My Chuanqi GM8 has traveled 20,000 kilometers. It's time to tell me how I feel about it.

I bought it two years ago with my family during the National Day holiday? GM8, I went to Guangxi. Before leaving, I took a look at its accumulated mileage, 1.9 million+kilometers. If you count this trip, it has been properly over 20 thousand.

When GM8 traveled more than 8,000 kilometers, I wanted to write a usage report of 10000 kilometers, but I forgot it because of business trip. When it passed 654.38+0.4 million kilometers, I wanted to write a report on its use of 654.38+0.5 million kilometers, but I forgot again.

This time, because I participated in the car owners' activities organized by Chuanqi some time ago, I took this 20,000-kilometer usage report as my homework and built a "Chuanqi GM8? 20,000 kilometers of experience. "

Well, I haven't forgotten yet.

The reason why I am so forgetful should not be because I am old, but because Chuanqi GM8 is not my high-frequency vehicle. It took more than two years and walked more than 20 thousand kilometers. It is estimated that everyone knows what is going on. I have a car, too. I ran 60 thousand kilometers when I was three years old.

I wrote a car picking assignment for GM8 before, which mentioned that I bought GM8 for the convenience of the whole family. This usage scenario doomed Chuanqi GM8 to be the "overlord" of the garage. But also because of this positioning, most of the 20,000 kilometers it has traveled are full of laughter. It can be said that there are memories of my family in every room.

For example, we will drive from Foshan to Lianhua Mountain in Guangzhou for more than an hour on boring weekends, just to eat roast chicken and reservoir fish there;

For example, we often drive to Xiqiao Mountain for an hour, just to drink Cantonese morning tea at the foot of the mountain. In fact, the round-trip bridge fee and fuel fee are already worth half a meal of tea money;

The most important task of GM8 is to take us back to our hometown, especially when my mother will go back to burn incense and worship Buddha on the 15th day of the first month.

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▲ Many people think that a five-seat car is enough for a family of five, but in my experience, families with children still need their own world and the third row of seats. Otherwise, even a five-seater car as big as a BMW X5 is not enough.

At the moment, I am typing in front of the computer. Recalling my two years in GM8, my mouth can't help but tilt slightly. This should be a physiological reaction that my body secretes a lot of endorphins. What? You don't know what endorphins are? You can search Baidu in Google. I can only tell you that it has a nickname "Happy Hormone".

Yes, for me and my family, Chuanqi GM8 has some home flavor.

Also in that car newspaper, I mentioned two reasons for buying Chuanqi GM8: First, my family has a large population and has a rigid demand for seven-seat cars; The second is to see if your brand has the ability to build high-end models. In 2065438+2008, there were not many models of independent brands that exceeded 200,000, and Chuanqi GM8 was one of them.

▲ Today, the sales volume of Chuanqi GM8 is still very hot, with an average monthly sales volume of about 3,000 vehicles, which is not easy for a model with a main sales volume of more than 200,000 vehicles.

The former reason made me want to buy a big seven-seat MPV, and the latter reason made me choose Chuanqi GM8 from many MPVs. You know, it is not the MPV of Chase and Jianghuai, but the Buick GL8 and Honda Odyssey. At that time, my mother gave me a budget of 250 thousand. At this price, you can buy high-end GM8, or you can buy more entry-level GL8 and Odyssey.

Of course, no one's money is blown by the wind, and a small editor like me is even less capable of using his own money to promote the development of the automobile industry. Even if I worked hard to write this manuscript, it only cost me a few hundred dollars. The fundamental reason that prompted me to buy GM8 is that I think it is a high-end model.

This self-confidence allows me to hold my head high even when I meet the "king of fare increase".

This high-end comes from two aspects. First, it can make passers-by feel that it is not a cheap car.

As mentioned before, because my sister is a tourist, GM8 at home has to undertake some business reception work from time to time. Among them, a government department needs to rent a seven-seat commercial vehicle from my sister regularly to do research in the countryside.

Due to various reasons, this department has a special requirement for vehicles-the price of vehicles should not exceed 200,000, and the Buick GL8, which is most commonly used for business reception, is excluded at once. Before we bought GM8, my sister always gave them Datong G 10. The reason is nothing else, just because CAR Inc had such a commercial vehicle with a price below 200,000. In fact, in the entire commercial MPV market, there are very few vehicles with prices below 200,000.

After buying GM8, in order to save the car rental fee, my sister arranged GM8 for them directly, but things didn't go well, and they refused because the car didn't look like a car under 200,000. We were a little speechless at that time. We don't know whether to cry or laugh. What we should cry is that we have to continue to pay more for car rental. What we should laugh at is that we didn't buy the wrong car.

Later, after my sister's explanation, they were willing to use our GM8. Since then, our GM8 has become their designated car for every investigation in the countryside. This is of course what we expect. After all, Chuanqi GM8 is not as comfortable as Datong G 10.

There are many people who "misunderstand" my GM8.

Every time they meet acquaintances in their hometown, they will ask, "What kind of car is this and how much is it?" Behind this sentence, most of them are followed by a sentence-"It shouldn't be cheap, right?" In the past, when I drove back, they would just ask, "Oh, come back?" Great, the arrival of GM8 makes me more vain every time I go back to my hometown.

I am not a vain person. GM8 can't prove that I have money. I live better than others. However, even if you buy a dress for the purpose of "keeping warm", someone will say that the clothes you bought look good later, and your heart will be flattered. This may be the added value of the product-the benefit you didn't expect when you bought it, but you got it in use.

Products that can generate added value are all good products! Just like having afternoon tea at the Ritz-Carlton, staying at Bulgari Hotel for one night and carrying a Hermes bag, you can not only eat well, sleep well and recite well, but also prove yourself famous. Oh, no, it seems that you may not eat well and sleep well ...

This kind of recognition from others can actually help me build my confidence.

Before I decided to buy GM8, many people advised me to be pragmatic: "Buy a foolproof product, such as Honda's Odyssey. Although it is not comparable to GM8 in luxury and texture, there are many car owners around, and there is absolutely no problem in quality. If you spend 0.2 million/200 thousand on a car of your own brand, it's like someone signed a gambling agreement. If you don't regret it later, why bother? "

Despite the insistence of the car critics, I still firmly believe that my choice will not be wrong, but to be honest, when I enter the password on the POS machine, my hand will still shake, or I will confirm with my mother over and over again: "Password lost, huh?" The car can't be returned if you pay. "

Facts have proved that I didn't make a wrong decision at the beginning, and the best proof of this is not the recognition of others, but the comfort that GM8 brings us, which is another aspect of its high-end. After all, the beautiful appearance is for others to see, and we can only enjoy its comfort when sitting in the car.

The most practical way to see if a car is comfortable is to see if you are willing to stay in it for more than ten hours.

As mentioned above, during the National Day holiday not long ago, a group of seven of us set off from Xiamen and went to Jin Chengjiang, Hechi, Guangxi, with a total distance of 700 kilometers. If there was no traffic jam, we would have to walk for seven and a half hours, but the high-speed traffic jam suddenly extended this time to 12 hour-from 3 pm to 3 am.

12 hour on the road is tolerable for our younger generation, but it may be a bit unbearable for the elderly at my mother's age. Even if it is as smooth as a high-speed train or an airplane, it is not easy for an old man to sit for seven or eight hours in a row. After all, when there is a traffic jam, you not only have to stop and go, but also encounter uneven road conditions.

Before leaving, we advised my Lafayette to travel to a closer place, but she insisted that it was not convenient to talk more. She said that she couldn't stand it, so she went to the service area to exercise and rest until she had enough. We can't beat her, so we have to obey her wishes. Of course, another big foundation from her is my trust in the comfort of GM8.

As a result, GM8 really lived up to my expectations. /kloc-during the 0/2 hour period, we went to the service area no more than three times, and we didn't rest in the service area these three times. We went to the toilet to refuel and set off at once. My mother slept soundly in the car, so that when she arrived at the ground the next day, she didn't catch up on sleep, just called us to take her to play.

These two aviation seats are really not covered, and they have hypnotic effect.

In addition to proving the comfort of GM8, I also want to prove that after two years and 20,000 kilometers, the comfort of Chuanqi GM8 is still the same as that of its new car, and there is no discount-there is no abnormal sound due to aging; It doesn't shake because of the increase in mileage. ...

Before buying GM8, someone told me, "Don't look at the condition of the new car, wait a year or two, and you will regret it." But it turns out that the quality of our own brand can still be trusted-my family has two cars, and Chuanqi GM8 solves the problem of high mileage attenuation better than another joint venture car (at present).

▲ GM8 was not given the best treatment because of its limited capacity. If I don't use the car, it will park in the open parking space in the sunshine and rain, but even so, its quality is quite good.

Of course, my GM8 gets angry sometimes.

For example, its electric door lost a rubber sleeve to resist the close button. If you drop it, even if the door is closed, the system will not know, and will continue to remind you that the door is not closed properly;

For example, its turn signal, whether it is a left turn signal or a right turn signal, has poor contact. If you accidentally flush the pit, it will fail, and then remind you to check the lights;

For example, its cup holder is often loose, especially in the center of the second row. Even if you put it away, the slight vibration will bounce off.

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▲ The damping of the above cup holder is very weak, and it can't lock the "unfettered freedom" of the cup holder. There is nothing terrible about the car. The terrible thing is that the manufacturer has no service! As far as after-sales service is concerned, Chuanqi is a "leader" among car companies.

▲ On the way to the owner's activity, a car owner was stuck in the car. In such a remote place in Yangjiang Qianhai, he used Chuanqi's owner APP to call for free rescue, which took only half an hour before and after.

In fact, these are all minor problems. After all, no one is perfect and there is no shortage of money. However, even the smallest problem needs to be taken seriously by manufacturers. After all, for many car owners, it takes time to go to 4S stores to deal with them. Just like my current GM8, there is still a small problem to be solved.

Oh, I forgot to mention a very important thing-does Chuanqi GM8 consume oil? It really depends on how you drive. According to my usage habits, the fuel consumption of GM8 is really not high.

As mentioned above, my car is generally used for travel, that is to say, the road conditions are mostly suburban or high-speed, and the long-term comprehensive fuel consumption is shown in the following figure. Calculated, it is about 50 cents a kilometer (it should be noted that I added 95 # gasoline, while GM8 only asked for 92 # gasoline).

If you drive GM8 to and from work, the fuel consumption will definitely be high. I have tested it, and it is about 12L/ 100km. Of course, although the value is very large, it doesn't seem to be very high for a 2. 1 ton car. If you want a 7-seat MPV, you need to commute, and Chuanqi also has M6, so you can consider it.

I can take care of your face and lining at the same time. I don't think you need to ask if your brand has the ability to make high-end models. Buy if you have confidence.

Words? |? Nobita

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.