Choosing a Car
Choosing a car is truly a happy trouble. Since both of our family’s traditional cars are small and we love to take road trips as a family, we have set our sights on extended range new energy vehicles (pure electric not considered), with two options to choose from: 1, the Lynk&Co 02 FREE; 2, the Ideal ONE.
The Lynk&Co 02 FREE: We saw it for the first time in the mall, and the interior attracted us as it felt luxurious (this is a subjective impression, and the main reason for my wife’s approval), it is nearly 5 meters in length and is a 5-seater SUV, and the space in the trunk is really spacious, which can hold a lot of camping equipment, and it can also be discharged externally with 3.6KW (I was drawn to the trunk and the discharge capacity).
The Ideal ONE: Since we don’t need 6 seats, the Ideal ONE’s trunk is too small, and after folding down the third row to make room for storage, it cannot compare with the Lynk&Co 02 FREE, which caused me to give up on the ONE.
Picking Up the Car
I picked up the car at the Hangzhou Delivery Center. After arrived at 9 am that day, even though the mortgage procedures took up a lot of time, I was able to drive home at 4 PM. Unfortunately, Hangzhou’s subsidy program in June, which I was not able to enjoy, so how pitiful that was! However, after picking up the car, I still enjoyed driving it, and I could only console myself by saying: “The earlier you buy a car, the earlier you can enjoy it. There’s a discount if you buy it later!!!”
Driving Experience
I’ll just talk about the advantages of the FREE: 1. Personally, I think the driving quality is good, and with good road conditions, the NVH is excellent; 2. With more than 80% battery power and in high energy mode, it can go from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in 4.5 seconds, offering a thrilling experience when you don’t care about power consumption on a daily basis; 3. The space can meet the needs of our family for outings. For families of less than six people, choosing a 5-seater SUV is definitely not wrong. (As for the downsides, everyone knows about them: tire noise, car machine, app, a bunch of problems that need to be resolved through OTA updates, and some issues that OTA updates cannot solve.)
No car is perfect, but the Lynk&Co 02 FREE meets my needs, and that’s already great.
(A few photos sharing from the car enthusiasts’ camping events)
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(A few photos sharing from the car enthusiasts' camping events)
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