I Scraped My Porsche Cayenne The other day, I wrote about scraping my Cayenne. I got an estimate from a body shop that same day, then took the car in for repairs a few days later. Now that it’s back, I’d like to share how the repair went. The shop I chose had helped me out many times before, back when I’d only just graduated from being a nervous, inexperienced driver and was driving an...
I Scraped the Cayenne… The other day, I scraped the right rear of our Cayenne. After going on and on in this blog about safe driving and acting like I knew it all, I went and did this… Here’s what happened. Hyogo Prefecture’s gubernatorial election is this Sunday (today), but I wouldn’t be able to make it on election day, so I decided to vote early. As I was parking at a nearby facility, I...
Porsche E-Hybrid Models Our Cayenne is an E-Hybrid, and my husband and I often find ourselves saying, “The Panamera 4 E-Hybrid we drove recently and our Cayenne have both shown us just how good Porsche E-Hybrid models are. The more we drive them, the more we love them. If we buy another Cayenne or Panamera, we’ll definitely choose the hybrid.” So today, my husband is sharing why he thinks Porsche E-Hybrid models are so impressive....
Taking the Cayenne to Fuji Speedway The other day, I wrote about joining a track event hosted by 911DAYS magazine, where my husband drove our 992 in Wet mode. As for me, I followed along in our Cayenne E-Hybrid, driving about 1,000 km round trip from home to Fuji Speedway (including trips to and from the hotel). Most of the journey was on the highway, but it was my first time driving the Cayenne solo...
Rear-Axle Steering on a Porsche The other day, a reader sent me this question: I’m waiting for delivery of a Cayenne Coupe GTS and wondering whether to get the rear-axle steering option. I understand it makes the car easier to maneuver and park, as well as improving handling and stability at highway speeds. But it’s an expensive option. Is it really a must-have on the ever-growing Cayenne and Panamera? I’d love to hear your review....
Back When I Used to Scrape the Car All the Time The other day, I received this comment on the blog: Between the Porsche Cayenne and the Panamera, which is easier to drive? Mina has experience driving both, so I’d love to hear her perspective as a woman. The commenter’s wife currently drives a Panamera, but its large size means she sometimes scrapes it. I used to scrape and bump our Audi A3 quite often,...
Why the Cayenne Is So Much Fun to Drive The other day, while driving our Cayenne E-Hybrid, I found myself thinking, “Why is the Cayenne so much fun to drive?” It was a question I’d asked myself before, but this time I really stopped to think about it. I turned to my husband in the passenger seat and asked him. Why is the Cayenne so much fun to drive? I get it with the Boxster...
Our Cayenne on Winter Tires Recently, we fitted our Cayenne E-Hybrid with winter tires. To see how they performed, I headed north in the Cayenne on a day when the forecast called for snow, while my husband also took it out on the Royu Driveway after a snowfall. Here’s what we found. Winter Tire Ride Comfort and Performance Our Cayenne wears 20-inch wheels with its summer tires, but for winter tires, we went with 19-inch...
Watching YouTube in Our Cayenne I previously wrote about installing rear-seat monitors in our Cayenne so our kids could watch YouTube and other videos in the back. We bought our Cayenne in September 2020 from the dealer’s new-car inventory. At the time, we thought Porsche Connect Wi-Fi came with 3GB of data per month. Then a reader left us a comment saying: The monthly allowance used to be 3GB, but there were complaints that it...
Washing Our Cayenne Our Cayenne is finished in white, and by early December last year, the dirt was really starting to show. My husband tried washing it once, but then he said: The Cayenne is so big that I can’t reach the middle of the roof. Washing it properly by hand is a real struggle. We might be better off paying for a hand wash. That was fair enough. But the end of the year...
