Wophunzira wa Classics.
“Jack anali ndi eni ake aŵiri ine ndisanakhale,” iye akutero. “Betty ndi mwana woleredwa; sitikudziwa kalikonse za iye...anasiyidwa. Ndimakonda kwambiri Betty, koma Jacques saloledwa kudziŵa zimenezi.” Ngati simunadziwe, Yongsiri amatengeka ndi ma Minis ake. Betty ali ndi 1977 Leyland Clubman LS yofiirira yomwe adagula zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndi $5000.
Mnzake adadzitengera yekha kutchula kunyada ndi chisangalalo cha Yongsiri pomwe sakanatha kupeza dzina loyenera kuti ligwirizane ndi mwana wake wakhanda.
Ndipo ndi kugwirizana kwapafupi kwambiri kumeneku ndi galimoto yake, mungamvetse kupsinjika kwake pamene anabwerera ku galimoto yake pambuyo pa ntchito ndi kupeza kuti Betty anali atadutsa.
"Ndinaziwona pa kamera yachitetezo - anyamata asanu akumuzungulira," akutero. “Ndinali misozi, ndinali wokhumudwa. Ndinkaganiza kuti moyo wanga watha.
Chochitika chachisoni chinachitika mu Novembala watha, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Betty alembetsedwe, ngakhale Yongsiri akuti tsopano ali pamalo okonzera ndipo abwezeretsedwa.
Yongsiri sakanatha kupirira lingaliro la moyo popanda Mini, kotero adayika ndalama ku Jac the Turtle, mtundu wina wa 1977 Leyland Clubman, S, wobiriwira ndipo umawononga $ 4500.
“Jac idatchulidwa dzina chifukwa ma licence plates ndi oyambira, JAC278, momwe idagulitsidwira kufakitale. Ndipo Kamba, chifukwa anali wobiriwira komanso wodekha,” akuseka.
Wophunzira wopanga mafakitale akuganiza kuti kutengeka kwake ndi magalimoto akale azaka za m'ma 1960 ndi 70s akhala naye kuyambira kubadwa.
Koma umboni woyamba wa chidwi chake unali pafupi zaka eyiti. Iye anati: “Nditawaona ndili wamng’ono, ndinawauza kuti ndidzawagula ndikadzayamba kuyendetsa galimoto, ndipo ndinatero.
"Kufupi ndi nyumba yanga kunali ma Mini omwe ankayimitsidwa ndipo nthawi zonse ndinkawasirira."
Ndipo amazindikira kuti pali achinyamata omwe amakonda maloto ake. Iye anati: “Ndimaoneka bwino kwambiri.
“Ana asukulu za pulayimale amachikonda, kudumpha mmwamba, kuloza ndi kumwetulira.”
Yongsiri akuti imakopanso mibadwo yakale.
“Amasiya kucheza n’kunena kuti, ‘Ndinali ndi Mini ndili usinkhu wanu,’ akutero.
Pamene Yongsiri adagula Mini yake koyamba, adaganiza zodzilowetsa muzokonda zake ndikulowa nawo Mini Car Club ya New South Wales.
Ndipo ngakhale adalandiridwa koyambirira, wokonda Parramatta Mini akuti anthu ena amakayikira kudzipereka kwake.
“Atsikana ndi ochepa kwambiri,” iye akutero. "Nditalowa m'gulu la Mini, aliyense anali wokondwa kuthandiza. Kenako anyamata ena anati, “Ndi mtsikana, sakhalitsa.”
"Ndinkaganiza kuti Mini sinali yanga, koma ndidafuna kuwawonetsa kuti adalakwitsa kotero ndidapita nawo. Tsopano zili ngati chilakolako."
Yongsiri tsopano akhoza kusintha mafuta, zosefera mpweya, spark plugs, ndipo chibwenzi chake posachedwa chidzamuphunzitsa momwe angasinthire mayendedwe a magudumu.
Amatha kuchita zomwe amazitcha "zinthu zofunika kwambiri," zomwe ndi zokwanira kukopa amuna ndi akazi ambiri eni magalimoto.
"Mini iliyonse yakale ilibe chiwongolero chamagetsi," akutero. "Mutha kuziyika nokha zoziziritsira mpweya, koma sizimawononga ndalama zambiri, ndipo bajeti ya yunivesite simaloleza zinthu zotere."
Anachititsanso kuti amayi ake azikhala ndi chidwi ndi Minis ndipo panopa akuyesera kutembenuza mlongo wake, yemwe akuganiza kuti "akuswa."
Ndipo atakwanitsa kale kuphunzitsa mlongo wake kuyendetsa Mini manual, sali patali ndi cholinga chake.
Ponena za anzake, aphunzira kulemekeza chilakolako chake chosatsutsika.
“Anzanga amangoseka n’kunena kuti nthawi zonse ndine mwana wapadera. Sindingayerekeze kuyendetsa china chilichonse kupatula Mini. Palibenso china chomwe ndinganyadire nacho kumbuyo kwa gudumu."
