{"id":37285,"date":"2021-08-18T11:30:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=37285"},"modified":"2021-08-17T21:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:33:20","slug":"cayenne-hardrain-202108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"style3a\">Driving the Cayenne in a Torrential Downpour<\/h3>\n<p>The other day, I had the chance to drive the Cayenne on the Chugoku Expressway during a heavy downpour. I\u2019ve driven the Cayenne in the rain many times before, but this rain was truly intense\u2014like being inside an automatic car wash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3507.jpg\" alt=\"Porsche Cayenne in the rain\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even in those conditions, the Cayenne felt incredibly stable and smooth, as if the rain wasn\u2019t even there.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I drove more cautiously than usual\u2014slowing down and watching out for puddles\u2014but the high-speed stability didn\u2019t change at all. In fact, I felt a reassuring confidence that you only get from a <strong>Cayenne that can handle off-road conditions, making it excel in situations like this<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was so grippy that I even tried sliding into a lane change on an uphill curve, and still, there was no sense of insecurity. The steering response was just as precise, and I smoothly changed lanes with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>My husband, who was riding shotgun, said,<\/p>\n<p class=\"well3\">The Cayenne is really incredible. <strong>All-wheel drive is just amazing. It\u2019s unbelievably stable.<\/strong> Well, the tires still have plenty of tread left, so that helps, but it\u2019s truly impressive how stable it is.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3a\">The Cayenne\u2019s Headlights<\/h3>\n<p>On the Chugoku Expressway, there are stretches without road lighting at night, where you have to rely solely on your headlights. On top of that, the heavy rain made visibility even worse than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Our Cayenne is equipped with <strong>PDLS LED headlights<\/strong>, but during that drive, they felt a bit dim and somewhat insufficient. According to my husband, <strong>the headlights on the 992 are brighter and easier to see with<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So, in conditions like that, I think the optional Matrix LED headlights\u2014which cast a wider and farther beam\u2014would be brighter and more effective.<\/p>\n<p>We had Matrix LED headlights on our previous Panamera, and<\/p>\n<p class=\"well3\">\u201cThey\u2019re definitely great for driving on dark highways, but I didn\u2019t really need them for everyday use. Plus, they cost around 300,000 to 400,000 yen as an option, so they\u2019re expensive,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>he said. But if you often drive on dark rural highways, I imagine they\u2019d be very useful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3541.jpg\" alt=\"Porsche Matrix LED headlights\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0390.jpg\" alt=\"Porsche Panamera headlights\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That said, once you reach the urban areas of the Chugoku Expressway with plenty of street lighting, the Cayenne\u2019s standard headlights are perfectly adequate.<\/p>\n<p>As we neared the nearest interchange, the rain gradually eased to a light drizzle, and I found myself thinking, <strong>\u201cAh, it\u2019s almost over. I wish I could keep driving a little longer.\u201d<\/strong> It was such a comfortable drive as always.<\/p>\n<p>In October, I plan to drive the Cayenne from home all the way to Chiba to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/entry\/porsche-pec-japan-202108\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche Experience Center Tokyo<\/a>. It\u2019s over 500 km, and this will be my first time driving such a long distance, so I\u2019m really looking forward to it. Hopefully, it won\u2019t rain (laughs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Driving the Cayenne in a Torrential Downpour The other day, I had the chance to drive the Cayenne on the Chugoku Expressway during a heavy downpour. I\u2019ve driven the Cayenne in the rain many times before, but this rain was truly intense\u2014like being inside an automatic car wash. Even in those conditions, the Cayenne felt incredibly stable and smooth, as if the rain wasn\u2019t even there. Of course, I drove more cautiously than usual\u2014slowing down...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=25076"},"categories":[72,43],"tags":[189],"yoast_head":"<title>Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour - \u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I drove the Porsche Cayenne on the highway during a torrential downpour. Despite the intense rain, the Cayenne\u2019s high-speed stability and handling remained unchanged, delivering an incredibly stable and confident drive. This article shares my impressions from that experience.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour - \u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I drove the Porsche Cayenne on the highway during a torrential downpour. Despite the intense rain, the Cayenne\u2019s high-speed stability and handling remained unchanged, delivering an incredibly stable and confident drive. This article shares my impressions from that experience.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panameralife\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T02:30:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T12:33:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour - \u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0","description":"I drove the Porsche Cayenne on the highway during a torrential downpour. Despite the intense rain, the Cayenne\u2019s high-speed stability and handling remained unchanged, delivering an incredibly stable and confident drive. This article shares my impressions from that experience.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour - \u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0","og_description":"I drove the Porsche Cayenne on the highway during a torrential downpour. Despite the intense rain, the Cayenne\u2019s high-speed stability and handling remained unchanged, delivering an incredibly stable and confident drive. This article shares my impressions from that experience.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/","og_site_name":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panameralife\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-18T02:30:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-17T12:33:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour","datePublished":"2021-08-18T02:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T12:33:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/"},"wordCount":487,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg","keywords":["Porsche Cayenne"],"articleSection":["Reviews & Test Drives","Porsche Cayenne"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/","url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/","name":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour - \u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-18T02:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T12:33:20+00:00","description":"I drove the Porsche Cayenne on the highway during a torrential downpour. Despite the intense rain, the Cayenne\u2019s high-speed stability and handling remained unchanged, delivering an incredibly stable and confident drive. This article shares my impressions from that experience.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3543.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u30ab\u30a4\u30a8\u30f3 | \u8eca, \u9053\u8def, \u30ac\u30fc\u30c9\u30ec\u30fc\u30eb, \u6728, \u5c71\u9053, \u96e8\u5929, \u5c4b\u5916, PORSCHE, Cayenne"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/cayenne-hardrain-202108\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Driving the Cayenne on the Highway in a Torrential Downpour"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/","name":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f - \u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0","description":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u306b\u9b45\u4e86\u3055\u308c\u305f\u59bb\u304c\u66f8\u304f\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u3059\u3002\u6240\u6709\u3059\u308b\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7 911\u30ab\u30ec\u30e9\uff08964\uff09\u3001911GT3\u3001\u30dc\u30af\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u3001\u30d1\u30ca\u30e1\u30fc\u30e9\u306e\u30ec\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u3084\u7dad\u6301\u8cbb\u3001\u30c4\u30fc\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u8a18\u306a\u3069\u3002\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u8a18\u4e8b\u3067\u306f\u5206\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u751f\u306e\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u306e\u58f0\u3092\u5b9a\u671f\u914d\u4fe1\u3059\u308b\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u3059\u3002","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#organization","name":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f","url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7\u304c\u308f\u304c\u5bb6\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u305f"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panameralife\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Mina_Panamera","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mina_porsche\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoyAW0ifcnk05Iryf7-bkhg"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}