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2017.08.31Porsche News

Is There an Unexpected Connection Between Porsche Design and Anpanman?

A Three-Year-Old Who Knows Her Porsches The other day, my mother told me, “I was in the car with ●●(the name of my three-year-old daughter), and she spotted a car diagonally ahead of us and said, ‘Look! A Porsche!’ It didn’t even have a badge on it. How did she know?” I’d written about this before, and at the time I remember thinking, “I know I’m biased, but it’s amazing that my three-year-old can recognize...

2017.08.31Porsche News

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2017.08.30Our Car Life

A Couple Who Spend Two and a Half Out of Three Hours Talking About Cars

A Conversation for Two Yesterday, quite by chance—and for the first time in a while (about six months, I think)—my husband and I were able to enjoy a leisurely meal together. Neither of us drinks, and we’re not really fans of izakaya pubs or trendy restaurants, so we went to a buffet. We talked about his solo touring trip last weekend, the blog by Wata that he checks regularly, and how he’d discovered a blog...

2017.08.30Our Car Life

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2017.08.29Our Car Life

A Woman’s Perspective on *Why First-Class Men Don’t Buy Kei Cars*

First-Class Men Don’t… Some time ago, I read Why First-Class Men Don’t Buy Kei Cars, by Risei Satonaka. The book seems to have drawn mixed reactions—many of them aimed at the author rather than the content itself—but I found some points thought-provoking and others hard to agree with. Here’s what the book description on Amazon says: Taking the easy route and choosing cheap things can put you at risk. Don’t let the crowd dictate how...

2017.08.29Our Car Life

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2017.08.28Our Car Life

Why You Probably Won’t Find Kimutaku Driving a Corolla

Celebrities in Car Commercials Kimura Takuya once appeared in a Corolla commercial, but every time I saw it, I couldn’t help thinking: There’s no way Kimutaku drives a Corolla in real life. I imagine he’d be more likely to drive something like a Mercedes-Benz GL (just going by his image). TOKIO appeared in commercials for Suzuki’s Solio, too, but I can’t picture any of the band members driving a kei car. And Ken Watanabe appeared...

2017.08.28Our Car Life

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2017.08.27Our Car Life

Audi’s Tempting Giveaway—and Why I Couldn’t Hit Submit

Audi’s Tempting Campaign Yesterday, after finishing a post on Hatena Bookmark, I happened to notice an ad. Experience it on the Autobahn,innovative technology.Try Audi Driver Assistance Fair　Learn more What is this?! “Experience it on the Autobahn”—how could I not be curious? Before I knew it, I’d clicked the ad. Two chances to experience Audi technology and win a special prize Enter for a chance to win a trip to Germany, including an Audi test drive...

2017.08.27Our Car Life

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2017.08.26Our Car Life

Freedom Comes from Relying on Yourself

“Why Not Be a Stay-at-Home Mom?” Every now and then, someone asks me, “You don’t actually need to work, so why do you?” We’re fortunate: my husband works hard, and thanks to him, I get to drive a Panamera and enjoy all kinds of special experiences. So I imagine some people wonder, “Why does his wife work? They have two kids—why doesn’t she just stay home?” Fair enough. But the reason I work is, I...

2017.08.26Our Car Life

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2017.08.25Our Car Life

What Does a Car Mean to You?

What Does a Car Mean to ●●? On BS Nippon TV, comedian duo Ogi Yahagi host a show called “Ogi Yahagi’s Beloved Cars: NO CAR, NO LIFE!.” The program explores each guest’s life and the cars they’ve owned along the way. At the end, Yahagi asks the guest, “What does a car mean to you?” After they share what their car means to them, the show wraps up. Past guests have given answers such as:...

2017.08.25Our Car Life

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2017.08.24Our Car Life

I Scraped the Side of My Panamera… In a Dream.

A Repair Bill of ¥600,000 for One Door… I scraped the side of my Panamera. When I asked the repair shop for an estimate, they told me it would cost ¥600,000 per door. “That’s impossible! There’s no way it should cost that much—you’re ripping me off!” I was desperately trying to negotiate when my husband walked over and calmly asked: What happened? Did you scrape it? So I explained, “I scraped the side while going...

2017.08.24Our Car Life

Reviews & Test Drives

2017.08.23Reviews & Test Drives

My First Test Drive in a Toyota Prius: Pros and Cons Compared with the Panamera

The Prius at My Parents’ Home Yesterday, I got the chance to drive my parents’ Prius for the first time. I only took the wheel for about 20 minutes, after swapping with my father at a highway service area and driving until we exited the expressway. Their Prius is around 10 years old, so it’s getting on a bit. And based purely on its image, I’d always assumed: Maybe a Prius feels so light that...

2017.08.23Reviews & Test Drives

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2017.08.22Our Car Life

“You’re Taking Business for Granted If You Buy a Luxury Car! Sell the Whole Lot!”—A Lesso...

A Company Culture All Its Own At the company I joined straight out of college, the prevailing attitude was: “Cars are for bosses who treat them as toys. Spending money on a car is out of the question!” (Some company culture, huh?) The founder and president at the time had started out as a live-in apprentice, overcome all kinds of hardships, and built a staffing company from the ground up. So the workplace had a...

2017.08.22Our Car Life