車, 人, 展示会, モーターショー, PORSCHE, 911, 991
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What Kind of Woman Should You Marry to Keep Your Love of Cars Alive?

Why I Love Twitter Lately, I’ve become more of a Twitter person than a Facebook person. Both platforms have their appeal, of course, but I feel that Twitter reveals more of people’s true selves and unfiltered emotions than Facebook does. That makes it entertaining to browse—and often sparks ideas from a different perspective. (Though there’s plenty of misinformation posted just to get people sharing it.) Around Valentine’s Day, I saw a lot of car-loving guys...

車, 道路, 木, 空, 雲, 路上, 秋, ドライブ, PORSCHE, 911, 964
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Back Pain Relief for Drivers: Office Chairs, Driving Position, and More

Your Tips for Relieving Back Pain The other day, I wrote an article asking, “My husband loves driving but suffers from back pain. Do you have any remedies to recommend?” I received comments from so many readers—thank you very much. One reader even took the time to email me, despite being a doctor who treats back pain. It turns out that while writing a Porsche blog, I’d somehow built a nationwide network of medical experts...

車, リアスポイラー, エンブレム, 屋外, 駐車場, PORSCHE, 718, Cayman, 982
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Real Porsche Owner Stories: Reader Comments, Part 5

Sharing Reader Comments Lately, readers have been leaving comments on articles I published quite a while ago. It’s a good thing I finally got around to rewriting all my old posts… haha. I regularly share comments from readers, and this is the fifth installment. As before, I’ve lightly edited some comments for clarity and context, and excerpted them where appropriate. Comments from Readers What Makes the Boxster So Special *Comment on When People Hear You...

車, スタジオ撮影, PORSCHE, 911, 992
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The New Porsche 911 (992): My Husband’s Ideal Spec—Priced Up in the Configurator

Our Usual Configurator Ritual Whenever Porsche announces a new model, my husband heads to the Porsche Japan website and opens the car configurator. “If I were getting one, this is how I’d spec it,” he says as he dreams up his ideal build. He’s not actually buying one, though! (He’s done the same with the new Cayenne in the past.) Ever since the new 911 (992) was unveiled last year, he’s been devouring YouTube videos...

車, 人, 手, ステアリング, 内装, 走行中, 運転中, PORSCHE, 911, 991
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Love Driving but Struggle with Back Pain? Please Share Your Best Tips

My Husband Loves Driving—but Has Back Pain My husband loves driving, but a few months ago he started saying, “My back hurts” a lot. It seems his back pain got worse after he carried our five-year-old daughter(18kg) upstairs. Still, using a foam roller makes him feel much better, so it doesn’t seem to be a severe case. Around the same time, my husband started saying he was going to visit an osteopathic clinic for his...

車, 建物, 空, 木, 駐車場, 屋外, PORSCHE, Panamera
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A Family New Year’s Drive to Shirahama and Kumano in Our Porsche Panamera

Visiting Kumano Nachi Taisha in Wakayama Our family doesn’t have a strong tradition of going to a shrine on New Year’s Day or during the first three days of January. Shrines are crowded with worshippers then, and until around the Taisho era, people celebrated the New Year according to the old lunar calendar anyway (apparently, Lunar New Year falls on February 5 this year). So we figured, “Why not wait until February and enjoy a...

車, サーキット, 空, 木, サーキット, 駐車場, 走行中, PORSCHE, 911, Boxster, 991, 981
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Porsche: A Passport to a New World

A Few Thoughts on Porsche The other day, I casually posted this on Twitter: “Porsche is amazing. It lets you connect so easily with people you’d never otherwise meet. Somehow, owning a Porsche feels like having a passport to a whole new world.” I was surprised when the post received far more retweets and likes than I expected. It seems plenty of Porsche owners feel the same way. One person wrote: I love how you...

車, 車内, ステアリング, メーター, 山, 海, ドライブ, 走行中, PORSCHE, 911, 993
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Real Porsche Owner Experiences: Reader Comments, Part 4

Reader Comments I regularly share comments from readers, and this is the fourth installment. Many of the comments I receive offer useful insights—including things I didn’t know myself. Here are a few highlights from this latest batch.(Please note that I’ve lightly edited some comments for context and clarity, including trimming them where appropriate.) What Porsche Owners Are Saying 1. Panamera Hybrid 【970 Plug-In Hybrid】 The 970 plug-in hybrid has exceeded my expectations. If I had...