Enye yamamodeli athengekayo kakhulu emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika, i I-Mitsubishi Space Star (noma i-Mirage njengoba yaziwa kanjalo e-USA) isekude nokuthi iphrofayiliwe njengekhandidethi elijwayelekile ukuze lifinyelele amakhilomitha aphezulu, kucatshangelwa ubukhulu balo kanye nomlingiswa wedolobha.
Nokho, njengokungathi ukufakazela ukuthi ukubonakala kungakhohlisa, i-Mitsubishi Space Star esikhuluma ngayo namuhla ikwazile ukuqongelela amamayela angu-414 520 (amakhilomitha angu-667 105) eminyakeni eyisithupha nje kuphela. Ithengwe okusha umbhangqwana ovela esifundazweni saseMinnesota, i-Huot, lena yakhethwa ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwayo okuncane futhi yathengwa ukuze ithathele indawo… Cadillac!
Kuze kufike kumakhilomitha angu-7000 (cishe amakhilomitha angu-11,000) imoto yayisetshenziswa kakhulu u-Janice Huot. Nokho, lapho kufika ubusika ngo-2015 (eMinnesota likhithika kakhulu), wakhetha ukuthenga iMitsubishi Outlander Sport enamasondo onke (“yethu” ASX) kanti i-Space Star encane yagcina isetshenziswe ngumyeni wakhe, UJerry Huot, nsuku zonke emsebenzini.
Igcinwe kahle kodwa awekho ama-frills
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi umsebenzi kaJerry Huot uwukuletha amasampula asuka emahhovisi odokotela abahlukahlukene awayise ezindaweni zokucwaninga esifundazweni saseMinnesota kanye nedolobha laseMinneapolis, akumangalisi ukuthi iMitsubishi Space Star encane isiqalile ukuqongelela amamayela “njengokungathi lalingekho ikusasa”.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
NgokukaJerry, isakhamuzi saseJapane asizange senqabe ukusebenza futhi saze sahambisa amatshe nomanyolo engadini yalo mbhangqwana. Naphezu kokuhlala kuthola ukulungiswa nokulungiswa "ngesikhathi", angeke kushiwo ukuthi i-Space Star "i-pampered", ingenalo ngisho nelungelo lokulala egaraji, ngisho nasebusika baseMinnesota obunzima!
Ukulungiswa okuhleliwe kubonakala sengathi kusebenzile, njengoba ukulungiswa okungahleliwe bekufanele kwenziwe izikhathi ezimbili kuphela. Eyokuqala yafika cishe ngamamayela ayi-150,000 (eduze kwamakhilomitha angama-241,000) futhi yayihlanganisa ukufaka isondo elithwala isondo kanti enye yayithatha indawo ye-starter motor phakathi kwamamayela ayi-200,000 kanye nama-300,000 (phakathi kwezinkulungwane ezingama-321 kanye namakhilomitha angama-482,000).
Okuhle kunakho konke, njengoba ama-Huots ayebambelele ohlelweni lwesondlo oluhleliwe kanye newaranti enwetshiwe, kokubili ukulungiswa kwenziwa ngaphansi kwalesi siqinisekiso.
Usuvele unomunye esikhundleni
Ngepuleti lelayisense lomuntu siqu elithi “PRPL WON” (lifundeka ngokuthi “Purple Won”, kubhekiselwa kumdwebo odonsa amehlo), i-Space Star encane okwamanje isithathelwe indawo… enye i-Space Star! Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthi, ukwahlulela ngamazwi kaJerry Huot, lokho kwakungeyona ingxenye yezinhlelo.
Ngokwalokhu kulandisa, i-Space Star “edla amakhilomitha” yagcina ithengisiwe ngemva kokuba uJerry eyiyisa endaweni edayisayo ukuze ayolungiswa futhi umnikazi wendawo ebone imayela layo eliphezulu.
I-Huot eduze ne-Space Star yabo entsha.
Eqaphela amandla okuphromotha umuntu ohlala edolobheni elilula onamakhilomitha amaningi aqoqiwe, umnikazi wesitendi wanquma ukuphakamisa ukuthengwa kwe-Space Star futhi waqinisekisa ukuthi i-Huot izothenga ikhophi entsha ngentengo ekhangayo ngokukhethekile.