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2017.10.15Our Car Life

WEC Fuji 6 Hours: Watching the Race from the Porsche Hospitality Lounge

My First WEC Race! It’s race day at the WEC, but unfortunately, heavy rain has been falling since morning, leaving the track completely wet. This time, I managed to get a pass for the Porsche hospitality lounge, so I headed to the designated entrance first. When I arrived at the west gate of Fuji Speedway, staff directed me to a special parking area, where I left the car. With the rain coming down so hard,...

2017.10.15Our Car Life

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2017.10.14Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

Taking the New Porsche Panamera Turbo to Hakone Turnpike

Porsche’s Final WEC Appearance Today, we’re at Fuji Speedway to watch the WEC. More precisely, today is qualifying, so we came a day early for tomorrow’s race. WEC stands for the FIA World Endurance Championship, one of the world’s premier endurance racing series. This is Porsche’s final year competing in the series, so we’d been planning this trip for a long time. We simply had to be there. So, at 5 a.m. this morning, we...

2017.10.14Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

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2017.10.12Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

Delivery Day at Last! A Photo-Filled Look at Taking Delivery of Our New Porsche Panamera ...

The Long-Awaited Delivery Day Our new Panamera Turbo was delivered safely today. It had been seven months and seven days since we placed our order on March 5. The wait felt both endless and over in the blink of an eye. My husband and I were both on edge from the moment we woke up. He took the afternoon off work for the occasion and came home shortly after noon, then the whole family headed...

2017.10.12Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

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2017.10.11Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

One Day Until Delivery of Our New Porsche Panamera Turbo!

Was the Specification Wrong? Yesterday, my husband said, “I was looking at the new Panamera Turbo specs you posted on the blog the other day, and I panicked because they didn’t match what we ordered!” “Wait—what do you mean? You emailed me those as the final specs. Did I get them wrong when I wrote about them? Or—hang on—is this saying we only just discovered that we ordered the wrong spec, even though delivery is...

2017.10.11Our Car Life, Porsche Panamera

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2017.09.01Our Car Life

I Got a Porsche Guest Pass—Now We’re Off to the WEC at Fuji Speedway!

Heading to the WEC as a Couple The other day, I got my hands on a Porsche guest pass, which means my wife and I will get to see the WEC in person. How exciting! The pass apparently gives us access to the paddock, which is normally off-limits, as well as opportunities to meet the drivers and take part in a pit walk. But best of all, Before the final round of the PCCJ’s eighth...

2017.09.01Our Car Life

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2017.08.30Our Car Life

A Couple Who Spend Two and a Half Out of Three Hours Talking About Cars

A Conversation for Two Yesterday, quite by chance—and for the first time in a while (about six months, I think)—my husband and I were able to enjoy a leisurely meal together. Neither of us drinks, and we’re not really fans of izakaya pubs or trendy restaurants, so we went to a buffet. We talked about his solo touring trip last weekend, the blog by Wata that he checks regularly, and how he’d discovered a blog...

2017.08.30Our Car Life

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2017.08.29Our Car Life

A Woman’s Perspective on *Why First-Class Men Don’t Buy Kei Cars*

First-Class Men Don’t… Some time ago, I read Why First-Class Men Don’t Buy Kei Cars, by Risei Satonaka. The book seems to have drawn mixed reactions—many of them aimed at the author rather than the content itself—but I found some points thought-provoking and others hard to agree with. Here’s what the book description on Amazon says: Taking the easy route and choosing cheap things can put you at risk. Don’t let the crowd dictate how...

2017.08.29Our Car Life

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2017.08.28Our Car Life

Why You Probably Won’t Find Kimutaku Driving a Corolla

Celebrities in Car Commercials Kimura Takuya once appeared in a Corolla commercial, but every time I saw it, I couldn’t help thinking: There’s no way Kimutaku drives a Corolla in real life. I imagine he’d be more likely to drive something like a Mercedes-Benz GL (just going by his image). TOKIO appeared in commercials for Suzuki’s Solio, too, but I can’t picture any of the band members driving a kei car. And Ken Watanabe appeared...

2017.08.28Our Car Life

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2017.08.27Our Car Life

Audi’s Tempting Giveaway—and Why I Couldn’t Hit Submit

Audi’s Tempting Campaign Yesterday, after finishing a post on Hatena Bookmark, I happened to notice an ad. Experience it on the Autobahn,innovative technology.Try Audi Driver Assistance Fair　Learn more What is this?! “Experience it on the Autobahn”—how could I not be curious? Before I knew it, I’d clicked the ad. Two chances to experience Audi technology and win a special prize Enter for a chance to win a trip to Germany, including an Audi test drive...

2017.08.27Our Car Life

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2017.08.26Our Car Life

Freedom Comes from Relying on Yourself

“Why Not Be a Stay-at-Home Mom?” Every now and then, someone asks me, “You don’t actually need to work, so why do you?” We’re fortunate: my husband works hard, and thanks to him, I get to drive a Panamera and enjoy all kinds of special experiences. So I imagine some people wonder, “Why does his wife work? They have two kids—why doesn’t she just stay home?” Fair enough. But the reason I work is, I...

2017.08.26Our Car Life