来週から日本

今日も８時前にサーキット入り。９時まで霧がかかっていたので、走行が開始できなかったものの、仕事は２時前に終了。ホテルに戻って原稿を書いたりしてました。突然ですが、来週の火曜から１週間の帰国が決定。前からプランをしていたのですが、９月の下旬に使用か悩んだんですが、来季の交渉も含めてあまり遅くなるのも良くないので来週帰る事を決断。しかし、飛行機代が高くて参っちゃいますね・・・。（泣）

I arrived at the track before 8am as usual and the fog was pretty dense until 9am. It was another easy day and was finished with all the session by 2pm. I came back to the hotel and worked on getting caught up with all the articles that I needed to finish by next week. I also got a head start on other stuff since I am going back to Japan next week and I will not be able to write anything while my stay in Japan. I was thinking about going to Japan end of this month instead...but I feel it's very important that I get back there ASAP and to start the talks early for next season.

今週末は楽ちん

今日は朝早くからサーキット入り。今週末はスクールではなく、MX-5のレースの講師＆監視員をしています。今日は３０分のセッションが４つあっただけだったので、３時前には仕事が終わったので早目にホテルに戻って仕事をしていました。

Went to track early and was done early today which was good for me since I wanted to get back to the hotel early to get some work done. I am not working on the school program this week and rather doing the observer for the MX-5 race week end. Since there were only two groups and 4 30min session, I was back at the hotel by 3PM.

明日も明後日も昼過ぎには終わりそうなので、ラッキーって感じです。が、日曜は５時間のドライブがありますが・・・。

It sounds like it will be an easy week end for us but I still will have the 5hr drive home on Sunday....

またまたモントレー。

今日は午前中は家で仕事を済ませて、午後はモントレーに向けて出発。さっきようやくホテルに着きました。途中で事故渋滞で１時間近くたらたら走る状態に落ち入りましたが、無事に着いて何より。明日からはラグーナで３日間のお仕事です。

I am back in Monterey....again. The drive was miserable today since I got stuck in couple of accident on 5fwy and 101fwy heading up. It ended up being almost a 6hr drive today and I am glad I am checked in to the hotel now.

今夜はホテルで妻の作ってくれたお弁当を食べて、早目に寝るかな・・・。

Since I am up here for 3days, my wife made me some Japanese Obento Box for dinner today so I will not have to eat out tonight. I think I am just going to pick up some drinks at the gas station and hit the bed early tonight since we start early tomorrow.

明日からまた移動

今日も午前中はジムでトレーニング。お昼はスーパーに買い物に行き、ランチはがっつりカツ丼を食べてしまいました。夕方は子供を公園に連れて行って、家に戻って仕事を終わらせてなんだかあっと言う間に１日が経ってしまいました・・・。

As usual, I went to the gym in the morning and came home just in time for lunch. We had Katsu-Don for lunch and it was pretty good. We also went to the store today since I am going away for the week end...and came back and got a lot of work done.

明日からまた移動です。しかも、５時間のドライブ・・・。今月はずっと運転してる感じがして、たまにはレーシングカーの様な緊張感をもったドライブがしたいです！！

I am not looking forward to the drive tomorrow since it feels like I am spending too much time in a car going 70mph this month... I wouldn't mind so much if we can drive a bit faster so it won't be as boring!?!

散髪

昨日は家に戻ったのが遅かったのですが、今朝も７時に起床。午前中はジムでトレーニングをしてから、お昼過ぎに髪を切りに行ってきました。前切ってから既に１ヶ月もたっているのですが、先週きったばかりな気がします。でも、暑いなかトレーニングで髪がモサモサしてるのも鬱陶しいので、何時もの様にバッサリ＆サッパリ切ってきました！！

Although I got home really late after dinner last night...I was up at 7am this morning and went to the gym before lunch so I can go cut my hair in the afternoon. My hair was just getting out of control and since I will be out of town for a while again...I figured today would be the only day to get that done. I will have more work to catch up tomorrow and will probably be a busy day for me....

大忙しな一日

今日は時差ボケで７時前に起きてしまいました。午前中はジムに行ってトレーニング。移動中はほとんどトレーニングできていなかったので、久しぶりにスッキリ運動する事ができました。お昼は息子と妻を連れてラーメンを食べにいき、昼過ぎからは家でお仕事。

Woke up before 7am this morning since I am still on East Coast time. I decided to hit the gym early since I haven't been working out with all the travel. I was able to have a good work out and took my son and wife to lunch to eat some Ramen Noodles in Little Tokyo.

車の試乗レポートや、請求書を作成したり色々とやっていたらあっと言う間に５時になってしまいました。今夜はこれからお食事会です・・・。寝不足で夜まで持つか不安です！？！（笑）

In the afternoon, I had to get a bunch of work done and I was on my computer for more than 4hrs finishing up car articles as well as making sure the invoices are going out for all the work I did. I am off to dinner meeting now and I am not sure if I can last beyond 10pm tonight...

そうそう、この間シャーロットでNASCARのチームに行った時の写真をアップします。NASCARのチームはほとんどが見学に行けて、こうやってチームの作業をしている所を見る事ができます。他のチームのスパイとかこないなか〜・・・？！？

Here is a pict from one our NASCAR team visit. I was very surprised to see that many teams will allow the fans to see the shop and watch the crew working on the cars. I guess all the secret is in the engine and anything beyond doesn't really matter because other teams can see the cars at the track and wouldn't do much sending a spy to the shop!?!

やっとこ帰宅

ようやく家に戻ってきました。モントレーから帰って来て１日だけ家に居ましたが、なんだか２週間ぶっ通しで戻ってない気がするので、家について息子＆妻にあってホッとしています。

Just got back from Charlotte. After being in Monterey for a week and back home for a day,,,than off to Charlotte for 5 days, it felt like I was away for more than two weeks. I was definitely relieved to see my wife and son.

今回のシャーロットの旅は収穫が沢山ありました。色んな人にあえて、自分のプログラムにスポンサー活動にむけて協力してくれそうです。しかし、今まではアメリカ南部の人達はアジア人に閉鎖的だろうなと思っていましたが、それはかなりの勘違いでした！NASCARでも日本のメーカーが入って行く時は、色んな所でバッシングもあったようですが、西海岸と変わらないくらいで既に日本メーカーの車が走っていました。改めて色んな所に行って、色んな物を見ないと駄目だな〜って思う１週間でした。

The trip to Charlotte turned out to be a great trip being able to meet a lot of great people who can give me wonderful advice for the future. What surprised me the most was the people from the South. They are really genuine and nice. I was just as surprised to see as many Japanese car in N. and S.Carolina as you see in here Cali. I would definitely like to make a trip out to Charlotte and Charleston in the near future again and perhaps be able to take my wife and son to see more about US History!!

今はチャールストン

今日は９時にホテルを出発して色々とNASCARのチームを回ってきました。思った以上にレベルが高くて、ビックリ！！ショップの大きさや、車のメンテの仕方はペンスキーとGanassiのインディーのチーム以外は顔負けですね・・・。

Left the hotel at 9am and went to visit couple of NASCAR teams in the morning. I was very impressed with the operation and I must say that only Penske in Ganassi can match the level of the quality on how they operate the team compare to Indy Cars.

お昼はなんと、もう既に引退されてしまいましたが、NASCARの大御所ドライバーのRicky Rudd選手とランチ。色々とアドバイスをもらえて物凄く良かったです！いや〜でもある意味あこがれのドライバーだったのでメチャメチャ嬉しかったです。しかも、引退の仕方も格好良かったし、その後の生活スタイルも格好いい！！レーシングドライバーの鏡です。でも、Rickyに会って色々と話をして、もっともっと頑張ろうと思いました！！シャーロットに来て良い収穫があったと思います。

For lunch, I was able to meet up with NASCAR legendary driver Ricky Rudd. I always admired him as a driver but after getting to know him even more and having an opportunity to speak with him, he is just a phenomenal. He is a real gentlemen but a true racer and couldn't thank more for him to make his time available to meet with me.This trip is valuable already just being able to meet and speak with Ricky!!

お昼を食べてからチャールストンに移動。明日はここでミーティングがあるので、今夜はチャールストンに泊まります。なんだか、ヨーロッパの様な南米の様な、アメリカの歴史を語る街って感じですが、明日の朝は早起きしてランニングをしながら観光でもしようかと考えています。

Well, after lunch we headed down to Charleston where we will have a lunch meeting tomorrow. It is my first time out here and I really like this town. It feels like Europe meets S.America but you can learn about the depths of the American History and I am glad that I was able to make it out here.

シャーロットに到着

無事にシャーロットに到着しました。深夜フライトでほとんど徹夜状態だったので今はメチャ眠いです。着いてから色々とナスカーチーム巡りをして、お昼はスタントン・バレット選手とランチをしました。スタントンはIndyJapanのレースでスポンサーをしてくれたInterush社のスポンサーを受けてNationwideSeriesに参戦しています。来季の話に関して、色々と話し合ってホテルに戻って一休み。

Arrived to Charlotte safely. Obviously the redeye flight was not so great being a full flight and only being able to sleep for couple of hours. When we landed, we picked up the rental car and did a quick tour looking at several NASCAR teams, and had a lunch with Stanton Barrett who is also sponsored by Interush who was our primary sponsor for the Indy Japan race. We talked about some prospects for next season and would be great if I can be his team mate. Stanton is a great driver and I admire him on what he does running his own team in NASCAR.

これからディナーをして、明日のお昼はチャールストンに移動します。実は長年アメリカに住んでいるのに、今回シャーロットに来るのが初めてです。色々と探索が楽しみです！

Well...I am just about ready to go to dinner and will head down to Charleston tomorrow morning.Although I have been living in US for over 20years...I have never been to Charlotte nor Charleston and I am looking forward to explore a new land!!

今からシャーロット

昨日やっと家に戻って来たのに、これからシャーロットに向けて出発します。シャーロットでは来季に向けての活動をしたいと思います。しかし、今日は久しぶりに深夜フライトで明日はお昼からミーティングがあります。辛いな〜・・・。

Although I just got back home last night, I am just getting ready to catch my flight going up to Charlotte. We will be having some meetings out there in regards to next year's program. I hope I will be able to catch some sleep in during the red eye flight...

今日は午前中に子供を検診に連れて行き、昼過ぎまでは家でずっと仕事をしていました。小児科の先生によると家の子は平均の子より身長が高くて１８０cm台まではいくのでは、と言われました。レーシングドライバーとしてはちょっとでかすぎるから、やっぱりゴルフかバスケの選手を目指してもらうのかな・・・？！？

It was a busy day for me today catching up with e-mails as well as making invoices for all the media work I just did recently. I also took my son to see the doctor to do his routine check up. Apparently he is pretty tall for his age and there is a good chance where he may get as tall as 5'9". Obviously not ideal for a race car driver if he gets any taller than that...therefore he may be better off to play golf perhaps?!?

やっと家に帰ってきました！

さっきやっと家に帰ってきました！久しぶりに家に戻って来たら息子が大喜びでちょっとホッとしました！いきなり、警戒されたら寂しいですもんね・・・。（笑）いや〜しかし、充実した１週間でしたが家に戻ったら疲れがドッとでたのか、今日はもうサクッと夕食を食べて寝たい所です。

I just got home couple of hours ago. I felt like a long trip although I certainly enjoyed the time filming the DVD with the crew. I was happy to see my son and wife when I got home and looking forward to some home made cooking food by my wife.

ユックリしたい所ですが、明日の夜からはシャーロットです・・・。（泣）できれば、日中は息子とユックリ遊んであげないと！？！

Although I want to relax for couple of days...I have to catch a flight to Charlotte tomorrow and will not have so much time to spend with my family for another couple of days...

撮影終了！

今日で無事に撮影が終了しました。優秀な撮影スタッフがいっぱい居てくれた事によって、スムーズに終了致しました！本当にスタッフの皆様には感謝です！！

We finally finished shooting the film for the DVD. I really appreciate all the film crew for being patient with me while the shoot and I think I learned a lot during this shoot how to speak in front of the camera.

今日はずっとペブルビーチで行われたコンクール・デレガンスの会場に行ってました！物凄いレアーな車が沢山並んでいて見ている僕もドキドキしてきます。って言っても半分以上は存在すら知らなかった車ですが、オーラでそれぞれの車の凄さを感じました。明日はいよいよロスに帰宅です。久しぶりに家に戻って日本食をガッツリ食べたい所です！！

We spent the whole day today at the Pebble Beach covering the Concours D'Elegance. It was real amazing to see all the historic cars that could cost easily over $1Mill... Although I couldn't recognize more than half of the car on display, I can still tell the effort,time, and money involved on restoring the cars. Well, I am just about ready to go home and see my wife and my son. I am also looking forward to go home and eat some of my wife's home made cooking food...

Monterey Historics

今回はYOKOHAMAタイヤさんのDVDの収録でモントレーに来ていて、今日はラグーナセカで行われているヒストリックレースの撮影に行ってきました。サーキットには超レアーなレーシングカーが沢山走っていてワクワクしてきちゃいます！

Still in Monterey shooting some footage for the Yokohama Tire Corp. It was a fun day for me being out at Laguna looking at all the historic race cars running around!

しかも、夕食の収録をしている時に、隣のテーブルにあの元F１ドライバーのアラン・ジョーンズさんが来ていて色々と話しちゃいました！いや〜やっぱレジェンドと言われるドライバーは違いますね！！でも、メチャメチャ話がしやすいいい人でした！！

We had a dinner shoot tonight and ended up sitting right next to the ex F1 Champ Alan Jones! He was a great person to speak with and I admire him a lot more since I got to know him more today.

今回のイベントで目にとまったのは、イベントブースに展示されていた飛行機の様なヘリコプターのような、折りたたみしき飛行機です！？！いがいと値段もセスナ機と変わらず、パイロットライセンスを取りに行きたいな〜と思っちゃいました・・・。（笑）

I had an opportunity to have a look at the vendor booth today just like a race fan and I saw a weird plane! It acts like a Heli and Cessna...but you can fold the wings and toe the plane...!?! I'm not so sure about the safety stand point but it made me want to obtain a pilot license!?!

Tour D'Elegance

今日は朝６時にホテルを出発して撮影スタート。ペブルビーチからスタートするTourD'eleganceに出走する車に同乗させて頂きました！しかもその車は１９３９年式のメルセデス！！詳しい内容はDVDが出るまで内密ですが、かなり感動です！！いや〜クラッシックカーもいいですね！！なんだか貫禄を感じました！！

We had a early start to the morning leaving the hotel at 6am today. I was able to ride with one of the car that was in the Tour D'Elegance! The car I had an opportunity to ride in was a 1939 Mercedes. I can't provide much info until the DVD is out...but it was a blast riding in that car!!

明日はラグーナセカのコースに行ってヒストリックレースの下見をしてきます！！

Well...I will have another early morning tomorrow going to Laguna Seca to check out all the historic race cars!!

モントレーに戻ってきました

さっきモントレーのホテルに到着しました！撮影で来ているので途中で色んなポイントでストップして、何時もより長旅でした。明日は朝一でトゥール・デレガンスに出走する車に同乗する予定なので楽しみです。おっともう１２時・・・明日は５時起きなのでそろそろ寝ますzzzz

Just arrived in Monterey. We had to stop at couple of venues on the way for filming so it took us a lot longer to get up here than my usual drive. Tomorrow, I will be riding in one of the classic car that will be in the Tour D'Elegance and since I don't have to drive....I am looking forward to it!?! Well...it is already 12am and since I need to get up by 5am...I think I will hit the bed ASAP!!

明日からまたラグーナ・・・？！？

今朝は８時までグッスリ寝てしまいました。午前中はジムに行ってガッツリトレーニング。オリンピックを見ながら運動していると自分も燃えてきますね〜！！１０kmのランニングもあっと言う間に終わってしまいました。

Woke up at 8am this morning and had a good night sleep. Went to the gym in the morning and worked out while watching the Olympic Games. I was amazed my Michael Phelps performance...no surprise with his results but he certainly is one of the best athlete in the world! It made my 10km run feel like nothing compare to what he does!?!

お昼過ぎに色々と、また１週間分の食料品を買いに行ってきました。明日から自分はまたモントレーに行き、家を空けるのでスーパーにあまり行かなくていい様にタップリ食材をゲット。妻も子供を連れて２人で買い物をするのは大変ですからね・・・。明日からモントレーに向かう為に撮影があるので今夜はこれから打ち合わせをしてきます。

After lunch, I had to go to the store to pick up a week worth of grocery. Since I am going out of town for a week again, my wife wanted me to get as much stuff so she doesn't have to make the trip with our son which can get real hectic since he wants to grab everything from the shelves. Well..I am just off to a meeting to discuss about the trip coming up to Monterey,

ようやく帰宅

今日はフェラーリチャレンジのレースがお昼に終わり、さっきようやく家に戻った所です。いや〜長い週末だった〜・・・。＆忙しかった・・・。最後のレースでは自分がコーチするドライバーはなんとか９位でトップ１０フィニッシュ。本当は表彰台に乗せてあげたかったので、それができなかった事は本当に残念です。また来年かな・・・？ではでは、今夜はメッチャ疲れているのでそろそろ寝ます。

Just got back from Monterey for the Ferrari Challenge week end. It turned out to be a pretty busy week end for me and we finished fairly well for the last race of the season. My driver brought the car home in 9th, one of his best finish of the season so we are all happy...but I really wanted him to finish on the podium and that will be our goal for next season. Well...I'm pretty tired after the 5hr drive and I think I am just about ready to hit the sack!!

明日から走行

今日は午前中はホテルで比較的ユックリ過ごして、お昼からサーキットに行きました。昼過ぎに僕のコーチするドライバーがプライベートジェットで到着。そして、夕方にスキップバーバーのMAXDA MX-5を借りてサーキットを走行。ラグーナは自分のホームコースでもあるので、まんべんなく秘密を教えてあげて終了。今週末のレースはぜひ頑張って欲しいですね！！

It was a slow morning today for me and spent most of the morning at the hotel room getting a lot of work done. Had a quick lunch with my wife and my son and headed to the track to meet my driver who just got in with his private jet. We were able to do some lapping in a Skip Barber MX-5 cars and was able to give out all my pointers since this is my home track. I really hope we are going to have a great week end since this will be the final race for my driver during this season.

さて、いよいおオリンピックが開幕しましたね。時差のせいで寝れない夜が続きそうです・・・。

Well...the Olympics Opening Ceremony is going on now and I'm sure I will have a lot of sleepless night during the games for couple of weeks.

モントレーに到着

さっき無事にモントレーに到着しました。今回のレースは自分のドライバーの今年の最終戦なので、自分の家族もモントレーに連れて来ております。車で普段は４時間半のドライブですが、今日は息子が長い間シートに座っているのが辛くて、ちょこちょこストップしたので５時間半コースでした。無事に着いてこれからカーメルで夕食を食べてきます！

Just arrived in Monterey. Since this will be the final race for my driver, I decided to bring my family up as well since I was driving rather than flying up. It usually takes me 4.5hrs to get here but today was a real long one since I had to stop every other hour to keep my son happy. I made it here just under 6hrs...and good things I left early to avoid traffic. Well...I am just about ready to go to dinner in Carmel!!

明日からラグーナセカ

今日は午前中にジムに行き、午後はピットを知り合いの所に預けに行ったり、洗車をしたりで大忙しでした・・・。明日からフェラーリチャレンジの仕事で、ラグーナセカに行きます。日曜の夜に戻ってまた来週もヒストリックスの週末に仕事が入ったのでラグーナに戻ります。今月は最後の週もラグーナに行かなくては行けないので、ラグーナ漬けになってしまいそうです！？！（笑）

Went to the gym in the AM and had to go drop Pit off to my friends since we are going out of town until Sunday. I will be working up at Laguna coaching my driver in the Ferrari Challenge. I will be home Sunday but back up at Laguna on Tuesday since I also have to work during the historic week end... I should almost get a place up there so I don't have to commute!?!

帰って来てからは来季に向けての企画書の最終段階の打ち合わせ。来年のスケジュールも発表されていよいよ形が整ったので、８月＆９月は営業活動で忙しくなりそうです！！

In the afternoon, I was going through all the proposal decks that we have been working on. The schedule was finally announced for next year and I think we have all the ingredients ready to start hitting up our target sponsors. I think August and September is going to be a real busy months for us but I am looking forward to working on deals for next year!!

原稿

昨日と今日は、車のインプレ原稿を書くのに大忙しでした！頭が回転してる時はどんどん表現も浮かんでくるのですが、いちど止まってしまうとなかなか進まなくなってしまうんですよね。でも、無事に締め切りに間に合って終了。

Yesterday and today was a busy day writing up all the car impression articles. Once you get going I can zip through the article real quick but if my brain stops working...I just can't think about what to write anymore. Fortunately I didn't run out of gas in order to make the dead line for the publisher....!?!

次号のXaCarに色々と載ってると思うのでチェックして下さいね〜！！

I think the article will come out pretty good and it will be on the next issue of the XaCar! And for those folks that lives here in US, you can check me out in the latest issue of the Road & Track!!

Getty Center

今日は日曜日。今月は毎週末サーキットに行ったり仕事が続くので、今日はユックリ過ごす事に決めました。なんだかんだで２度寝をして、９時頃までベッドでゴロゴロ。朝ご飯を食べて、息子と妻を連れてゲッティーセンターに連れて行く事にしました。

Since it was Sunday, I slept in until 9am. Had a late breakfast and headed to Getty Center with my wife and my son.

美術館があったり、庭園があったり、景色が良かったりで個人的には好きなスポットです。しかも、駐車場代の$8以外は入場料はなし。園内のレストランも以外と美味しいのでユックリと日曜を満喫できました。ロスに来る機会があればぜひ立ち寄ってみて下さい！！

It was a beautiful day again and the view from Getty Center was fantastic! Getty Center is amazing not only because of the building, museum, and the garden, but the fact that you can get in and see all that just for the parking fee of $8!! It was an overall good relaxing day before getting busy for rest of the month...

久しぶりのゴルフ

昨日は夜中まで車のインプレ記事を書いてました。夜になって友達から連絡があり、ゴルフに誘われたので、久しぶりに行く事にしました。ゴルフは茂木前にやったのが最後でずっと封印していたのですが、久しぶりにいいかなと思って行ってきました。

I was up late last night getting most of the car impression article that I had to get done by mid next week. I was asked to play golf today since one of their friends had to cancel...I thought twice about it and decided to enjoy beautiful weather being outdoor. Besides, I had a good excuse to go play since my wife was going out to lunch with her friends.

久しぶりにプレーしたわりには玉があたったのですが、やっぱり練習してないとぜんぜんだめですね・・・。１００切るのはまだまだって感じです・・・。でも、またこれから忙しくなりそうなのでとうぶんの間は練習できそうにありません。ん〜仕事が落ち着いたら猛練習をしてなんとか１００を切ってやる！！

I was a bit nervous since I hadn't hit the ball since before the Motegi race which is at least about 5months. I was able to hit the ball OK considering not playing for a while and it was a good day at the course if I can ignore the score. I had couple of good holes but obviously a lot of bad holes when I couldn't get things together...my score wasn't even close to hitting under 100...but the most important thing is that I had fun and good day at the course! Hopefully I can get my work to settle down a bit so I can practice more!!

節約

引っ越し騒動はなくなり、予定していた引っ越し代も浮いたとは言えども、妻と色々と話をして最近は節約をしようと二人で頑張っております。昨日はシュワ州知事がリストラ＆給料のカットの発表があり、今後は景気がどんどん悪くなりそうだから、ちゃんとお金の管理をしっかりしようという風に話は盛り上がりました。

Since I don't have to worry about moving anymore, I am happy that I didn't have to dig in to my savings for the movers. Having said that, after seeing the news yesterday about the state layoffs and wages cut that was signed by governor.... It started concern me and my wife on may be we should work harder to save our money especially thinking that the economy was going to get worse.

今まではスーパーにちょこちょこ行っていたのを、アメリカンスタイルで週１でガッツリまとめて必要な食材を買った方が安くあがるのでは・・・と言う事でチャレンジしてみました。やっぱりちょこちょこ行くと、あれだこれだと買ってしまいますからね。今月はどのくらい節約できるか、今から楽しみです！？！

Our first conclusion on trying to save our money is through grocery...we go to the supermarket every other day and we figured that we may be able to save some money by going American style and buy 1week worth of stuff rather than going to the market couple of times a week. Every time you go to the store, you end up picking up things that you don't really need and may be that will cut that habit at least for now. I'm not sure if this strategy will work but I guess at least I have to give it a try...plus it will save some costs of fuel for making multiple trips since we shop often in Gardena/Torrance area which is at least 15miles drive...

もう８月！

気がついたらもう８月！ビックリですね〜・・・。今日もジムでガッツリランニングをしてから、家に戻って軽くランチ。そのままHONDA米本社に行って新しいパイロットをピックアップ。カナダに行く前に試乗するチャンスがなかったので、来週まで締め切りの記事の為に車を借りて試乗しています。

I can't believe it's already August. As usual, I went for a 10km run in the morning and came home to do a quick lunch. Than I had to go to Honda US HQ to pick up the new Honda Pilot. I actually like the new model since it looks more robust!!

子供が居るとストローラーなど荷物が増えるので、大きいトランクスペースやゆったりした空間はいいんですね〜！！今度ゲットする車の候補としてはバッチリな車です！！日本では販売されないのは残念ですね。

I have to finish some article by tonight and will be working until midnight... Having said that, it's always easier to write about good cars and I must say that there are lots of good things to talk about in the New Honda Pilot. It's definitely on my list of cars I should get since we need more spaces as well as trunk spaces,..