The most exciting moment after buying a car is seeing your beloved car waiting for you in the delivery hall. If there is any part that “ruins” this wonderful experience, it would be the complicated procedures such as temporary license plates, insurance, and loan disbursement, which are all headaches for me. When picking up the car, all I want to do is to drive it back home as soon as possible in its perfect condition.
However, despite the inconvenience, some procedures still need to be completed. So how can we efficiently complete these procedures? As an ideal ONE first batch car owner, I would like to share my experience with everyone. I completed the pick-up and registration in half a day.
On the pick-up day, the ideal ONE car owners who have completed payment prior to arriving at the dealership are divided into two situations: those who have completed payment procedures beforehand and those who pay after arrival. As a car owner waiting for pick-up, you can refer to the pick-up procedures for these two situations below.
Completing Payment Procedures Beforehand
If you choose to pay beforehand, picking up the car would be the fastest option. For instance, insurance can be selected in advance, and if everything goes smoothly, you can drive the new car away in just 30 minutes. Here are the procedures I compiled for you.
At the time, I chose to make payment beforehand, and then did four things at the dealership: inspect the car, put on temporary license plates, listen to instructions, and sign the vehicle handover form. The efficiency was indeed very high.
1. Inspect the Car
The car inspection involves two main steps: vehicle inspection and key and accompanying document inspection. Please refer to the following figure for details on the vehicle inspection. Just follow the instructions of the delivery expert.
Actually, before the car inspection, the vehicle has undergone a very strict PDI inspection. You can check out my previous article on “What exactly is PDI? Exploring Ideal Automotive Delivery Center” for details (https://www.LI.com/community/articledetail/220118.html?uid=3048568453724360705&activityId=0&channelCode=App&lxshare=CopyLink&shareAppVersion=5.15.1&sharePlatform=1&shareDeviceId=557695936B04480C944A7C8E8EAEE1EA), where 167 functions and components of the vehicle are tested through seven processes.
Key and accompanying document inspection mainly involves inspecting important documents such as the electronic key, certificate of conformity, and user manual. For details, please refer to the following figure.
2. Vehicle plate printing
During this step, all we need to do is to provide the expert with our ID card, and then we can sit in the delivery hall, drink beverages and eat cookies while waiting for the vehicle plate to be printed.
3. Vehicle orientation
The expert will give an explanation on basic driving, overall button layout, four-screen interaction, voice assistant, assistive driving, etc. according to everyone’s level of vehicle understanding.
4. Signing the vehicle transfer order
The “Li Xiang New Car Transfer Order” is a relatively important document which, once signed, represents the formal completion of the vehicle transfer process. We do not need to worry about the process after this step.
At this stage, everyone can take the vehicle home. This is how efficient it is. Currently, more than 70% of car owners use this method, which takes about 30 minutes on average. It seems that car owners value their time quite a lot.
Payments made after arriving at the dealership
The main difference between paying before or after arriving at the dealership is the change in the process. The specific processing methods of each project remain the same. The simplified process after arriving at the dealership is as follows:
The core process is basically the same as described in the first part. You can follow the instructions of the expert for transfer payments, invoice issuance, insurance verification, waiting for the insurance to take effect, documents to be verified by the bank, and waiting for the bank to release the loan. The steps are not complicated, mainly waiting time. The entire process is expected to take about three hours or so.
Special reminder: Occasionally, there may be some special circumstances encountered during the transfer process. We hope for some understanding in these situations, such as lost ID cards, bank card limits, inability to issue invoices due to tax system upgrades, bank system abnormalities, insurance exceptions, slow insurance verification for non-local residents, or inability to issue insurance policies in certain regions. The most difficult issue is that the traffic management system cannot query the insurance policy or print the vehicle plate due to system upgrades. Especially when dealing with traffic management system upgrades, even payment before arriving at the dealership cannot completely avoid delays. So, please be a bit more patient in such cases.
Important list of documents required for taking the vehicle
The above is about vehicle preparation for delivery. We hope it can help you successfully take your vehicle. If you find it helpful, I will take the time to provide a guide for license plate registration, to help you complete the process with greater efficiency.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.