Sparse traffic flow

The speed is approaching the red area

The roar of the engine

Beautiful sound on the pressure reducing valve

These words are the key words of a group of children in their online QQ group. They are called "initial d" in Beijing. I have long heard that there are such a group of children in Beijing. Just like Jay Chou in the movie, they show off their desire for speed under the cover of darkness. When Beijing was immersed in the quiet of the morning, they shot at the gathering place like arrows from all corners of the city, and then started a narcissistic game. This is a real game, and it's hard to predict! There are various legends about this group, among which the legend of "Erhuan 13" is the most widely circulated.

■ "Erhuan 13" is not a legend.

The so-called "Second Ring Road 13" means 13 minutes to drive around the Second Ring Road in Beijing.

The Second Ring Road is the closest ring road to the center of Beijing, with a total length of 32.7 kilometers. Around the second ring road 13 minutes, that is, the average speed should reach150/km hour, that is, 2500 meters per minute. What's that feeling? I'm afraid the following figures will make this feeling more specific.

When designing the Second Ring Road in Beijing, experts gave a set of daily traffic figures: on the basis of 60-80 km/h, the traffic volume per hour was 8,000 vehicles. Then the traffic volume per minute is 133 vehicles. At the speed of "Second Ring Road 13", it nearly doubled the speed limit of the Second Ring Road by 60 to 80 km/h. Imagine how many cars it will pass every minute. 266 cars! It is no exaggeration to use the word "fleeting" to describe "Erhuan 13"!

Don't think this is sensational, "Second Ring Road 13" is not a legend. This is the record set by the initials D in Beijing last summer.

■ The initial d has its own rules.

Since it is not a legend, there must be many stories. How did they get to the Second Ring Road? The insider said: In fact, they have two ways to compete. Straight line and "running broker".

Straight line (0 to 400 meters linear acceleration, referred to as 04)

Venue: Yizhuang Development Zone, southeast of Beijing. Because it is a newly developed community, the roads are relatively closed, and there is a long enough straight line distance. It was chosen as the place where the 2004 competition will accelerate linearly by "prefix D".

Rule: In their own words, it is called "harmony" or "scraping". "Union" means that two cars start side by side at the same time to see who rushes to the finish line first. The word "scratch" is an onomatopoeic word. When the two cars are waiting for the departure instruction at the starting point, the tires of the two cars pull out and the throttle is in the end. They are called "floor oil". When the car rushed out, the friction between the tire and the ground was very harsh, like scraping the ground.

How to participate: There is generally no fixed time for this kind of competition, usually from 2 am to 4 am. The method of meeting is very casual. Maybe it's just that a few people just came out of a bar or a karaoke bar, or who was telling whom what equipment was added to the newly modified car at dinner, and some people refused to accept it, or for no reason. Anyway, as long as they want to play, they will start to meet. You ask me out, he asks you out. In less than an hour, they can meet in Yizhuang. Any car can be "combined" with Audi A4, Golf, Bora, Lingshuai, Mazda RX8 and Jetta, whether modified or unmodified. Whoever wins is happy, regardless of whether others sleep or not. When you connected the phone, you shouted, "That guy won that stupid X!" " "

As a business agent/salesperson of a company, I travel around the city.

Venue: Second Ring Road. The starting point and ending point are located at the bell tower overpass bridge on the second ring road. Unexpectedly, the ancestors of Beijing built the Bell and Drum Tower for "the morning bell and the evening drum", so that the people of Beijing could observe the rhythm of time. However, hundreds of years later, things have changed, but the bell tower witnessed the waywardness of disciples and grandchildren to the rules and regulations for ancestors. If the ancestors knew something underground, they would be surprised and jump out of the grave.

Rule: Usually two cars "clear the field". Enter the main road from the entrance of the bell tower in the second ring road, and the car with large displacement is behind. Once they enter the main road, they will show their skills and rush into the traffic. All the people watching went to the bridge. About a cigarette, two cars came back, and the front one won first.

How to participate: there is no specific time. This way has been going on for two or three years. Many times, when someone challenges, both sides call friends to help out. The winner may be who fills a tank of gas for whom.

■ The birth of legend

There are many versions about how to start racing in the Second Ring Road, or how "Second Ring Road 13" came into being. What the reporter heard is one of them.

It's firecrackers. It's bound to ring. "Erhuan 13" began with a chance encounter. The parties are all in the name of the car, Ling Shuai, Bora and Golf. One day, the modified Ling Shuai's body was dazzling, and the sound of "squeaking" when the car passed was deafening. It's the sound from the exhaust pipe, as if to say, "Look at me!" " Just then, a golf car began to catch up, and the two cars "cleared" half a lap and two laps. When they came out, they exchanged phones like knights who admired each other in the Jianghu. Ling Shuai met his buddies at night and told them what happened that day. He immediately called golf to sing in a karaoke bar. During the dinner, a group of golfers picked a fight and said, what's the matter, which one of you runs well? Why don't you take the second ring? The tone is crazy, the price is clearly marked, and the winner takes out 8000 to treat. Ling Shuai, these people "exploded" as soon as they heard it, so what? They squeezed us with money! Guys, nobody is short of this 8000 yuan, so why look down on people! Come on, fight with you and let our No.1 God of War (Bora without modification) come out, that's all. In the future, whoever competes with whom will be on the second ring road.

Some insiders have also analyzed why they chose the Second Ring Road. The person nicknamed "Assassin" analyzed it this way: The Second Ring Road is in the center of the city, so it is more convenient for everyone to gather. If it is five or six rings, it is too far. Another reason is that the Second Ring Road won't last long, and spectators can wait. If the time is too long and no one looks at it, the vanity of the racer will be more dissatisfied with the audience's "looking up". The most important thing is time. Racing on the second ring road is not in the early hours of the morning, but at 90 pm. Because if it is early in the morning, there are not many cars on the road, it is purely speed, which is no different from Yizhuang, that is, whoever has a large displacement is ahead and has no technical content. At 90 o'clock, the traffic on the road is almost the same as usual. At this time, the comparison is to see the technology. To put it bluntly, it is to see who dares to "clear".

"Erhuan 13" appeared on the same day as usual. It was an ordinary night last summer, 9 o'clock. A person who appeared at the scene that day described the scene like this: "The auxiliary road of the second ring road of Gulou is full of cars, all of which are modified. Very neat, one next to the other, as if someone had cleaned it up. The people crowded on the overpass look very different at first sight, with red and blue hair and twittering. When I arrived at the overpass, I saw two cars rumbling into the fork in the road. One is golf, red and the other is Bora. When we entered the main road, everyone turned around and craned their necks to look west. I feel that just after two sentences, someone shouted' come back'. Seen from a distance, these two cars are like racing cars in computer games. The red golf seems to have a red tail and crossed the bridge with a brush. I heard someone shouting' Yaran 13' again. In the crowd, the pronunciation of'13 points' keeps ringing like an echo. Later, when someone mentioned this to me, it has become a legend, and its name is' Second Ring Road 13'. "

■ The last time was the last Christmas Eve.

There was the first time, and there will be countless times in the future. From then until now, I ran the second ring almost every day in the craziest time, and took a rest every few days. Now, in the circle, it is equivalent to swearing to say who runs the second ring road for 18 minutes, and the last time is within 15 minutes. As a result, many people regard 13 as the target, and some people always show disdain and dissatisfaction with it. There is a QQ group in the circle, and people often come out to provoke me. Some people say that my score is 12, and others say that my score is 9, but no one dares to really compare with "Erhuan 13" because no one dares to "out" like "Erhuan 13".

"We people, although quiet, drive like assholes." This is how insiders describe themselves. The assassin took the car of "Second Ring Road 13" and the running agent. When I got off the bus, my legs were stiff because I kept pedaling on the floor; My hands are sour, because I have been pulling the handle of the car; My chest hurts, and so does my seat belt. When the car arrived at the East Second Ring Road, all four lanes were full of cars, except the emergency parking lane, which was narrower than other places. "Second Ring Road 13" rubs against the roadside and squeezes through all the cars. The assassin watched in horror as sparks and white smoke rose from the center. It's so horrible! Although it has been a long time, I still have a lingering fear when I think about it.

This madness was stopped the day before Christmas last year. Many people were invited that day. Two cars had already left, but the police came and the children disappeared like magic. Since then, they have entered a state of isolation from the outside world, just like hibernation. After all, they are children. When the real pressure is placed in front of them, they are equally helpless.

■ Jianghu sentient beings

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are grievances. The "initial d" in Beijing is also a Jianghu. Most of them were born in 1980s, and their parents were the first to get rich in China. There are college students, small "returnees", white-collar workers in the IT industry and small artists. The same thing is that they are not short of money.

Person 1: "Second Ring Road 13"

Wear light yellow vest and cotton-padded jacket in winter. She has a good child's expression on her face. When I saw the latest domestic Prius parked in the street, I was as excited as an old farmer getting a cow. When I felt here, moved there and realized that Prouis was as simple as pressing a button, I shouted, "I *, this car makes me look like an uneducated person!" " In fact, he stayed in Canada for two years, and his English is as fluent as his mother tongue.

Character 2: Big star

He is familiar with the people in China film circle. Although young, I have worked with many big directors and stars, and I am also a small star. On the night of the party with friends, I met the director of the movie "Bathing" as soon as I entered the coffee bar. He greeted people casually, but suddenly he was quiet for a while, showing the reserve of a star meeting a fan. In a short time, I played "fighting landlords" with my friends like a "rotten man" His car is a Lingshuai, and the second one is being modified, which will take more than a month. By then, he will become the most popular master of Ling Shuai.

Role 3: Assassin

He knows all the people in the circle, and sometimes both sides need him to be a peacemaker. After my father and I came back from Japan, my enthusiasm for modification was almost crazy. I quit my job as an it white-collar worker and now run my own refit shop.

Life, fast drifting.

Every time I see the MV of our love, the two protagonists are in rags and run away hand in hand. The outlaw is a state, speed, and a manifestation of this state. I have no chance to escape from this world, and I can only pursue this realm from the top speed. I like the feeling of whistling in the wind, but racing is not suitable for everyone, especially for girls like me. So when I saw a group of young people wearing cool RVs on the ring road, I decided that they could take me to that field.

By chance, I caught the legendary Ling Shuai whose exhaust pipe rang over the plane and asked the boy who was not much older than me to take me for a ride. At that time, the new modification of his car had not been completed, and the power was not very sufficient. He said apologetically, "My car is the slowest now. Isn't this unfair to you? " I thought, this is for the best. What if I can't stand it too soon and throw up as shamefully as that buddy in the initial D? So we took a short walk on the deserted road. He struggled to creak the accelerator, then kept explaining to me that the car was in bad condition, and tried to take me to play a few somersaults, that is, a few flips on the straight road. If it is in a corner, it is a real drift. Although it was not the top speed, the feeling of weightlessness in the car made me feel very cool, showing off everywhere and experiencing the legendary drift. Moreover, running in a loud car, even if it is only 100, feels very cool.

Sitting in the coffee bar and listening to their stories about flying cars, I couldn't get a word in. I thought I looked stupid at that time, but fortunately no one paid attention to me. They said that someone's car killed a good car, that the car would be injured every time it came back, and that it was stopped by the traffic police and successfully escaped, that it was time to replace the car with the best appearance, and that it would be killed ... I began to imagine that there were several cars driving at the speed of 160 in the second ring road where the traffic was driving at an average speed of 40. Others gathered in the right place to watch the battle, just like the racing rally in Taiwan Province movies. It is hard to imagine that such a movie plot will appear in my own life, although I yearn for it.

It's winter, and there is no car rally on the Second Ring Road, but the car still needs to be played. Because someone in the circle has changed a new car, or because someone's car has been tampered with, or just because someone bombed his car, others are not convinced, so the car is still going up. It's just a whim at three o'clock in the morning. A few calls invited a group of people. I was the first to arrive with Ling Shuai, and I was very excited to see the midnight speed rally. Although the scale is small, it's quite shocking to see a motorcade running around happily in front of you. Carpooling is very simple, that is, accelerating in a straight line on the prescribed route to see who is faster. Two or three cars in a group, side by side at the starting point, always empty the gear, step on the accelerator a few times, and whine to show provocation. Watching them argue loudly and passionately about the war situation, I felt very enjoyable without even touching the car.

Stubbornly think that the so-called speed is relative speed. On the Second Ring Road, you can swish past others. Once I took a friend's car and ran to the Fifth Ring Road 190. That feeling is definitely not as fast as 160 in traffic. Isn't life like this? The pure state is also relative.

So after all, I still can't be one of them. They are children of a group of rich families, and they are willing to pay for their lives. I am desperate, but I also want to cherish myself for my parents. So I can never live a life of pure speed. But what I can understand is that life is also a kind of speed. If you fly forward, you must turn around anyway. Just live beautifully, drifting at the extreme speed.

Auto professionals watch "Second Ring Road 13"

Those cars that run fast on the Second Ring Road are all common civilian cars, such as Golf, Lingshuai and POLO. However, don't think that just by sticking a few stickers and dressing up cool, you can go up and perform a good racing show. Those car shells that may not look amazing are all well modified.

At present, there are many car modification shops in China, but professionals point out that there are still many shortcomings in the domestic modification market, mainly because the domestic modification shops don't know much about most cars, and the modification is sloppy, paying more attention to the appearance modification rather than the performance of cars. This is a far cry from Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province. At present, car dealers in Hong Kong and Taiwan are more professional and have made great changes to cars, mainly learning from Europe and Japan.

Of course, putting a handsome sticker on your car is also a form of car modification, but the real modification is to hope that the car will make a breakthrough in performance and become an ideal car. This is mainly the modification of internal accessories, which are nothing more than safety system, brake system, circuit system and other parts, such as rims, engines, accessories that increase the appearance of bumps, chassis thinning, exhaust pipes and so on. The increase of tires can improve the stability of the car during driving; The bottom of the chassis is lowered to enhance stability and firmness; Turbulence accessories are used to control the airflow during driving, that is, to reduce turbulence and increase downforce; The exhaust pipe has been changed to make the engine cylinder work more smoothly. Take the E34 chariot of BMWCHENGI Club, a famous modified car club in Taiwan Province Province, as an example: a twin-turbo 2.5 inline six-cylinder engine; KONI shock absorber; BremboF50 front four rear and piston plus manual two-piece ventilation disc; The head, the middle and the tail are directly connected with a four-tube exhaust pipe; Momo steering wheel; There are even racing seats with covers.

The legendary red golf of "Second Ring Road 13" is equipped with 1.8T 180 engine, and the gearbox has changed its speed ratio accordingly, using high and low soft and hard adjustable shock absorbers, increasing the front and rear brake discs of the braking system and using wider tires. According to the refitter who refitted the car, the most important thing in the modification of the car is balance, that is to say, the power system has been improved, and other aspects of the car have to keep up: "This red golf has a good balance, but changing cars is endless, and continuous debugging has realized the continuous improvement of the car's performance."