BMW 320i, Last Drive By the time this article is published, my very first beloved car, the BMW 320i, will have already been sold. However, recently I had the chance to drive on the highway, so I decided to take one last drive in the BMW 320i. Regarding the sale of the 320i, I decided to have multiple dealers come to my home at the same time for a simultaneous appraisal. That said, since I...
Cars as a Shared Hobby My husband has loved cars since we first met. At that time, I had no interest in cars at all, but gradually I became interested, started writing a Porsche blog, and now I love cars even more than before. Lately, we’ve even started talking about cars almost every day and going on test drives together as a couple. That said, when my husband regularly goes on long tours, drives 3,000...
Rainy Days and Porsche A while back, my husband was reading a book called “Polishing Your Car on Rainy Days.” At the time, I wasn’t really interested in cars, so I said things like, “Why polish the car on a rainy day? It’s going to get wet anyway.” But my husband said, I get it, you know? It’s not about not washing the car just because it gets wet in the rain. I really get...
Fogging of Porsche Headlights The long rainy season is finally coming to an end, but it’s said that Porsche headlights tend to fog up more easily compared to domestic cars, especially after driving through heavy rain or washing the car. This happens because of a large temperature difference between the inside and outside of the headlights, causing what’s known as condensation inside the headlights. When I asked my husband about it, he said, Our headlights...
My Beloved BMW 320i As I briefly mentioned in a recent post, after much thought, I have decided to say goodbye to my very first car, my beloved BMW 320i. I bought the 320 used last April. Struggling to drive our family’s MT-spec Boxster and unable to drive much even after getting my automatic transmission license lifted for three years, I thought, “At this rate, I’ll never be able to drive a Porsche MT. I...
Car-Loving Parents, Kids Who Aren’t Interested in Cars The other day, my brother-in-law came over driving a Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T. During that visit, he apparently said this to my husband: “Even though I bought the GTC4 Lusso T, the kids don’t even glance at it.” They don’t say they want to ride in it, and it’s not even a topic of conversation—they just show zero interest. When we say, “Let’s go somewhere in the...
Thank you always for reading the blog. In today’s article, we’re sharing some of the voices from our readers who are Porsche owners. We truly appreciate your insightful and enjoyable comments—they’re always a great learning experience. Real Voices from Porsche Owners GT3 / GT4 【1】In early May, during the 1-year inspection after exceeding 10,000 km, a minor oil leak was found, and my car is currently in the shop. It’s scheduled to be back in...
Choosing Our Family Car Previously, I wrote an article titled “Choosing a Car (What You Want from a Car) Changes Greatly Depending on Your Family’s Situation at the Time”, and recently I’ve been feeling that more and more. What our family looks for in a car has truly changed a lot since I started this blog three years ago. Three years ago, when I started this blog, the cars we had were “Boxster GTS,” “Panamera...
Work One-Third the Time, Earn Three Times as Much Currently, I spend my days quietly running the company I started in my twenties while writing this Porsche blog. When I say I “started a company in my twenties” or “chose a life outside of traditional organizations,” people often ask, “Did your parents run a business or company too?” but that’s absolutely not the case. I grew up in a typical family with a salaried father...
Movements at Porsche Japan My husband has often said things like this about Porsche Japan. Porsche Japan is always so slow to act, isn’t it? Even though new models are announced and prices revealed in the home country, the Japanese site takes forever to publish prices or update the configurator… Announcements made on Porsche’s official Twitter often don’t show up quickly on Porsche Japan’s Twitter… Meanwhile, Porsche’s US site updates instantly… With all this, I...
