Best partner - Changan Mazda CX-30 car purchase & car sharing

Author - Kaga User: -llwcc

Fortunately, I was able to buy the most suitable car at the right time and at a reasonable price.

【Car Purchase History】

At the beginning of the plan, I actually only planned to buy a Fit or LIFE top match, and take the JDM Suqo configuration flow modification route, but after calculating the required cost on a certain day, I found that I needed to pay about 130,000 yuan. After hearing this news, the family's funders criticized me fiercely and decided to add a little budget - although the budget for changing the fit is not low, but in order to make me not change the car, everyone can say that it has taken a lot of effort.

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After the End of the Fit Plan, I also thought about buying a low-equipped Leiling Dual Engine, and then doing a little light modification, which can also control the price within 150,000 yuan. This plan was naturally fully approved for my family, a place where Toyota fans and Toyota owners gathered, but one day I went back to school and went out with my friends, just hit a new Leiling twin engine ride-hailing car, the hoarse engine noise and the vibration coming from the co-pilot's feet when riding four people up the mountain made me give up the idea at once - it was so simple, it only needed a reason to give up - but I think, maybe because there was already a new joy at that time, or rather, This new love never left my sight.

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Yes, don't forget that the protagonist of this article is Mazda, and after investigating the price in the field, I finally set my sights on the Mazda 3 Axela and CX-30.

When the next-generation Axela was just launched, I couldn't wait to run to the 4S shop where the bus was an hour and a half away for a test drive. September in the southeast coastal cities was still extremely hot, and I clearly remember being sunburned by the sun and my arms turned red, but I remember the test drive experience even more clearly, which made me fall into it when I had not driven a few cars at that time. The test drive was a platinum gray sub-top model, excellent design and texture, dexterous and precise but not losing the driving feel, hard and not upside down chassis filtering, the thick sound of the engine when accelerating, the sense of handling at will - these adjectives did not appear in my mind at the time, but at that time I already knew that it was an extremely easy car to drive, and it really suited me. From that time until I finally made a decision, I test-drove the Axela 6 times at different dealers, and it was really a car that I wanted to drive all the time after driving.

(Some of the original Mazda memories)

About a year later, the CX-30 was on the market. Compared to the excitement brought to me by Axela, I have forgotten why I tried the CX-30 in the first place, maybe just because I had never driven it, but the test drive experience also made a deep impression on me. The test drive was at the dealership where I finally bought the car, and the person who took me to the test drive was the sales manager at the time, a middle-aged man who was talkative and had excellent driving skills. Behind the dealer is a mountain, with winding mountain trails and sparse traffic, so I did not think that the test drive route is this mountain road - the person planning this test drive route must be promoted and raised, only this road can perfectly reflect the characteristics of Mazda, even if this is a so-called SUV, but the calm feeling in the process of going up and down the mountain makes me, the first time to run the mountain, feel extremely happy, not at all the clumsy feeling of an SUV. Judging by my driving skills at the time, driving a CX-30 was a beautiful thing.

(Just to put together a cover)

After continuing to plant grass, the final choice is actually very good. I prefer low-sedans, especially compact hatchbacks, but the next-generation Onksella has not introduced a hatchback version, and at the same time, the frequent cases of Onksella tire drum bags, the slight lack of interior detail (compared to the CX-30), and the relative lack of trunk flexibility have successfully pushed me to the CX-30. I purely think that I bought a hatchback with a slightly higher chassis, but the slightly taller chassis with slightly thicker tires perfectly fits my car environment, the road conditions in the county-level city are not particularly good, and the parking conditions of the units I currently work for are more touching, and I often need to go up and down the road, which is a good fit for me.

So, at the end of September, my sales sent me a "quarter-end impulse, the price is set by you" WeChat message, I took a leave to go straight to the dealer, at a price lower than the transaction price of most areas, set a CX-30 Premium Edition, extreme gray appearance, white interior, rare to the dealer to pay me twenty thousand deposits, the kind that can not be refunded, they are sure that if I do not want this car, it is estimated that no one will want it for a long time.

【Car Experience】

As of the time of writing, this car has accompanied me to run nearly 7,000 kilometers, most of which are highways and smooth urban roads, but congestion and other road conditions also account for a part, and it can still give complete conclusions about driving under different working conditions.

【Driving and control】

Because this is a Mazda, I will not come in the usual order, just start with the driving experience, which is the essence of the CX-30 car.

First of all, it is natural to say about the advantages, the well-known centaur is really not the bragging of manufacturers and car critics, the 158Ps 2.0 natural suction engine with the appearance of the 6AT can bring a pleasant daily driving experience, so that I like to drive it around when I am busy at work and have a chaotic mood, enjoying the driving pleasure of the knife falling.

(First trip after picking up the bus)

Power response can be said to be really on call, daily urban transportation if you do not want to drive fiercely, then treat the throttle gently, gently put your right foot on the comfortable accordion-type throttle pedal, at this time the engine will not have annoying movement at all, the gearbox will also cooperate with the engine I just want to slowly ride the mood, obediently maintain the rhythm of the upshift; but if I am in a bad mood and want to go on the expressway, highway or mountain road, I only need to apply some more sudden pressure to the accelerator pedal, The gearbox will almost immediately drop several gears in a row, the engine speed will quickly rise to 4000 or even more than 5000 rpm, followed by a smooth and smooth acceleration although not intense, and a completely annoying, emotional catalyst-like engine roar - in this case the movement of the engine can not be regarded as noise at all, not to mention the sound itself is very good, giving this seemingly exquisite and advanced "SUV" a completely different energy. The foot feeling of the brake pedal has been heard by many people before that it is difficult to adapt, the front is hard and the back is soft, etc., but after I get started, I feel quite good to adapt, although the orientation of the front hard and soft back is real, but this brake adjustment allows me to do a smooth brake stop without a nod very easily, and it is very easy to control the braking force, and the overall brake force output can also be said to be linear, which is not a problem for me.

(In fact, the rear section acceleration is definitely not so weak - the picture is not taken by the driver, safety first)

The steering feel can also be said to be just right. Although I feel some heaviness when moving at low speed, but for myself I like this slightly heavy steering feel, and this steering system with the speed gain, with the angle gain are quite in place, after the normal driving up will not feel heavy hands, although the steering wheel will follow the movement at high speed, basically no void, but will not bring me a sense of uneasiness, I just need to follow my normal driving habits to stabilize the steering wheel. Speaking of steering, it has to be extended to the level of control, only from the directionality of the steering and the flexibility of the body, followability, CX-30 can be said to be almost perfect, whether it is in the low-speed urban flashing, or high-speed rapid lane change overtaking, I can know very clearly through the steering wheel in my hand where I am going, and where my car can now take me, everything is so obedient and smooth, it can really be said that I love it.

(Some documentaries of mountain roads at sunset – also not taken by motorists)

But there are also drawbacks in driving, and with some obviousness, the car is not so flawless in handling. The first thing to emphasize is a problem in the steering aspect, when passing the expansion joint of the bridge/ramp at a speed of 50-60km/h and above in the case of wet and slippery ground, as long as I am turning, the steering wheel will definitely have a very perceptible slip when the front wheel presses over the expansion joint. After discussions with friends, we tended to think that this was a problem with steering damping tuning, which caused a slight slippage of the tires to be reflected directly on the steering wheel, bringing the uneasiness of driving on wet and slippery roads on rainy days. This situation makes me have to control the speed when driving in a wet and slippery state, especially when the road conditions are unknown, which can easily bring some uncertain small dangers.

The second is a series of problems of the rear suspension adjustment, although the lateral comparison of the torsion beam in the torsion beam is already quite superior, but in some working conditions, it is still unable to get rid of a series of problems caused by structural limitations. The most obvious is the longitudinal throwing jump when passing through the large speed bump, which can be said to be extremely obvious and uncomfortable, if the speed is 30-50km/h, it can almost shake the rear passengers up, but the faster ones will not have such a strong sense of throwing. The filter vibration of this chassis in the daily state can be said to be excellent, hard and not brittle, no excess vibration, superior texture, the only bad thing is the working conditions of the large speed reduction belt, which makes people uncomfortable and uneasy. In addition, when running a mountain, if you encounter some potholes in the bend (yes, the mountain road on my side will put a few speed bumps in the bend), you can still feel that one side of the wheel is carried by the other side to run, combined with the back suspension characteristics that are very jumpy, making people's uneasiness rise to another level. Do you remember what I said about the test drive, the driving technology at that time made me think that I couldn't understand the difference between the torsion beam and the multi-link, and now that I know, my driving skills are still a little better than I expected.

(Photo taken on Sanshan Road at the Beginning of the Chinese New Year)

In general, the handling limit of this car is actually not very high, I will even feel some pushing sensation on the mountain road (the specific working conditions can not be written out, although the speed is not high) with the unstable characteristics of the rear hanging, in fact, the CX-30 is still suitable for daily driving, mountain road driving and urban transportation, rather than impacting the limit, which is not what it should do.

【Styling Design】

In fact, this is also a big selling point of the new era Mazda, at least I was completely attracted by the appearance first. The design of the CX-30 is actually not 100% like, the front of the car is too low and too pointed from some angles, it feels not thick enough, but other aspects can be said to be almost perfect, I especially like to look at my car from the rear side, beautiful lines, rich curved design and exquisite taillight shape are huge pluses. From the design point of view, there are many details in the appearance, including the internal light group shape of the headlights and taillights and the large curved surface of the tailgate and the side of the car, as if injecting the soul into the car, with the extreme gray paint, the texture is suddenly full.

(First sight of it)

Speaking of car paint, I originally wanted to buy (Li Dao @ internal combustion tea house the same model) crystal diamond blue, but at the moment of booking the car sales told me that there is a polar gray car in the parking lot, you can take me to see, this look I directly ordered the extreme gray, in fact, this car paint color gave me a very big surprise. First of all, it is much more resistant to dirt than I thought, in addition to the tailgate is very easy to accumulate dust, but this should be a common disease of hatchbacks, other places from a distance seem to see basically can not see any dirt, I often do not wash the car for a month and are considered by others to be not just washed car (in the case of not seeing the rear of the car). Secondly, this color comes with a color change effect, when the weather is good, it seems to be a little cement gray, the weather is not good, the car color is quite rare, go out to pick up friends without telling them the license plate number, as long as you have seen my car once, the next time you will not be on the wrong car, got the unanimous approval of everyone.

(gray blue)

(dark gray)

There is a flaw in the appearance assembly process, the co-pilot's B-pillar paint trim plate texture is very good, but it is a little more convex than the rear door trim plate, and it can't be pressed at all - this is the case when the car is picked up, but it does not become more and more serious with my use, and it does not bring strange noise and wind noise, so I usually do not know, but sometimes I wash the car with my hands to press a few times, and there is a feeling of being absent but cannot be pressed to make the obsessive-compulsive disorder a little crazy. There is also a fender at the junction of the rear wheel arch and the back door is a very necessary small accessory, if you can't stand a pile of muddy water stains on the inside of the back door on a rainy day, please be sure to install a set, more than a hundred dollars is really not expensive, worth recommending.

(The wheel arch fenders really can't be seen at all)

【Interior and Ride】

The interior is one of the most satisfying things since I used the car, and I was pleasantly surprised by the ride, the design and the configuration. There are already countless people who have praised Mazda's new interior design style, integrating various physical buttons into the central control, but the overall design is still simple and advanced, not at all like a car of more than 100,000 (insert a small story here, many friends who have sat in my car are completely ignorant of cars, just look at the appearance and interior, almost no one thinks that my car is cheap, most people think that it is a car of 30-40 million yuan, vanity burst out laughing at once). The specially selected white interior effect is also quite gratifying, more resistant than I imagined (it may also be that I never wear jeans), but also with the brown-black center console together greatly set off the sense of luxury of the interior design, I think the white interior is the new era of Mazda interior complete body, absolutely worth choosing, of course, only the top match, the manufacturer is a little too stingy.

(Guarding the cleanest white interior)

Functionality and ergonomics are also impeccable, most of the configuration is easy to use and practical, whether it is the steering wheel buttons with good texture that are used every day, the central control buttons, or the deep functions that can be called through the car machine, most of which I can come in handy. Take a part of the configuration as an example, such as Mazda's i-stop automatic start-stop and Autohold automatic parking, have flexible and obedient activation logic, only when the deep brakes are pressed these two configurations will be able to wake up, if the red light is only more than ten seconds away do not want to activate the start and stop, you can gently step on the brake pedal, so that it will not turn off, nor will it activate the automatic parking, as if there is no two configurations; if you really need to stop for a long time, the cooperation of these two configurations is also quite good. The starting connection is also quite rapid, the movement of the instant start is not large, the automatic parking will be lifted immediately after the vehicle starts, the car can start quickly, there is no delay at all, and the use experience is excellent.

(Too many words to put a picture to enliven the atmosphere)

Another thing worth mentioning is that some safety assistance configurations, such as lane departure warning and lane keeping assistance, will not interfere too much with the driver's operating logic, usually if the lane change forgets to turn on the lights and will not forcibly interfere, a little more force can also complete the lane change, only when there is a real danger situation will sound a rapid alarm sound to prompt. Rear active braking and parallel assist also helped me a little, than Audi's high-definition panoramic image with the flexible and compact body is a good helper for urban driving, the only bad use is the automatic high beam, fortunately it can be turned off, I have completely turned it off.

There are also some small details that will be experienced in the process of using the car, first of all, the storage compartment and glove box below the central control are not illuminated, the items can not be seen in the dark state, and the reading light must be turned on, in fact, Mazda can consider adding a little warm light and low-brightness atmosphere lamp to its own products, in fact, it can set off the sense of high-grade, and at the same time, it can really be slightly illuminated at the same time, which is much better than the black light blind fire; the texture of the leather is very good, but the front side of the handle of the left rear door has cracked, I don't know what it is, Fortunately, it is not obvious; the large area of piano paint decoration plate under the center console looks ordinary, in fact, there are very "oriental charm" grain embellishments inside, and the sun shines quite well and is very detailed.

(I cracked)

Space and rides are not as tight as they might think. The front two seats are not to say, this car is essentially built for these two seats, the ergonomics of the seats are quite good, the support and softness are just right for my figure, all the functions are within my reach, the height of the left and right armrests is exactly the same, the door panel armrests are soft and thick, and it feels very advanced when I press it; the rear row is not the point I cared about when I bought the car, but the actual use of the space is completely acceptable, the problem is that the backrest angle is relatively steep and straight, and the headrest has some front buckles, Purely speaking, the ride experience and sense of space can also fully meet the daily use, I often use this car to take my parents and brother out to play, and compared with the original car at home, there is nothing wrong with it except that I can't straighten my legs.

In the ride part to mention the NVH performance, the filter shock has actually said, usually normal driving in the case of performance is quite good, hard and not brittle, but the throwing feeling of the rear axle of the speed reduction belt is very uncomfortable, and even every time will stimulate the "collision automatic shooting" function of the dashcam. In terms of sound insulation, it is very surprising, all kinds of noise within the legal speed limit range are very small, and even as long as a little music can be ignored, which was never expected before I bought, a hundred thousand Mazda actually has a sense of isolation, absolutely a surprise. Speaking of sound insulation, by the way, I heard that the speaker is BOSE OEM, daily listening to songs is very picky source, if it is a U disk to play lossless music, the effect is quite good, even Bluetooth is more general, completely inferior to Lynk & Co this kind of open hanging players, but at this price can also be regarded as a medium performance.

(Julie is nice to listen to and highly recommended)

【Car cost and failure】

Fuel consumption is very low, although it is not excluded that it is the reason for my driving habits and smooth road conditions - my use of the working conditions before the recent outbreak of the epidemic is the high-speed city six or four open, but I also often pull the throttle of the big foot to pull the speed up, the traffic light starts often step on more than 3000 rpm, on the high-speed convergence traffic flow as long as the road conditions allow it are throttle to the end, overtaking is never ambiguous, in such a working condition, the average fuel consumption since the close to 7000 km is only 7.1-7.3 liters / 100 km. I add Sinopec/Shell No. 92 gasoline every day, and I don't even need fifty cents a kilometer when the oil price was low, but this is a 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine, which has made me very satisfied with the fuel consumption performance.

(Nostalgia for shell discounts)

In terms of maintenance, because I have only carried out a free first insurance, I can't give an accurate judgment, but before maintenance, I only spent 50 yuan to upgrade a barrel of golden light oil that I heard was extremely rare, and I felt that the maintenance cost was not necessarily too high, and the maintenance frequency of 7,000 kilometers was still acceptable. In fact, there are some faults, Dongying BMW really learned BMW's skills, that is, it is easy to light the alarm lights, after the door is turned off for a long time, the battery will alarm, but this is a very common problem in the new era of Mazda, and it seems that it will not bring any impact, we have passed; I myself have also encountered two prompts "in-car network failure", because only the top model is equipped with its own network of Yuelian system, so other configuration models can not encounter this problem, And this fault light is only on for a few tens of minutes to extinguish, at present, there is no impact at all, of course, I hope that there will be no impact in the future.

(Authentic Toei BMW, learned the essence of BMW)

There is a problem that I think may not be attributed to the failure, as the weather slowly heats up, the frequency of use of the air conditioner gradually rises, I found that my CX-30 in the throttle sliding air conditioning air volume will suddenly become larger, you can also obviously feel that the wind blowing out has become colder, but in the normal driving and acceleration of the obvious feeling that the air conditioning is not very powerful. I can't say that I don't understand this principle, I can only say that I don't know anything, but I am inclined to believe that this is not an individual problem, and if everyone's car does not have this small problem, then I will have to find time to repair the car.

Regarding the abnormal noise that everyone is very concerned about, I am sorry, it can be said that there is no sound at all since it is close to 7,000 kilometers, and all the sources of sound come from the things put in the car, and the ETC equipment I installed later - I really thought that I didn't buy it for a long time at first, and I didn't know until recently that it was not a car problem at all, it was my ETC device that would crunch and crunch a few times when it was sunburned, which was really speechless.

【Summary】

Returning to the question of "why did I buy this car", my car purchase process has been carried out from the central idea of "pleasing myself" from beginning to end, and until I finally made a choice, I did not deviate from this principle. The CX-30 is a completely "self-pleasing" car, from design to manufacturing, everything is to please the driver, to make the driver feel the pleasure of the whole body for as much time as possible, and I think Mazda has done exactly that. Everything is so suitable, maybe it will be replaced by an ES or S60 or even a MINI, but from the day I picked up the car, it will be my only best partner for a long time to come.

With this "essay", I would like to record my first memories of the companionship of my good friends.

(Let's see more scenery together in the future)