車, 人, 山, サーキットの電光掲示板, 観客席, サーキット, 富士スピードウェイ, 走行前, PORSCHE, TOYOTA, 911, 991
Our Car Life

Participating in the 911DAYS Fuji Speedway Track Day [Part 2] – Driving the Porsche Boxst...

The Big Day Has Finally Arrived! Continuing from the 911DAYS Fuji Speedway Track Day Participation [Part 1] article from the day before yesterday, here is the second part. 911DAYS主催の富士スピードウェイ走行会に参加【前編】 ー 自宅〜山中湖着まで The morning after arriving at the hotel near Lake Yamanaka, I woke up at 6 a.m. and nervously opened the curtains to see… Wow, there’s a ton of snow (*_*)!! My husband also looked worried and said, “This is bad… If we use the...

車, 木, 建物, 駐車場, 駐車場, PORSCHE, Panamera, Boxster, 971, 981
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Participating in the 911DAYS Fuji Speedway Track Day [Part 1] – From Home to Arrival at L...

Heading to the 911DAYS Track Day I had shared a few tweets about it, but last Sunday, March 24th, I participated in a track day at Fuji Speedway hosted by 911DAYS. This was an event I had been invited to by President Suga of WRP, a Porsche specialist shop in Nagoya where my husband purchased his 964C2 last year. (WRP apparently participates every year) Since it was spring break for our daughter’s kindergarten, my husband...

車, 人, 柵, 駐車場, 空, 駐車場, PORSCHE, Boxster, 981, 982
Reviews & Test Drives

Comparing the Porsche 718 Boxster GTS and the 981 Boxster GTS

Got to Ride the 718 Boxster GTS!? One Saturday in February, my husband’s acquaintance took delivery of a 718 Boxster GTS, so my husband arranged to meet at the Higashi Rokko Observatory on the Royu Driveway and promised to get a ride. “Since it’s a special occasion, Mina, why don’t you come along too?” he said, so I asked my mother-in-law to watch the kids well in advance and eagerly looked forward to the day....

車, 人, 運転手, サーキット, 道路, ヘルメット, グローブ, サーキット, 走行中, 車内, PORSCHE, Cayman, Boxster, 981
Porsche Boxster

How Was It Driving a Porsche Boxster at Suzuka Circuit?

Suzuka Circuit Driving Event The other day, my husband participated in a driving event at Suzuka Circuit with his Boxster GTS. The only available date for participation was for an event hosted by a certain tuning shop, so while most of the cars around were Japanese custom cars, only my husband and his friend brought their completely stock Porsche to join. (He said he felt pretty out of place, lol) That day, it was a...

車のシフトノブ, 内装, センターコンソール, 車内, PORSCHE
Porsche Trivia

Investigating the Auto-Blipping Function on the Porsche Boxster (981 & 718)

Auto-Blipping on the Boxster The other day, while practicing driving the Boxster GTS (MT), I wrote that “it’s fun how the car automatically blips the throttle in Sport Plus mode when equipped with the Sport Chrono Package on a manual transmission.” After that, a reader commented: Does auto-blipping also work in Sport mode, not just Sport Plus? The 718 Cayman brochure says that with the Sport Chrono Package, auto-blipping occurs even in Sport mode. A...

車, オープンカー, ステアリング, メーターパネル, 屋外, PORSCHE, Boxster, 981
Porsche Maintenance Costs

Three Years with the Porsche 981 Boxster GTS: Inspection Costs and Ownership Impressions

Three Years Since Buying the Boxster It’s been almost three years since my husband purchased the 981 Boxster GTS. Time flies… So, I decided to summarize the general details of the dealer inspection and my husband’s review of the Boxster after three years. The current mileage is 30,600 km (he hasn’t gone on many tours with the Boxster in the past year). There were no major issues during the inspection, and the Boxster returned home...

981ボクスターGTS | 車, 空, 山, 海, 看板, 駐車場, 展望台, PORSCHE, LAMBORGHINI, Boxster, Huracan, 981
Our Car Life

Mastering the Porsche Boxster GTS (MT) – Until That Day Comes Vol.3

Will I ever be able to drive the Boxster…? Last year, at the start of 2017, I set a goal: “This year, I will finally be able to drive the Boxster GTS (MT)!” But when I look back, I only drove the Boxster two or three times all year. Far from getting better, I actually found myself drifting further away from the Boxster GTS. Then this year’s New Year came around. With a faint hope...

ポルシェ 981ボクスターGTS | 車, 空, 山, 木, 駐車場, 駐車場, 屋外, PORSCHE, Boxster, 981
Reviews & Test Drives

The Last Naturally Aspirated 6-Cylinder: An Owner’s Take on the 981 Boxster GTS

MY 2016 Boxster Our 2016 Boxster GTS (MT) is the first Porsche my husband ever bought. Nowadays, with Porsche focusing more on the environment, the Boxster—led by the 911—is moving towards turbocharging and downsizing, so this 2016 Boxster is said to be the last model equipped with a six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine.(The current 718 Boxster has a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbo engine) *Photo courtesy of Twitter user Aitan Kai@ConeManLP826 . The Day Porsche Came True My husband...