Touring Reports

2021.11.22Touring Reports, Porsche 911

Autumn Touring in a Porsche 911: A Journey Through Shinshu, Noto, Hida and Mino (Part 2)

Continuing from Autumn Touring in a Porsche 911: A Journey Through Shinshu, Noto, Hida and Mino (Part 1), here’s the second installment of the trip. Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road On the morning of day three, I checked the day’s route in my Touring Mapple road atlas. With the autumn leaves at their peak, I spent quite a while debating whether to take the Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road. But since it was a weekday and still...

2021.11.22Touring Reports, Porsche 911

Touring Reports

2021.11.12Touring Reports, Porsche 911

Autumn Touring in a Porsche 911: A Journey Through Shinshu, Noto, Hida, and Mino (Part 1)

A Solo Porsche 911 Road Trip I’d brought the Cayenne and 911 (991.1 Carrera 4 GTS) to Yokohama with my family for a visit to the Porsche Experience Center Tokyo. The next day, however, our family trip came to an end at our Yokohama hotel, with everyone going their separate ways. As soon as I’d finished breakfast, I hurriedly loaded my bags into the 911, checked out, and left my family behind. Barely able to...

2021.11.12Touring Reports, Porsche 911

How to Buy a Porsche

2021.11.04How to Buy a Porsche, The Appeal of Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911

Test-Driving the Porsche 911 Carrera (991.1): Why the Base Carrera Gets It Right

Since buying a 991.1 Carrera 4 GTS, I’ve become completely smitten with the first-generation 991. Recently, I had the chance to drive a base 991.1 Carrera, so I’d like to share my impressions—and explore what makes a standard 911 so appealing. Why Do Experienced Porsche Owners Come Back to the Base 911? Even before I owned a Porsche, I’d heard this time and again: respected automotive journalists and people who have owned several Porsches often...

2021.11.04How to Buy a Porsche, The Appeal of Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911

Porsche Maintenance Costs

2021.10.26Porsche Maintenance Costs, How to Buy a Porsche

My Newly Purchased Porsche 911 Has Broken Down! Understanding the PADM Fault Warning

The PADM Fault Warning I recently talked about this on a Twitter Space, but while driving the 991.1 Carrera 4 GTS I’d recently bought, I happened to notice a PADM fault warning on the instrument panel. The warning appeared in white (though it seems it can also appear in yellow), so it didn’t affect the car’s ability to drive. In normal use, there was no noticeable problem. From what I’ve found while researching the issue...

2021.10.26Porsche Maintenance Costs, How to Buy a Porsche

How to Buy a Porsche

2021.10.20How to Buy a Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911

Why I Bought an All-Wheel-Drive Porsche 911—and Why I Chose the GTS

Why Buy an All-Wheel-Drive 911? When people think of the Porsche 911, many picture its rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. I certainly do. “911” and “rear-engine, rear-wheel drive” are almost synonymous in my mind. But as you probably know, the 911 lineup also includes all-wheel-drive models: the Carrera 4 and Targa 4 models, along with the Turbo models. The 964 Carrera 4 was the first all-wheel-drive Carrera. According to period sources, it featured a full-time AWD system...

2021.10.20How to Buy a Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911

The Appeal of Porsche

2021.10.16The Appeal of Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives

Comparing Early 991 Porsche 911 Trims: The Best Choice Depends on Your Driving Skill

Test-Driving the Base Porsche 991 Carrera The other day, a blog reader kindly let me take their Porsche 911 for a drive. It was a base 991 Carrera from the first generation, with a simple list of options: BOSE audio, power-folding mirrors, a sports steering wheel, and heated seats—and nothing else. The body color was Guards Red. It was exactly the kind of car you picture when you hear the phrase “a red Porsche” from...

2021.10.16The Appeal of Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives

How to Buy a Porsche

2021.10.10How to Buy a Porsche, The Appeal of Porsche, Porsche 911

Why I Bought a Used Porsche 911 (991.1)

Some readers may be wondering: Why buy an older, pre-facelift 991 on the used market when I also own the latest 992 and, until recently, even had a GT3 Touring Package? In this article, I’ll explain why I chose a 991, even though it’s not as high-performing as a 992 or a GT3—and why I went for the pre-facelift model. Why Buy an Older Porsche That’s Less Capable? I used to think the same way....

2021.10.10How to Buy a Porsche, The Appeal of Porsche, Porsche 911

Reviews & Test Drives

2021.10.06Reviews & Test Drives, Touring Reports, Porsche 911

Buying a Used Porsche: Our 911 Carrera 4 GTS (991.1) Comes Home

The other day, I wrote about buying a 911 Carrera 4 GTS (991.1). Today, I’d like to pick up where I left off and share what delivery day was like, along with my first impressions. Delivery Day After preparing and sending in the paperwork, delivery day arrived about three weeks later. I could have paid extra to have the car delivered on a transporter, but I chose not to. As a Porsche owner who believes...

2021.10.06Reviews & Test Drives, Touring Reports, Porsche 911

The Appeal of Porsche

2021.10.02The Appeal of Porsche

What If You Compared the Porsche 911 GT3 to a Girlfriend…?

Is the GT3 the Perfect Partner? The other day, my husband posted this about the GT3 on Twitter: “If the GT3 were your girlfriend, she’d be a head-turning beauty who’s smart and great at her job. She’d prefer dates at top-tier restaurants, and her manners, style, and conversation would be impeccable. But take her to the kind of family restaurant or fast-food place you’d normally go to, and she’d suddenly go quiet and get grumpy....

2021.10.02The Appeal of Porsche

How to Buy a Porsche

2021.09.30How to Buy a Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911

Buying a Used Porsche, Part 1 | Our 911 Carrera 4 GTS (991.1) Comes Home

Buying a Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS (991.1) It was almost six months since I’d sold my GT3 with the Touring Package. Lately, I’d been thinking that if I bought another Porsche, I’d want either a base 718 Cayman or an early 991, so those were the models I’d been keeping an eye on. Then, a 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS (991.1) with 32,000 km on the clock appeared on Carsensor. The spec looked...

2021.09.30How to Buy a Porsche, Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche 911