Erica's Dream Car

I went to Yogyakarta from 19th to 22 Feb 2009 and bought my daughter a car. It a red honda jazz costing a cool IDR 117,000,000.00 - a 2004 model with automatic gear. I taught her how to drive around Jogja city and spent quite some times demonstrating how to do reverse parking at her rented house. As the parking space was very narrow we had initially a tough time conducting the routine. At times she almost lost her cool while I remained calm and showed understanding and patience.

Below: left showroom employee, Supir Armando (centre) - my escort and driver while in Jogja

I was really forced by circumstances to know how to drive around the crazy and chaotic Jogja streets with a millions bikes they called spader motor in there. A car is called a mobil and a driver - supir. Thanks goodness I have become a competent supir mobil di Jogja in order to then showed her the courage to drive around and coached her along the way. Petrol there cost RM1.42 per litre. Though we paid for the car the car cannot be transfered to her name instead under "local patronage or resident" Don"t ask me what this is all about because I don't understand either.
While I was there she managed to drive to the famous Malioboro Street from her rented house and back, went around the UGM campus and also from Novotel Hotel to her house. I showed her the petrol station and the workshop where to sent the car in the event of servicing needs, etc