{"id":37270,"date":"2019-01-23T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=37270"},"modified":"2019-04-09T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T02:42:06","slug":"encounter-at-royu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/encounter-at-royu\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Air-Cooled Porsche Owners at Royu Driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"style3a\">Encounter with 911 (Air-Cooled) Owners<\/h3>\n<p>One day before noon on a recent day off, my husband casually said, &#8220;<strong>I&#8217;m going for a drive to Royu in the air-cooled Porsche<\/strong>&#8221; and headed out. As usual, when he arrived at the Higashi Rokko Observatory on the Royu Driveway, he noticed several air-cooled Porsches parked side by side in the lot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0336-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thinking, &#8220;<strong>Is this some kind of air-cooled enthusiasts\u2019 gathering\u2026?<\/strong>&#8221; he parked his car a little apart and went to buy coffee from the vending machine. When he returned, one of the air-cooled drivers there called out to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"well2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u2026Um\u2026 You\u2019re the blogger, right!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My husband was momentarily surprised, but the driver said, &#8220;<strong>When I saw this 964, I thought, \u2018That\u2019s the 964 from the blog!\u2019 I also heard you often come to Royu Driveway, so I\u2019ve been hoping to meet you someday!<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We exchanged greetings with the group, and it turned out some lived near Royu Driveway and even ran a 964 Owners Club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1314-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0335-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After chatting for about an hour, my husband came home with a special Royu Driveway sticker that the group had made themselves <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(inspired by the N\u00fcrburgring sticker)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1321-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So cool! The \u201cU\u201d is even styled as \u201c\u00dc\u201d \u2014 very classy (lol)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3a\">Back to Royu Again<\/h3>\n<p>The next day, my husband went back to Royu <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(he really loves it, haha)<\/span>. There was a striking red 964 parked there again, and when he spoke with the owner, it turned out they were part of the same air-cooled group from the day before. They also knew about this blog.<\/p>\n<p>After returning home, my husband said thoughtfully,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well3\">Thanks to Porsche, I\u2019ve been making great connections lately. Everyone\u2019s so gentlemanly and kind. If I wasn\u2019t driving a Porsche, I wouldn\u2019t have met these wonderful people at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0338-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then he added,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well3\">Hey Mina, why don\u2019t you go to Royu by yourself sometime? I\u2019ll watch the kids for you.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve lost count of how many times he\u2019s said that to me <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(probably over 30 times)<\/span>. But every time he says it, I reply,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well2\">Well, since it\u2019s not my Panamera Turbo that I bought myself, I feel like people would think, &#8220;<strong>You just ride around like you own it because your husband bought it for you<\/strong>,&#8221; so I don\u2019t go.<\/p>\n<p>Or,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well2\">Even if I took the Boxster, I\u2019m not a great driver and would probably stall a bunch in the parking lot, so people would think, &#8220;<strong>You\u2019re too bad at driving to be in a Porsche<\/strong>,&#8221; so I don\u2019t go.<\/p>\n<p>And so on, I always end up not going. Each time, my husband says,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well3\">What\u2019s with that Yoshida from Black Mayonnaise kind of thinking? lol<\/p>\n<p>So despite living near Royu Driveway, <strong>I\u2019ve never been there alone.<\/strong> I wonder why\u2026 I\u2019m usually quite bold in other situations, but here I get a nervous little heart.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m sure if I go, I\u2019ll meet new people, so this year I\u2019m determined to make my solo debut at Royu Driveway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Encounter with 911 (Air-Cooled) Owners One day before noon on a recent day off, my husband casually said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going for a drive to Royu in the air-cooled Porsche&#8221; and headed out. As usual, when he arrived at the Higashi Rokko Observatory on the Royu Driveway, he noticed several air-cooled Porsches parked side by side in the lot. 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