Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.30Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Porsche Panamera’s PDK – What It’s Like Driving with Paddle Shifters

Driving with Paddle Controls Yesterday, we headed to a friend’s house with the whole family in the Panamera. Since it was a special occasion, I let my husband drive using the PDK paddle shifters while I observed how it went. (On the highway, it always stays in 8th gear, so I drove in automatic mode.) When I tried driving the Panamera with paddle shifters the other day, I noticed there was a delay in response...

2018.04.30Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Recommended Car Accessories

2018.04.29Recommended Car Accessories

Tried Making an Original Panamera Turbo Stamp with Automo Camera!

Automo Camera This blog often features the “Automo Camera” app. It’s incredibly handy for detecting license plates in car photos and automatically erasing them. The other day, my husband said, “It seems you can create original stamps with an added feature,” so he immediately started making one. You can create original stamps for free, and they can be shared exclusively with people you give the code to. Anyone can make one by registering a new...

2018.04.29Recommended Car Accessories

Our Car Life

2018.04.28Our Car Life

Am I Truly Living My Life Now? – LIFE IS SHORT.

Is Being Busy a Good Thing? Most adults living in this world are usually busy. Those who have plenty of free time are either extremely successful or truly doing nothing at all… either way, they are a minority. Most people juggle multiple roles and handle several things simultaneously in their daily lives. “Being busy is a blessing,” people often say, and it’s easy to think that being busy is better than having free time. But...

2018.04.28Our Car Life

Porsche News

2018.04.27Porsche News

Why Do Porsche Owners Reserve Their Next Porsche Without Seeing or Test Driving It?

Cars Are Something You Buy After Test Driving I was raised by parents who had absolutely no interest in cars (yet ironically, my older brother is a die-hard Subaru fan, and I, the younger sister, write a car blog), but even my car-indifferent parents would test drive before buying a new car, so I always thought cars were something you buy after test driving. However, shortly after the Porsche arrived at our home, I often...

2018.04.27Porsche News

Our Car Life

2018.04.26Our Car Life

Driving Suzuka Circuit in a Cayman GT4 — Gran Turismo Sport on PS4

With a PS4 Car Racing Game As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my husband told me, “Driving the Boxster GTS with a manual transmission is way too fast for you right now. First, get comfortable driving with either PDK or manual on Gran Turismo on the PlayStation,” so my competitive spirit kicked in and I immediately tried out Gran Turismo Sport on our PS4 yesterday. Normally, I’d definitely pick “AT,” but I chose “MT” properly...

2018.04.26Our Car Life

Our Car Life

2018.04.25Our Car Life

Until the Day I Master the Boxster GTS (MT) – Vol.1

Our Boxster Is a Manual Transmission Our Boxster GTS at home isn’t an automatic but a manual. In this era when self-driving cars are said to be just around the corner… a manual?! (LOL) When we bought the Boxster GTS, my husband firmly told me, “Make sure you get your automatic-only license restriction lifted before delivery!” So I arranged my work schedule, found someone to watch the kids, and somehow managed to attend driving school...

2018.04.25Our Car Life

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2018.04.24Recommended Car Accessories

The Essence of Craftsmanship! — Nakabayashi Kogyo’s Car Body Covers Are Simply Outstanding!

Under the Open Sky Parking Lot… At our home, besides the parking space on our property, we rent a spot nearby where we keep our Mercedes-Benz SL500 (R129). However, since our home is in the suburbs and there are no covered parking lots nearby, we rent an open-air parking space with a gravel surface. (The parking fee is about 10,000 yen/month). It looks like the place in the photo below… Because it’s an open-air parking...

2018.04.24Recommended Car Accessories

Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.23Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Boxster

The Last Naturally Aspirated 6-Cylinder: An Owner’s Take on the 981 Boxster GTS

MY 2016 Boxster Our 2016 Boxster GTS (MT) is the first Porsche my husband ever bought. Nowadays, with Porsche focusing more on the environment, the Boxster—led by the 911—is moving towards turbocharging and downsizing, so this 2016 Boxster is said to be the last model equipped with a six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine.(The current 718 Boxster has a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbo engine) *Photo courtesy of Twitter user Aitan Kai@ConeManLP826 . The Day Porsche Came True My husband...

2018.04.23Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Boxster

Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.22Reviews & Test Drives, Mercedes-Benz

First Drive of the Legendary Mercedes-Benz SL500 (R129)

First Drive of the SL500 In February, my husband bought a Mercedes-Benz SL500 (R129), but since it’s a two-seater, with two kids it was hard to find a chance to drive it. Time passed… and just last week, I finally got behind the wheel for the first time. Back when it was new, Car Graphic magazine praised it so highly under the headline “Be Impressed” that it almost felt like over-the-top praise. But after driving...

2018.04.22Reviews & Test Drives, Mercedes-Benz

Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.21Reviews & Test Drives, Mercedes-Benz

My Husband Bought an S63 AMG Coupe – His Impressions After Delivery

A report from my husband via email. Three days ago on Thursday afternoon, after finishing some work, I checked my phone and found this email from my husband. The S63 AMG Coupe has been delivered. He just drove it home. Oh wow… seriously? ( ﾟдﾟ ) He had mentioned buying it before, but it seems the delivery finally happened. This time, he purchased a used 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe. The S-Class Coupe, descended from...

2018.04.21Reviews & Test Drives, Mercedes-Benz