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Long -term Cheri Bonus test: second week.

aSh Explosion Cheri Bonus continues to wind kilometers along the capital and regional roads. The last time we told you about the advantages and disadvantages of the car, now it was time to tell about the problems that arose during the operation of the Chinese.

To begin with, how much the car ate fuel. As in the case of other garage cars, the operation of Cher Bonus is mainly in the capital, and we measure fuel consumption amateur: we do not have targeted cans, strictly agreed runs and special techniques. We, like other motorists, are operating the car in normal mode, we go to work, to visit friends. The car visits the gas station at the moment when the light bulb lights up. Naturally, in our numbers there is some error associated with the driving style and the distance that we pass to the next refueling, and with the amount of fuel flooded, but during the long -term operation we received a small scatter of data, so the result was quite plausible.

In general, we note that the appetite of Cheri Bonus was quite modest and the machine does not burden with frequent visits of the gas station. So, the car drove 2858 kilometers, spent 270 liters of 92nd gasoline in the amount of 7300 rubles. We visited the gas station seven times, it turns out that on average we poured about 38.5 liters of fuel in the tank for one gas station. The minimum fuel consumption of 100 kilometers for the entire service life was 8.4 liters, and the maximum is 11.1 liters, while the average is kept at 9.4 liters.

Thus, it turns out that on one liter the car passes about 10.6 kilometers, and one kilometer of the traveled path, given the cost of gasoline, costs 2 rubles 55 kopecks. Indeed, there is something to boast, because the declared passport consumption of fuel in the city of Cheri Bonus is 9.7 liters, and our car travels on Moscow roads for 80 percent of time. At the same time, we are by no means traveling with a turtle speed, but move in the same rhythm as other participants in the city stream.

And now about the defects and problems that arose at the very beginning of the operation of the machine. Not having time to drive away and a kilometer from the place where they handed me the car, I noticed that the steering wheel, with a straightforward movement, mows a little to the right. Apparently, the angles of the installation of the wheels are broken.

The last time we wrote that for the budget machine the salon was assembled decent, the gaps between the interior details are small and even. Yes, the driver around is surrounded by a hard plastic, but tell me at least one new car for more than 370 thousand rubles, where the interior decoration would flaunt high -quality materials. I’ll add from myself that at one time I had a chance to travel to Lada Priora, Lada Kalina and Daewoo Nexia after restyling and all these cars I had much more questions about the accuracy of fitting details, the uniformity of gaps and the quality of plastic itself.

However, without a spoonful of tar in the bonus, it was also not done. When driving along an uneven road or on a rough asphalt, the insides of the driver's door begin to rattles, they are also mumbled when it slapped it. In places, the door seal is puffed, and the pedal node and the front wheels are rattling and the pedal node. The internal cladding of the visor of the device combination (the one that adjoins the glass) was a curve.

After one and a half thousand kilometers, the feet began to sunbathe spontaneously. Most likely, the desired gap has disappeared between the small lined with the switch of the stop-signals and the brake pedal, which presses on it when it is in the working position. As a result, after any clicking on the pedal or any shaking or pitching of a car (even in good cars, pedals can play a millimeter) contacts remain closed. The only way out is to stick a tohole to the brake pedal up on the back of the back. If this can still be done during a long parking lot, then it is twisted with your foot during movement or at short stops in front of traffic lights - it is burdensome and unsafe.


The worst thing is that the stop-signals suddenly light up even during movement, disorienting other drivers.

Moreover, when a mileage of 2100 kilometers, the car presented us with an unpleasant surprise for unknown reasons during the parking of contacts, and the car stood for a whole night with the stop-signals turned on until the battery sat down. I had to light it, but then there was another flaw of the trunk cover, where the crocodiles lay, as well as the locks of all doors, except for the driver’s, it only works with electricity in the on -board network. It is impossible to open it with a key, because the castle simply does not have a larva. In this case, the owner will have to perform acrobatic tricks to climb from the driver's seat to the rear sofa and there, when it was clumsy, lower the back of the chair and climb into the cargo compartment.

The intensive repair of the roadway in Moscow on almost all the main highways that the current mayor started, also affected the state of our car. The first incident occurred during a run of 1438 kilometers. When the asphalt was changed on the third transport ring, road workers did not work out to smooth the joints between different layers of the roadway on the Rusakov overpass. Not having time to brake to a complete stop, the front wheels of the bonus with a tangible blow flew into such a spike. The result of the lost plastic decorative cap and a slightly jammed rim of the right front wheel, which made itself felt with light vibration at a speed of 90-100 kilometers per hour. I had to look for tire fitting to straighten out the disk. Unfortunately, in those workshops where we turned, there were no special equipment for editing disks, but one of the masters promised to solve the problem. Before we blinked our eyes, as he took out a hammer and returned the roller the initial look with a couple of exact strokes. Surprisingly, after such a rough editing, vibrations almost disappeared.

The second incident occurred a thousand kilometers later, when on the Leningrad highway from under the rear wheel the crushed stone fired ahead of the dump truck and broke the transparent cap of the left front headlight.

Another nuisance during a run of 2700 kilometers happened exclusively through my fault. At the first acquaintance with the bonus, we already wrote that the road of the car is small, so it is necessary to drive along an uneven road with particular caution. How they looked into the water

Once in the dark near the summer cottage, I did not see the cobblestone in the thicket. I parked normally, the benefit was alone in the car, but I took the passengers on board with their luggage. The car sank a little, but this turned out to be enough to touch the stone with the lower edge of the bumper when moving in reverse. As a result, a crack went on plastic, and from the side of the bottom a pair of plastic clips was cut off, mounting muddy shields.

On this sad note, we will stop so far, but a long test continues and we still have something to tell about the car. After some time, we will share our impressions of how Cheri Bonus goes and manages, calculate the costs of insurance, talk about competitors and what else happened to our Chinese. To be continued. And if you have questions about this machine - write! We will certainly try to satisfy your request.

Exploitation:
Mileage from the beginning of the dough 2858 km
Total car mileage 3372 km
Fuel consumption 9.4

Technical characteristics of the Chery Bonus
Length, mm 4269
Width, mm 1686
Height, mm 1492
Wheel base / clearance, mm 2527 /162
Equipped mass, kg 1200
Engine volume, cm3 1497
Power, horsepower / O-Min 109/6000
Torque, NM / O-Min 140 /4500
Acceleration time from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour, from 16
Maximum speed, kilometers per hour 160
Fuel consumption in a combined cycle, l/100 km 7.2
 

Source: Motor magazine [September 2011]