On May 17th, Lao Xu came back, Di Yun went to the airport to pick up the plane, and when he returned home at night, it was naturally indispensable to linger in the middle of the night. Eighteen and two of them didn't leave the house, they slept beautifully for half a day, and then they were tired and crooked for the second half of the day, and the day passed.

On the morning of the nineteenth, he excitedly dragged him to the automobile trade market to see the car.

Before 1994, China's tariffs on imported cars were very high, with a displacement of more than 200 percent above 3.0 and a displacement of 18 percent below 3.0. At that time, the price of imported cars in China was three to four times that of foreign countries, and the invoice price of a Mercedes-Benz S600 could reach 3 million yuan, which was difficult for even the rich to reach. Imported good cars are generally supplied to the government or the military, so imported cars are rarely seen.

In 1994, after the import tariff on automobiles was reduced, the number of imported car dealers gradually increased, and at this time, the displacement tax rate above 3.0 was 15 percent, and the displacement tax rate below 3.0 was 11 percent, and more and more cars were officially imported. In 1997, the import tariff on automobiles was lowered to 100 percent and 80 percent again, and the price of imported cars continued to become more and more common, and the domestic imported car market gradually prospered.

After the two arrived at the automobile trade market, they saw a lot of imported cars, but the most were domestic cars.

The most popular ones in this era are the logo 505, Jetta, Santana, Beverly, Alto, Xiali, as well as Audi, Mercedes and BMW, as well as Toyota. The most people who drive Audis are government officials and people with more status, and those who can drive BMWs and Mercedes-Benz are very wealthy businessmen.

After looking at half a lap, Di Yun directly put the logo, Jetta, Xiali... These are passed. Why? The reason is simple, it's so ugly! The lines are not smooth enough, and there is a butt in the back, which is awkward to look at.

In fact, this era is almost all this kind of model, but he is a person who is used to seeing the kind of smooth lines and beautiful fancy vehicles in later generations, and he really can't afford to look at the current cars.

Half a day later, he had his eye on a Land Cruiser with no ass in the back. And the model is domineering, and it looks very energetic. However, when I heard that it was Nissan, I was a little resistant, and my daughter-in-law disliked that the chassis was too high. The appearance was too brutal and he didn't love it, so he dispelled the thoughts in his heart.

"What kind of car do you want?" After turning for more than an hour, Lao Xu couldn't help but ask when he saw him shaking his head vigorously in denial.

"Hmm. Smoother, preferably without a butt. ”

"Gross... Is the one you just looked at without a butt? ”

"Yes, that's pretty much it." Di Yun said.

"Don't have a car like that, it's too unsightly."

"How domineering, and there is a lot of space inside, the chassis is high, you can cross the ridge and wade the river, you can go anywhere."

"I don't love it!"

"Okay, so you want that?"

Lao Xu said: "We don't pull goods, what do we want to do so much." The smaller ones are enough to seat two or three people, mainly to look better. ”

The two continued to walk around before stopping in front of a shop selling Mercedes.

"Mercedes-Benz, let's go, go in and have a look." Lao Xu said.

"Mercedes seems to be very expensive, I can't afford it." Di Yun was reluctant to go in.

"Let's go! If you can't afford it, you can't afford it, so it's always okay to ask. Lao Xu dragged him into the store.

The lady who sold the car probably knew two people or knew one of them, and her eyes were subtle when she saw the two come in, but she was still the first in her profession. didn't make any unusual moves, but greeted him warmly: "Which car do you want to see?" ”

"Just take a look." Lao Xu said.

The sales lady smiled and introduced: "This is Mercedes-Benz S320......"

Then there was a long list of performance introductions, which the two hillbillies didn't understand at all, but they still nodded from time to time.

After finishing, Lao Xu pointed to another car and asked, "What about this one?" ”

"This is the S600......"

After listening to the introduction. Lao Xu asked as if he really wanted to buy a car: "What is the difference between these two models except for the difference in appearance?" "When I asked this, it was obvious that I didn't listen carefully when I introduced the performance of the two cars just now, or I didn't understand it at all.

The car sales lady didn't care, smiled and introduced it again.

"What's the price?"

"The S320 is priced at 1.1 million. The S600 is 1.68 million. ”

Forehead drops obediently... The total savings of the two of them now add up to 1.3 million, which can be regarded as rich people, but they can only buy a car. And I can only afford the S320, and the S600 is not yet affordable.

A fool will spend all his savings to buy a car, Lao Xu is not a fool, and she really just came in to see, but she was frightened by the price, and she was hit a little bit, and she didn't have the ** to look at.

Said to Di Yun, "Let's go look elsewhere." ”

Although she didn't say anything on her face now, her pursed mouth could still reveal some psychological changes. Di Yun couldn't help but smile and said, "Well, let's go look elsewhere." ”

Leaving the store in a gloomy way, Lao Xu stuck out his tongue and said, "Why is it so expensive, it can scare people to death!" ”

After a while, I fell in love with a Shenbao 9000, the model is very in line with the aesthetics of the two, but the price is a little higher, 460,000. The two discussed it for a while, but they still didn't buy it, and they were a little distressed about the money.

The grade of entering the store was dropped again and again, and finally a Chrysler Rainbow was selected, which was American and relatively niche. Although there is still a small ass in the back, it is just a little bit, and Di Yun can still accept it. The main thing is that the lines are smooth, there is no kind of stiff water chestnut, which is in line with his postmodern aesthetics, and Lao Xu also likes it, plus the price is only 240,000, which is within the range of the two of them. Bought!

The only thing that made him complain was the color of the car: red! But the daughter-in-law insisted on this color, so he didn't say anything more.

After completing the formalities and trying the test drive again, it was close to evening.

There are more people in the automobile trade market, and the road is relatively narrow, Di Yun's new driver's license has not been on the road a few times, and he did not dare to drive, so the staff of the store opened the market and parked on the side of the wide road.

"Why don't you take a taxi back?" Di Yun said to Lao Xu.

"Why?" Lao Xu's eyes widened and he was very puzzled.

"Uh... I just got my driver's license, and the number of times I go on the road is limited, and there are a lot of cars on the road at this time, so I'm worried that it's not safe. Di Yun said.

"It's okay, you're all on it, what am I afraid of?" Lao Xu couldn't help but sit on the co-pilot and fasten his seat belt. "You just drive slower."

"Okay, I'll drive slower."

He got into the car, fastened his seatbelt, started it, took a deep breath and relaxed before slowly stepping on the accelerator.

The car blended into the traffic from the side of the road, and he drove really slowly. Even if there weren't many cars in this era as frantic as later generations, this snail-like speed still caused problems for other vehicles.

The car behind honked wildly, but he just didn't accelerate, and the car behind had no choice but to take the opportunity to plug in from the side, give the middle finger to the more elegant ones, and even scold the hot-tempered ones.

Old Xu Fu sang with his wife, cheered him up next to him, and said, "Don't worry about that, just drive steadily." ”

So he completely turned into a turtle shell, others honked the horn as if they didn't hear it, others gestured provocatively as if they didn't see it, others scolded and didn't pay attention to it, and still went his own way, steady like a thousand-year-old king crawling slowly on the street.

Then, at the intersection, he was stopped by the traffic police.

"Let me see my driver's license." Traffic police road.

Di Yun hurriedly handed over his driver's license, still wondering in his heart, he shouldn't have made any mistakes. A little blind, you won't give a ticket the first time you open it, right?

After the traffic police saw it, there was no problem and returned it to him: "The first time the new car is on the road? ”

"Well, yes, just bought, opened it for the first time." Di Yun said: "If you drive slowly, you shouldn't be punished, right?" ”

"I didn't say I would punish you." The traffic police said, "There is nothing wrong with driving slowly in order to be safe, but this is the peak period of vehicles, there are more cars on the road, and if you drive like this, it will inevitably block the cars behind and easily cause traffic jams." ”

"What then? I'm not familiar with this yet, and I don't dare to drive too fast. Di Yun said helplessly.

"Are you going there?" The traffic police asked.

"The film studio."

"If you go to the film studio, it's best to take the Third Ring Road, I think there are fewer cars on the Third Ring Road for the city, and the road is wider." The traffic police said, "I'll build yì you go down from the main street, find some streets with fewer cars and drive over to the third ring road, this is better." ”

As long as it is not punished, it is easy to say anything, and people are still kind-hearted, Di Yun hurriedly followed the good flow, nodded and said: "Okay, no problem, I will turn around in a while."

"The intersection ahead will do." Traffic police road.

"Thank you."

Then Di Yun drove the car away from the main street, found some remote places with few cars and few people, and finally went around to the Third Ring Road, and then drove slowly at that turtle speed for nearly an hour before returning to the community.

It was tiring to get off the bus, but I finally arrived safely.

"Ha, I'm finally back, it's worth celebrating, let's go, eat spicy hot!" Lao Xu breathed a sigh of relief after getting out of the car.

"Aren't you too hot to eat spicy hot in summer?"

"You don't understand, Malatang is only delicious in summer, and after eating, you will sweat and take a shower again, and you will feel comfortable." Lao Xu said, "Let's go, hurry up, fate has been hungry for a day, bring her some food back." ”

In the next few days, Di Yun worked hard to practice his driving skills, picking up his daughter-in-law to work and going home every morning and evening, during which he drove out for an hour or two when he was fine, and the growth was obvious, although it was not like a fish in water, but at least he dared to drive in the downtown area, and he was no longer like a snail when he first bought a car. (To be continued.) )