As a Porsche Owner I don’t consider myself a confident driver, so I usually don’t drive fast. In fact, I tend to drive quite slowly, and my husband often tells me, “You need to drive a bit faster to really appreciate what this car can do….” That said, whenever I see news reports about accidents involving Porsches on TV, it hits close to home and scares me. Just recently, I saw a news story about...
Porsche Key Cases Currently, our household has six cars, and the shelf where we hang the car keys has become quite a chaotic mess. Since some cars have two keys for my spouse and me, the number of keys has actually grown beyond the number of cars. I had been attaching the Porsche Crest keychain we received at delivery to the Porsche keys, but I was worried about the keychain wearing down from rubbing against...
Heading to Chirihama Nagisa Driveway Lately, my husband has been going on tours almost every week. (Just recently, I wrote an article saying his touring enthusiasm wasn’t as strong as before, haha.) Often, for these long-distance tours, he stays overnight, heading out with a huge load of camera gear and other equipment, like some kind of film crew. And just the other day, he drove on Japan’s only sandy beach where you can actually drive...
The Narrowness of Japanese Parking Spaces The phrase “Japanese home parking spaces are narrow in width and low in height” is something you hear all the time. For detached houses, you might have some room to spare, but many mechanical parking garages in condominiums have widths of 1900mm or even less, sometimes down to 1850mm, and heights limited to 1550mm. Just recently, someone left a message on my blog saying this: I think the latest...
About Test Drive Reviews This blog features quite a few test drive reviews of Porsche and other brands, so it might seem odd coming from us, but I’ve always thought that you shouldn’t take test drive reviews too literally. The reason is that a single test drive review only reveals one aspect of the car. Even when driving the same car, some say the ride is stiff, while others say it’s smooth. Some feel it...
A Long-Awaited Drive in the GT3 The other day, I drove the 911 GT3 (MT) for the first time in three months. I only drove it for about 20 minutes to swap it with another car in the parking lot, but it was great to feel the GT3 again after such a long break. Our GT3 is a 991 late model GT3 Touring. The clutch on this GT3 is surprisingly light compared to the 981...
911 Carrera Cabriolet Delivery The other day, we finally took delivery of the long-awaited 911 Cabriolet (992 model). Since we ordered it at the end of February this year, the wait was about seven months. （You can read about the timeline from order to delivery here） I had thought, “The COVID situation will probably cause a big delay,” but production started sooner than expected, and the car was delivered ahead of my imagination. I had...
Three Years Since Starting the Porsche Blog This blog, “Welcome Home, PORSCHE,” which I launched in June 2017, feels like it has finally taken a step up the ladder after three years. At the beginning, no one noticed it—only my husband and I read it daily. A few months later, I decided to seriously commit to the blog, enlisted my husband’s help, and around a year and a half after starting, the traffic began to...
What It Means to Buy a Porsche I used to think, “Buying a Porsche was something way out of reach. I couldn’t even imagine a Porsche coming to our home.” Back then, my husband always said, “Someday, I’ll buy a Porsche,” but I thought, “Even so, it’s a luxury car, so actually buying one must be tough, and even if we could, it would probably be far in the future…” Also, at that time, I...
Discharged with Our Son A few days ago, I shared the news that I had given birth to our third child, our eldest son, and now the day of discharge finally arrived. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, my husband was not allowed to attend the birth or visit during my hospital stay, so this was the first time he could finally meet our son. He was going to pick us up by car from home. That...
