My husband only considers space when buying a car. How should I persuade him?

Cars are entering families, and working-class people are starting to buy cars one after another. China’s car market has just started, and consumers have relatively little knowledge about cars. Moreover, Chinese people are often easily fooled and sold by flashy products. I am attracted by things, so my friends often complain that they regret buying a car. For our Chinese who are not yet rich, a car is a valuable item. It may take many years to replace it. Buying a car is a scam, and it is not like buying low-quality clothes. It is just a problem that adds to the heart. . Based on my own experience, let me share some opinions:

First, don’t be swayed by appearance.

The characteristics of a car are nothing more than price, fuel consumption, failure rate, appearance, safety, comfort, technological content, etc. Among these items, I think the least important one is appearance. Cars are really good-looking. Attractive, but good-looking doesn't mean everything. After two years, I got tired of looking at beautiful cars. Especially some cars that are recognized as "good-looking" are often reduced to street cars, without character, and have a low return rate. Good looks cannot be eaten for a living. For the sake of good looks, cutting down on space, cutting down on reasonable configurations, and even sacrificing safety are all pure 213 behaviors.

Moreover, cars are the same as people. Some people like them and some don’t. Some cars are very beautiful at first glance, but after a year and a half, they become more and more vulgar; some cars are not that good when you first see them, but they become more pleasing to the eye the more you look at them. A typical example to mention here is the Cruze. When I first saw it, I thought it was really beautiful. But now that I think about its appearance, it looks like a bumblebee, which is really not good. (And a car worth over 100,000 yuan actually has a flatbed suspension, drum brakes, etc.)

Second, how many of these messy configurations can you use?

When people who really understand cars arrive at a 4S store, they will ask about the engine’s horsepower, torque, suspension and other parameters. But those who don’t understand cars will sit in the driver’s seat and start looking at the peripheral configurations, such as surround sound. Audio, digital instrument panel, seat memory function, panoramic sunroof, automatic air conditioning... These things are useful, but not as useful as power and suspension, but they can cost a lot of money. For a car of the same price, these things need to be equipped well Yes, it must be worse in other aspects because the cost is there. Like the Roewe 350, the dashboard is beautiful and everything that can be added is added, but the nearly 1.3-ton car is equipped with an engine with a maximum power of 109 horsepower. What kind of person designs such a deceptive style? But there is no denying that the designer is very smart. He has grasped the car-buying psychology of domestic consumers.

Third, don’t be swayed by car dealers

Because Chinese people are easily fooled, many car dealers and car gangsters have appeared in China. I will not go into details about their specific methods. I would like to say in particular that the people who need to be most vigilant are those high-end car dealers. They all have a lot of knowledge and are well-known in the industry, such as editors and reporters of certain automotive publications, technicians of certain professional organizations, etc. I want to believe in their integrity, but it is doubtful that they recommend a car to the audience all year round! For example, an expert I know always recommends a certain car to people on Weibo. For example, this car is called 123:

Q: "I am a white-collar worker in a company with an annual income of 100,000, what car should I buy?" Okay?”

Answer: “123 without a doubt”

Question: “I have a long way to go to work and the road is not easy to walk. Which car is better to buy?”

Answer: "123 is more suitable for you"

Question: "Cars priced at RMB 100,000 to RMB 150,000 are more fashionable. Please recommend a fuel-efficient car"

Answer: "123 is very stylish , enough to save fuel"

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Therefore, it is easy to prevent car hacks, and it is not difficult to prevent ordinary car supports, but "expert-level" car supports are difficult to prevent. Because you know little and he knows a lot, you must believe him and easily follow his lead. But as everyone knows, he got money, and it was definitely not just 50 cents like those Xiaohei in our jar.

If you want to buy such a big thing, you should not easily listen to people who post money for it. I suggest you visit more car forums, such as Autohome, Aika, etc.

Take a look at what the car owners have to say. If there are many reports of faults, it’s better not to read it first.

Four. Don’t frame yourself

Many prospective car owners will add the sentence "So-and-so is not considered" or even "Except so-and-so, so-and-so" when asking others on the forum. Don't think about it." I said something that didn't sound right, which is very stupid. When buying something, you have to shop around and choose which one has good quality, good service, and low price. Isn’t it too silly to draw a box to surround yourself before you even make a choice?

A common sentence pattern is "Japanese and Korean are not considered". If it is because of the angry youth, then I can only regretfully say that this is an era of globalized mass production, and I want to avoid Japanese culture at all. Korean products are impossible. Not to mention that most of the computers and TVs we use use Korean LCD screens, and a large number of internal chips in computers and mobile phones also come from Japan. Let’s talk about the Volkswagen cars that are the favorite of angry youths. All models with T, the turbines are produced in Japan, and Many electronic accessories are also made in Japan. In addition, the Focus uses the M3 platform, the Pentium B70 is simply a replacement of the old M6, and the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Landscape are designed by Daewoo... It is meaningless to exclude Japanese and Korean products.

5. The so-called "safety"

For those who say "do not consider Japanese cars", more reasons come from the statement that "Japanese cars are unsafe". I suggest them Go take a look at the NCAP crash scores of various models in Europe, America and China. Those are the official real test conclusions. If you don’t believe what the test letter says verbally, I really don’t want to say anything. There is also the saying that "Japanese cars have thin iron sheets". In fact, the person who says this may not have measured which skin is thinner and which is thicker. Safety is related to the strength of the frame and cab materials. The skin and bumper are thicker. The only advantage is that small bumps do not need to be repaired. You cannot expect that a steel plate less than one millimeter thick can protect you in the event of an accident. , on the contrary, if it is too thick and does not deform during a collision, it may insert into the cab like a blade.

In the past few years, Citro?n Sega used plastic fenders, which made many car owners resentful, thinking that this was an act of cutting corners. Now, a large number of car companies (including Volkswagen) have also used plastic. The benefits It's obvious - cheap, rust-free, and will automatically return to its original shape after a slight bump.

If you really care about safety, you should strictly abide by traffic rules and limit your speed. There is nothing awesome about driving fast. Safety and no accidents are what you have to show off. As for the active and passive safety devices in the vehicle itself, I will only say one thing: one seat belt is better than all your other devices, so throw away your seat belt buckle.