Because of the pregnancy has reached in the second semester, we planned to have a four wheels vehicle to make my wife's mobility more comfortable in Jakarta. We decided to buy a MPV car which has 3 rows of seating, so 7 to 8 family members can be getting inside. I wanted the car immediately in Jan 2014 and before leaving again for another business trip to Papua.
From the beginning of our plan and from my big family's car history, Toyota Innova will be the one in the first top list. The Nissan Grand Livina and Honda Mobilio will be the others in the top 3. Besides, a must have A/T (Automatic Transmission) as the prerequisite so it's easy for my wife to drive herself in the traffic of Jakarta.
In the last-last week of Dec 2013, we started the car shopping from malls, car exhibitions, and authorized dealers, but still the offerings wasn't "clicked" to us. Finally, we went to Toyota Auto 2000 Salemba, just 10 minutes from our apartment, to get a deal. Straight to the point, we asked the spv if there is a Brand New Toyota Innova - G Type available with A/T and Gray color.
After they checked into the system, and unfortunately such specs was out of stock in the whole TA 2000 in Jakarta. Though there was a big discount happening in TA 2000 for the Year End Sale, we went home and got nothing until the New Year.
Finally, on Tuesday, 31st Dec 2013, just before the New Year's Eve, I got a call from the spv in TA 2000, telling that there is one car left because another customer has cancelled the order but unfortunately it's black. After discussing with my wife, we decided to take the brand new car. The spv even gave us a big deal more than we were expecting, we got a 25 juta discount, a free leather car seat covers, and carpets.
After the payment done, we got a vehicle number: B 1431 SYQ (means: lADI Sayangqu - ladi my darling). This wasn't a special request and we didn’t pay for this, just a coincident. So Much Win!
Just view weeks after, we received the car and we went to Subang for the first ride. We were invited by my sister in law for their church ceremony.
Lucky us, when we visited Subang, we received a blessing and ulos from Ephorus, Pdt. Willem Simarmata, presiding bishop of the HKBP.
