Porsche 911
Porsche GT Chief on the Future of the Manual Transmission
ポルシェGT部門トップが語る、マニュアルトランスミッションの未来。電動化が進む現代で、ポルシェがマニュアルにこだわる理由とは？燃費や排出ガスにも貢献する意外なメリット、そしてポルシェが守り続ける哲学を解説。ポルシェ乗り必見の記事。
Reviews & Test Drives
The Appeal of the Porsche 997 GT3: Rediscovering the Joy of Analog Driving
For some reason, this blog has very few articles about the 997 and 987. It’s not that I have anything against them—in fact, I’m very interested in these generations of Porsches. It’s just that, for whatever reason, surprisingly few people in my circle own one, so I haven’t had many opportunities to get behind the wheel. A reader recently invited me to take a closer look at their car, and I was delighted to accept...
Suzuki
I’m Listing My Beloved Suzuki Swift Sport on Carbybuy—Asking ¥1.89 Million!
This post is about listing my car on Carbybuy, but it isn’t sponsored or a paid promotion. I’m simply sharing my personal experience. Selling My Suzuki Swift Sport Through Carbybuy My beloved Swift Sport with a manual transmission. I bought it new and made it my own, down to the decals. It’s a car I’ve grown very attached to. Since taking delivery in October 2021, I’ve driven it almost every day, often saying, “This is...
How to Buy a Porsche
Buying a Porsche 911 Carrera T: Why I Chose Left-Hand Drive
Why Choose a Left-Hand-Drive Porsche? The other day, I received this question on the blog: Why did you choose left-hand drive for the Carrera T? When the 911 Carrera ST was announced in 2023, I told my Porsche Center contact that I’d love to reserve one. Since it’s an ST, I’m assuming it’ll be manual transmission only. I have no problem driving a left-hand-drive car, but for everyday use in Japan, I’d always thought I’d...
Our Car Life
Sports Cars Are a Waste of Money? Let Them Say What They Want.
A Painful Moment The other day, something happened at work that left me feeling deeply hurt. I did my best to stay calm in the moment. But after I left the building and climbed into my beloved Swift Sport in the parking lot, the tears came pouring out the second I finally let myself breathe. I started the engine, set the destination to home as usual, and did my best to steady my breathing. “Calm...
Our Car Life
A Car Is More Than Transportation—It’s a Partner. So Where Does That Feeling Come From?
The Special Bond with Your Car My husband has always said that a car is more than a means of getting around or a manufactured product—it’s a partner. I once wrote an article about how you don’t go touring in a Porsche; you go touring with your Porsche. 『ポルシェでツーリングに行く』のではない、『ポルシェとツーリングに行く』のだという件 In it, my husband said: I’ve driven all kinds of cars, but I don’t think any of them communicate with you from behind the wheel quite...
Our Car Life
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...
Porsche Boxster
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...
Our Car Life
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....
Our Car Life
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...