Panamera to Kansai International Airport

Yesterday, my husband was returning from a business trip to the U.S. After picking him up from kindergarten, I drove his Panamera to KIX to pick him up. As soon as we left the parking lot at KIX, my husband said, "I'm going back to the U.S., but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to drive home.

The Porsche is amazing after all. The feeling of being on the ground is different. It's really great."

He kept calling out this line over and over, as if it were a broken record.

My husband used to rent a Mercedes-Benz GLS to get around in the U.S. He said the GLS was a good car, of course, but the Porsche was superior in terms of ground feel, driving pleasure, passenger and backseat comfort, and so on.(The GLS is an SUV, so it should be compared to the Cayenne.)

What I feel after taking delivery of the Panamera Turbo (1)

So it has been almost two months since I took delivery of my Panamera on October 12. Still two months? It feels like it has been more than half a year since it became a member of our family. So, I have two major thoughts about the past two months.

The first point is.I'm impressed every time I ride."That is to say. No matter how many times I ride, I am impressed every time. The ride, the smoothness, the sound of the engine, the acceleration...you already know all these things, but every time I ride it, I am impressed, and I never get tired of it.

The more you ride, the more you want to ride.

For example, under normal circumstances, I would say, "Fine meats should only be eaten in small quantities and only occasionally.(I would get heartburn if I ate it every day.(I don't know, I've never had that kind of high quality meat.)The Panamera Turbo does not give me heartburn at all. It is truly amazing.

What I feel after taking delivery of the Panamera Turbo (2)

Second point.The Panamera Turbo never got a chance to show off its power."That is to say. In my daily life, I can say that none of them are. I never thought it would go this far....

The Panamera Turbo can easily reach 1○0 km/h on the highway with just a light tap on the accelerator pedal. Therefore, it is easy to overtake a slower car from the left lane on the highway.

Also, the Hanshin Expressway, which I usually use frequently, has many undercover and Orbis vehicles.(You caught one of them today.)Because I don't drive more than 100 km/h, I don't think I'm going to be able to "get it right."If you're going to run here, I wouldn't dare to run a Panamera.I always think, "I'm not going that fast on the freeway. Well, even on a normal highway, you shouldn't drive so fast.

Also, as for driving on winding roads and in the mountains, the Panamera is fun, but unfortunately I don't have enough driving technique to fully unleash the Panamera Turbo yet... (explosion).

I guess it would be more pleasant to drive on the roads around Ibukiyama and Ise. The Hakone Turnpike and the roads around Mt. Fuji were very pleasant, with a combination of long straights and moderate curves. But it's too far away.

Also, there are not so many opportunities to go running on a circuit.There are driving events at Suzuka Circuit and driving at Fuji Speedway with the Porsche Driving School, but I can only go to those once a year or so.

So, I should have known before I bought the car that there would be no situations in my daily life where I would be able to use the power of the Panamera Turbo, but I did not expect the car to have so much power.

This makes it pointless to buy the car, so I think I need to go running more often. There seem to be many good roads in Kanto and Kyushu, but I think there are still some good roads in Kansai, too, so maybe I should check them out and go for a ride.