Heading to Tohoku in the Boxster I’ve been tweeting bits and pieces, but during the recent Golden Week, my husband took the Boxster on a Tohoku tour. Six nights and seven days, no ferries or anything—it was a full self-driven long-distance tour. As usual, he put together a detailed report from DAY 1 through DAY 7, which is quite a long read, so I’ll share it in several parts here. By the way, here’s a...
Test Drive of the 718 Boxster GTS In yesterday’s article, I wrote about how frustrated I was not to be able to test drive the 718 Boxster GTS. If you read today’s article, you’ll understand exactly why I felt that way. Back in February, my husband rode shotgun in a friend’s 718 Boxster GTS, but 718 ボクスター GTSと、981 ボクスター GTSの乗り比べ。 this time, thanks to the owner’s kindness, I was able to take it for a...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
