Thursday, October 22, 2009

Daihatsu Charmant Community Gathering

I am a member of Daihatsu Charmant Community mailing list, an unofficial Daihatsu Charmant owners club in Indonesia. I joined not so long ago, about the same time i got my Charmant. Assuming my memory's not mixed up, this community is started by two brothers, Wanto and Zulner. Their father is a big fan of Daihatsu Charmant, owning a full original one. Seeing how cool their dad's Charmant was, Wanto and Zulner got interested also and got an idea to gather all Charmant owners in Indonesia. They started by joining Daihatsu Charade forum and befriended Okta and Gerry. Previously Okta and Gerry owned Charades but they got interested in Charmants too after hanging out with those two brothers and so Daihatsu Charmant Community was born..

Up to this day, there are 51 members of this mailing list. We use Indonesian language in the mailing list but i can assure you that should not stop you from joining. Ask and they'll do their best to help you.

Last Sunday afternoon, Oct 18th 2009, we agreed to make a little gathering in Senayan, South Jakarta. As far as i know, this is the second gathering since this Community was born. I am glad i was in Jakarta during that time. It was my first time seeing the guys in person!

Senayan is one hour drive from home. I had to drive my Toyota Soluna there since my Charmant is still "hospitalized". I was the first to arrive (yes i was that excited) and then not so much later Wahyu and his black Charmant. Short story shorter, five Charmants were finally present.. I won't bore you with details, let the pics do the talking..
How Wanto got these mud guards below is beyond me.. These are as rare as a hen's teeth!
A closer look at Wahyu's infamous head lamps..We had so much fun.. Mesmerized at each other's Charmants, asking where to get this and that, exchanging parts and joking around and teasing the whole time. Thanks guys for the gathering. Looking forward to see you again..

7 comments:

  1. Wished i could have been there :(

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  2. Dereck, you're not alone there. T_T

    The ones that are driving Charmants in my town, are uncle and aunties whom basically don't give a f*ck about their rust out Charmants. :P

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  3. Stanleyyyy.. maybe u should take those uncles and aunties for a spin in your charmant.. hahaha i am sure if they manage to keep their food in their stomach, they'll love engine swap also! lol..

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  4. bad and good idea... first let them sign a will which states the car goes to you, THEN and ONLY THEN, do you take them for a ride..., was contemplating that over here but was affraid that they will spread the word about me in church if they survive :(

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  5. lol.. you can always put it in a fine print Dereck.. just make sure you get those uncles or aunties who use bottle bottoms as eyeglasses.

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  6. i like the red charmant..catnya pake merk dan jenis apa yah.trus spare part charmant bs beli dimana..semarang ada..?

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  7. Estimados buenas tardes tengo mi auto daihatsu ayer sufri un accidente y estoy buscando el faro principal derecho y el faro direccional donde lo piedo cinseguir

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