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2019.04.11Our Car Life

Porsche Owner Blog Comments, Vol. 6: Panamera Tips, 718 vs. 981, the Joy of Manual Transm...

Sharing Your Blog Comments Thank you, as always, to everyone who regularly reads the blog—and to those visiting for the first time. I periodically share comments from readers, and this is the sixth installment. As before, I’ve edited some comments slightly, adding context or excerpting only the relevant parts to make them easier to follow. Comments from Readers 718 and 981 Boxster A 718 Boxster GTS! I bought a 718 Boxster GTS from dealer inventory...

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2019.04.08Our Car Life

Road Rage: Can You Be Tailgated Even in a Porsche?

Understanding Road Rage and Aggressive Driving In recent years, we’ve been seeing more and more news reports about road rage. Some incidents have ended in the deaths of people driving the targeted cars or motorcycles. Thinking of the families left behind is truly heartbreaking. One definition of aggressive driving is: Any act in which a driver targets a car, motorcycle, or bicycle on the road for some reason or purpose, creating a traffic hazard by...

2019.04.08Our Car Life

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2019.04.04Our Car Life

Thoughts on Buying a Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Guest Pass

PCCJ Season Opener On April 13 (Saturday) and 14 (Sunday), the opening round of the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan (PCCJ) will take place at Okayama International Circuit. Super GT is the headline event, but the weekend will also feature the FIA-F4 Japanese Championship and Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Two years ago, my husband and I left the kids with their grandparents and went to Okayama to watch...

2019.04.04Our Car Life

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2019.04.02Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

A Third-Try Triumph on Hakone Turnpike in the Porsche Panamera Turbo!

Hakone Turnpike: Challenge No. 3! As I mentioned in a recent post, on Sunday, March 24, we took part in a driving event organized by 911DAYS at Fuji Speedway. We could have driven straight home that evening, but after two sessions on the circuit, even my husband would have found the drive from Gotemba to our home in Hyogo a lot to handle. So we stayed one more night and decided to take Hakone Turnpike...

2019.04.02Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

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2019.04.01Our Car Life

Track Day at Fuji Speedway Hosted by 911DAYS【Part 2】 — Driving a Porsche Boxster GTS at...

Track Day Finally Arrives! Following on from the other day’s article, Track Day at Fuji Speedway Hosted by 911DAYS【Part 1】, today I’m sharing the second half of our story. 911DAYS主催の富士スピードウェイ走行会に参加【前編】 ー 自宅〜山中湖着まで The morning after we checked into our hotel in Yamanakako, I woke up at 6 a.m. and nervously opened the curtains… Whoa, that’s a lot of snow (*_*)!! My husband looked worried, too. “This is pretty bad… If we take the toll road,...

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2019.03.30Our Car Life

Joining the 911DAYS Track Day at Fuji Speedway【Part 1】— From Home to Lake Yamanaka

Headed to a 911DAYS Track Day I’d mentioned it briefly on Twitter, but last Sunday, March 24, I took part in a track day at Fuji Speedway hosted by 911DAYS. We’d been invited some time ago by Mr. Suga, president of WRP, a Nagoya-based Porsche specialist where my husband bought his 964 C2 last year. (Apparently, WRP takes part every year.) Our daughter was on spring break from kindergarten, and my husband suggested, “Since we’re...

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2019.03.29Our Car Life, Porsche 911

I Went to Complete the Delivery Paperwork for Our Porsche 911 GT3 Touring!

Getting the 911 GT3 Touring Delivery Paperwork Done The other day, my husband said he was heading to the dealership to complete the delivery paperwork for his 911 GT3 Touring, so our daughters and I decided to go along. Unfortunately, it was raining that day. Figures… (-_-) Still, we tried to look on the bright side: the car wasn’t actually being delivered that day, so at least the rain wouldn’t spoil its big arrival. When...

2019.03.29Our Car Life, Porsche 911

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2019.03.22Our Car Life

Why Porsche Owners Admire Jiro Shirasu

Jiro Shirasu: A Man Apart My husband has loved Japanese history since he was a student, especially the people who lived around the time of the Meiji Restoration. He’s even made solo trips on his motorcycle to visit the former Shokasonjuku Academy, where Yoshida Shoin taught, and Katsurahama Beach in Kochi, home to a statue of Sakamoto Ryoma. I’m also quite fond of stories from the Meiji Restoration and the novels of Ryotaro Shiba. I...

2019.03.22Our Car Life

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2019.03.21Our Car Life, Porsche 911

Porsche 911: Is the 991 More Fun Than the New 992?

911DAYS My husband buys and studies every magazine that features a Porsche he’s interested in. When he was considering buying an air-cooled 911, he tracked down magazines from the time the 964 was launched and read them every day. More recently, perhaps because he’s waiting for delivery of a 911 GT3 (991.2), he’s been spending a lot of time with magazines featuring the 991. The other day, I spotted issue 75 of 911DAYS on the...

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2019.03.18Our Car Life

Why We Love Porsche: Memorable Quotes from the Book

A Book My Husband Handed Me A few years ago, I stopped reading books altogether. Long ago, I went through phases of devouring Miyabe Miyuki’s novels and reading plenty of Ryotaro Shiba, but once I started working and picked up business books, I found that they left my brain strangely exhausted. Before I knew it, I’d drifted away from reading. And yet here I am, diligently writing words on my blog every day. What am...

2019.03.18Our Car Life