Classics mudzidzi.
“Jack aiva nevaridzi vaviri ndisati ndasvika,” anodaro. “Betty mwana akarerwa; hapana chatinoziva nezvake...akasiiwa. Betty ndiye wandinoda, asi Jacques haabvumidzwe kuziva nezvazvo. Kana iwe usinga kwanise kutaura, Yongsiri akabatikana neMinis yake. Betty ipepuru 1977 Leyland Clubman LS yaakatenga angangoita makore maviri apfuura ne5000 $.
Shamwari yakazvipa pachezvayo kutumidza kudada uye mufaro waYongsiri paakatadza kuburitsa zita chairo remwana wake achangozvarwa.
Uye nekubatana ikoko kwepedyo zvikuru nemotokari yake, unogona kunzwisisa kurwadziwa kwake sezvaaifamba achidzokera kumotokari yake pashure pebasa kuti awane kuti Betty akanga achinja.
"Ndakazviona pakamera yekuchengetedza - vakomana vashanu vaitenderedza," anodaro. Ndakachema, ndakapererwa. Ndaifunga kuti hupenyu hwangu hwapera."
Chiitiko chisingafadzi chakaitika muna Mbudzi wapfuura, izvo zvakaita kuti Betty adzingwe zvachose, kunyangwe Yongsiri achiti ari muchitoro chekugadzirisa uye achamudzoreredza.
Yongsiri aisakwanisa kutsungirira pfungwa yekugara asina Mini, saka akaisa mari muJac the Turtle, imwe vhezheni ya1977 Leyland Clubman S, panguva ino mugirini uye mutengo wemadhora zviuru zvina nemazana mashanu.
“Jac akapihwa zita nekuti marezinesi epureti ndeekutanga, JAC278, ndiwo mabviro aakaita kubva kufekitari. Uye Kamba, nekuti yakanga yakasvibira uye ichinonoka,” anoseka.
Mudzidzi wedhizaini yemaindasitiri anofunga kushuvira kwake nemhando dzekare 1960s uye 70s mota dzanga dziinaye kubva paakazvarwa.
Asi humbowo hwekutanga hwekufarira kwake hwaive makore masere. “Pandakavaona ndichiri mudiki, ndakati ndaizovatenga ndava kukwanisa kutyaira ndichibva ndatenga,” anodaro.
"Padhuze nepamba pangu pakambomira maMini uye ndagara ndichivayemura."
Uye anoona kuti kuchine vechidiki vanofarira mota yezviroto zvake. “Vanhu vakawanda vanonditarisa,” anodaro.
"Vana vekutanga vanozvida, svetuka uye pasi, nongedzera uye nyemwerera."
Yongsiri anoti zvakare inokwevera kutarisisa kwechizvarwa chekare.
Vanombomira kutaura vachiti, ‘Ini ndaive neMini ndichiri zera rako,’ anodaro.
Yongsiri paakatanga kutenga Mini yake, akafunga kunyura zvizere mukuda kwake uye akabatana neMini Car Club yeNew South Wales.
Uye kunyangwe akagamuchirwa neushamwari pakutanga, Mini fan kubva kuParramatta anoti vamwe vanhu vakabvunza kuzvipira kwake.
“Vasikana vashoma kwazvo,” anodaro. “Pandakapinda munharaunda yeMini, munhu wese akafara chaizvo kubatsira. Vamwe vakomana vakabva vati, "Uyo musikana, haagari kwenguva refu."
“Ini ndaifunga kuti Mini yakanga isina kundikodzera, asi ndaida kuvaratidza kuti havana kururama ndokugadzirisa nyaya yacho. Iye zvino zvave kuita sechishuwo."
Yongsiri zvino anogona kushandura mafuta, mafirita emhepo, spark plugs, uye mukomana wake achakurumidza kumudzidzisa maitiro ekuchinja mavhiri mavhiri.
Anokwanisa kuita zvaanodaidza kuti "basic stuff", izvo zvinokwana kufadza vamwe vazhinji varidzi vemota dzechirume nedzechikadzi.
“Chere Mini yekare haina chidhiraivho chemagetsi,” anodaro. "Unogona kuisa air conditioner iwe pachako, asi inodhura zvishoma, uye bhajeti yeyunivhesiti haibvumiri rudzi urwu rwechinhu."
Akatoita kuti amai vake vafarire maMini uye parizvino ari kuyedza kutendeutsa hanzvadzi yake inofunga kuti "vanongotyora".
Uye atowana kudzidziswa kwehanzvadzi yake kutyaira Mini mota yemanyorero, haasi kure nechinangwa chake.
Kana zviri zveshamwari dzake, dzakadzidza kuremekedza chido chake chisingarambiki.
“Vasikana vangu vanongoseka vachiti ndinogara ndiri mwana akasiyana. Handikwanise kufungidzira kutyaira chero chinhu kunze kweMini. Hapana chimwe chandingadada nacho kuseri kwevhiri."
