ポルシェ 981ボクスターGTS | 車, 展示会, PORSCHE
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The Story of the Old Man Who’ll Go Through Life Thinking a Porsche Panamera Is a Crown

A Visit to My Husband’s Family Home Yesterday, our family of four drove to my husband’s family home in our Panamera for a memorial service. A little while after we arrived, an older relative came over and asked: “Whose big white car is parked out front?” The people around him started asking, “Whose car? What does it look like?” But it was obvious he meant our Panamera. My husband didn’t say anything, and it would...

ポルシェミュージアム | 車, 内装, ハンドル, シート, 展示会, 屋内, PORSCHE, 550 Spyder
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When Parking a Large Car, a Rearview Camera Is Essential

I Prefer Looking for Myself “Don’t you use the rearview camera?” My husband and mother often ask me when I’m parking. When parking the Panamera, I really don’t look at the camera very often. Instead, I usually check the side mirrors and rearview mirror. I don’t trust machines! You can’t beat looking for yourself! That’s what I used to say, but the truth was I simply wasn’t used to looking at the camera. The other...

ポルシェ パナメーラエディション 970 | 車, 駐車場, PORSCHE, Panamera, 970
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How My 3-Year-Old Can Instantly Spot a Porsche in Passing

A Little Story About Our Eldest Daughter Our eldest daughter is almost four, and she has a remarkably observant nature. Her kindergarten teacher has told us, “Even when she draws, she pays close attention to the details and tries to look carefully at everything and reproduce it.” I’m the opposite: I’m more of a big-picture person who thinks, “Forget the details—if you’ve got the general idea, that’s good enough.” I’m reminded every day just how...

ポルシェ 新型パナメーラターボ  | 車, 道路, 住宅, 街灯, 夜間, 走行中, 住宅街, PORSCHE, Panamera
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The Day I Buy a Porsche Panamera with My Own Money

A Change of Heart… Thanks to all of you, this blog is about to reach 100 readers. Thank you! It’s been almost two months since I started writing this blog, and something has changed significantly for me: I’ve decided to buy a Panamera. You might be thinking, “Wait, haven’t you been saying that all along? Wasn’t that already the plan?” Well, not quite. Before I started the blog, I was only thinking, “It would be...

ポルシェ・ケイマンGT4 | 車, 人, 展示会, モーターショー, PORSCHE, Cayman, 981
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I Bought Sun Sleeves—and Ended Up Throwing Them Away

Sun Sleeves In summer, I often see women driving with sun-protection sleeves (arm covers). But I’d always pictured them as something older ladies wore, so I’d decided they weren’t for me. (Never mind that I’m no spring chicken myself.) Then, the other day, I was driving on the highway under an unbelievably intense sun, and my arms started to feel like they were sizzling. “I’m going to get sunburned at this rate!” I thought, and...

ポルシェミュージアム | 車, 内装, ハンドル, シフトノブ, メーター, 展示会, ショールーム, PORSCHE, Carrera GT
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Inspired by Dragon Quest’s Life Lessons: You Can’t Land a Critical Hit If You Never Fight!

Dragon Quest XI Is Here! The long-awaited Dragon Quest XI went on sale recently. I’m part of the Dragon Quest generation and spent plenty of time playing Dragon Quest III, so I’m sure I’m not the only thirty- or forty-something whose heart is racing at the thought of a brand-new game. With the new Dragon Quest release in the news, I came across something called “Dragon Quest Life Lessons.” Apparently, it made the rounds online...

ポルシェミュージアム | 車, パトカー, 博物館, 展示会, PORSCHE, 911, 993
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The Dream Supercar Brand Rankings—and My Friend Who Dreamed of Owning a Ferrari

The Supercars We Dream About I came across this article: Top 20 Most Popular Imported Cars by Make and Type, Plus Used-Car Prices It included a ranking titled Top 3 Dream Supercar Brands. Here’s how the brands placed: 1st: Ferrari 2nd: Lamborghini 3rd: Porsche That got me thinking about M, a classmate from my university seminar. Back then, he used to say with real passion, “One day, I’m going to buy a Ferrari!” M’s Dream...

ポルシェ 新型パナメーラターボ  | 車, 道路, 木, 空, 道路, 走行中, PORSCHE, Panamera
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A Meeting with a Japanese Automaker’s Dealer Got More Heated Than I Expected

A Meeting at a Car Dealership Yesterday, I met with representatives from a Japanese automaker’s dealership. My parents were looking after the kids that day, so I took the train. (Taking the train is great for getting work done—I can use my laptop along the way.) Their manager and some senior executives joined us, making it feel a little like a job interview. I was slightly nervous, but we exchanged plenty of information and had...

ポルシェ 981ボクスターGTSとパナメーラ | 車, 道路, 山, 木, 駐車場, PORSCHE, Panamera, Boxster, 970, 981
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Making Our Dream a Reality: Touring Together in Two Cars

A Drive Up Royu Driveway Yesterday evening, my husband headed out, saying, “I’m just going for a little drive.” Later, I took our daughter to drop off some laundry at a nearby dry cleaner. Just as we arrived, a message came in from my husband. “It’s cool and lovely up at Royu. Why don’t you come up after you drop off the laundry?” I thought, “If we go now, dinner’s going to be late.” But...

ポルシェ 新型パナメーラターボ  | 車, 山, 道路, 海, 空, 走行中, 屋外, PORSCHE, Panamera
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What I Think About Passing-Lane Etiquette

What I Notice on the Highway I drive my Panamera almost every day, and take the highway once or twice a week. Today, I got to thinking about passing-lane etiquette on the highway. I looked up the definition of a passing lane, and found this: In Japan, when a highway or motor-vehicle-only road has multiple lanes in one direction, the passing lane is the far-right lane. It is used to overtake vehicles traveling in the...