When I bought my first car, I had ambitions to buy a European luxury brand, and even arranged a simple test drive, but finally chose the existing Infiniti Q30. Fortunately, these years of hard work have allowed me to list BMW as one of the car replacement brands to consider when I have a second treasure, originally considering the 3 Series Touring, M.BenzC Series Oste or Audi A4Avant. Just colleagues share the ordinary people test drive activity, this cycle of experience will not be as hasty as the test ride in the exhibition room, you can more deeply appreciate the feelings brought by the brand to the small partners.
It also allows me to really understand the use of the car before buying a car, and I can know more accurately about the power, space, sound insulation, and configuration, and what kind of car I should change in the future will be of great help to me who already has two treasures. Actually see the car's exquisite headlights, you can recognize at a glance that this is the new G generation, the appearance is indeed different from the old F generation, but there is no standard BMW's latest technology laser headlights, I think it is a pity. The sharp lines on the side of the car show a very dynamic feeling, and the standard welcome light not only illuminates itself, but even the children in the family find it interesting.
The taillights are more delicate than the original F generation, but also more luxurious, and finally a little keep up with the feeling of Audi; the exhaust pipe is bilateral single out, with the taillights look dynamic, did not expect the entry of the 318i also has such a design. There is a beautiful digital dashboard in front of the driver's seat, where all auxiliary functions are displayed, and when the traffic lights are also displayed, the motorcycle detected in front can also be displayed. In addition, if even the mobile phone with KKBOX song, the instrument can also support the display of the album's cover, it is a pity that Apple CarPlay can not be displayed on the dashboard, navigation or need to look at the screen of the center console to confirm the position.
As for the steering wheel, I personally prefer the style of M packaging, but compared to the previous 318i, the shape of this time is still relatively good, the only fly in the ointment is the lack of paddle shifters, although individuals will only use it when overtaking, but usually touch it or have a certain sense of coolness. At night, the whole car will be surrounded by blue-purple atmosphere lights, and I haven't had time to study whether I can change the light color, but with the preset blue-purple color, it looks very comfortable. And my son reminded me that the atmosphere light will automatically turn into a red suction light when the door panel is opened to remind the people who get off the car, and there is a car behind to pay attention to, which is really a delicate little thought.
The central control screen size is 10.25 inches, which is much larger and consistent than the previous F generation, and there will be no abrupt feeling. In the overall adjustment of temperature control and buttons, the texture has finally improved a lot, and there is no longer a strong sense of cheap plastic in the past. There is an electric waist rest in the front driving position! This is very helpful for long distances, and the main and passenger seats are also equipped with electric adjustment seats. The back seat of the car sat up deeper, and the wife reported that the waist of the long journey can last a long time, and it will not be like our original one, and after a while it will start to be tired. I also feel that the back of the chair is more inclined when I sit in the back seat myself, and the leg support is very large enough to exceed half of the thigh, and the overall sitting is quite comfortable.
Because it is a rear drive, so the back seat central floor bulge will still affect the comfort of the ride, the back seat can sit to 5 people, but only suitable for a short distance, if you want to put two safety seats in the future, the middle can only let the petite people slightly stuck, the space is not large, but compared to the Lexus IS seen before is still much better. The back is also equipped with a TypeC charging seat and an independent temperature control air outlet, which is a very friendly configuration for the rear seat, and the texture is also very good and luxurious.
The volume of the rear luggage compartment is about 480 liters, and the back of the chair can also be separated 4/2/4 and fallen forward, but it is still a little poor at the opening, and it takes some effort to move things up and down, and the overall performance is decent, which is absolutely enough in general use. I don't know if it is because the original factory itself has tuned this 2.0-liter engine very well, so that the 318i with only 154hp horsepower on the book is much better than my original 156hp horsepower car in terms of climbing and general acceleration, and it is very easy and convenient to drive, and it does not need to be particularly high speed to have obvious strength.
And the engine sound is really small, unless the force is strong to have a significant sound, BMW is really good at sound insulation and engine tuning. G generation 318i is equipped with 5AU high-tech driver assistance system, which is quite sincere, ACC as a whole will be used under the steering wheel will always be involved in maintaining the so-called lane, when the driver manually steered, after a period of time will detect the lane line to continue to start the function. On the 12-inch digital dashboard, various conditions can also be displayed, such as road speed limits, and the use of ACC and other functions, but since I use Apple CarPlay to connect my phone, I can't display map information like Android Auto, and I hope to improve it in the future.
In addition, I am 179cm tall, and when the seat is adjusted to my comfortable driving position, the upper half of the steering wheel will block the display speed like the above picture, so the city needs to slightly glance at how much speed is set every time I use it, which may have to be solved by choosing a head-up display. Because of the scheduling relationship and the beauty of the sky, resulting in this test drive during me can not arrange a long-distance journey, can only run around in the city, but the most praise is that this has a configuration of automatic parking function, in the city stop and go as long as a little deep on the brake, the system will immediately start to take over the brake pedaling, very convenient.
But it should be noted that because the city automatically holds when the vehicle is stationary, sometimes people suddenly forget whether it is D gear, N gear, or P gear, which takes a while to adapt. And now the depot has an idle shutdown function in order to protect the environment, and the vibration of the engine is still obvious in actual use, so every time I get on the car, I basically turn it off immediately without saying a word. In the parking link, the G generation 318i standard 360-degree surround view imaging system makes parking much more convenient, but also easier to park in a better direction and position, as long as the vehicle has a slight tilt, can be adjusted by the display position on the panel.
The blind spot detection system is also very accurate and sensitive, and is a very practical function on both highways and general roads. This time, a total of 356 kilometers were driven before returning the car, and 36.25 liters of gasoline were replenished after entering the gas station. The average fuel consumption is about 9.82km/L. During use, I am smooth to open, only when you want to test the throttle, this is ok fuel consumption, if the idle function is turned on, the overall fuel consumption performance will be better.
The space of this car is absolutely enough in terms of two large and two small cases, if you do not need 5 people for a long time, the size of this car is enough to cope with most situations; although I think it is enough in terms of power, but because it has driven 320i for a while, the 318i throttle of the entrance has a sense of speed that is still poor, and there is no shift paddle, which is relatively lacking in overtaking and aesthetics, but the sense of control as a BMW is absolutely nothing to say, and the feeling of being a car is one.
Safety, sound insulation, 5AU and other configurations are also very good, 9.8km/L fuel consumption I also think is OK. As for the proper rate I observed colleagues' 320i new car 6 to 7 years have not been repaired anything, so to summarize the above points, I think buyers with budget considerations can buy 318i, after all, this configuration is decentralized a lot, in the first class, I think the value is very high.