The Boxster After a Long Time

This rainy season feels like it’s been wetter than last year. The other day, while driving, I noticed lots of hydrangeas blooming beautifully along the riverside park near my home. It would be lovely to take a photo of my car with the hydrangeas.

This year’s rainy season isn’t just constant rain every day—there are plenty of sunny breaks in between, so the other day, I decided to take the Boxster out with the top down for the first time in a while.

Usually, I drive my practical BMW 320 for shopping and picking up the kids. So, I don’t get to drive our Porsches that often, and that day was actually my first time driving the Boxster in a month. I was a bit nervous, thinking,

It’s been a while since I drove a convertible. Even though the weather is nice, I still feel a little shy driving with the top down…

But once I opened the roof, I completely forgot about that—driving with the top down felt so wonderful.

The breeze was refreshing, the scent of the green trees lining the road, the smell of the bakery, birdsong, the engine’s roar… feeling all these with my senses while driving was truly delightful. Even on familiar local streets, just opening the roof made the drive feel fresh again—this is the charm of a convertible.

However, as it gets hotter, the midday sun becomes intense, making it tough to drive with the top down, so this might be the last window of time to enjoy open-air driving comfortably.

A few days later, I had the chance to drive the Boxster with my husband. I wonder how many years it’s been since we last drove it together… (Now that the kids are at school, we have free time in the mornings.)

When we drove together, the Boxster’s ride, which I had thought was so smooth, felt a bit rougher. I had recently test-driven a Cayenne and still remembered its silky ride, so maybe that made the Boxster feel firmer. My husband said about the ride,

Sometimes the ride feels different between the driver’s and passenger’s seats, but definitely, the ride changes quite a bit when driving alone versus with two people. It feels a bit bouncier; clearly, it’s smoother when I’m driving solo.

I see—so the number of passengers really affects the ride quality.

Car Life at Nine Months Pregnant

Time flies—I’m already nine months pregnant. We’re expecting to meet our baby in August. The baby’s movements are getting stronger, and my belly is dropping, so it’s really starting to feel real… but honestly, it still doesn’t quite sink in.

You never know what might happen until you actually meet your child.

Regarding my current car life, I raise the seat position when driving a Porsche with a manual transmission, but now my growing belly is almost touching the steering wheel… haha. I guess I only have two or three more weeks left to enjoy driving the Boxster or GT3.

After the baby is born, I probably won’t be able to drive much for a while, so I hope to get in one or two more drives in the Boxster before then.