We often say that there is a kind of life called "on the road". Many people want to live this kind of life, but not many people actually realize it.

However, it is different for my friend Teacher Duan and his family to travel as a family. Traveling on the fly is like a common occurrence.

He can always drive for a long time without getting tired.

As an automotive new media practitioner, I joined an automotive website as a reporter after graduating from college.

I went around and worked in magazines, car advertising companies, and worked as an editor at a car station.

Later, following the booming development of self-media, I transformed into a new automotive media person.

But in these seven or eight years, no matter how I changed my identity and read countless steering wheels, two things have not changed. First, I have never left the car industry; second, I have never increased my money.

He said that after so many years of hobbies turning into work, he has become accustomed to the feeling of being "on the road".

He regards participating in media test drive events as a story with the car, and if there are too many of these stories, the mountains and rivers he has traveled through over the years will stack up and become life experiences.

According to his words, "driving is a spiritual practice."

On May Day this year, Teacher Duan told me a bold idea. In his words - "I want to say goodbye to my 'first love' on the road."

That's right, the "first love" he calls is his Swift, which has accompanied him through many mountains and rivers. The so-called "first love" is nothing more than the first car in his life.

I chose Swift because I was poor.

Teacher Duan said that it is the kind of simple beauty of being together. It doesn’t give much, but it is pure in its roughness.

Of course, I always say that he is "exquisitely poor".

But he always said that the feeling on the road was actually just like first love. Maybe he didn't know what love was at that time, but in retrospect it was just sweet.

Although a car is a steel vehicle with a lifespan, there is a special car in every period that can be used seriously and accompany you through every period of time.

Yuyan was the car that accompanied him through a short journey of his life. He loved, accompanied, protected and commemorated it.

When the time is right, it is worth keeping it in your heart and starting the next journey.

This year he chose his new car, the brand new Haval F7X.

On May Day this year, Teacher Duan took his girlfriend and made an appointment with me on a quick trip to Yunnan. The end of a story and the beginning of a story. If it is on the road, it is the most beautiful ending.

Speaking of which, Teacher Duan likes Yunnan very much. In his travel itinerary, Yunnan is a "high-frequency word". He has visited Zhaotong in the east, Lugu Lake Jiaozi Snow Mountain in the north, Tengchong in western Yunnan, and Xishuangbanna and Honghe in the south.

tracks and ruts.

I asked him why he was so fascinated by Yunnan. He said that Yunnan is colorful. This land breeds the customs, architecture, food, and scenery of different ethnic groups. Each place has its own unique charm. There is a kind of place that he likes to call "spiritual hometown."

", Yunnan may be his spiritual hometown.

Kerouac said this in his book "On the Road": "The road is life, and the golden land and all kinds of unexpected interesting things are waiting for you there to surprise you and make you

I feel happy to be alive to see all this.”

Teacher Duan has always believed in this golden saying. There are many ways to spend one's life - and "on the road" is the most meaningful way in his opinion.

The scenery passing by outside the car window, the birds chasing through the sunroof, and the roaring engine help the eyes to take in everything "on the road".

He said that as long as you are on the road, your soul is unruly and happy.

Let you have no distracting thoughts, completely forget everything, and only focus on one thing, that is driving.

That’s why Teacher Duan said that he can drive for a long, long time. The longer the rut, the calmer his heart becomes - the cultivation of driving is about the state of mind.

It is precisely because of his love for "on the road" that every time Teacher Duan and his wife set out together, there is always laughter and laughter.

Maybe they don't have time to talk about topics on weekdays, but they can talk freely during the long self-driving journey.

To outsiders, this sounds like a platonic chat, but perhaps this is what the so-called soul mates are. In the mobile home of the cockpit, they strive to travel through the cracks of time, stay firm in the wind, frost, snow and rain, and arrive in poetry and distance.

Full and full.

Speaking of cars, Mr. Duan, who loves traveling and self-driving, will never tire of talking about it.

A car carries too many memories of their lives.

It is a tool for traveling during holidays and a shelter from wind and rain when commuting to and from get off work.

Therefore, as a person who loves traveling, Mr. Duan actually has a lot of say in choosing a car suitable for traveling.

In his mind, "reliability, space, worry-free, easy to drive, and stylish" are his car selection criteria.

Putting reliability first is the basic rule for a travel car. In other words, if you are driving a car that always breaks down on the road, how can you talk about poetry and distant places?

Of course, space and peace of mind are must-haves.

When traveling by car, a spacious trunk is indispensable, especially the hatchback trunk like the Haval F7X he recently purchased. It is especially favored by self-driving experts like him. The opening angle of the trunk is suitable for slip-backs.

At the same time, the shape greatly facilitates the convenience of picking up luggage.

As a car editor, I am naturally loyal to the pure driving experience.