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Removing the AT Restriction – My Journey from Driving School Enrollment to Passing the Test
AT限定解除までの教習所選びから、その費用、そして合格までの流れについてまとめてみました。今後、AT限定解除を目指される方は必見です。
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New Porsche 911 (992): The Specs My Husband Would Choose! — A Configurator Estimate
Our Usual Configurator Ritual Whenever Porsche releases a new model, my husband has made it a habit to open Porsche Japan’s car configurator and say, “If it were me, this is what I’d pick~,” while imagining the specs. Even though he’s not actually buying one, haha.(In the past, he even planned out specs for the new Cayenne.) Since the new 911 (992) was announced last year, he’s been devouring YouTube and automotive media test drive...
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For Drivers Who Love Driving but Suffer from Back Pain – Recommended Remedies for Back Pain
My Husband, Who Loves Driving, and His Back Pain My husband loves driving, but for the past few months, he’s often been saying, “My back hurts.” Apparently, he injured his back after carrying our 5-year-old daughter (18kg) up to the second floor, and since then, his back pain has worsened. That said, doing some stretch pole exercises really helps ease the pain, so it doesn’t seem too severe. Around that time, my husband also started...
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Thoughts on the Psychology and Countermeasures for “Tonarers” in Parking Lots
トナラー（駐車場はガラガラに空いてるにもかかわらず、わざわざ隣にクルマを停めてくる人のこと）に遭遇することが多い。そんなトナラーの心理や対策について考えてみた。
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A New Year’s Drive to Shirahama and Kumano in Wakayama with the Porsche Panamera
To Kumano Nachi Taisha in Wakayama Prefecture Our family doesn’t really have the tradition of “always going for Hatsumode (New Year shrine visit) on New Year’s Day or during the first three days.” Shrines are crowded during those days, and until around the Taisho era, the New Year was celebrated according to the lunar calendar (this year’s lunar New Year is apparently February 5th), so we thought, “Why not take our time and go for...
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Porsche: A Passport to a New World
Thoughts on Porsche The other day, I casually tweeted, “Porsche is amazing. It instantly connects you with people you’d never normally meet. Somehow, Porsche feels like a passport to a whole new world.” To my surprise, it got quite a few retweets and likes. It seems many Porsche owners feel the same way: I really love how it doesn’t matter much about age or status — just being a “Porsche lover” or “Porsche driver” creates...
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Voices from Porsche Owners: Sharing Comments Part 4
Sharing Your Comments We regularly share comments from our readers, and this is the fourth installment. Among the many messages we receive daily, there are plenty of valuable insights, including things even I didn’t know. Here are some selected highlights from recent comments. (Please note that comments have been lightly edited for clarity and context, with only relevant excerpts included.) Reader Comments 1. Panamera Hybrid [970 Plug-in Hybrid] The 970 plug-in hybrid exceeded my expectations....
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If My Husband Had to Choose Just One Porsche Today: 911 (964C2), Panamera, or Boxster
A Slightly Unusual Couple My husband and I aren’t very interested in the usual things like food, clothing, or housing. Our family of four rarely eats out (about twice a month), and when we do, it’s usually at places like Gusto or conveyor belt sushi. As for clothes, both my husband and I are firmly in the “Uniclo is more than enough” camp, and my husband even wears his clothes until they fall apart. We...
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How Porsche Improved Our Marriage and Enriched Our Lives
Always Enjoying… The most common comment I receive on this blog is “I always enjoy reading your posts.” No matter what the comment is, I’m always grateful to receive it, but what makes me happiest is when someone says “enjoyable.” That’s because, what I value most in running this blog is “making it a fun blog to read.” The power of “fun” is incredible—when a space is enjoyable, more and more people gather there. As...
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Meeting Air-Cooled Porsche Owners at Royu Driveway
Encounter with 911 (Air-Cooled) Owners One day before noon on a recent day off, my husband casually said, “I’m going for a drive to Royu in the air-cooled Porsche” and headed out. As usual, when he arrived at the Higashi Rokko Observatory on the Royu Driveway, he noticed several air-cooled Porsches parked side by side in the lot. Thinking, “Is this some kind of air-cooled enthusiasts’ gathering…?” he parked his car a little apart and...