Chapter 335, Volkswagen (5)
Alonso got up early in the morning and today he was going to the Volkswagen training center to receive training in driving skills. A few months ago, Alonso ordered a Volkswagen truck as a benefit for the first batch of Volkswagen users, who offered them free training in driving skills.
After a hasty breakfast, Alonso ran down the street towards Volkswagen's training ground. The training ground is located on the outskirts of the city, not too far from Alonso's home, but it still takes about an hour to walk. If it was before, Alonso might have chosen to take the bus to go, but now, when Alonso bought the truck, he threw almost all his savings into it, so before getting the car and making more money with it, Alonso felt that he really saved a little. So, Alonso simply went running, which can be regarded as a morning jog to exercise.
It was still early when Alonsu arrived at the training ground, and the iron gates of the training ground had not yet opened. However, through the iron gate, you can already see four trucks parked inside, decorated with beautiful bull running logos. Several people were fiddling around one of the cars. Alonso stood outside, watching the men carefully, but he was too far away to see anything.
Alonso had already been noticed by this time. It was a security guard who came up to him and said to Alonso, "Sir, are you here for training?" ”
"Ah, yes, I'm early." Alonsu smiled at the security guard.
"It's early, it's only seven o'clock. According to the agreement, the training will start at half past eight. The security guard said, "But, sir, can you show me your invitation?" ”
"Ah, no problem." Although he didn't quite understand why the security guard was looking at his invitation, Alonso pulled it out of his pocket and handed it to the security guard through the iron gate.
The security guard took the invitation, looked down, then looked up, handed it back to Alonso with a courteous smile, and said to him: "Sir, do you want to come in and sit down and have a glass of water, etc.?" ”
"May I come in?" Alonso asked.
"Absolutely." The security guard replied as he pulled out the key from his side, unlocked the large lock on the iron gate, and pushed the door halfway open, "Welcome, Mr. Alonso!" The security guard said.
"Thank you." Alonsu hurried in. The security guard locked the door again and led Alonso into a place where the Cadet Lounge was written. He also poured Alonso a glass of water.
"Thank you." Alonso took the cup and looked outside to see the men still gathered around the car.
"What are they doing?" Alonso asked.
"Ah, I'm overhauling the vehicle." The security guard replied.
"Can I go and see it?"
"Yes, please do your own thing."
Alonso took his glass and walked over to it. Walk all the way to the back of those guys. He heard the men talking.
"Schumacher, doesn't there seem to be anything wrong with the braking system? Are you too sensitive? A worker-like man in oily overalls asked.
"No way, I can't be wrong. Earlier today, the brakes of this car were normal, but just now, I did find that the efficiency of the brakes has dropped significantly, just now I braked the car, and the distance I used was almost a meter farther than normal, if this was on the street, it would have been enough to kill several people. Schumacher insisted.
"But Schumacher, the whole system is really normal. Why don't you try again? Another worker said.
"Okay, I'll try again." Schumacher straightened up, only to suddenly notice that there was an extra person behind him.
"Who are you?" Schumacher asked.
"I'm here to learn how to drive." Alonso replied.
"Ah, welcome, I'm Schumacher, a driving instructor." Schumacher reached out to Alonso, but he immediately noticed that his hands were covered in oil, so he smiled embarrassedly and took his hand back.
"You guys were talking about a problem with the brake system?" Alonsu asked.
"No problem. It was only early in the morning that Schumacher ran a series of brake tests to try to get an average. As a result, he found that the farther he got to the brakes, the farther he got back. We suspect that he was too tired in the morning and was slow to react. Ah, I'm Attenborough, the overhaul. Well, I'm all over my hands with oil, so I won't shake hands with you. Schumacher, now you go up and try again? ”
"Okay." Schumacher watched as the mechanics put the various parts together and started the car......
"Hell yes!" Schumacher, who had run another lap, jumped down from the car that had just stopped and said, "I tossed around for a while, and I didn't find any problems, and then when I drove up, there were no problems?" What is this called? ”
"No problem, right? I'll just say you're too tired. Attenborough said disapprovingly.
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The training time offered by Volkswagen is quite limited, only a short three days. In the eyes of future generations, such training is simply training road killers. However, in this era, there is no problem that you have to pass the exams of subjects 1, 2, and 3 to get a value license and drive on the road. In this era, there is no driver's license at all, not even the traffic police force, no traffic lights, and of course, there is no such thing as six points for running a red light. In fact, in these three days, Alonso has learned a limited number of things:
First of all, lift the clutch must be gentle, treat the clutch must be more gentle than the wife, lift a little faster, the engine will turn off, and then - pit daddy, this is not better than the later generations, the engine turned off the turn key, and re-ignition can be. There are no such advanced features in this Volkswagen. Want to rekindle the fire? Then follow the process below. The first step is to put neutral gear and pull the handbrake; The second step is to get out of the car and take out the rocker; The third step is to insert the joystick into the rocker hole and shake the rocker to start the car. Step 4, put the joystick, get in the car, step on the clutch, hang up the first gear, release the handbrake, then slowly lift the clutch, and then ...... Repeat the first step.
So on the first day of drill, Alonso's arm was sore, and he was finally able to drive the car forward. Then Schumacher simply taught him how to change gears, how to step on the throttle, how to start on the ramp, and then he started to duck it.
To say that Alonso is actually quite talented, three days of hard work, he has been able to drive the car all over the field, although sometimes there are still some problems such as gear mistakes, stepping on the empty throttle or something, but at least, he is less likely to have the problem of turning off the engine when lifting and stepping on the clutch.
At the end of the third day, Schumacher simply took Alonso and asked him to drive the Volkswagen truck out on the road for a spin. Alonso was also a bit of a fighter, not hitting a single person, not letting the engine turn off once, and driving the car back safely, compared to some of the other trainees, especially one guy named Andrei Gikalov, who still maintained an average of three rocker shakes to start normally. Looking at the appearance of these guys, Alonso couldn't help but think that if one day, a large number of cars are on the market, it seems that it would be very good to open a special driving skills training school by himself.
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After another week after the training, Volkswagen finally informed Alonso that it was time to pick up the car. Aaron rushed to Volkswagen and, in the presence of a large crowd of reporters, received a gleaming silver key and a black-painted Volkswagen truck. Then a newspaper reporter interviewed him. He asked Alonso some of the usual questions, such as asking why he wanted to buy a car and what he planned to do with it in the future. Alonso was of course very kind to answer these questions, but of course he would not say that I plan to open a driving technical training school in the future.
It wasn't the first time he had touched the car, but when he got into the cab, Alonso was so excited that he couldn't help himself. Coupled with the fact that it seemed that the clutch of each batch of vehicles had a different foot feel, the result, tragically, on the way home, his car stalled four times.
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