Umfundi we-Classics.
Uthi: “UJack wayenabanikazi ababili ngaphambi kwami. “UBetty uyingane yokutholwa; asazi lutho ngaye... ulahliwe. UBetty uyintandokazi yami, kodwa u-Jacques akavunyelwe ukwazi ngakho. Uma ungazi, u-Yongsiri uyazifela ngamaMini akhe. UBetty uyi-purple 1977 Leyland Clubman LS ayithenga cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule ngo-$5000.
Umngane wazibophezela ukusho ukuziqhenya nenjabulo ka-Yongsiri lapho engakwazi ukuqamba igama elifanele lengane yakhe esanda kuzalwa.
Futhi ngalokho kuxhumana okuseduze kakhulu nemoto yakhe, ungaluqonda usizi lwakhe njengoba ebuyela emotweni yakhe ngemva komsebenzi ukuze athole ukuthi uBetty wayeke wadlula.
"Ngiyibone kukhamera yonogada - abafana abahlanu bebeyigingqa," usho njalo. “Ngangikhala, ngidangele. Bengicabanga ukuthi impilo yami isiphelile."
Isigameko esingesihle senzeka ngoNovemba odlule, okwaholela ekutheni uBetty acishwe ngokuphelele, nakuba uYongsiri ethi manje usesitolo sokukhanda futhi uzombuyisela.
U-Yongsiri akakwazanga ukubekezelela umcabango wokuphila ngaphandle kwe-Mini, ngakho-ke watshala imali ku-Jac the Turtle, enye inguqulo ye-Leyland Clubman S yango-1977, kulokhu iluhlaza futhi ibiza u-$4500.
“UJac uqanjwe ngoba ama-licence plate engowokuqala, iJAC278, okuyiyona ndlela aphuma ngayo efemini. NoFudu, ngoba lwaluluhlaza futhi lunensa,” uyahleka.
Isitshudeni sokudizayina kwezimboni ucabanga ukuthi ukuthanda kwakhe ngezimoto zakudala zango-1960s kanye ne-70s ubelokhu enaye kusukela azalwa.
Kodwa ubufakazi bokuqala bokuthakasela kwakhe kwakuneminyaka engaba yisishiyagalombili. Uthi: “Ngesikhathi ngibabona ngisemncane ngathi ngizobathenga sengikwazi ukushayela, ngathenga.
"KwakunamaMini apaka eduze kwasekhaya futhi bengihlale ngiwababaza."
Futhi uthola ukuthi kusekhona abantu abasha abathanda imoto yamaphupho akhe. Uthi: “Abantu abaningi bayangibheka.
"Izingane eziyinhloko ziyayithanda, gxuma phezulu naphansi, ikhomba futhi imamatheke."
UYongsiri uthi kuphinde kudonse ukunaka kwesizukulwane esidala.
"Baye bame baxoxe bathi, 'NgangineMini ngilingana nawe," usho kanje.
Lapho u-Yongsiri eqala ukuthenga i-Mini yakhe, wanquma ukuzicwilisa ngokuphelele othandweni lwakhe futhi wajoyina i-Mini Car Club yaseNew South Wales.
Futhi ngenkathi amukelwa ngemfudumalo ekuqaleni, umlandeli we-Mini waseParramatta uthi abanye abantu bayakungabaza ukuzibophezela kwakhe.
Uthi: “Mancane kakhulu amantombazane. “Ngesikhathi ngijoyina umphakathi wakwaMini, wonke umuntu wakujabulela kakhulu ukusiza. Base bethi abanye abafana, "Leya ntombazane, ngeke ihlale isikhathi eside."
“Bengicabanga ukuthi iMini bekungeyona eyami, kodwa bengifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi banephutha ngabe sengilungisa. Manje kubukeka kuwuthando."
Manje u-Yongsiri usengakwazi ukushintsha uwoyela, izihlungi zomoya, ama-spark plug, futhi isoka lakhe maduze lizomfundisa ukushintsha ama-wheel bearings.
Angenza lokhu akubiza ngokuthi “izinto eziyisisekelo”, okwanele ukuhlaba umxhwele abanye abanikazi bezimoto besilisa nabesifazane abaningi.
“Noma iyiphi iMini endala ayinaso isiteringi sikagesi,” usho kanje. "Ungazifakela wena i-air conditioner, kodwa kubiza kancane, futhi isabelomali senyuvesi asiluvumeli lolu hlobo lwento."
Waze wenza nomama wakhe waba nesithakazelo kumaMinis futhi okwamanje uzama ukuguqula udadewabo ocabanga ukuthi "bavele baphule".
Futhi njengoba esezuze ukuqeqeshwa kukadadewabo ukushayela iMini car manual, akakude nomgomo wakhe.
Uma kuziwa kubangane bakhe, bafunde ukuhlonipha uthando lwakhe olungenakuphikwa.
“Izintombi zami zivele zihleke zithi ngihlale ngiyingane ehlukile, ekhethekile. Angikwazi ukucabanga ukushayela enye into ngaphandle kweMini. Akukho okunye engingaziqhenya ngakho ngemuva kwesondo."
