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2018.05.19Our Car Life

A Must-See! Porsche Experience Day at Fuji Speedway, June 16–17

Porsche Experience Day The other day on Twitter, I saw a Porsche fan post, “Anyone want to join me at Porsche Experience Day on Saturday, June 16, or Sunday, June 17?” Porsche Experience Day is a special program celebrating 70 years of Porsche. It takes place at Fuji Speedway alongside events such as the Porsche Carrera Cup. Ferdinand Porsche established his engineering office around 1930, but the first model to bear the Porsche name, the...

2018.05.19Our Car Life

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2018.05.18Our Car Life

A Pro Porsche Fan?

Should I Change My Name? Hello to everyone who reads the blog! I’m Mina, a pro Porsche fan. …Wait, what even is a “pro Porsche fan”? (-_-) Ever since I revamped this blog last month, I’ve found myself wondering from time to time: “Who am I, exactly?” There’s no doubt I’m a Porsche fan. But my husband says, “You won’t find anyone else in Japan who loves the Panamera that much.” I check the official...

2018.05.18Our Car Life

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2018.05.17Our Car Life

Why Are White, Black, and Silver Cars So Popular in Japan?

I Finally Joined Instagram I finally got around to joining Instagram recently. My husband recommended porsche.sport.germany, saying, “This account is really good.” The account belongs to someone in Germany who posts photos of Porsches in all kinds of models and colors every day. Every shot is gorgeous—and the account has an incredible 529,000 followers!(As of May 2018) Amazing. How do they find so many different Porsches to photograph? Do they spend all day hunting them...

2018.05.17Our Car Life

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2018.05.15Our Car Life, Porsche News

Porsche Panamera Taglines: What Makes This Four-Door So Special?

The Porsche Panamera’s Taglines I fell in love with the Panamera on my first test drive. The way it responded to the throttle, its handling, and that feeling of driver and car moving as one—all of it impressed me. But what completely won me over was learning the tagline Porsche was using at the time. <A car worthy of life’s champions, delivering both the thrilling performance only Porsche can offer and exceptional comfort. A car...

2018.05.15Our Car Life, Porsche News

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2018.05.11Our Car Life

I Finally Started a Facebook Page

I’ve Never Been Much of a Social Media Person This is starting to sound like one of those “We’re now serving chilled Chinese noodles” announcements… but I’ve started a Facebook Page. To be honest, social media has never really been my thing. I rarely update my personal Facebook, I’m not particularly interested in what everyone else is posting, I’ve never understood the appeal of Instagram, and I left Twitter alone for ages because I just...

2018.05.11Our Car Life

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2018.05.07Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

“Welcome Home, PORSCHE” — How I Come Up with Everyday Blog Topics

What People Say When They Read My Blog Lately, I’ve started telling friends and fellow car enthusiasts about this blog when I meet them. Quite a few look it up right then and there (If you search “Panamera” and “blog,” it comes up at the top—which makes you wonder just how niche those keywords are…) and they usually say the same thing: “You write a blog every day? How do you ever find enough to...

2018.05.07Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

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2018.05.06Our Car Life

A Simple Question: What’s the Difference Between Porsche and Ferrari Fans?

A question that crossed my mind one day “Why are Porsche fans and Ferrari fans so different?” The thought popped into my head one day. Porsche fans seem pretty hardcore, for lack of a better word. I was surprised when I took a quick look at posts in a Facebook group for Porsche enthusiasts that my husband belongs to. There were plenty of deeply nerdy posts about things like air-cooled engines and someone saying, “I’ve...

2018.05.06Our Car Life

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2018.05.04Our Car Life

How Car-Loving Husbands, Wives, and Kids Can All Enjoy Golden Week

How Our Family Spends Golden Week Golden Week kicked off at the end of April. Our oldest daughter’s kindergarten follows the regular calendar, so she has the day off on every day of the break except May 1 and 2. The weather has been pretty good this year, making it perfect for getting out and about. …But our family rarely goes anywhere together during Golden Week or other holiday periods. Because everywhere is packed (-_-)...

2018.05.04Our Car Life

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2018.05.03Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

I Made Business Cards for My Blog: 100 for Just ¥882 with Vistaprint!

Off to Interview a Porsche Specialist As it happens, next week I’ll be interviewing the owner of a Porsche specialist workshop through a connection I’ve made. (I plan to share the interview here on the blog.) Lately, I’ve found myself wondering whether I should move my day job over to this car blog entirely… but realistically, that’s not an option just yet. For now, I’d love to keep building this as a parallel career. Time...

2018.05.03Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

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2018.05.02Our Car Life

Taking the Roof Off Our SL500 (R129) for a Sunny Drive on Royu Driveway!

A School Pickup in the SL? Yesterday, my husband had the day off for the holiday weekend, so I asked him to watch our younger daughter while I went to pick up our older daughter from kindergarten. “If you’re going by yourself, why not take the SL?” he suggested. I took his advice and drove the SL to pickup (for only my second time behind the wheel). As I drove along thinking, “I’m still not...

2018.05.02Our Car Life