Chapter 57: The Sociology of Buying a Car

Qinglong County Driving Test Center.

An Audi A6, parked at the door, attracts everyone's attention.

This year, Sensei said that it is the top A6, as long as it has a sugar gourd label, it is a street-certified luxury car.

"Have you passed all the exams?" Zhang Lin asked expectantly.

My husband, Lu Zhenghua, went to enroll in a business school class, saying that he wanted to study high-end financial investment thinking. The job of driving at home naturally fell on her head.

"100 points, all right!" Lu Cheng said calmly.

Subject 1, it's too easy.

If you brush the questions a few times, you can easily pass the level.

What's more, he is an old driver, if it weren't for pretending, he wouldn't even need to brush the questions.

"96 points, I've passed it too!" Yu Sisi nodded shyly.

She and Zhang Lin didn't meet many times, and every time they were like facing a big enemy, they were very nervous.

"You young people are still powerful, and you will learn it as soon as you learn. It's not like when I took the subject 5 times. Zhang Lin recalled the story of learning to drive back then, and twittered all the way.

After passing subject 1, the rest are subjects 2 and 3.

A field test, the main thing is that it is a bit difficult to reverse into the garage and start half-slope.

The other is the road test, which is a common sense operation, overtaking, accelerating, turning around, and pulling over.

At present, there is no setting for subject 4 in the driver's license test, and the invigilation is quite relaxed.

Not to mention an old driver like Lu Cheng, even if he really doesn't know how to take the test, to put it bluntly, as long as he stuffs a small red envelope, it will be over.

In an era where there is no surveillance, no electronic testing system, getting a driver's license is far easier than you think.

In less than half a month, Lu Cheng got his driver's license.

However, Yu Sisi was stuck in subject three and failed to take the exam twice.

"It's really not good, I'll talk to the invigilator and let him pass it for you." Lu Cheng persuaded him.

For newbies who are new to the driver's license test, driving on the road is an exciting and high-risk operation.

However, when you drive two or three thousand kilometers, at most half a year, driving becomes a trivial matter, no different from riding a battery car.

It's nothing more than stepping on the accelerator and brake to control the speed, and holding the steering wheel to control the direction.

Just these two things, one speed, one direction, are gone.

"No, no! Wouldn't I be cheating? Besides, if I didn't take the test, it means that I am not suitable for driving. If I cheat, it will not be safe to drive in the future, and I will be prone to accidents. ”

Yu Sisi hurriedly waved his hand and refused.

"Okay, you decide. I'm going to go to Golden State tomorrow to see the car, do you want to go together? Lu Cheng asked.

In 2008, there were not many people who could take the driver's license test, and even if they did, they would only pass the test, and even fewer people would really buy a car.

But Lu Cheng is different, taking a driver's license is to buy a car.

Logic that sounds sound sound reasonable, but in fact it is very different.

After all, there are many people who have never driven a car for more than ten years after taking the driver's license.

"I'm not going, I'm going to practice songs, I'm going to practice songs. Don't you want me to make a record? I have to go to the studio to practice. Yu Sisi refused, and there was a feeling of being afraid to avoid it.

"Well, come on!"

Since she was unwilling, Lu Cheng stopped persuading.

He could more or less hear the fear in Yu Sisi's words.

That's the fear of money for the poor.

It's like letting a migrant worker eating a boxed lunch on the side of the road walk into a splendid five-star hotel.

He didn't dare.

Even if someone treats you.

However, in this case, when her records are released and sales go up, she makes real money, and the concept of consumption and money begins to change, and it will naturally change.

Relying on the top 20 super divas and the network marketing that Lu Cheng did for her, Yu Sisi's name of "drama goddess" has been played.

Now strike while the iron is hot, hurry up and release a few records, and scavenge a wave of wool.

According to the later marketing rhetoric, this has to be called giving back to the family and giving benefits to the brothers.

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Jinzhou, Fukang East Road, a famous car street.

Qinglong County also has similar places, but there are too few brands, only big road goods such as Toyota, Honda, and Volkswagen, plus a few domestic brands.

If you want to go to BBA, or second-tier luxury such as Cadillac, Volvo, Lexus, etc., you have to go to Golden State.

Further up Porsche, Land Rover, you have to go to Linzhou.

As for Ferrari, Lamborghini, or even Bentley and Rolls-Royce, that is something that only Tianhai has, and there is no store in the province.

"Say, what to see first?"

Dad Lu Zhenghua parked the car and stood at the intersection of the car street.

The look of ambition is very much like a child who has walked into a toy car, and he wants to buy a new one.

"Mercedes-Benz, if you want me to say, it has to be Mercedes-Benz beautiful, beautiful on the outside, and beautiful on the inside. And the car logo, you can see it at a glance, who doesn't know Mercedes-Benz? Zhang Lin spotted Mercedes-Benz, took her son's hand, and walked all the way in.

She got her driver's license very early, but she rarely drove it. Ever since her father fell in love with the S-Class Mercedes-Benz, she saw the old Audi rotten, so she drove out for a walk from time to time.

After a few months of driving, Zhang Lin is a little fond of driving, and it is convenient to go anywhere.

"Actually, BMW can do it, handle it well!"

Lu Zhenghua looked at the BMW 4S store opposite the door, and his heart was itching.

I can't wait to get in right away and order myself a BMW X5.

When I turned around, I found that there was no one behind me, and my wife and son had already walked into the Mercedes-Benz 4S store.

"Superficial!"

Lu Zhenghua muttered and quickly followed.

Spacious, bright and nicely decorated.

Even in broad daylight, the exhibition hall is brightly lit, illuminating the car paint.

"If it's a young person's first car, I recommend buying a sedan first, such as this new C200K that has just come out, with a starting price of only 348,000!"

The saleswoman has a professional smile, which is somewhat perfunctory.

After all, this is a Mercedes-Benz 4S shop, and any car has to cost hundreds of thousands, which is more expensive than a house in Golden State.

For no reason, he said that he wanted to buy a car for an 18-year-old prospective college student?

You have to make up a decent story, right?

"It's still a Mercedes-Benz, more than 300,000 things, it's the same as my S-class. This grille, this big standard. If it weren't for the fact that the body was a little shorter, I really couldn't see it. ”

Lu Zhenghua spun around and muttered and complained.

I spent 1.2 million yuan to buy a car, but it turned out to look like 300,000 yuan, and no one was happy to change it.

"The shape must be similar, after all, it is all designed by a designer." The saleswoman echoed, and the smile on her face was almost gone.

This Mercedes-Benz 4S store has been open in Golden State for less than two months, and there are many customers who come in and out every day, but there are very few orders with real money.

The price is too expensive!

A house in the urban area is only three or four hundred thousand, and the cheapest car you have here has to be at this price.

However, many people obviously can't afford it and are reluctant to buy it, but they still have to pretend to have various reasons, such as this and that, the color is not good-looking, the interior is not good, and there is no function.

What about calves?

Isn't it poverty?

Female saleswomen have been working for so long, and they have long been used to it.

"300,000, too cheap, right? I've heard that the more expensive the car, the safer. Driving, safety first, you can't save money in this area. ”

Zhang Lin looked at the configuration table of the C200K, the whole system has 5 airbags, tire pressure monitoring, cruise control, and even noble suspension adjustment.

Just looking at the configuration, there is no fault at all.

But when she saw the price, she felt that she was not at ease enough.

"Then you can take a look at the top C280, the guide price of this is 470,000, and now the discount is 50,000, and 470,000 can be landed." The saleswoman hurriedly said, the smile on her face was a little bit lively.

Is a Mercedes-Benz of more than 300,000 still too cheap?

Why don't you go and buy a Rolls-Royce?

"Why don't we go see Volvo? Volvo's main focus is safety. Lu Cheng got off the C200.

This car meets his requirements in every way, with power, configuration, layout, and interior.

However, only a little bit worse.

The second master likes Volvo!

A car of 100,000 yuan is for family use, a car of 200,000 yuan is comfortable, and a car of more than 300,000 yuan is social.

"If you want to go out of Volvo, go out here and turn left for 50 meters."

The saleswoman smiled and pointed the way, and she was already impatient.

"Let's go see the Volvo!"

"Last time the second uncle came over, he was also sitting on a Volvo, right?"

"Do you know who invented the seat belt? It's Volvo. People's car badges are seat belts. ”

Looking at the back of the family of three leaving, the saleswoman breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are so many things in poverty now, if you can't afford it, you can't afford it, what are you doing with those calves? And Mercedes-Benz S-Class,"

Taking advantage of the lunch break, she walked out of the store to buy a cup of bubble tea.

In a blink of an eye, I saw a black vertical sign Mercedes Benz, slowly driving in front of me.

The half-open window in the back seat showed that sunny and handsome face, smiling and waving at her.

(If you lose a night in the ranking, deal with it first, and if I win, I will unload the king.) )