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2017.08.24Our Car Life

I Dreamed I Scratched the Side of My Panamera…

Repair cost: 600,000 yen per door… I scratched the side of my Panamera. When I asked the repair specialist for an estimate, I was told it would cost 600,000 yen per door. I desperately tried to negotiate, thinking, “Unbelievable! That’s highway robbery!” Just then, my husband came over and calmly said: What happened? You scratched it…? So I explained, “The other day, when I went through an automatic car wash, I scratched the side. When...

2017.08.24Our Car Life

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2017.08.22Our Car Life

The Lesson: “Buying Luxury Cars? That’s Disrespecting Management! Sell Them All!...

A Unique Company Culture When I joined the company as a new graduate, there was a strong company culture of “Cars are something only playboy presidents buy. Spending money on cars is absolutely out of the question!” (What kind of culture is that?) This came from the founder and then-president, who had started from humble beginnings and built a human resources company through sheer grit and hard work, so “No luxury allowed, hard work is...

2017.08.22Our Car Life

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2017.08.20Our Car Life

Power Alone Doesn’t Make a Good Car

A Feeling of Spinning Wheels The family car I used to drive was a fairly powerful, regular-sized hatchback. It climbed hills without any trouble and accelerated reasonably well, but there was a slight feeling of the wheels spinning. I’m not very knowledgeable about car mechanics, but even I felt that “because it has too much power, its high-speed stability isn’t very good.” (Although it was rated as having good high-speed stability) It was almost like...

2017.08.20Our Car Life

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2017.08.19Our Car Life

Is It True That You Gain Weight When You Start Living by Car? — Yes, You Really Do.

Recent Worries “Since having my second child, my weight and figure just haven’t bounced back at all…” I thought, so I tried doing sit-ups, bought a DVD from the popular trainer AYA, tried using an exercise bike—tried all sorts of things, but none stuck. Still, I kept wondering, “I’m not eating that much, and since I’m breastfeeding, I should be losing weight—so why am I not slimming down…” Yesterday, I finally figured out why. The...

2017.08.19Our Car Life

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2017.08.18Our Car Life

The Real Challenge Begins Where You Feel You’ve Reached Your Limit

A Stoic Attitude “My senior, who has always supported me, once said, ‘The real challenge begins where you think you’ve already reached your limit.’” When I was 27, there was an event that made me feel, “This is it, I’ve hit my limit.” I thought I had exhausted every option… Looking back now, I realize I had rushed headlong into a dead end and created a completely blocked situation all by myself… It’s been almost...

2017.08.18Our Car Life

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2017.08.17Our Car Life

A Story About a Couple Fighting Over Scratched Wheels on Their New Porsche Macan

Witnessing a Couple’s Argument at a Coffee Shop The other day, I went to a nearby coffee bean shop to buy some coffee. Since there’s no parking nearby, I had to parallel park in the back, but when I got there, a Macan was already parked. I casually thought, “Oh, a Macan is parked here,” and went into the coffee shop, only to hear a sharp, high-pitched female voice echoing throughout the store. Why would...

2017.08.17Our Car Life

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2017.08.16Our Car Life

For Safe Driving, Let Your 3-Year-Old Ride Shotgun

A 3-Year-Old Like a Mother-in-Law When I have my 3-year-old daughter riding shotgun in the Panamera, she constantly scolds me from the side. My daughter, who loves English, says, “Green means GO, and orange and red mean STOP!” every time we hit a traffic light. (I wonder why she speaks standard Japanese even though she was born and raised in Kansai.) Sometimes, if I go through a yellow light, “Orange means STOP! Σヽ(｀д´；)ﾉ” she scolds...

2017.08.16Our Car Life

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2017.08.12Our Car Life

Why We Don’t Install Monitors in the Rear Seats of Our Panamera

Monitors in the Rear Seats—Should We Install Them? When we were considering buying a Panamera, my husband casually said, “Should we put monitors in the back seats? So the kids can watch TV back there.” And I immediately replied: No way!! We shouldn’t spoil them like that. Having monitors in the rear seats as a given is not like flying in the ultra-comfortable seats of Singapore Airlines… It’s better if there’s a little inconvenience, like...

2017.08.12Our Car Life

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2017.08.11Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

Hatena Blog Readers Surpass 100!

Thank You So Much Finally, the blog’s readership has exceeded 100. It’s been 57 days since I started this blog. The spark came when my husband said, “If you love the Panamera that much, why don’t you just start a blog or something?” Taking it lightly, I created a Hatena Bookmark account and began writing my passionate, somewhat niche love for the Panamera. At first, daily visits were just “2” or “5,” so I wrote...

2017.08.11Our Car Life, Blog Announcements

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2017.08.10Our Car Life

The Story of an Uncle Who Mistook Our Porsche Panamera for a Crown

Visiting My Husband’s Family Home Yesterday, we drove our Panamera back to my husband’s family home for a memorial service with our family of four. After arriving, an uncle from the relatives came over and asked: “Whose is that big white car parked outside?” People around asked, “Whose? What kind of car?” but it was clear he was talking about the Panamera. Since my husband didn’t say anything, I thought it would be strange for...

2017.08.10Our Car Life