? Talking about those self-owned cars, I found that changing cars seems to be a check-in point for growth.

Before we talk about cars, let’s talk about something else first. Let’s talk about it for a while

The Spring Festival holiday in 2020 will definitely be mentioned from time to time in our future days. and. Because of the epidemic, we jokingly call it "walking" from the bedroom to the living room, and relatives no longer visit each other during the Spring Festival.

I am used to using fragmented time efficiently, but I am not able to use the entire period of time well. Not leaving home begins to blur the edges of time in our memory, but we will remember one day - the sense of shock when we woke up and found out that Kobe Bryant had passed away. Immediately afterwards, I heard that the holiday would be almost doubled, and it was destined to become the longest Spring Festival holiday.

This holiday is destined to become the collective memory of our generation. If we talk about it again a few years later, we may be able to replicate each other's psychological activity. Changes in the external environment have such a great impact on individual lives, so everyone must have the same experience. To be as good as Kobe, but to die young, is it really like a duckweed in a river for his own destiny and his life?

The "Mamba Spirit" represented by Kobe Bryant has made him a success and has become a belief for many people. With fate, Kobe at least had a tie. Zhong Nanshan appeared on the screen with a burning spirit, still on the front line of the battle as he was 17 years ago, but it was obvious that he was already in his prime. We insist on staying at home to better fight the spread of the epidemic. This collective persistence will definitely enable us to defeat the epidemic faster.

History will eventually be written by us. We must live in the present and live more actively in the present to face the uncertainty of fate. Perhaps it is this long holiday that has brought everyone the same inspiration. It is duckweed. The engine also has to be installed.

Starting to change cars

I remember the first time I drove a car was in 2006. I signed up for the driving license test organized by the school. The instructor drove a 99 Rookie. On the first day we met, he asked me to drive, and said he would drop me off from get off work and give me a ride home. Later I learned that this was called taking the main road. After all, I am a student majoring in automobiles, so I can pick up the subsequent subject training relatively quickly. The most profound experience was when the heavy rain made it almost impossible to see the signs around me clearly. I felt confident that I could reverse the car into the garage several times in a row, and I found it no difficulty to get the certificate.

Okay, the preparation is in place. I actually took the driver’s license retest once. Later, the coach said that because I turned around without looking in the rearview mirror, it was a mistake that could not be made up for even if I perfectly used the skill of changing 5 gears for 100 meters.

The picture comes from the Internet

After I graduated, I didn’t have a car at home. I have always been a “basic” and occasionally drove an automatic car. The above Jingcheng with manual transmission of the same model and color is the first time I have truly driven a manual transmission car alone. The reason for buying it is actually to review the manual transmission.

I drove it for about two weeks. Later, I remember a friend introduced someone from Fengxian or Songjiang to buy it. Looking back now, that person should be a car dealer. Only with this car did I truly have a driver's license, and got rid of the "original" title I had held for about 4 years. I still remember the two songs on the CD left by the original owner of Jingcheng that I listened to the most - "Under the Lion Rock" and "Love Song 1990".

This Su A sedan Fit, yes, it has a FIT sticker on the back of the butt. I held it for a long time until it was sent to the scrap center in April 2019. I probably bought it around 2011. Because of my household registration, I couldn’t get the Nanjing license plate, so the car was always in my friend’s name. I took this photo to show the people at the scrap center when they came to pick up the car. After searching for a long time, I really couldn't find any other photos, because it has been basically idle since 2016.

After waiting for several years, Nanjing did not come to restrict license plates, but the scrapping subsidy came, which can be considered as making up for the insurance premium during the vacancy period.

The reason I bought it was that I needed a commuter car into the city. I remember clearly that I bought it for 33,000 yuan and drove it from 120,000 kilometers to 210,000 kilometers. Once I wanted to check the quality of the spark plugs, and found that this small 1.3 engine was equipped with 8 spark plugs. No wonder it always starts a little faster than others.

During this period, I had a side collision with an earth-moving truck. I had already braked at the intersection, but I still saw direct force on the front end of the right front fender. The earth-moving truck pushed the Fit laterally for 2 meters. Fortunately, the co-pilot was not affected - my wife was in the car. But after repairing it, I always feel that it is not as smooth as before, and the fuel consumption is less than 4.3L/100km.

I am very grateful for this car. It has contributed to a lot of knowledge about second-hand cars and the primitive accumulation of the industry. Going back and forth every day for several years, about 40 kilometers one way, has made many difficulties at work less unacceptable, and I have gained more perseverance when encountering difficulties. Looking back now, I have grown from a fledgling kid to an insider who understands many tricks and hidden rules in the second-hand car industry during that time. The simplest mobility scooter brings a greatly different radius of activity. During that time, I also experienced the enlightenment and development of the online business in the second-hand car industry. I felt the changes in almost all currently living platforms since the Caotai period, and laid the foundation for the opportunity to join Nono.

Sorry for the bad picture quality, I really can’t find any other photos. A screenshot of the platform record photo taken from the time of purchase in 2015. This is a 10-model C180, which was prepared from August 2015 to November 2016.

The reason for buying it is actually quite simple. As mentioned before, the Fit was always hard to drive after the accident. When I saw this Mercedes-Benz with original paint and special interior, I was moved. The thought of buying it. It’s okay to say that you are a little vain in your heart. It can be regarded as an affirmation of yourself. At that time, around 160,000 was indeed a figure I could afford. I joked that I would feel more confident after switching from a Honda to a Mercedes-Benz and returning to my wife’s family home.

Good material consumption can indeed play a final role in improving the spiritual level. During the critical period of undecided xinxing, people who drive a Mercedes-Benz will also try to think like a person who drives a Mercedes-Benz. Many things come to light in an instant. For example, I joined Nono shortly after driving this Mercedes-Benz.

Aloneness is the best scene for self-learning and renewal. To be honest, it is difficult to find a prop like a car that can inspire a person to improve his class in such a long-term way, and constantly communicate with high-level people. Designers make interactions. From this perspective, taking into account the residual value that exists in every car, buying a car is actually a relatively cheap consumption even if you increase your budget.

This is the 11-model VIP version of Teana. I bought it as my own car about a year after joining Nono, from December 2016 to October 2017. A big reason is that there is a new baby in the family. The birth of the child has given me a new need for my own car. This car fits well into the preferred dimensions of a little more space and comfort. It’s also because I drove this car and found that it is really easy to use. It has front and rear ventilated and heated seats, passenger leg rests, dual sunroofs, BOSE audio, and follow-up headlights...

In recent years, Nono has almost In one fell swoop, we have collected all the VIP version Teanas of good quality that can be found in the Shanghai market. There should be about 10 units. In addition to other ordinary versions of Tianlai that were added later, almost all the units were sold out soon after they were put on the shelves. Here we also want to clarify a rumor, saying that "Teana's buttocks generally collapse" is a problem we have not encountered in so many cars, but "the front damping plane bearing is easy to get out of class" is more likely to happen.

Many things are only known after doing them. Unexpectedly, a not very deliberate choice led to a strong operation like a fried skewer.

This is a 3.5 version of the 7-seater Highlander. It stayed with me for a relatively short period of time, 3 months, from June 2017 to September 2017. Later, he was forcibly abducted by his colleagues and given to a Taocha customer. Because the incident happened so suddenly, I didn’t even have time to take a selfie. This picture comes from the historical screenshot of the platform.

Plans never change quickly. The unexpected arrival of the second baby broke the balance brought by the sound of nature. A 7-seater car was put on the agenda for a rainy day, and of course there was the temptation from the large displacement.

The result is that the car has been taken away before the baby comes out. But every man is just a grown-up boy, and his desire for a 7-seat large-displacement car has not yet died.

MDX 3.7 is here, the lead time is from November 2017 to March 2019. The reason for the sale was that I was informed that I would be traveling for the entire last year, because it was time for Nono to open up a branch. The footprint in 2019 ranges from Chongqing Station at the beginning of the year to Hangzhou Station in the middle of the year and extends to Wuhan Station at the end of the year.

This is Nono's self-operated car. It was not sold after being put on the shelves for a while, and it was successfully taken over by me who was vacant at the time. The interior space of the MDX is very spacious, and children can even walk back and forth on the second-row floor platform. Coupled with the ceiling TV in the car, it is a perfect long-distance weapon.

This car took my whole family of 6 on a trip to an island in Taihu Lake; I helped carry goods for my mother’s company, and she retired this year; I also drove it to move houses, of course more than once. This year is the second Spring Festival after moving into a new house. I still miss the Spring Festival of 2018 when I just bought it. After lunch, the car was parked in the yard of the old house, the seats were pulled back all the way and then the wide seats were folded down. Backrest, bare feet resting on the dashboard. It was like lying in a sunroom, so warm that I only wore a single coat. I read articles about Liu Zhongjing's history that I accidentally read, and my view of history was very novel.

At this time, the two children were sleeping upstairs, which was nothing more than comfortable.

This top-end DS?5 was bought for my wife from July 2018 to the present. After she got her driver's license, it was my unshirkable duty to help her buy a car. In the end, I was attracted by the beautiful appearance, ultra-high configuration and high-quality interior materials of this car. Of course, there is also a little selfishness. The 1.6T? 200-horsepower engine can occasionally run wild.

Later, in practice, the most useful things turned out to be the automatic high and low beams, automatic wipers and electronic child locks, instead of the massage seats, Jinlang audio and 3 sunroofs that I originally regarded as gifts. As a result, my wife still doesn't know how to drive a car other than this DS. Thinking about it, it's actually quite good and she doesn't have to worry about it.

This year, I am destined to spend most of my time rotating at several branches in other places, and I still won’t spend much time in Shanghai. But every time I go home, my wife will give me this DS and I will ride an electric bike to work. In addition, 5-seater cars are sometimes inconvenient for family travel, so buying an MPV is also on the list. However, according to the company’s latest regulations, unless it does not meet the standards for listing, when we buy a car ourselves, we must first meet the needs of fans, and we can only buy it after it has been on the shelf for a period of time. The chance of the MPV being retained is indeed low, but it doesn't matter. Our task is to collect the car for self-operation first.

Let me talk about my target model first -

The 13-model 3.6 Grand Voyager, because I heard that it has two ceiling-mounted TVs, one more than the MDX.

In the past ten years, the cars I have changed have been like check-in points for my experiences. Looking back, every car I have owned seems to have transcended the category of tools and is more like a life. mark.

No matter when, find a goal for yourself to work hard to challenge the unfavorable factors around you, whether it is to follow the "Mamba Spirit" of never giving up or to go on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year at midnight. The sound of firecrackers is always full of hope for yourself. Work hard to realize ourselves, and our world will eventually be what we want it to be.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.