorb vibrations from the road surface well under normal driving conditions, and the roll is well controlled when cornering. If you want to have any intense driving ideas, don't think about drift races or anything. It is estimated that the goal pursued by engineers is only comfort. ”
"Who will drive this car to drift, the shock absorption is not terrible, just add a few shock absorption rubber blocks to the spring when you sell it." "Xing Yu wants to see this car is not running for the race and drifting, this car is designed to be comfortable at the beginning.
Except for the shape of some control buttons, the four-spoke steering wheel, four small silver cylinders support the entire disc, and the simple structure is almost difficult to see in modern models.
The shift lever is just as round, and the simple metal bar is combined with the same simple spherical handle, and this hard-to-just simple combination, although rare now, was the most common combination more than 50 years ago.
The upper part of the center console is made of lacquered and glossy material, and the three circular instrument panels are independently embedded in this panel, which harmoniously form a circular world with the air conditioning vents, the air conditioning control buttons, and the round clock in the middle.
"Do you feel like you're driving a classic car 40 years ago?" Xing Yu said, looking at the round eyes full of circles.
"I've never driven a classic car, but the designs aren't flattering at all. BMW mini is also round things, but it looks more coordinated than this. Qiu Pengfei, who was also sitting in the car, said.
"But the sight and riding space of this car are much better than mini. Xing Yu touched the steering wheel, adjusted the seat and said.
"Eh, you probably won't want it when you try it later. For this Edifier, which has been backlogged for almost a year, Qiu Pengfei has no feeling at all.
"Bring me the keys and let me run around, we're mules and horses coming out for a lap. Xing Yu had never driven this car before, but thinking that after all, there was a 2.4 displacement, and it was a double overhead camshaft 16-valve engine, and the power should not be too bad.
The on-road vehicle was smooth, with some small potholes, and there were no big bumps when the speed bumps were passed.
Relying on the good relationship with Qiu Pengfei, Xing Yu drove directly on the highway, which is actually known to those who sell cars, it is particularly annoying, on the highway, many problems are exposed, not to mention, such savage driving, the damage to the vehicle is also very serious, driving a strange car on the highway, I don't know the acceleration time, and the braking distance is also prone to some bad traffic accidents.
"CAO, this is a 2.4 engine? On the high-speed, Xing Yu couldn't help but burst into foul language, the throttle was light as if he was stepping on the air, but he only saw howling and didn't go when he accelerated the speed, stepped on the throttle deeply, and the speed reached 4000 rpm, and the speed of the car increased without any feeling of pushing back.
"As with the chassis design, the people who designed it only thought about comfort, and there was no idea of movement at all. After all, Qiu Pengfei is used to selling cars, and he habitually transfers the shortcomings.
"Well, the gearbox is OK, don't look at it as a four-speed, every shift is very smooth, if you don't feel it, there is basically no shift impact. Xing Yu followed.
After the speed increased to 80, Xing Yu couldn't help but complain again: "Brother Qiu, are you sure that there is no accident in this car......?
For noise, Qiu Pengfei really can't find any reason, engine noise, wind noise, tire noise, it seems that the designer has not considered, all kinds of noise are reflected in the car.
After holding back for a long time, Qiu Pengfei said: "The design doesn't let you run so fast, the speed is about 100 per hour, and the noise is still acceptable." Isn't it 100 to drive comfortably?"
For such an explanation, Xing Yu could only smile and not speak.
At the end of the test drive, Xing Yu's feeling about this car was that he had gone crazy in pursuit of comfort, and even gave up power and handling.
As for this noise, think about it, although the price of this car in China is as high as more than 200,000 yuan, but in foreign countries, the definition of this car is a low price and the positioning of a family compact car, it is still rare to achieve such a sense of space and comfort.
Now this car is second-hand, the price has already been ruthlessly suppressed by the market, the previous procedures were nearly 270,000 yuan, and now the normal price in the past few years can only be about 50,000 yuan, which is considered a good sale.
Spending more than 40,000 yuan to drive this car is actually very cost-effective.
"Brother Qiu, give me a price, and I'll drive away if it's suitable. Xing Yu got out of the car and continued to look at the car, hoping that he could not find any design flaws that would make such a loud noise.
"You say, you know how to drive, too. Qiu Pengfei also stood aside and said.
"Your car, you said the price, in case I say less, doesn't it hurt your heart?" This is the most annoying thing in the second-hand car transaction, one is unwilling to give a price, and the other is unwilling to bid.
Because both parties have a preliminary price in their hearts when trading, let the other party go out first, if the other party's price is higher than the price in your heart, then you will earn, and you can also take the opportunity to raise the price, if the other party's bid is lower than the price in your heart, then you can choose not to sell or time-consuming to raise the price, buy things on the contrary, in short, let the other party bid first You can grasp the initiative, you can advance or retreat.
Xing Yu actually hates this kind of behavior, but with many years of sales experience, Xing Yu understands that no one wants to expose their hole cards prematurely, after all, both sides want to take the initiative into their own hands, so that they can have the right to negotiate.
"I replaced this car at that time, and the appraised price I gave this car was 75,000, and I put it for more than a year, and it cost money for parking, maintenance, bank interest, and daily cleaning. Qiu Pengfei saw that Xing Yu had been staring at his eyes, and he was not giving the price, so he had to speak himself.
There are other expenses, and there are other expenses, and when we chatted just now, I said that I sold it at a loss of 20,000 yuan, that is, Qiu Pengfei's heart price is 55,000? Xing Yu thought silently in his heart and said: "Brother Qiu, you are also in this industry, and I can't bargain with you at this price, can you accept it if I find you one?" Do you want me to find you the price of this car on the Internet?"
Here's a trick to selling, especially used car sales: make sure to offer the buyer more than you actually want.
Henry Kissinger, a world-renowned expert on diplomatic negotiations, once said: "The outcome at the negotiating table depends on how much your demands are exaggerated." ”
One of the greatest international negotiators in the world has openly said that if you want to negotiate with him, you should know that he asks for more than he wants from you. "My buyer is not a fool. I want more, and they'll see it right away. When you think like that, you have to keep the above principles in mind. Because even if you're right, it's still a clever negotiation strategy.
Qiu Pengfei, who has been operating in the sales industry for more than ten years, naturally will not give up the initiative, and when he tells the origin and purchase price of this car, he just doesn't want Xing Yu to break out that the price is too low.
But 55,000, this price is a bit outrageous, this is already the highest sales price, it is not easy for Xing Yu to take it back to make money, and it is very normal to lose money......
"Then you say a price, okay, I'll give it to you, if not, you can look at the other cars in my shop, you don't have to think about this car." Sure enough, Qiu Pengfei used this trick to retreat as advance.
"Forget it, I'll look at something else. "Xing Yu really doesn't want to talk about it, such negotiations have to happen many times a day, and Xing Yu doesn't want to intrigue and play with his brains at all.
Saying that, Xing Yu walked to the maintenance workshop of Qiu Pengfei's store, and went to the exhibition hall to see the car? That is reserved for customers to buy, generally not prospective customers in hand, or in other places, peers do not go to your exhibition hall to see the car, those are all prepared, not hundreds of units can only have one for wholesale......
Not talking about the Edifier PT is also a strategy, you must not go up when you buy something, and show that you want to get it very much, if you show it like this, it is easy to be wronged.
Walking into the maintenance workshop, Xing Yu was quickly attracted by another car, a two-door version of the out-of-print sedan - Volkswagen Gower, note that this is Gower, not Volkswagen Golf, the difference of one word, the price of the new car is more than half.
Gower GOL is an economical sedan introduced by Shanghai Volkswagen from Brazil, and it is the first two-door sedan launched by Shanghai Volkswagen in China. GOL has a reputation as the "national car" in Brazil and has maintained its position as the best-selling car in Brazil for 16 consecutive years.
In 2001, GOL sold 192326 units in Brazil, with a market share of 20.5%, and the total production of GOL in that year exceeded 3.4 million units, setting a new Guinness World Record.
"Golf" is the leader of the German Volkswagen, the world's classic hatchback car, is an authentic German car (A-class), and "Gower", although the word difference, but Gower has not been produced in Germany, he is not a Volkswagen of authentic German blood, it is a small car developed by the Brazilian Volkswagen itself, it is a bit similar to the domestic Volkswagen self-developed Lavida, our Lavida is only sold in our own country.
Gol was sold in Brazil at that time, and later the domestic Volkswagen introduced Gol to make Gol domestically produced, and Gol's positioning was lower than Volkswagen's Polo, and Polo was lower than Golf, so the positioning of Golf was much higher than Golf.