10 pieces of advice for people who are about to buy a car, every sentence is to the point

When you want to buy your first car in life, the mood must be very excited, as the saying goes, a good car is a small step, no car has a big step, a family car, it will definitely be able to change your life, but, before that, I would like to ask you to calm down and listen carefully to my suggestions.

1. Do you really need a car?

"That guy is worse than me, he has a car, and I'm going to buy one too. ”

"The husband and wife have a combined monthly salary of 5,000, but my husband has to buy a car, saying that he has no car and no face"

I hope your motivation for buying a car is not these, but because you or your family really need a car, except for a very small number of models, the car has been depreciating since you bought it, it is a means of transportation, and should not become a tool for you to show off and earn face, in this era, a car is really nothing, others can't afford you, a car can't decide, but it depends on yourself. So, if there are other more important items that have not yet been added, such as a house, then you might as well put the car purchase on the go.

2. Consider the purpose of buying a car

What kind of car you want to buy, decide the budget you want to buy a car, the model you choose, this should be the first thing you should determine, for example, this car is for family use or mainly to drive alone, the rear seat space is not important, mainly urban commuting or often need to run long distances, whether there is a need to transport large items, etc.

3. Be clear about your car purchase budget

After determining the demand, the next step is the budget, which is very important, from 50,000 to 100,000, then to 200,000, from Fit to Magotan and then to BBA, and this is not uncommon. But you have to know that there is no upper limit to the price of a car, but can you afford the cost of maintaining and using a car? Without affecting your quality of life, try to buy a better car, which should be the main principle for you to determine your budget.

4. Don't be superstitious about car critics

When you start to choose a car, you will definitely look at a variety of evaluations and comparisons, but what I want to tell you is that most of the car reviewers on the Internet are for the benefit of the service, either for the direct recharge of the car company, or for the traffic and attention, their words can be referenced, but can not be fully trusted, if you really want to see the evaluation, some well-known car reviews and car vertical websites multi-car horizontal reviews, the credibility is relatively high (and only relatively).

5. Choose a tram or a petrol car according to your needs

Some people say that the tram is an IQ tax, and some people say that now they still buy fuel cars are 49 years into the national army, these remarks are too extreme, should not interfere with you, you should consider your own car needs, a year can not run several long distances, mainly commuting to work, can be installed at home charging piles, why not buy a much lower cost of use, driving experience dimensionality reduction blow tram?

6. The value retention rate is very important

There are always some people on the Internet who say that the value retention rate is not important, and that the car is for driving, not for selling, but you have to remember that the promise you make to the first car now, I will drive you to scrap, just like the vow of the first love. 43% of Chinese car owners change cars in an average of 3 years, and more than 60% change cars within 5 years. (Data from J.D. Power)

The water in your brain when you buy a car now, and when you sell the car, it will turn into tears of regret.

7. Don't believe in hardware determinism or country determinism

Just tell you, dual-clutch is garbage, CVT is garbage, and AT is YYDS. Japanese cars are not safe, German car chassis are very advanced, American cars have fuel consumption to car reviewers, I suggest you block as soon as possible, so as not to lower your IQ.

It's 2022, why are there still such anti-intellectual remarks? It's the same Aisin 8AT, why is the Camry a significant setback, and Volvo is much smoother. Saying that American cars have high fuel consumption, do you go and see the high fuel consumption of Buick and Chevrolet's small-displacement turbocharged models? Saying that Japanese cars are not safe, TNGA's Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru are not Japanese cars? Saying that dual-clutch transmissions are garbage, Geely Great Wall's wet dual-clutch and Audi's longitudinal wet dual-clutch make you suspect that this is an AT.

So, it's still the same sentence, it's 2022, don't make such a simple and rude conclusion about a car, hardware can't determine the experience, and country can't determine product power.

8. Determine your own priorities for choosing a car

Some people think that power is the most important, some people think fuel economy is the most important, and some people think that comfort and peace of mind are the most important. There is nothing wrong with this, the key is what kind of car you want to buy, and then prioritize your needs, for example, power first, space second, fuel consumption is not too high, and stability can be passable. There is no such thing as a perfect car, only the one that suits you best.

9. Be sure to test drive

Don't judge the car, even if it's a model, the performance before and after the replacement can be very different, I'll give you two examples, the chassis of the seventh-generation Camry and the eighth-generation Camry is like a different car. The new BYD Han is also very different from the old model.

Some people say, I haven't driven a few cars, test drive can't be good or bad, in fact, it's very simple, as long as your five senses are normal, and you will be able to feel the difference carefully, do what I say:

1. Press the manhole cover and speed bump at a speed of 20 or 60 per hour, and feel the softness and hardness of the suspension and the excess vibration.

2. Drive the vehicle on the elevated highway (it would be better to be able to get on the highway), feel the high-speed sound insulation performance of this car, the wind noise on both sides, the road irritability under the feet, stop the car and open the door to feel the isolation of environmental noise.

3. Low-speed car reversal, city stop-and-go, big foot brake and then half throttle start, feel the smoothness and responsiveness of the gearbox.

Test drive multiple models in one day, compare more, and if you can't make a difference, you come to me.

10. Go to a few more 4S stores

We often see some novices buy a car, go to the first 4S store, because they feel that the sales and their own more fate, or fellow countrymen, immediately set the car, sales like you like the customer, do not pit you pit who? buy a car, must run a few more 4S stores, you can go to the store to go, ask the price, and then the price to reduce the price, first talk about cash discounts, then talk about maintenance, and finally talk about the so-called boutique accessories, the probability can get a good price.