ポルシェ911 | 車, 道路, 草地, 丘, 走行中, 郊外, ワインディングロード, PORSCHE, 911, 992
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If You’ve Ever Thought, “Someday, I Want a Porsche,” Here’s What to Do First

Why I Want a Porsche Today, I want to write about the first thing you should do if you’ve decided that someday, you’d like to own a Porsche. My answer is simple: change your environment. More specifically, I think you should spend time around Porsche owners. That said, I haven’t bought a Porsche with my own money yet, so I’m not speaking from a position of authority here. This is just my personal perspective—but first,...

メルセデス・ベンツGLB | 車, 建物, 道路, ディーラー, 展示, MERCEDES-BENZ, GLB
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It’s Finally Here! The Mercedes-Benz GLB Has Arrived

Delivery Day for Our GLB Yesterday, the long-awaited Mercedes-Benz GLB finally arrived at our home. It’s a GLB 200 d 4MATIC in Iridium Silver, equipped with the AMG Line Package, AMG Leather Exclusive Package, Advanced Package, and panoramic sliding sunroof—a fully optioned model. Earlier this year, we started thinking about replacing our family car. We considered all sorts of options: a Taycan, waiting for the new Cayenne, or going with a BMW X7. But we...

992のサテンオーラムのカレラSホイール | 車, タイヤ, ホイール, 道路, 屋外, PORSCHE, 911, 992
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I Changed the Wheels on My Porsche 911 (992): What’s It Like Going from 19/20-Inch to 20/...

A New Look for My Porsche 911 (992) It’s been a little over two years since I bought my current-generation Porsche 911 (992) Carrera Cabriolet. I mainly use it as a daily driver, but I’ve also taken it to driving schools and the track, as well as on grand touring trips. The odometer has now passed 13,000 km (about 8,100 miles). At just over 6,000 km (around 3,700 miles) a year, I still feel I...

ポルシェ911 | 車, 山, 街並み, 道路, 展望台, 駐車中, PORSCHE, 911, 991
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How Can a Husband Buy a Sports Car Without His Wife Objecting? A Porsche Owner’s Wife Wei...

I Read All Kinds of Car Blogs Since I write a Porsche blog, I often look for car blogs to read. Every time, I’m reminded just how much people love their cars. When I read blogs about the Swift Sport I drive now, I see owners changing parts and customizing their cars to suit their taste and driving style. It’s clear they’re having a great time with car ownership—and I often learn something, too. At...

ポルシェ911 | 車, 木, 看板, 道路, 屋外, 路上, PORSCHE, 911, 992
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Four Things That Led a Woman Who Had No Interest in Cars to Decide to Buy a Porsche 911

Deciding to Buy a 911 I’m now at the point of asking myself, “Should I buy my first Porsche—a 911?” There’s no guarantee I’ll get a production slot, so there’s a real chance I won’t be able to buy one. But simply making the decision that I want to buy a Porsche feels like a big step for me. Not so long ago, I couldn’t have imagined ever buying a Porsche in my life. So...

車, スタジオ, PORSCHE, 911, 992
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The New 911 Carrera T Is Here. Will My Husband Buy One?

The New Carrera T Arrives Porsche recently unveiled the new 911 Carrera T. The Carrera T is a pure sports car that pares things back to deliver a lighter weight and a more focused, simpler driving experience. When the Carrera T returned for the 991 generation in 2017, I remember Porsche’s Newsroom introducing it under the headline “Less is more.” That really captures the spirit of this quintessential 911. The promotional video for the 991-generation...

ポルシェ911GT3 | 車, 湖, 山, 空, 雲, 木, 駐車場, ベンチ, 駐車場, 屋外, PORSCHE, 911, 991
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Learning to Drive a Manual: My Misadventures on the Way to Mastering a Porsche

Learning to Drive a Manual The other day, I wrote an article called “I Can Finally Blip the Throttle in My Boxster! Driving a Manual Is So Much Fun”: ポルシェのMT車の運転が何倍も楽しくなる!MT車のブリッピングをついに習得。 A reader got in touch to say, “I’d love to hear about the mistakes you made while learning to drive a manual, too.” So today, I thought I’d share a few. I suspect I struggled with manual cars more than most people—and made plenty of...

ポルシェ ボクスター | 人, 車, 運転席, ステアリング, 走行中, PORSCHE, 718, Boxster, Cayman, 982
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Driving a Porsche Manual Just Got More Fun: I Finally Mastered Blipping the Throttle

Back Behind the Wheel of the Boxster Yesterday, I drove our Boxster (981 GTS) for the first time in a while. I often write “It’s been a while…” when I get behind the wheel of one of our Porsches, but this time I’d gone so long without driving the Boxster that I couldn’t even remember when I’d last taken it out. Most days, I drive my Suzuki Swift Sport (manual). It’s been a year since...

スズキスイスポ | 車, 道路, ガードレール, 木, 空, 山, 山道, ドライブ, 屋外, SUZUKI, Swift Sport, ZC33S
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Adding a Porsche to the Garage Alongside the Swift Sport?

The Swift Sport Is a Car That Shines When You Drive Solo The other day, my husband took our Swift Sport out to run some errands. He covered 150 km round trip, including some highway driving, and came home with this to say: The Swift Sport is a car you want to drive alone. I had a passenger on the way there and was by myself on the way back, and it drove completely differently....

ポルシェ・ボクスター | 車, 木, 道路, 屋外, 駐車場, PORSCHE, Boxster, 981
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How to Turn Your Wife—A 10-Year Lapsed Driver—into a Porsche Manual-Transmission Driver

From Lapsed Driver to Manual-Transmission Driver I used to have no interest in cars at all. After getting my driver’s license, I went more than 10 years without driving. Then I married my husband and gradually began to take an interest in cars. Over the next six years, I became comfortable driving a manual Porsche Boxster (981 GTS)—and today, my own car is a manual Suzuki Swift Sport. When I met up with my brother...