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Putting Soul into Car Body Covers – Porsche Supporters File Vol.3: Koichi Nakagawa of Nak...

Hello everyone! This is Mina, the blog manager of “Welcome Home, PORSCHE.” Since May, we’ve been running an interview series called “Porsche Supporters File,” featuring the people who quietly support Porsche. For the third installment, I spoke with Koichi Nakagawa, president of Nakabayashi Kogyo Co., Ltd., a long-established manufacturer of automotive body covers based in Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture. Chapter 1. Nakabayashi Kogyo and Automotive Body Covers 1-1: About Nakabayashi Kogyo What kind of company...

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Mastering the Porsche Boxster GTS (MT) – Until That Day Comes Vol.2

I hadn’t written Vol.2 yet… The other day, my husband said to me, “You often end your blog posts with something like, ‘I’ll write more about ●● later’ or call it Vol.1 as if it’s a series, but haven’t you actually never followed up with those articles?” Indeed… (−_−) So, I decided to write a sequel to this article I posted before. →【Past article】Mastering the Boxster GTS (MT) – Until That Day Comes Vol.1 Since...

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Goodwood Festival 2018 – A Collection of Porsche Videos and Photos

The Goodwood Festival was held again this year. My husband had long said, “I want to go there someday” about the Goodwood Festival. In 2018, it was held over four days from July 12th to 15th. So, what exactly is the Goodwood Festival… The Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS), also known simply as the Festival of Speed in the UK, is a motorsport event held at Goodwood in West Sussex, England. It takes place once...

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Why Can You Recognize a Porsche at a Glance? – A Study of Design Combining Functionality ...

“Race on Sunday, drive on Monday” “Why is it that you can recognize a Porsche at a glance?” Japanese cars are often said to be hard to identify by manufacturer once the emblem is removed(though some are recognizable). In contrast, whether old or new, SUV or sports car, you can instantly tell it’s a Porsche. Why is that? While pondering this, I recently came across this page(Porsche – Everyday Usability). It said: “Race on Sunday,...

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Applied for an International Driving Permit for the US Trip! – A Summary of the Process

Heading to America Actually, from the end of July to early August, my family and I are going to San Francisco, USA. My husband has a business trip there, and the plan is for me and our two daughters to join him once his work is done. After that, a colleague of my husband who is fluent in English will show us around San Francisco and Los Angeles. Once we arrive, things will somehow work...

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The Right Driving Position for Women

Women Driving Large Vehicles I’ve thought about this for a while and even briefly mentioned it once on this blog. It’s the “issue of low seating height for ladies driving large vehicles.” I suspect it’s because the seat isn’t adjusted properly, but usually you can only see the upper half of their face. Sometimes I even mistake them for kids driving, or wonder if it’s actually an unmanned self-driving car… that’s how little of them...

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How Sharing a Love of Cars Brought Positive Change to Our Marriage

A Marriage Without Interference Since I often write on this blog about how my husband and I talk about cars, you might think we’re a couple who talks a lot—but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, there was a time when we hardly spoke at all, and I felt a real sense of crisis. Our conversations increased dramatically once cars became a shared hobby for us. Originally, my husband and I weren’t the type...

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Current State of the World’s Motor Shows and Some Thoughts on the Future of the Automotiv...

Frankfurt Motor Show I’ve often found myself daydreaming, “I wonder if someone will ever say, ‘We’ll cover your airfare and hotel if you go report on the Frankfurt Motor Show and write a blog article?’” I don’t know who would say that, or if such a request would even be made to an amateur like me… so it’s purely a fantasy. But even as a fantasy, since I’m running this blog, I hope that someday...

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What Every Porsche Owner Must Never Forget While Driving

The High Performance of Porsche The other day, I heard from a former racer who said, “Porsche is a car that achieves running, cornering, and stopping at a very high level.” I definitely agree with that. Its high-speed stability is amazing, it grips corners firmly, and the brakes are just right—not too hard or too soft—making them easy to press and very responsive. Even women find it easy to drive, so much so that you...

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What It Takes for Cars to Become a Shared Hobby for Couples — A Wife’s Perspective on Hav...

Cars as a Shared Hobby for Couples I often receive comments and messages on my blog saying, “I envy couples who share a car hobby together.” So I thought I’d reflect on this myself and recently wrote an article about it. →Reference article: The Biggest Reason a Husband’s Porsche Purchase Is Opposed by His Wife After writing that article, I received a message that said: “If you think of the family as a company, the...

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