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Hi all!

The history of Lenivcheg began in June 2014. In a galaxy far, far away... The Chinese Jedi Knights released a clone. Blah blah blah ... And everyone was fine. In general, you can read the history of buying a car below, under the cut, and here are some useful links:

Owner's experience:
Official Brilliance Car Owners Forum
Wonderful VK group "Brilliance Mafia"
Personal experience of car owners on Drive .

Official links:
Official site of the Brilliance company in Russia.
Find a dealer in your city.
Official VK group.
About Brilliance in China.
The official dealer of the company in Moscow Dolavto.

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And here, in fact, is the history of Lenivcheg .

When the old Primera P12 of 2002 began to get sick more and more often and longer (and more expensively), it became clear that it was time to look for a new car. The question of buying a " secondary " was not, I wanted to " smell a new car " :) .

After going through a bunch of candidates for the role of a new family car, the lot fell on the brand new Chinese Brilliance V5 . Interior, exterior, interior plastic quality, "eminent roof" … Yes, for that kind of money O_o "BMW" Chinese manufacture struck on the spot!

Not without incident (in the showroom a lot of "interesting" things happened when buying, but about something later), Lenivcheg acquired the owner. Me. And the family, along with the cat, the cat and the green snake in the terrarium, is another home (street) pet. Unfortunately, we broke up with the old Primer ...

Almost immediately after the purchase, a name came up for the car: Lenivcheg . I understand, stupid, naive, but somehow it just happened. I blurted out as a joke at a traffic light, but it stuck :)

The car turned out great! Although after a while Lenivcheg had small jambs, they were all allowed by the Circassian craftsmen during assembly. Hands-hooks, damn it, they seem to learn how to assemble cars for a long time. But the sores turned out to be trifling, they all jumped out in the first thousand kilometers and I have long been cured.

I like Lenivcheg ! He is cute, stylish, BMW X3 X1 reminds :) . Nice, albeit slow. What is most important is not the same as other cars on the road: it attracts the eye. Many years have passed, and the people turn around, rounding their eyes so far. I'm afraid, sometimes, that they jinx it.

Yes, by the way, there is no smell of Chinese at all!

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In August 2014, Lenivcheg drove more than 3 thousand kilometers along the M4 highway to the Black Sea and back. Well, and another 300 kilometers along the coast. (And then in 2015 and 2016. Not a bad tradition!).

Impressions are only positive! Despite a bunch of suitcases and a constantly on air conditioner, Sloth never let me down. Confidently shook kilometers, keeping cheerful. The family appreciated the work - they added watermelons and melons to him in the trunk on the way back :)
It was hard for him, and hot, and slippery, and a day on the road with almost no rest, but he passed all the tests with honor!

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I am often asked various questions in the "PM" about the car. I decided it would be nice to publish squeezes. Helpful, IMHO. Authors punctuation.

(AT). How is the machine? How is the road holding?
(O). I like! I even got used to a not very powerful engine - I ran it in, it became quite adequate for myself. Holds the road well, rulitsya pleasantly, in traffic jams and in the yard maneuverability at altitude. For the city, what the doctor ordered, but on the highway I would like to add playfulness.

(B). Greetings! Tell me, how is the machine in general? I am currently choosing between changan cs35, brilliance v5 or some kind of bu europe / japan / korea (in the same amount). But I'm leaning towards a new "not pierced" car before me.))))
Hence the questions:
1. How is the machine behaving at the moment?
2. Are you satisfied with everything?
3. How about parts and service?
4. How about climbing curbs, etc.?
5. Is the clearance really the same as indicated or is it indicated in the characteristics from the skirt, and the protruding parts under the bottom are lower?
(O). Hello! I drove a 2002 Nissan Primera P12 for three years. There were a lot of good things in it, but I also fixed a lot of things in it ...
In general, after Prima and its 2.0L engine with a CVT, the "experience" is completely different. Not bad, but different. I loved to accept, painted, pampered, tightened the interior into the skin, since disassembly allows. But b \ y it's all the same boo. There is a crack there, a scratch, and there it creaks and then it buzzes, dissatisfaction in one word. The most important fear: "but it will suddenly break down in the middle of the track and PPC" haunted. In short, it's time to leave.
Before buying clambered a bunch of new and old cars (like I wrote on the blog).
The feeling of a new car is incomparable! The rest is all from the evil one ...
Well, I'll answer the questions like this:
1. As with the purchase - excellent.
2. A very vague question. :) The engine is rather weak on the rise (after primy20) I would like to have heated mirrors, Foglights — too, I'll put it later for beauty.
3. As with spare parts — I don’t know and don’t want to yet, but I hope they are. Service: It rattled once: called, arrived, left (30 minutes of time). I bought mudguards and mats — I called, I came to pick it up.
4. Climbed. Prima couldn't do that. Wade along the river once - knee-deep.
5. The clearance seems to be true, the V5 has nothing below - a punt. True exhaust pipe once blurted out on the curb.
In a word, for this money for myself, I found the best

(AT). And another question, how does the engine behave if the car is loaded? Will it go up the hill?
(O). Recently I went to the sea. Uphill loaded with suitcases, a family of 4, air conditioning ... it’s hard for him, the engine roars, sometimes it doesn’t react to the pedal at all, it goes under 80 and that’s it, you can spur it with a kickdown, of course, but it’s a pity. I got used to it: as it gets to 3000+ - throw gas and pick it up again from 2500, such a manipulation is normal.

(AT). Like a car on a long journey, like the convenience of landing in the driver's seat. I have Geely Emgrand EU 7 and my leg gets numb on a long journey, but what about Brilliance? How does it handle in town and on the highway in general?

(O). The lumbar support is very lacking, it’s hard on a long journey. I put a pillow on. The leg doesn't move normally. How is it managed? Well, it's hard for me to say how ... I like it. The steering wheel is lighter than that of the Premiere, for example, but due to the fact that the electrician is probably. The review is good, the left pillar does not bother me. Smoothness, sensitivity - all without excesses, the turn could have been smaller.

(AT). As at night lighting, as far as the grip of the roadside and the brightness of the illumination of the road passing by.

(O). At the Premiere, I had xenon - I understand that the headlights have dimmed, but still they shone from the heart ... Here it is brighter and farther - definitely. Sometimes it seems to me that I'm blinding the oncoming lane - so bright. My light on the signs is brighter than many. During a trip to the sea along the M4, there were sections, and many, where only asphalt was laid and no markings were applied. Drove at night - no problem.
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