America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 5 Buying a Car in Fort Worth
Texas, the second largest state in the United States after Alaska in terms of area, has a vast land with a total area of ​​about 70 square kilometers.

One of the inherent stereotypes Americans have about Texas is the sign of a big country.

But don't think that there are no people in the big rural areas. In fact, the total population of Dezhou is nearly 2400 million, but it seems sparsely populated because of its vast land.

Moreover, in recent years, Texas has been among the top three states in the United States with the largest net population inflow.

This is due to the fact that compared with other regions, Texas has a good security environment and living environment, and it is also one of the states with the highest happiness index in the United States.

Gulfstream G400 takes off from New York.

After two and a half hours of flight, we started to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is a civil airport jointly owned by Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, about 24 kilometers from Dallas and 29 kilometers from Fort Worth.

It is the largest and busiest airport in Texas.

There are five terminals in this airport, of which American Airlines occupies most of the four.

This airport, itself the United States, is also the first base of American Airlines, the largest airline in the world.

As the third largest airline in the United States, Delta Air Lines also has a terminal here.

It is Terminal E where the Gulfstream G400 lands.

Terminal E has 36 boarding gates.

Sixteen are the cargo plane boarding gates, which are the boarding gates for air cargo.

Of the remaining twenty, four are VIP boarding gates.

The VIP service provided by Delta Air Lines for American Express, of course, can enjoy one of these four VIP boarding gates.

Abel ignores cues from glamorous stewardess Catherine Jones.

The reason is fear of insecurity.

He left the airport through one of the VIP gates with four bodyguards.

outside the airport,

American Express has prepared vehicles and drivers for him.

This time Abel went home without notifying his parents.

No one came to pick him up.

From the airport to the home of Tarrant County Farm, there is still about [-] kilometers to go.

It also passes through the city of Fort Worth, because Fort Worth is the county seat of Tarrant County.

such a long way,
Of course it is impossible to take a taxi.

What's more, compared with other regions, the taxi industry in Texas is not well developed.

It’s okay in big cities such as Dallas. Outside of those big cities, there are not many taxis in Texas.

The nickname of the big rural area was not blown out.

American Express provided him with two Mercedes-Benz cars and two drivers.

Limousine Abel accepted, but the driver was of no use to him.

He has four bodyguards who have been with him for half a year, and each one is an excellent driver.

The only white person among them was a Fort Worth man.

Very familiar with the local road conditions.

So he simply asked the white bodyguard Edward to be his driver.

The black bodyguard George, and the three of us in a car.

Two other bodyguards, Lin, and Deka, drove another sedan.

Two cars and five people set off and left the airport.

By the time I boarded the plane in New York, it was already 10:30 am.

After two and a half hours of flight, it is already past one in the afternoon.

I had already eaten lunch on the plane, and it was very good.

It's a private jet after all.

So after getting in the car, Abel said directly to the bodyguard driver Edward:

"Go to Fort Worth first and buy some cars. If I go back in the sedan, my father will make fun of me."

Also a native Texan and the son of a small farmer.

Edward knew what the boss meant.

"clear."

Leaving aside the two drivers hired by AmEx, the two cars started to leave the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Dezhou is sparsely populated, and the roads are very spacious.

The road conditions are also good, and there is almost no speed limit.

So on a road of almost [-] kilometers, Edward only drove for ten minutes before arriving in Fort Worth.

Although Tarrant County is not big, but the county governs Fort Worth, it is the No. 16 largest city in the United States.

Together with Dallas, Arlington and other cities, it constitutes the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States.

In Fort Worth's early days, it was a busy commercial center with the livestock industry and later the oil industry.

Today Fort Worth has developed into one of the best living and business cities in Texas.

Fort Worth, known as "The Beginning of the West", is also the center of American cowboy culture.

In other words, this is the purest base of Texas rednecks.

So the most driven vehicle in Fort Worth is not a smooth sedan.

There are all kinds of pickups all over the place, and there are people riding horses on the roads in the city.

In the middle, Abel also saw that there were several American policemen on horseback. They were very Texas-style mounted policemen.

According to the boss's order, in the city of Fort Worth.

Edward drove directly to the largest local car dealership.

This is the largest car dealership in Fort Worth and also the largest pickup truck dealership in Tarrant County.

park the car,

Go straight in, in the lively hall.

Soon a blonde saleswoman came out with a smile on her face.

"Gentlemen, hello. We have Ford, Chevrolet, GM, Dodge, Toyota, and more. No matter what style you want, we can satisfy you!!"

The blond saleswoman is full of words and does have cars of these brands.

But in fact
The models of these brands here cannot be said to be [-]% pickups.

But at least 90.00% of them are pickup trucks.

As the fifth largest city in Texas, Fort Worth is not without luxury car or sports car sellers.

Larger farmers and oil merchants can easily buy sports cars and luxury cars.

But this place is the center of cowboys, and the most popular are all kinds of pickup trucks and some SUVs.

Not to mention sports cars and luxury cars, Abel drives and sits too much in New York.

When I go back to my hometown, let’s drive the classic model of my hometown.

In my memory, my old cowboy father drove a blue Ford ninth-generation F150 the most.

So he said directly: "I want to see the Ford F series, the latest model."

The blonde saleswoman said with a sweet smile: "No problem, please go this way. We have the latest [-]th generation F series! All colors are available!"

She took Abel directly to the Ford pickup showroom.

As far as the eye can see, more than a dozen Ford pickups of various colors are neatly arranged.

There is the most basic model, and it is also the F150, which is the best-selling car in Texas and even the United States.

There is also an upgraded version of the F150, the bigger and more muscular looking F350.

Even the F550, which is more of a van than a pickup truck, has it.

Have you ever seen a pickup truck with a length of more than eight meters, a height of more than three meters, a width of more than two meters, and a wheelbase of more than five meters?
The F550 is.

The models are very complete.

Even the larger F650 is available, so it's not in vain to claim the No. [-] car dealership in Fort Worth.

Abel came here just because he didn't want to drive home in a car.

He directly sold to the blonde girl: "I need two F350s, the one with the highest configuration, one blue and one red."

Simple and straightforward, and at the same time he remembered that Dad had always wanted this car.

But because it is more expensive, so I have not bought it.

Then simply buy it back together this time.

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