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2018.09.10Our Car Life

Why Even a Porsche-Loving Wife Doesn’t Want to Go on Family Drives in a 911

The Hotel “Tenku no Fune” in Amakusa Last year, through hometown tax donations, we got a stay voucher for the hotel “Tenku no Fune” in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. We quickly coordinated with the family and went for an overnight stay. It turned out to be a wonderful hotel, making for a very satisfying family trip. However, although we planned to take the ferry from Osaka Nanko to Shinmoji Port and then drive around Aso and...

2018.09.10Our Car Life

Porsche 911

2018.09.09Porsche 911

New Porsche 911 Official Launch Soon? — A Visual Journey Through All Generations of the 911

The New 911 (Type 992) Finally Here!? On September 4, an automotive news outlet featured an article titled “Spy Shots of the New 911 (Type 992) Revealed.” The headlights and taillights still have slight camouflage applied (see photo below ↓) *New Porsche 911 (Type 992) Clear Photos: Yellow / Silver / Blue – 3 Prototype Cars Compared to the previous model, the new design features slim wrap-around taillights connected by an LED strip, and the...

2018.09.09Porsche 911

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2018.09.08Our Car Life

51 Ferraris Written Off by Typhoon No. 21 — Status of Nearby Luxury Car Dealers and Futur...

51 Ferraris Written Off Many of you may already know, but due to the recent Typhoon No. 21, 51 Ferraris at an authorized Ferrari dealership on Rokko Island in Hyogo Prefecture were completely damaged by seawater flooding. The article states the total damage was in the billions of yen, but some say it could be as high as 3 billion yen. The dealership had prepared for the typhoon by laying blue tarps and sandbags at...

2018.09.08Our Car Life

Porsche Cayenne

2018.09.07Porsche Cayenne

Porsche New Cayenne: An In-Depth Look at the Factory Production Process! (A Summary of th...

Porsche Cayenne Feature In our household, any TV program with the keyword “Porsche” in the title is automatically recorded (what kind of household is this? lol). So naturally, the program Discovery Channel recently aired, titled “High-End SUVs of the World: Porsche Cayenne”, was recorded as well. It was an episode focusing on the production process of the new Cayenne at the factory and the history of the Cayenne. My husband found it quite interesting, so...

2018.09.07Porsche Cayenne

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2018.09.06Our Car Life

Reflections on EVs After Experiencing a Typhoon-Induced Blackout

Typhoon No. 21 Hits Directly Typhoon No. 21 struck Japan head-on on September 4th. This was truly a display of its fierce power. Our home lost power starting at 2 p.m. on September 4th, and the blackout is still ongoing. There’s still no clear timeline for restoration. (This article was written on the morning of September 5th on the Shinkansen → later at 11 a.m. I received news that power was restored at home.) This...

2018.09.06Our Car Life

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2018.09.05Our Car Life, Recommended Car Accessories

Upgrading My Laptop! – Which Notebook Is Best for Bloggers?

One Day, My Mac Screen Went Completely Black About a month ago, the MacBook Air I had been using broke down. Given my rough handling and my youngest daughter scratching and dropping the screen… it’s actually amazing it lasted this long. One day, after closing the laptop as usual and reopening it a while later, the Mac was completely unresponsive with a black screen. Although it could still charge, no matter what I tried, the...

2018.09.05Our Car Life, Recommended Car Accessories

Recommended Car Accessories

2018.09.04Recommended Car Accessories

No Wiring Needed, Easy One-Touch Installation: Recommended GPS Radar Detector – Cellstar ...

About Radar Detectors Many people have a “radar detector” installed in their cars. Until about three years ago, our family used a “dashboard-mounted LCD type” device. (↓↓ This isn’t the exact radar detector we had, but it’s something like this, mounted on the right front side of the driver’s seat) *Image: [Parts Review] Radar Detector Comtec ZERO602V One day, my husband said, “Isn’t there a better radar detector out there…?” When I asked, “Why? Isn’t...

2018.09.04Recommended Car Accessories

Reviews & Test Drives

2018.09.03Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

A Comfortable Driver’s Car: The Porsche Panamera

Am I Overrating the Panamera? In this blog, I have often praised the Panamera highly, but I have never driven its rival, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (I’ve only ever ridden in the back seat), and I’ve only driven a BMW 7 Series a little during a test drive. So when I evaluate the Panamera, I can only base it on how it feels when I drive it myself, which sometimes makes me wonder “Am I overrating...

2018.09.03Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Porsche Macan

2018.09.02Porsche Macan

Porsche New Macan Production Finally Begins – Japan Release Expected Early 2019?

*Image source: Porsche Japan official site “Porsche The new Macan” First Production Model Rolls Off the Line On August 30th last month, Porsche announced that the first production model of the new Macan has been completed. The Macan was introduced at the Los Angeles Motor Show in autumn 2013 as a compact SUV slightly smaller than the Cayenne. It went on sale the following year in 2014 and has since grown into a popular model...

2018.09.02Porsche Macan

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2018.09.01Our Car Life

Recommended Foreign Drama for Porsche Fans – My Husband’s Unusual Way of Watching Movies

Loves Cars but Not Interested in Movies My husband is a self-proclaimed car enthusiast, but when it comes to movies, he seems completely uninterested. On the other hand, I’m quite fond of films and often watch a good number of them on Amazon Prime Video. (Lately, I’ve been watching more on Netflix too.) However, whenever I bring up movie topics with him, his responses are always like “pushing on a curtain”, Me: “That scene was...

2018.09.01Our Car Life