{"id":37048,"date":"2018-10-09T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=37048"},"modified":"2019-09-21T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T05:35:44","slug":"about-practice-driving-boxster3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/about-practice-driving-boxster3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the Porsche Boxster GTS (MT) \u2013 Until That Day Comes Vol.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will I ever be able to drive the Boxster\u2026?<\/h3>\n

Last year, at the start of 2017, I set a goal: “This year, I will finally be able to drive the Boxster GTS (MT)!”<\/strong> But when I look back, I only drove the Boxster two or three times all year. Far from getting better, I actually found myself drifting further away from the Boxster GTS.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then this year\u2019s New Year came around. With a faint hope in my heart, “Maybe this year I can finally drive the Boxster GTS (MT)\u2026 that would be nice,”<\/strong> I went out twice to practice driving on the Royu Driveway. But I stalled repeatedly, couldn\u2019t get hill starts right, and put the car into reverse instead of first gear by mistake \u2014 all sorts of unbelievable mishaps happened<\/a>, and I was half ready to give up, thinking “MT driving is just impossible for me\u2026”<\/p>\n

So, the chance to experience the kind of exhilarating rush like this while driving the Boxster,<\/p>\n

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or that kind of thrilling speed,<\/p>\n

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had sadly never come\u2026 until one day this year was almost over. Then a blog reader who knows the joy of MT driving left encouraging comments:<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t say that, keep at it!” “Once you can drive MT, it\u2019s really fun!” “A woman who can drive MT is super cool!”<\/p>\n

Their words gave me a fresh burst of motivation, and recently, I asked my mother-in-law to watch the kids so my husband and I could go out to practice.<\/p>\n

Practice on the Royu Driveway!<\/h3>\n

That day, around 11 a.m., my husband\u2019s friends were gathering on the Royu Driveway, so I tagged along and decided to practice MT driving on the Royu Driveway and Mount Rokko.<\/strong> But since the route from home to the Royu Driveway has some tricky spots, we first headed to the observation deck with my husband driving.<\/p>\n

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While receiving tips from my husband on MT driving, I soaked in the “This is the Boxster!”<\/strong> sound, the rush, and the refreshing autumn breeze\u2026<\/p>\n

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I thought, “It must feel great to drive like this\u2026 no, wait, I will be able to drive like this! \u2026But hill starts, ugh\u2026 (-_-)\u2026 No, no, I can\u2019t think like that!” As I wrestled with myself, the Boxster quickly arrived at the Royu Driveway observation deck.<\/p>\n

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Although we arrived around 9:30 a.m., my husband\u2019s friends were already gathered.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve heard of being five minutes early, but one and a half hours early? Never heard of that\u2026 (\uff1b\uff9f\u0414\uff9f)<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone was eager to get on the road in their cars and had arrived early. Afterwards, we took turns driving each other\u2019s cars and chatting about cars (I got to ride shotgun in several different cars, which I\u2019ll share in another article)<\/span>, then headed to Rokko Garden Terrace for lunch together.<\/p>\n

Then my husband casually told everyone,<\/p>\n

“My wife is going to drive up Mount Rokko to practice MT, so she\u2019ll be driving slowly. We\u2019ll go ahead.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026Wait, what\u2026 (\uff9f\u0434\uff9f)\uff01\uff1f<\/span><\/p>\n

“Your wife\u2019s serious? Then we\u2019ll see you off until you leave the parking lot!”<\/strong> they said, either kindly or out of morbid curiosity. My husband and I quickly got into the Boxster, adjusted the seat and steering wheel.<\/p>\n

Okay, gears: first, second, third, fourth\u2026 third, second, first\u2026 wait, once more, first, second, third, fourth\u2026 third, second, first\u2026 and that\u2019s reverse. Alright, clutch and brake first\u2026<\/p>\n

While I fumbled, my husband said firmly, “Enough talk, just get moving already!”<\/strong> So, I took a deep breath, cleared my mind, and set off in the Boxster.<\/p>\n

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\n(Totally nervous here \u2191)<\/span><\/p>\n

I eased the clutch while gently pressing the accelerator, listening to the engine sound. As the clutch engaged and the car started moving, I drove around the parking lot in half-clutch.<\/p>\n

\u2026Hey, maybe I can do this after all (\u30fb\u2200\u30fb)<\/span><\/p>\n

Feeling encouraged, I left the parking lot and headed up Mount Rokko. There was a toll booth on the way, but I managed to get through it too.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re slow to press the clutch and shift!”
\n“You should give a little gas before shifting to avoid jerks and make it smoother.”
\n“Your downshifting needs work.”<\/p>\n

I got all sorts of feedback from the passenger seat, but once I was driving, I felt in control.<\/p>\n

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“Alright, next up third and fourth gear!”<\/strong> I thought \u2014 but then a minivan appeared ahead. And it was crawling at an agonizingly slow pace, with a line of cars behind it. The speedometer showed just 25 km\/h.<\/p>\n

\u2026Come on, no way (\uff0d_\uff0d)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, the road to Rokko has sharp curves, but 25 km\/h is way too slow. I thought it might pull over and let us pass, but for the entire 15 minutes up to Rokko Garden Terrace, that minivan never gave any sign of yielding and kept crawling along.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even with a Boxster behind it, roof down, both of us wearing sunglasses (which probably didn\u2019t matter, lol)<\/span>, it still kept going at 25 km\/h \u2014 that\u2019s some serious mental strength.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I have to admire that determination, lol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conquering Mount Rokko!?<\/h3>\n

At lunchtime, Rokko Garden Terrace was quite crowded, and getting into the parking lot meant lots of stop-and-go<\/strong> \u2014 great practice. The ticket machine was on a slight uphill where the HOLD function didn\u2019t work, so I got a bit nervous but managed it. Parking with cars behind me was tricky, so I got some help from my husband\u2026<\/p>\n

On the way back, I ended up leading a convoy of my husband\u2019s friends\u2019 cars \u2014 a Ferrari California, Ferrari 488, Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n, and Porsche 911 GT3<\/strong> \u2014 which made me very nervous.<\/p>\n

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I stalled once on a hill while waiting at a construction traffic light, but recovered and managed to drive up and down Mount Rokko.<\/p>\n

Well, \u201cconquered\u201d might be a stretch \u2014 I just drove it (\uffe3\u30fc\uffe3)\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

My husband said,<\/p>\n

“Why do you keep adding steering mid-curve? And why do you always misjudge the curve so badly, lol?”
\n“Don\u2019t rush away just because cars are behind you. Your nerves show way too much in your driving, lol.”<\/p>\n

But he also said, “Well, that was the best you\u2019ve done so far. Feels like you\u2019re finally at the starting line.”<\/strong> That gave me a bit of confidence. Most importantly, I got a tiny taste \u2014 about 2% \u2014 of how fun MT driving can be and thought for the first time, “If I can master MT driving, it really looks fun! I want to get better!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Riding this momentum, I\u2019ll ask my mother-in-law to watch the kids again next month so I can practice more!<\/p>\n

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will I ever be able to drive the Boxster\u2026? Last year, at the start of 2017, I set a goal: “This year, I will finally be able to drive the Boxster GTS (MT)!” But when I look back, I only drove the Boxster two or three times all year. Far from getting better, I actually found myself drifting further away from the Boxster GTS. Then this year\u2019s New Year came around. 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