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**Can You Tell a Man’s Type in Women by the Car He Drives? Applying Shinsuke Shimada’s Th...

Your Taste in Cars Might Match Your Type in Women My husband has often said, “A man’s taste in cars matches his type in women.” At first, I’d never heard anything like that and didn’t give it much thought. But the more I considered it, the more it started to seem plausible—so I wrote a blog post about it a while back. → Related article: How a man’s taste in cars can reveal the type...

人, 車, 自動車カバー, 駐車場, オフィス前, PORSCHE
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Putting Heart and Soul into Car Covers: Porsche Supporters File Vol. 3—Koichi Nakagawa of...

Hello, everyone! I’m Mina, the administrator of the “Welcome Home, PORSCHE” blog. In May, we launched “Porsche Supporters File,” an interview series celebrating the people who support Porsche behind the scenes. For our third installment, I spoke with Koichi Nakagawa, president of Nakabayashi Kogyo Co., Ltd., a long-established automotive body-cover manufacturer based in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture. Chapter 1: Nakabayashi Kogyo, the Automotive Body-Cover Maker 1-1: About Nakabayashi Kogyo What does Nakabayashi Kogyo do? We’re a...

車, 海, 山, 空, 雲, 道路, 海岸沿いの道路, 屋外, PORSCHE, Boxster, 981
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Learning to Drive My Porsche Boxster GTS (Manual) with Confidence — Vol. 2

I Never Got Around to Writing Vol. 2… The other day, my husband said, “You often end your blog posts by saying you’ll write more about something later, or call them Vol. 1 as if there’ll be a whole series. But have you ever actually written the follow-up?” Fair point… (-_-). So I decided it was time to write a sequel to this earlier post. → Previous post: Learning to Drive My Porsche Boxster GTS...

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018: Porsche Photos and Videos

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is back! The Goodwood Festival of Speed has long been on my husband’s “one day, I’d love to go” list. In 2018, the four-day event runs from July 12 to 15. So, what exactly is the Goodwood Festival of Speed? The Goodwood Festival of Speed, often shortened to FoS, is a motorsport event held at Goodwood in West Sussex, England. It takes place once a year, usually in late June...

ポルシェ911GT3 | 車, サーキット, 道路, サーキット, PORSCHE, 911, 991
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Why Can You Recognize a Porsche at a Glance? Exploring Design That Combines Form and Func...

“Race on Sunday, drive on Monday” “Why can you recognize a Porsche at a glance?” People often say that without their badges, it can be hard to tell which Japanese automaker made a car (though some are easy to spot). But with a Porsche, no matter how old or new it is, or whether it’s an SUV or a sports car, you can tell at a glance that it’s a Porsche. Why is that? I’d...

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I Applied for an International Driving Permit for Our Trip to the U.S.—Here’s How to Get One

We’re Heading to the U.S. As it happens, our family is planning a trip to San Francisco from late July to early August. My husband has a business trip to the U.S., so the plan is for me and our two daughters to meet him there once he’s finished work. After that, one of his colleagues, who speaks excellent English, is going to show us around San Francisco and Los Angeles. Once we arrive, we’ll...

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The Right Driving Position for Women

Women Driving Larger Vehicles: A Common Seating Position Problem There’s something I’ve noticed for a long time—and even briefly mentioned on this blog once before: many women driving larger vehicles seem to sit too low in their seats. I suspect their seats aren’t adjusted properly, because often only the top half of their faces is visible. It can make you do a double take: “Wait, is a child driving?” Or even wonder if the car...

車, 人, 展示物, 博物館, 展示会, MERCEDES-BENZ, 300 SL, 300 S, 170 V, W198, W188, W136
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How Sharing a Love of Cars Has Brought Us Closer as a Couple

A Couple Who Kept to Themselves Because I often write on this blog about my husband and me talking about cars, you might think we’ve always been a chatty couple. We haven’t. There was a time when we barely spoke at all, and I started to worry that something was seriously wrong. It was only after cars became a shared hobby that our conversations really took off. We’ve never been the type to turn to...

フランクフルトモーターショー | 建物, 木, 旗, 人, 車, 街灯, 道路, フランクフルト見本市会場, 屋外, 都市
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A Look at the State of the World’s Motor Shows—and the Future of the Auto Industry

The Frankfurt Motor Show For a while now, I’ve had this vague little daydream: What if someone said, “We’ll cover your airfare and hotel—would you go to the Frankfurt Motor Show and write about it on your blog?” I have no idea who might make that offer—or whether anyone would hire an amateur for a job like that. So, yes, it’s pure fantasy. Still, if I’m going to keep writing a blog like this, it...

車, 内装, ステアリング, インフォテインメントシステム, メーターパネル, 展示会, ショールーム, PORSCHE, Panamera
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What Porsche Owners Should Never Forget Behind the Wheel

The Performance of a Porsche A former racing driver I spoke with recently described Porsche as “a car that excels at accelerating, cornering, and braking.” I couldn’t agree more. Porsches feel remarkably stable at speed, carve through corners with ease, and have brakes that are easy to modulate and deliver reassuring stopping power. They’re even easy to drive for women, to the point that you can almost feel as if you’ve suddenly become a better...