The Memoirs of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 83 Buying a Car
Obtaining a driver's license is not an enjoyable journey, no matter the country.

Even in Midi, known as the "Kingdom of Wheels", obtaining a driver's license is still an impatient torment.

Regardless of whether the parents of those sixteen or seventeen-year-olds have taught them to drive, anyone who wants to drive on the road must first report to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicle Management), and after handing over a dozen dollars and identification, get Forms began to go through extremely cumbersome procedures.

As for the DMV, which is extremely inefficient, has extremely lazy employees, and is rude and arrogant, and does not listen to excuses, any American who mentions it will say "Damn!" from the bottom of his heart, and raise a middle finger along the way.

If not, there is no need to add the image of the sloth in "Crazy Zootopia", deliberately making the people love to hack the DMV.

Fortunately, Li Ang passed the written test given by the Motor Vehicle Management Bureau a few months ago, and passed the road test a few weeks later, obtaining a motor vehicle driver's license.

He had been very busy some time ago, and it was only now that he had the money and energy to buy himself a car for transportation and destruction of corpses.

In the afternoon of this day, he rode his bicycle to the garage, opened the door and entered.

As Christmas is approaching, the prices of most commodities in the United States except food have begun to fall. In order to hit the sales in December, many car companies make their annual financial statements as good as possible, and also carry out different forms for some car models. discounts.

For example, the blue Ford F150 in front of Li Ang has a Platinum-level top configuration, a large pickup, a V6 engine, a high-strength steel frame and a rigid military-grade aluminum alloy body, and a four-wheel drive on-demand torque transfer case.

In general, this five-seater off-road vehicle is a representative of American pickup truck culture, a romance buried in a man's bones, and its price is naturally more than [-] US dollars.

"Hey Dad, can I buy this one?"

A teenager who had just grown a light blue beard on his lips excitedly circled the pickup truck, turned his head and asked his father in a suit and leather shoes.

Before the middle-class man could speak, the teenager's mother gently interrupted him, "Alex, you know the rules, we can help you pay for the car under 3 dollars, and buy the car As a gift for your excellent grades.

But the part over [-] has to be paid by yourself. "

In the United States, cars are not expensive, but even for middle-class families, it is difficult to buy an off-road vehicle that costs a lot to maintain.

Hearing what his mother said, Alex's face collapsed, and he pulled his palm away from the domineering large car door sullenly, as if he was still nostalgic for the silky touch just now.

Standing aside, the car salesman has already seen through everything, still wearing a professional smile, he has long seen that this middle-class family does not intend to buy this Raptor, but at least they can buy other mid-to-high-end cars,
With the end of the year and Christmas approaching, a car commission of thousands of dollars can make life a lot easier for a car salesman - assuming the deal is done, of course
"Excuse me, can you tell me about the cars here?"

Li Ang interrupted the car salesman's thinking, and said gently: "I want to know more."

The car salesman turned around, and after a quick glance, he deduced the upper limit of Li Ang's purchasing power from his cheap clothing, unremarkable demeanor, and young age.

Another poor guy who has no money and comes to rent a car.

The car salesman felt uneasy for a while. He was staring at the middle-class family just now, but he didn't have time to greet the boring people who came to pick up cars at Christmas.

Just when he was about to tell a lie to send Li Ang away, the teenager suddenly said, "Uh Li Ang?"

"Alex?" Li Ang was a little surprised. The two happened to be in the same high school class, and they were members of the same study group, so they barely knew each other.

Alex smiled, for this Chinese student with perfect grades, he always has an ulterior sense of superiority, what good is your brain?Don't you have to work part-study and do odd jobs in a fly restaurant?

He spread his hands, trying not to expose his subtle sense of superiority, and said politely: "Hey, buddy, are you also here to see the car?"

Li Ang nodded, and replied, "Well, I just turned around casually."

"Ha, then I wish you good luck. After all, teenagers like us who don't have a car are a rare breed." Alex grinned at Li Ang, turned and left amidst the calls of his parents. Leave a sentence, "I'll take a step first, see you later."

The car salesman rolled his eyes, and while leading Alex's family to another place, he said to a down-and-out colleague in the corner of the garage hall, who was frowning, "Hey, Bob, buddy, can you come over and greet this guy for me?" Sir? I can't leave for the time being."

A hard-working salesman named Bob came over slowly, took over the task of greeting Li Ang, and said feebly, "Sir, are you going to know the information about that car here?"

"Just this off-road vehicle."

Bob closed his eyes and recited the data of this Ford F150, "Sir, this pickup has automatic start and stop, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, and 360-degree panoramic reversing image"

Li Ang interrupted the other party, and asked directly: "Are there any black ones?"

"Huh?" Bob didn't respond, and Li Ang had to repeat his question: "Is there a black one? I'll buy it."

"." Bob opened his mouth wide, staring at Li Ang, who was dressed cheaply, and couldn't hold back a fart for a long time. After a long time, he woke up like a dream, and nodded his head, "Yes, yes , do you need to pay in installments?"

Generally speaking, no matter how rich the family is, the vast majority of Americans will choose to buy a car with a loan in installments, because the bank deposit interest is much higher than the loan interest rate, which can save a lot of money.

"No," Li Ang calmly took out the check from his pocket, and said with the ghostly eyes of the salesman Bob, "Where is the check?"

After half an hour, Alex finally convinced his parents to buy the Ford Mustang V8 at a discounted price of $[-].

Just as he sat on the driver's seat triumphantly, opened the window, and patted the door with his palm, he suddenly saw the pitch-black top-fit ​​F150 slowly driving out and stopping in front of him.

The window of the F150 slid down, revealing Li Ang's face, "Hey, Alex."

".Hey."

"I'll take a step first, see you then."

".goodbye."

(End of this chapter)