Back Behind the Wheel of the Boxster

This year’s rainy season feels wetter than last year’s. The other day, while out driving, I spotted a riverside park nearby bursting with hydrangeas. They were beautiful—what a lovely photo they’d make alongside my Porsche.

Fortunately, this year hasn’t brought day after day of rain. We’ve had quite a few sunny breaks, so the other day, I decided to take the Boxster out with the top down for the first time in a while.

I mostly use my BMW 320 for grocery runs and picking up the kids, so it’s the car I drive most often. That means I don’t get to take our Porsches out all that frequently—in fact, it had been a full month since I last drove the Boxster. So I was thinking,

It’s been ages since I drove a convertible. Even though it’s such a nice day, I feel a little self-conscious about driving with the top down…

I was a bit nervous, but once I lowered the roof, all those worries disappeared. Driving with the top down felt wonderful.

The gentle breeze, the fresh scent of trees along the road, the smell of a bakery, birdsong, the sound of the engine…Taking it all in with my senses made the drive such a pleasure. Even the familiar streets around our neighborhood felt new with the roof down. That’s one of the joys of a convertible, I thought again.

But once the weather gets any hotter, the midday sun will make top-down driving pretty uncomfortable, so this might be about the last chance to enjoy it for a while.

A few days later, my husband and I had a chance to take the Boxster out together. I couldn’t remember the last time we’d driven it as a pair…(The kids have been going to school lately, so we have the whole morning to ourselves.)

With the two of us in the car, the Boxster’s ride—which I’d always thought was so supple—felt a little firmer and bumpier. Maybe it felt that way because I’d recently had a chance to test-drive a Cayenne, and its smooth ride was still fresh in my mind. My husband had this to say about the difference:

The ride can feel different from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat, but it definitely changes when there are two of us in the car instead of just one. It feels like it bounces a little more. The ride is clearly more supple when I’m driving alone.

That makes sense—the ride really can change depending on how many people are in the car.

Driving During the Ninth Month of Pregnancy

Time has flown, and I’m already in my ninth month of pregnancy. We’re expecting to meet our baby in August. The baby’s movements are getting stronger, and my belly has dropped, so it’s starting to feel like the big day is close…though it still doesn’t quite feel real.

You never know what might happen before you actually meet your baby.

As for driving these days, I sit higher up when I drive one of our manual Porsches, and my growing belly is getting close to the steering wheel…lol. I figure I have another two or three weeks to enjoy driving the Boxster and GT3.

Once the baby arrives, I probably won’t be able to drive for a while, so I hope I can take the Boxster out once or twice more before then.