Introduction | practice is the only test of truth
In the previous article of Lao Ma 6, YuanBao had set up a Flag: the second-hand car "seam patching" is too troublesome, never touched again, but life is always full of surprises and accidents, this time continue to be forced to open, and it is a "big job" - 10 years old Audi A6L.
"Ashkenazi cars for years, poor reliability, small problems and expensive accessories, can not buy as much as possible do not buy", similar to the word of mouth a lot, Yuanbao before also especially resisted the German old car, but this maintenance, maintenance down feeling, German second-hand old car seems not so "scary", but "play" up the threshold is somewhat high.
1 The car is in worrying condition, running a tank of gasoline can burn half a barrel of engine oil
First of all, the background of it, Yuanbao's second entrepreneurship failed again, the store closed the sublease, settled the employee's salary, and handled the office resources (the previous work car Old Horse 6 and the bmw 5 series of running leases were sold), and then began to ask for accounts. However, now everyone may also know this situation, talking about anything, that is, talking about money is difficult.
A big brother with a good personal relationship, perhaps annoyed by the grinding, or perhaps thinking of old feelings, he gave this Audi A6L to the top of the account, although the value is not as good as the amount of the IOU, but it is better than nothing.
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Because of the good relationship with the driver, the car condition is still quite clear. 2011 Audi A6L 2.4L technology type, the market price of about 80,000 yuan, ran 150,000 kilometers, once was the big leader of the official car (private enterprise), about 5 years ago the unit changed the new leader, this car is not much use, just attend some special occasions, now the biggest use is to hang accounts, belongs to the idle and disrepair state.
The car was parked in the corner, the body fell a layer of floating ash, fortunately, the original car paint is still quite a lot, only the back door spray paint; the interior is very shabby, not only dirty, seats, door panels and other vulnerable parts have cracking and smoke burn marks, re-wrapping the leather is not saved; open a circle, the chassis is still quite neat, the gearbox working condition is not abnormal, air conditioning, warm air can be used, the driver said "the biggest problem is to burn engine oil, probably run a box of gasoline to add half a barrel of oil", open the trunk to see: good guys, put 3 barrels of oil.
2man hours are more expensive than accessories, and maintenance resources are very important
A6L burning oil is too common, there are many complaints and maintenance posts on the Internet, look at it for 3 hours, basically can master some new repair knowledge.
There are only a few reasons for burning engine oil, including piston ring failure, valve oil seal aging, carbon deposition in the cylinder, exhaust valve aging, etc., unfortunately my car is fully occupied, mild non-destructive maintenance can not continue to live, can only dismantle the engine overhaul, which is also expected, after all, the oil is serious.
Honestly, the more surprising thing is that Audi accessories are not expensive, overhaul plus oil and water are all calculated down to 0.5 million yuan, and some accessories and Volkswagen are universal, before the Sonata overhaul engine also spent 0.4 million yuan. Due to the cumbersome design of Audi's engine compartment, it is not easy to disassemble, the cost of man-hours is a large expenditure, and the quotation given by the 4S shop is even higher than the accessories.
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Fortunately, my gearbox is fine, otherwise it would be more troublesome. In the end, I chose a friend's repair shop, even disassembled the belt assembly, a total of 7 days of shelf, plus the polishing of the whole car, the interior renovation, the wheel hub retreading, four new suspensions and tires, a total of more than 10,000 years, is to restore the 8 success of the new car. If the repair is normal in the repair shop, the price should be more than 15,000 yuan, and the 4S shop should be about 20,000 yuan.
At present, the only problem is that the fuel consumption is relatively high, about 15L per hundred kilometers, and so on to see if the running-in period can be lowered.
3 Is it reliable to buy second-hand old Germans? Not for everyone
Let's talk about whether it is worth it, take this Audi A6L as an example, in the BBA of the same period, it is the only one with elongated, the rear space is more comfortable, the driving quality is high, and the second-hand price is relatively low. At the same time, compared with the Japanese system, according to the market price of my car even buy + repair 100,000 yuan, in this standard, basically can not buy the same year of the Japanese Toyota Crown or Lexus ES, Camry, Accord can be, but the brand and high sense of misalignment.
In other words, it is the lower retention rate of the old German car that contributes to the cost performance and attractiveness, but due to the instability of reliability, it has higher requirements for the owner than the Japanese system, which has better performance.
On the one hand, maintenance resources, hindered by the unreasonable design of the cabin, this kind of car repair is more troublesome, time-consuming, is the repair shop likes to see the model, if there is no real own people engaged in the maintenance industry, the working hours fee will be a big expense, and even minutes to buy a car when the sense of affordability, to find a supplement.
On the other hand, the ability to control the condition of the car, not only the sheet metal and painting of the surface covering parts, but also to understand the overall working conditions of the vehicle, it is best to be meticulous to each problem and parts, grasp the overall cost of the cost, if you can buy less problems, or boutique refurbished models, the use process will be more pleasant.
In contrast, Japanese reliability is usually more stable and maintenance costs are lower.
Car gathering summary
The reason for sharing this renovation experience is not to give everyone an Al-Lyd old car, but to show that this kind of used car is not as bad as the legend, the low retention rate brings considerable cost performance, and the excellent driving quality is also very attractive. Of course, the cumbersome repair and vehicle condition survey link, also set a threshold, most ordinary users may not be good at all, and are not willing to delay so much effort in the car, small white users should be more cautious, a little careless directly into the pit.
For Yuanbao, how to stop loss to maximize profits is the key, insurance is on the same, the rental company should be the next stop of this car.