012 Once Pride
"Sure enough, history has changed."
When he heard Uncle Xu admit that these cars were him, Lin Xiangbei said this silently.
If Xu Lang had not died, he might be just a few years younger than Uncle Xu in age, but he would never have become the old drunkard now, and he would not have retired early.
But Uncle Xu's professional trajectory is too similar to Xu Lang in another world. He also started with the Volkswagen 222 team, then transferred to Honghe team, and finally joined the Paladin team to participate in the Dakar Rally. Is there really such a coincidence in the world?
Or is Uncle Xu the Xu Lang in this world?
"Uncle Xu, were you a rally driver?"
Although the answer is obvious, Lin Xiangbei still pretended to be a novice and asked, after all, this image is more in line with his current identity.
"That's right, Lao Xu was once the strongest rally driver in China!"
This sentence was not said by the old drunkard, but by Uncle Chen who was standing next to him, and there was even a vague admiration in his tone.
The strongest rally driver?
The world where Lin Xiangbei was in his previous life. When Xu Lang was alive, he was also the strongest rally driver in China. Could it be that Uncle Xu is Xu Lang who lives in this world?
Just when Lin Xiangbei was confused, the old drunkard walked to his side, pointed to the row of cars in the warehouse and said, "Please choose one, and you won't have to rent a car to run in the East China Sea International Raceway in the future."
“Any one can do it?”
"It will be all right."
When Lin Xiangbei heard this answer, he was shocked.
When I was driving here before, the old drunkard said that I would find him a car that could withstand the toss. Lin Xiangbeiman made a full plan and guessed that the old drunkard might have a performance car or something, and planned to lend it to him to drive it.
Unexpectedly, the old alcoholic really has a racing car, and it is also the top domestic champion model!
It would be fine if there is a racing car. Now the old drunkard is so casual about asking him to choose one, including the championship car he once drove, which makes Lin Xiangbei incredible.
You should know that for many drivers, a car is equivalent to a woman and his own life. Even drivers may not need a woman, but they must not be involved in their own car. Does the old drunkard care so much?
"Old Xu, you've drunk too much!"
After hearing this, Uncle Chen yelled angrily behind his back. It was obvious that he was much more anxious and caring than the old drunkard.
"Boy, move quickly, don't be slap."
The old drunkard didn't care about Uncle Chen's angrily shouting behind his back. Instead, he urged Lin Xiangbei.
At this time, Uncle Chen rushed to the old drunkard excitedly and shouted at him: "Do you know what you are doing? This is the car that is your former honor and our pride!"
The old drunkard looked at Uncle Chen who had red eyes in front of him and replied calmly: "Old Shen, do you hope they will stay in this dim warehouse forever in the future?"
"The track should be their destination!"
The old drunkard was very calm, but Lin Xiangbei saw him directly pressing out the cigarette butt with his hand. This detailed action undoubtedly exposed the turbulent waves of his inner emotions.
At this moment, Lin Xiangbei truly believed that the old Drunkard was once a driver, and these cars were not as light as he did.
Old Shen was very excited and angry, but when he heard this, he suddenly fell silent because these racing cars that represented their honor and pride had been in this warehouse for three years!
During these three years, they were like dusty sculptures, forever frozen in the picture where they stopped in. No matter how carefully maintained and wiped, they could only watch the symbols symbols symbolizing glory and victory on the body of the car were constantly dimming and fading, and there was no longer the glory on the track.
Drivers need the track to be their own stage, and racing also needs it!
But Old Shen still couldn't accept these cars with glorious pasts, so a young man would drive them. Young people of this age would never understand the glory and driver spirit behind these cars!
"Ahem, two uncles, I'm asking me to choose, but I don't want them all. At least I'll ask for my opinion, right?"
Lin Xiangbei coughed, breaking the "confrontation" between the two middle-aged men. Although he has not yet figured out what the old drunkard has experienced so far, why did he do this.
But as a driver in his previous life, Lin Xiangbei was still very understanding of the emotions of the two of them.
"Uncle Xu, I've chosen it, just the one on the far right."
Lin Xiangbei pointed his hand at the corner to the right of the warehouse, where there was a white coupe, a streamlined low-lying body, and a classic Japanese-style jump light, all of which highlight the sports and history of the car.
This car is one of the four major Japanese sports cars, known as the "rotor king", Mazda RX7 FC. In the movie version of "Initial D", Ryosuke Takahashi, played by Edison Chen, drives this car!
The rx7 is equipped with a rotor engine 13b, which Mazda believes in. From the left rudder, it should be a version exported to North America, using Hitachi's HT-12 twin-turbocharged, with the original power of 151kw and the maximum horsepower reaches 230p.
This parameter is not very dazzling in 2009. Many performance cars have easily exceeded three or four hundred horsepower, but you should know that this car was born twenty years ago, which is a rather terrifying original data.
More importantly, Lin Xiangbei drove a lot of cars in his previous life, but he really didn't drive the last "rotor king" that was discontinued in 2002. He was quite curious whether the rotor engine was as magical as the legendary one.
"Why not choose a stronger car?"
When Lin Xiangbei chose Mazda RX7, the old drunkard asked.
Because most young people pursue professional racing cars that are more powerful and more adaptable to the track, rather than this old car from twenty years ago.
"Because these cars are your glory."
Lin Xiangbei replied casually, then turned around and looked straight into the old drunkard's eyes.
As both drivers, Lin Xiangbei knew what racing means to a driver. Uncle Shen was right. These cars were the glory of the old drunkards, their pride, and they did not belong to him.
Moreover, cars are like people, and there is no best statement, only the most suitable statement. These cars have been branded as an old drunkard in terms of performance modification or adjustment style.
Even if Lin Xiangbei wants to return to the professional track, he will only drive a car that was born for himself.
The old drunkard looked at Lin Xiangbei for a few seconds, then moved his eyes away and nodded. However, Lao Shen, who was standing beside him, subconsciously showed a smile on his face, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Old Shen seemed to remember something, and quickly found a key from his body, threw it to Lin Xiangbei and said, "Xiangbei, right? Go and try the car."
Lao Shen's move was very natural and free, without any signs of hesitation or confusion. It was obvious that he did not care about the old drunkard asking Lin Xiangbei to choose a car, but he was unwilling to let these cars carry his past and proud, and were started by an unknown young boy.
"Old Shen, you can go there together in the passenger seat."
The old drunkard suddenly said to Lao Shen at this time, and the latter's eyes were full of surprise and surprise.
"That way you will understand whether my decision was right."
Chapter completed!