I don't know if you also have a person in your heart who you have wanted to meet for a long time, but you have not found a reason to see it?
Ann, a post-90s independent photographer, is also an old friend I have always wanted to meet. Over the years, she has been traveling north and south, leaving behind many shocking photographs, but also a veteran traveler and half a gourmet.
When my old friends met in the spring, I asked her to come to Guangzhou, not only on the grounds of the spring mood of the city, but more importantly, I learned that she recently had a new identity: the owner of arteon SR.
As the owner of the new Weilan, I will pay more attention to the crock tank car driving on the street, not to mention knowing that the friends around me have also chosen to import volkswagen station wagons, whether it is for this wonderful fate, or I want to get some kind of recognition from this like-minded old friend, I know that Ann and I should meet.
When Ann and Arteon SR appeared in front of me together, I seemed to understand why she chose it.
For a photographer, picking up the camera is a strict requirement for image quality and pixels, and projecting onto a car is the ultimate pursuit of quality and design.
I think no boy can refuse such an elegant hunting body design, compared with the domestic CC hunting car, Arteon SR's body shape is more original and pure.
Blue livery, with a new R logo kit, combined with a two-sided four-out exposed exhaust layout, pulls the performance car's sporty sense full, looking in from the frameless door, Harman Kardon audio conveys to the eye a texture different from domestic production.
Compared to arteon SR, my new WeiLan is not a "rare species" at all, I saw this hunting car for the first time, said no heart, obviously against my heart, saw the 19-inch aluminum alloy wheels, one-piece sports barrel seat, for me a crock pot fan, do not go out to run, obviously violent. And Ann was willing to be my photographer.
Under the Canton Tower, on the banks of the Pearl River, Arteon SR is like a fashion item, and my new Weilan can't get up even if it has a smart matrix LED headlight in front of it. Compared with the appearance, my Wei Lan and I are willing to bow to the wind.
Under Ann's lens, I don't have to worry about the posture is not in place, I believe in her technique, and I am more confident that Arteon SR can have a qualitative improvement in the overall photo by "single-handedly".
To be honest, I don't have the talent to be a model, but from the final product, the deep blue, the dedicated girl, makes me more confident.
How to entertain this friend who has come from afar? I think there is no better way to do this than to take a road trip together and camp in the wild.
I drove the new Wei Lan, and she drove the Arteon SR and embarked on a journey together. Isn't meeting a confidant, meeting a distant place, and seeing the vastness of life the greatest meaning of the station wagon?
When we unanimously choose a station wagon, a certain tacit understanding has been generated, and after this walk-and-go journey, I find that our tacit understanding does not stop there.
We drove from the city to the wilderness, listened to the wind blow freely, stepped on the throttle deeply, and looked in the rearview mirror to see if we were catching up with each other, and this "competition" seemed to be back in the past.
At that time, we had just graduated from college, and we were an age that dared to speak boldly about our dreams, and I said that I would do the work I loved in the future, and she said that she wanted to shoot "poetry and distance". Today, we are still on the road, listening to the voice of the heart, trying to live our own appearance.
It may be hard for you to imagine an Ann a girl carrying more than ten kilograms of photographic equipment, has traveled all over the world, just as we can not know the real explosiveness and staying power of the Arteon SR from its 2.0T turbocharged engine, if not with our own eyes.
In Ann's words, "When the speed is fast, acceleration can also provide a steady stream of power output, and overtaking on the highway is so easy." ”
I could accept that she had arrived at the campsite two minutes earlier than me, but when we simultaneously lifted her feet slightly and swept to the bottom of the rear of the car, the amount of luggage in the two rear compartments that opened and closed could still help me pull back 10%.
You know, my new Weilan is a pragmatist who knows how to travel. Its rear seats support a 4:2:4 reclining ratio, providing a maximum of 1725 liters of trunk space, and it relies on large items such as tents, tables and chairs for this camping.
The automotive industry has been groping for many years, and I've always used to talk about "car things" as soon as I open my mouth. Although talking about cars seems incomprehensible in the face of beautiful scenery, food and beauty, I always believe that knowing a car is also understanding the people who choose this car.
As someone who records other people's stories on camera, Ann doesn't mind sharing her story with me at all. She told me that the Arteon SR was her first car, and it was a story that "started with looks, got stuck in performance, and stayed true to the experience."
Appearance, you can see at a glance, performance, open up self-evident, about the experience, that must be after getting along with the heart to feel out.
"I love being on the road, and people say I'm brave, but in large part because the car gives me a lot of security." Ann said.
She shared with me a little story from a trip, she said that during a shooting in Yunnan, she almost crashed into the protective fence, but fortunately, the driver assistance system in the car played a role, issued a warning in advance, and braked urgently to avoid the accident. "I'm on the highway now, and I like to use this cruise control function, which saves effort and worry." She added.
Although her face was calm at the moment, I could also feel her heart beating faster at that time. As a car lover, my new Wei Lan has also accompanied me several times, but fortunately escaped the "thrilling moment" under the protection of its Travel Assist full-journey driver assistance system.
Although we do not want to have such empathy, we have also reached a consensus with each other that a good car must be a safe car. It doesn't have to carry 9 airbags like my new weilan, but it must be proactive in predicting and avoiding risks like them.
As far as I know, Ann took her driver's license because of her career choice, and I marveled at her driving skills, looking like an old driver.
She told me very honestly, "Compared with you, I am a novice, my car is the same as your Weilan, there is a parking assistance system, I rely on front and rear reversing radar and 360-degree image to slowly train the car feeling." ”
At this point, I can also understand why Ann is "true to the experience". When I was trying to understand her choice, I was also seeing myself that the reason why I chose Xinweilan was related to the stage I was in.
When I was young, my dream car was a sports car that could make my adrenaline soar, and in the year of standing, a station wagon that drove comfortably, without losing control and performance, was the most in line with my heart.
Driving should be a pleasure, sitting in a new ergonomic seat, listening to the bass of the Harman Kardon sound, turning on the mood lights, and relieving the fatigue of work in such a spacious and comfortable space.
Of course, if I want to feel the original Ashkenazi driving fun, the new WeiLan has not disappointed me. It is equipped with an XDS electronic differential, coupled with the ESP electronic stability system, to further optimize the wheel torque distribution when cornering, ensuring grip and body stability, in addition, it has a DCC dynamic chassis control system, which adjusts the softness and hardness of the shock absorber to meet my driving needs in different scenarios.
Of course, the most important thing is that my "old buddy", with a comfortable configuration and spacious space, let me and my family travel more frequently, which is probably the serendipity of this car to me.
The cuteness of life is that it does not remain static, and as we grow older and our mood changes, our tastes and choices also change. When he was full of spirits, he liked to listen to rock and roll, and now he prefers piano music.
But, fortunately, Ann and I are both choosing what suits us, whether it's burning passion on the road or slowing down to enjoy life, we are finally walking on the path we like.
In my life, I am fortunate to meet such a friend, and she has lived a light with her own efforts.
Let the mountains and lakes be seen, so that we in the city can also share the beauty of the sun, moon and stars, she over the mountains, go all out, but also let me more determined, the love in my heart.
Ann's life is elsewhere, and the choices of our lives are always in our hands, starting with choosing a car.
The next time I see you, I hope that she and I will become a better version of ourselves.