Why Buy a Porsche With Your Own Money? I recently bought a Porsche 911 Carrera T with my own money, and today I want to talk about why I was so set on buying a Porsche myself. Fortunately, my husband already owns several Porsches, so I could have driven one whenever I wanted. If all I wanted was to drive a Porsche and enjoy being behind the wheel, there was no need to buy one...
The Carrera T: A Porsche Without Compromise The other day, my husband took our manual Carrera T to Royu and let TAKURO, a fellow Porsche owner we’ve gotten to know as a couple, take the wheel. You can find him on Twitter. “TAKURO was absolutely blown away,” my husband told me with a laugh after he got home. “He kept saying, ‘This is the perfect Porsche!’ ‘I love it—I want one!’ ‘Hey, could I have...
Changes After Receiving the 911 Carrera T It’s been two weeks since the delivery of the 911 Carrera T. Currently, I’m enthusiastically in the middle of the break-in period. The mileage is 500 km. Still 2,500 km to go until the break-in is complete (lol). By the way, the vehicle manual (911 2022 model) states the following about the break-in period. When new, it is necessary to perform a break-in to allow moving parts to...
Taking Delivery of Our Porsche 911 Carrera T Yesterday, our Porsche 911 Carrera T finally arrived. This was the first Porsche I’d ever bought with my own money. I took the plunge, ready to risk it all—even if I ended up nursing a few broken bones. And after agonizing over every detail, I finally settled on the spec. Now, at last, the 911 Carrera T was mine. That morning, all five of us piled into...
Final Paperwork for My Porsche 911 Carrera T The other day, I went to the Porsche Center to take care of the final paperwork before delivery of my 911 Carrera T. I’d thought delivery was still a long way off, but somehow the time had flown by. I’d accompanied my husband when he handled the pre-delivery paperwork for his Porsches, but since I wasn’t the one buying the car, I never really paid close attention...
On a recent driving tour in Kyushu, I had the unexpected chance to get behind the wheel of a 992-generation Targa 4 GTS. Here’s what I thought of the experience. The 992 Targa 4 GTS The Porsche 992 Targa 4 GTS stands apart from the rest of the GTS lineup. That’s because, unlike the other GTS models, it doesn’t come with PASM sport suspension as standard; it’s available only with regular PASM suspension. This is...
What Is Porsche Carrera Cup Japan? The other day, my family and I went to Okayama International Circuit to watch the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan (PCCJ) for the first time in four years. Porsche Carrera Cup Japan is a motorsport series organized by Porsche and contested in Japan as a one-make race. Because every competitor races the same car in the same specification, driver skill and team strategy make all the difference—and that’s what makes...
The Carrera T Is Almost Here It’s hard to believe this blog will soon be six years old. I started it on a whim, hoping “I could share what makes the Panamera in our garage so special with more people.” Thanks to all of you, it has grown into Japan’s most-visited personal car blog. I’m truly grateful to our readers—and to my husband, who has been my partner in running it every step of the...
A Legendary Porsche 911: Driving the 964 Cup Car The History and Features of the 964 Cup Car A “Cup” car is generally developed for a one-make racing series, where cars from the same manufacturer and model compete against one another. As its name suggests, the 964 Cup was built for one-make competitions such as the Porsche 911 Cup. Introduced in 1990, the car was based on the Carrera 2 and assembled in Weissach rather...
A Last-Minute Dash to Fuji Speedway In late March, 911DAYS magazine hosted a Porsche track day at Fuji Speedway. In the blog post I’d written the day before, I said, “Our eldest son isn’t feeling well, so unfortunately he, our eldest daughter, and I will have to stay home. My husband and our younger daughter will go on their own.” And that really was the plan. Right up until he left, my husband kept saying,...
