Do You Need to Break In a New Porsche? In a recent article, a reader asked, “Do you break in your car? Opinions seem to differ, so it would be helpful to hear what your husband thinks.” My husband mentioned that our drive to the WEC race last weekend was partly intended as a break-in drive. Since I didn’t know much about the subject myself, I asked him to explain his approach. My Husband’s Take...
Test-Driving the New Panamera I test-drove the new Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo a while back. I wrote about the experience on the blog, but the Turbo’s acceleration and high-speed stability were so extraordinary that I was completely intimidated—and ended up writing a test-drive review that probably didn’t make much sense… →Test-driving the new Panamera Turbo—and feeling utterly outclassed. To make matters worse, that post became the most-read article on the blog and started climbing...
Soon, It’ll Be Time to Say Goodbye to Our Panamera We’ve been talking about the new Panamera nonstop lately, but our current one hasn’t started acting up out of jealousy. It’s still running beautifully—which somehow makes us love it even more. W We’ll take good care of you right to the very end, Panamera. Let’s enjoy as many drives together as we can before it’s time to part ways. Our New Panamera Turbo Is Due...
Ordering the New Panamera Turbo Last weekend, I finally went to the dealership to complete the final paperwork for our new Panamera Turbo. This car is seriously impressive: it set a world-record lap time for its class at Germany’s Nürburgring—7 minutes and 38 seconds. @ Image courtesy of Porsche Panamera Turbo Experience For comparison, I tried driving the same Nürburgring circuit in a video game. I kept missing corners and crashing into things, and after...
