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2023.05.10Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

Kyushu Touring 2023 Day 3 with Porsche Boxster GTS (981)

Kyushu Touring Day 2 Off to Ibusuki Skyline On a morning when the sun appeared and the rain had stopped, we headed for the Ibusuki Skyline in the Porsche Boxster. This was the main destination of this touring trip. The Ibusuki Skyline starts from Taniyama IC, and after paying the 100 yen toll, traffic thinned out significantly. From the occasional viewpoints along the way, the majestic Sakurajima volcano peeked through. Some parts of the road...

2023.05.10Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

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2023.05.07Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

Kyushu Touring 2023 Day 2 with the Porsche Boxster GTS (981)

Kyushu Touring Day 2 We woke up to unfortunate rainy weather this morning.At 8:00, I met TAKURO-san in the lobby of our hotel in Yanagawa City to discuss today’s route. We set off aiming for Unzen. Tara-dake Orange Highway in the Heavy Rain It was raining steadily, but both Boxsters were equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. Plus, the tread depth was more than sufficient. Even in the heavy rain, the Boxsters handled confidently...

2023.05.07Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

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2023.05.03Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

Kyushu Touring 2023 Day 1 with Porsche Boxster GTS (981)

Kyushu Touring Day 1 This time, I went on a touring trip with my beloved Porsche Boxster GTS (981) after a long break. Usually, I go solo touring, but this time I set out on a 4-day, 4-night trip around Kyushu with my friend and the blog’s chief test driver, TAKURO-san, driving two Boxster GTS (981)s together. The Prestigious Taiyo Ferry Voyage Traveling from Kansai to Kyushu is very convenient by ferry. I have used...

2023.05.03Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

Porsche Boxster

2022.10.16Porsche Boxster, Our Car Life

Driving a Porsche MT Becomes So Much More Fun! Finally Mastered Blipping.

A Long-Awaited Boxster Drive Yesterday, I drove the Boxster (981 GTS) for the first time in a while. Whenever I get behind the wheel of our Porsche, I always write “It’s been a while…,” but this time, I honestly couldn’t even remember the last time I drove the Boxster—it had been that long. Usually, I drive my beloved Swift Sport (MT). It’s been a year since I took delivery, and I drive it almost every...

2022.10.16Porsche Boxster, Our Car Life

Our Car Life

2022.09.25Our Car Life

How I Turned My Wife, a Paper Driver for Over 10 Years, into a Porsche Manual Transmissio...

From Paper Driver Wife to Manual Transmission Driver I used to have no interest in cars at all and was a paper driver for over 10 years after getting my license. After marrying my husband, I gradually became interested in cars, and over about six years, I was able to comfortably drive a Porsche Boxster (981 GTS) manual transmission, and now my current beloved car is a Suzuki Swift Sport with a manual transmission. The...

2022.09.25Our Car Life

Our Car Life

2022.09.19Our Car Life

Typical Porsche Owner Story? Why Many Owners Switch from the Latest Models to Their Prede...

Porsche’s Return to Its Roots The other day, my husband was talking about something. He said, “Among the people I know, quite a few buy relatively new Porsche models, gain experience, and then gradually switch to older models or add them to their collection. It’s like a kind of Porsche ‘return to the ancestors’ (laughs). For example, some who drove the latest 991 (992 generation) gradually went back to the late 991, then the early...

2022.09.19Our Car Life

Our Car Life

2022.05.28Our Car Life

The Joy of High-Performance Cars Like Porsche Grows with the Driver’s Skill

Back When I Couldn’t Drive a Manual About five years ago, I could barely drive a manual transmission car. Every time I got behind the wheel of the only manual car we had at home, the Boxster GTS (981), I thought, “There’s no way I’ll ever be able to drive a manual car.” My sense of defeat just kept growing. My feet wouldn’t leave the accelerator or clutch pedals, and I half-wondered, “Does the Boxster’s...

2022.05.28Our Car Life

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2022.04.21Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

Spring San’in Touring with the Porsche Boxster

A Journey with the Boxster When spring break comes, my wife and kids always go back to their parents’ home. March was busy for various reasons, but with work settling down, I decided to take a short tour after a long time. At first, I was thinking about heading toward Wakayama, where the highway has been expanded to four lanes, but the weather forecast showed it would be bad there. Looking westward, the weather seemed...

2022.04.21Touring Reports, Porsche Boxster

How to Buy a Porsche

2022.04.01How to Buy a Porsche

A Real Experience of Switching from the 981 Boxster to the 718 Spyder: There’s No Right o...

From the 981 to the 718 The other day, I was talking with a Porsche owner. He had been driving a 981 Boxster Black Edition (PDK) until recently, but just switched to a 718 Spyder (MT). When deciding to switch from the 981 Boxster to the 718 Spyder, he struggled with various thoughts, but • He wanted to try driving a manual Porsche • He was drawn to the cool design of the 718 •...

2022.04.01How to Buy a Porsche

Reviews & Test Drives

2022.03.05Reviews & Test Drives, Recommended Car Accessories

Replacing the Boxster’s Factory Navigation with a Display Audio｜DMH-SZ700 Review

Dissatisfaction with the Factory Navigation The Japanese-spec 981 and early 991 models come equipped with a factory Clarion navigation system. Originally, the domestic models come with Porsche’s own navigation system called PCM, similar to the late 991 and 718 models, but for some reason, the Japanese-spec cars have this different setup. This has some surprisingly significant drawbacks. First, the design feels like an aftermarket add-on. More importantly, while the domestic PCM systems output digital audio,...

2022.03.05Reviews & Test Drives, Recommended Car Accessories