About my car "Porsche 911"

About 15 years ago, my husband promised me to buy a Porsche 911 that I love so much.

When I was dating my husband before we got married, I had experience driving manual cars overseas and was able to drive manual cars, but my driver's license in Japan was only for automatics.

When my husband (who was my boyfriend at the time) found out about this, he once said, half-jokingly, in the course of a conversation, "I'll buy you a Porsche one day, so you should remove the automatic restriction so that's ready for then."

When I heard that, regardless of whether he bought me a Porsche or not, I thought to myself, "It's true that one day I might drive a manual car again," and I removed the automatic transmission restriction.

After that, I got married to my husband, and since we both used to drive BMWs, we've been driving BMWs ever since. To be honest, I just thought, without giving it much thought, that I should just keep driving BMWs, since I'd been driving BMWs for such a long time.

But my husband always seemed to care about me saying, "I'll buy you a Porsche someday," and about 15 years after that promise, one day he suddenly asked me, "Shall I buy a Porsche?"

However, I had vaguely thought that I could just keep driving BMWs (because I really liked BMWs), and the Carreras I had driven up until then hadn't really suited me, so I wasn't all that keen on buying one, thinking "Well, maybe I don't need to buy one?" (Of course, all the Carreras are lovely and cool. It's just that they just didn't appeal to me enough to make me think "I want to buy one!").

But. One day.

911 came to my house.

Until now, I didn't think I wanted that much when I saw the 911, but at first glance, the late 991 Carrera that my husband decided to buy said, "It's too cool. It's too cute. I want to ride this." I fell in love with this car at first sight and fell in love with it.

The expression "I fell in love" really seemed to be the best match, and I instantly fell in love with this car with a feeling of romance, and I couldn't help it.

Just one thing: it's not a manual car.

After all, automatic transmissions are easier for me to drive on a daily basis in Japan, and I was eager to get an automatic, so we went with the PDK (my husband would have preferred a manual, but since this was a car for me, he compromised and went with the PDK).

I am very satisfied with the PDK. I haven't yet realized the point of removing the manual restriction, but I'm looking forward to the day when manual cars will come again.

That's why I'm grateful to my husband who bought Porsche in a way that kept his promise after about 15 years, even though I didn't care much.

Because Porsche doesn't just say ``I bought a car'', but ``makes life more fun'' and ``opens the door to a brighter future.''

It may be an exaggeration, but I think that owning a 911 has really made my life more enjoyable.

These days, I've been seriously thinking that the reason why Porsches and other cars that are called supercars are so expensive is because the price doesn't just include the cost of the car, but also the cost of making life more enjoyable and opening the door to a greater future.

If anyone is hesitant to buy a Porsche, it may be a common word that is said in various places, but I think that "If you are worried, you should buy it." Of course, I don't think it's necessary to borrow money that makes life difficult.

However, if there are people who are hesitant for reasons such as "Is it okay to buy Porsche" or "I am worried about people's eyes" even though it is possible to purchase in terms of money, it is no longer hesitant You should "buy" without. I think so. I think there is more and more open life waiting for you than just the fact that you bought a car!

So now, I don't think I can live without my beloved Porsche 911 (laughs). I love the 911 so much that I talk to it every time I get in the car.

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