He didnt use to have a lot of money back then, had to sell it to enjoy a variety of other cars. Im sure if he owned it now he wouldnt think of selling it, unless it was worth a ridiculous amount of money.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video, each time I grow greener with envy at you having the opportunity to own such a masterpiece of a car. One day hopefully, one day. . .
I could never bring myself to sell one of these. It is however an investment car, and money talks. Granted he would have made more had he hang onto it a little longer, but he certainly wouldn't have lost anything. What Ferrari did he go for again? FF was it? Also, thanks for making this video pop up again, it never gets old!
Still watching this video years later. Honestly probably my favourite piece of automotive journalism. It's just as stunning as the first time I saw it.
This rare beauty will appreciate like mad in the next 10-20 years and its the most purest driving experience money can buy. I still cant believe he traded this for a 599. (I don't hate Ferraris)
IMHO, probably the best TH-cam automotive video to date. People will only have to look to this particular video 20, 30, 50 years from now to garner the best understanding of a legendary pure everyday drivers car in the day or circa 2011. Thank you Porsche, thank you Chris.
This video is immortal. The last 911 with a Stick... It totally beats that video of the old guy with the two F40's who drives them like an old chap. The way Chris drove this car in this video, plus the car itself, is Immortal. Porsche. There is No Substitute.
Schleberger You're missing the point. It's the last manual 911 RS variant-- New RS's will always have PDK. Perez failed to specify the variant but he has a great point.
Watching this video and having seen a few before from Chris Harris, I start more and more to think of him as a poet. A "the pure style of driving in not downsized real cars poet"! Most of us viewers are as much of a car maniac as he is, but the pure NA engine fascination, he really did express it with this video - without banging the car constantly to the rev limiter! Great job, very great job! I like this guy and his videos only because he can be so fascinated by any car that might hit the right button in him!
This vídeo 5 years ago made me realize that I needed to sell my 997 carrera 2S before depreciation was too bad. I wanted a GT3 so bad, and luckily was able to get my hands on a Cayman GT4 brand new, but still to this day (still own the GT4) I want a 997.2 GT3 or GT3RS they are so special, of course a 4.0 liter RS is simply unreachable.
John Gagnon Yeah, and 20-30 years from now we're gonna look back at this nostalgic piece of engineering like we do with the 959 or F40... true classic.
I do respect your opinion on cars, Chris, and I understand that Variety is the Spice of Life, but I think you'll come to regret selling this. Stone Cold Classic.
Drive team - you guys have truly NAILED the auto media segment. I've been a fan of your past content through it's various forms, but the pieces for the Drive channel have been phenomenal! The shots, the editing, the commentary, the music - everything is near perfect and is a pleasure to consume. Please keep up the good work! I will continue to spread the good word of your efforts to other fellow enthusiasts.
I guess he had not bought them, because he had a one years test car - now the car is back to Porsche, refurbisht and sold as used car or part of their race driver program. You can rent a 911 GT3 as pure race car. But you have to realy drive races with them. Porsche offers you the car and the maintaince and spare parts. But tthsi service is not cheap - but if you find some advertising partner, it can be payable to drive at the Porsche cup, etc.
such an incredible car. no other gt3 will ever be as pure and as raw as this one. Chris you were very lucky to own one. I bet you still regret selling it
Charles Perez I'm guessing he was leasing it for a sizeable amount of money. In another video, he mentions that he sells the Porsche so he can lease a Ferrari. Also I think the insurance in the UK is crazy.
the sequence starting at 5:29 - the car wash. Nice. Then a slow motion drift with serious quality of image....that is some fantastic shit. Good job Chris.
+The Jkghfg He has money he has a Ferrari and he tried to by a new GT 3 RS but he couldn't get one. And he's not paying the mark up they put on a used one. Well used with 15 miles on it but they still want 389 to 398 grand and the car went for 189 grand from the dealer but he couldn't get one from a dealer they were all sold out..
There's not so much talking in this, but when there is, it's meaningful. That's why I enjoy this series. I love Top Gear, but when I need to relax, I watch this. This truly captures the quiet intensity within the cars.
Looking at past Porsche's and their tendency to appreciate many times their initial cost decades later I would dispute that statement. This car will be worth more than what it was brand new in 20 years - that's a given.
A. Shaw they were made in limited edition of 600 cars. Once the PDK floods the market, this will become a collectible. Manual Ferrari 599s are already gaining in price.
I have never seen a video that get's across my love of cars in such a cinematic way! A car should be a pantomime! Loud, beautiful and entertaining! It doesn't have to be fast, I just has to make me happy and fell like I'm a child again!
Chris Harris manages to make me watch every video more then once and make every car sound awesome despite it's flaws where as Matt Farah manages to draw me in and then piss me off. Chris captures the magic that is in cars and that makes him great.
This whole winter storage thing people do with nice sports cars is so foreign to me. I mean I get it but living In Southern California it's always sunny and nice 😊😋
Really love this video. You can tell from Chris's genuine presentation style and emotions evident on the face what this car is. Love those slow motion drifting shots too underlined with the ethereal music. Maybe a bit passe in 2016 but the emotion still holds true
This video have the best camera angles/views/shoots EVER in hole of human history... EVER!!! Not only on YT, but on TV as well...best camera work & edit ever! My fav is 4:07! If you don't, would be very great to make that as wallpaper, please! Greatest review thing you've show us, Chris!
me either. better car, better engine and not to mention stick shift is better than paddle shifters any day. Analog over digital for me.There is just more driver involvement that way especially on a car like that.
Because he couldn't keep up the monthly repayments for long. He said this himself. He got the 599 as it was 40 grand cheaper and the best supercar he could get for the price.
Chris - kudos for putting it in a showroom. One of the only ways people like me can appreciate this machine. I saw one in a showroom in London Ontario (Canada) and it was one of 2 in the entire country. I'm talking a city with a population of about 400,000... it was a big deal. It deeply impacted me being able to see this thing in the flesh. Europeans are a lucky bunch when it comes to the cars that roam their streets.
Does anyone ever come back to old Chris Harris videos and wishes that he would just carry on with Chris Harris on Cars. There was a time when a new CHOC videos would the signal to drop everything and watch it first. The gold-standard of car reviews.
+Blake Felice OK guys I guess I haven't seen them all. All I meant was, the few I have seen he's kicking it out eating up tires making them less and less effective and killing lap time but I guess I'll be quiet. Happy New Year folks!!!
This is such an awesome video. Hope it gets featured, hope EVERYONE including non car fans gets a chance to see it, i hope by the end of the year it has at least 100,000 views. This channel is 10 times what Fast Lane Daily was, thanks to Chris Harris and Matt Farah and Leo and Alex Roy all collaborating together to make one awesome car enthusiast channel. This is truly great stuff guys, keep it up.
That must've been one of the best hosted, filmed and produced pieces that I have ever seen on TH-cam! May I even say better than what the last couple of series of Top Gear have offered.
Still amazing to watch 10 years on..
Same here, end of august 2023,
12 years on
Same here I was 20 when I first seen this now I’m gonna turn 32😊
still cant believe he sold this thing. I feel like there is no better car for him. this car is the best representation of all chris wants in a car
Yeah I can't understand it either.
He didnt use to have a lot of money back then, had to sell it to enjoy a variety of other cars. Im sure if he owned it now he wouldnt think of selling it, unless it was worth a ridiculous amount of money.
@@LoL0assasinspeet well they do go for something like 400-500k these days..
Yeah, I think that Mark Webber told him he was a loon for selling it.
Mr.BigBoss7 where do you get these numbers from ? You can buy a very good manual gt3 rs for under 180k
Still watching for the millionth time in 2019
And now in 2020 brother
@@tannermerrill amen brother
Agree almost 2021
...and 2020 December
September 2021, can’t get enough of it.
That drift @5:59 is poetry. Beautiful video, I come back and watch it once a year. 997.2 is my dream car.
This video really stood the test of time. A phenomenal work of art. May this never be forgotten.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video, each time I grow greener with envy at you having the opportunity to own such a masterpiece of a car. One day hopefully, one day. . .
right? I've watched it countless time, too.
Barry # Chris sold one to get a Ferrari. Big mistake in my point of view. This Porsche is gorgeous and sounds perfect.... master piece.
I could never bring myself to sell one of these. It is however an investment car, and money talks. Granted he would have made more had he hang onto it a little longer, but he certainly wouldn't have lost anything. What Ferrari did he go for again? FF was it? Also, thanks for making this video pop up again, it never gets old!
It was a 599. I also would never sell this car, it's my favorite ever. But he had his reasons.
Get the new 991.2 gt3! Not quite the same, and not cheap, but 500 hp 4.0 that does 9k rpm and a manual! Much more reasonable
Still watching this video years later. Honestly probably my favourite piece of automotive journalism. It's just as stunning as the first time I saw it.
This rare beauty will appreciate like mad in the next 10-20 years and its the most purest driving experience money can buy. I still cant believe he traded this for a 599. (I don't hate Ferraris)
I don't think he had a choice. It was just a little too expensive for him to handle.
SondeBeeches And the 599 is cheaper to maintain??? (I'm not being ironic, just wondering)
Definitely not, it's probably more expensive than the porsche. I think he got rid of his 599 too.
pancon5 Most likely most expensive to maintain, but cheaper to buy in.
Whats more JDM Toyota or Nissan agreed 100%
Amazing! Love Chris Harris and the cinematography is epic! Really excellent job guys! This one is going in my favorites!
IMHO, probably the best TH-cam automotive video to date. People will only have to look to this particular video 20, 30, 50 years from now to garner the best understanding of a legendary pure everyday drivers car in the day or circa 2011. Thank you Porsche, thank you Chris.
really glad this kind of comment is still refreshing today
Here for the yearly rerun, every time it starts to get cold I just can’t stop thinking of this video.
the 997 gt3rs 4.0 is absolute automotive royalty, as is Chris Harris for that matter.
This is one of my fave movies on youtube all the time, love the atmosphere and this music... love my GT3Rs4.0... love you Porsche.. and thank u Chris!
Because you got a 4.0...
hahaha and what about your porsche 918? :P
***** Yeah, because someone who owned a 4.0 would never think to watch videos of them on TH-cam.....
Still one of the best car videos ever made. I watch it about once a year.
This video is immortal. The last 911 with a Stick... It totally beats that video of the old guy with the two F40's who drives them like an old chap. The way Chris drove this car in this video, plus the car itself, is Immortal. Porsche. There is No Substitute.
Schleberger You're missing the point. It's the last manual 911 RS variant-- New RS's will always have PDK. Perez failed to specify the variant but he has a great point.
Hello from the future!!! The 991.2 GT3 RS is coming with a manual too!!!
12 years on and still a fantastic video.
Clean low mileage 4.0 cars now close to half a million 😳
Watching this video and having seen a few before from Chris Harris, I start more and more to think of him as a poet. A "the pure style of driving in not downsized real cars poet"! Most of us viewers are as much of a car maniac as he is, but the pure NA engine fascination, he really did express it with this video - without banging the car constantly to the rev limiter! Great job, very great job! I like this guy and his videos only because he can be so fascinated by any car that might hit the right button in him!
When I think of Chris's best video, this is the first one that comes to mind.
Still one of my favorite videos on the entire internet
with you
Back again .. can’t stop watching.
This vídeo 5 years ago made me realize that I needed to sell my 997 carrera 2S before depreciation was too bad. I wanted a GT3 so bad, and luckily was able to get my hands on a Cayman GT4 brand new, but still to this day (still own the GT4) I want a 997.2 GT3 or GT3RS they are so special, of course a 4.0 liter RS is simply unreachable.
One of the few youtube videos I come back to. Nothing better than an early weekend drive with empty roads regardless of conditions.
Would rather have this than the new 991 GT3. Guaranteed to be a collector in the future, even with miles on it.
I think it is already a collector car, haven't prices shot up to the $300k range?
John Gagnon Yeah, and 20-30 years from now we're gonna look back at this nostalgic piece of engineering like we do with the 959 or F40... true classic.
John Gagnon yes.. there's 2 on ebay for $330k and $360k
this was the highest performing production gt3 that was still made with a manual transmission iirc?
TickleMeShlomo lol
Chris Harris, being able to capture the essence of driving since 19xx. Thank you!
I do respect your opinion on cars, Chris, and I understand that Variety is the Spice of Life, but I think you'll come to regret selling this. Stone Cold Classic.
Drive team - you guys have truly NAILED the auto media segment. I've been a fan of your past content through it's various forms, but the pieces for the Drive channel have been phenomenal! The shots, the editing, the commentary, the music - everything is near perfect and is a pleasure to consume. Please keep up the good work!
I will continue to spread the good word of your efforts to other fellow enthusiasts.
You should have kept your 4.0 RS Chris, even the high mileage cars are going for 300,000£+ at the moment while they were only 130,000 new.
Remind him again. I'm sure he hasn't that for at least.. oh, say.. a whole 2 minutes? What do you think?
Nue Gai He sold the 4.0 RS and bought a 599 GTB... That's the worst swap ever.
I guess he had not bought them, because he had a one years test car - now the car is back to Porsche, refurbisht and sold as used car or part of their race driver program. You can rent a 911 GT3 as pure race car. But you have to realy drive races with them. Porsche offers you the car and the maintaince and spare parts. But tthsi service is not cheap - but if you find some advertising partner, it can be payable to drive at the Porsche cup, etc.
PorscheSweden and you've probably driven both to be able to talk about which is better and all?
Nik Brudar No but one is going for 80 grand and another is going for 400 grand+. It must the car that is dropping that is so special to drive right??
Came back to watch it one more time...still the best automotive video on youtube. Pure art.
Still watching till 2024
such an incredible car. no other gt3 will ever be as pure and as raw as this one. Chris you were very lucky to own one. I bet you still regret selling it
I feel really sad watching this. RIP Hans Mezger
What a video...
This is true motoring journalism!
Well shot, well edited, music well scored, and BRILLIANT narration/review/overview by Chris Harris!
How could you possibly ever sell this car??? That is just above and beyond me
That was a car that your Son might inherit... If he deserved it. A car to pound your chest on. A car to drive - every day. I would have never sold it.
Charles Perez I'm guessing he was leasing it for a sizeable amount of money. In another video, he mentions that he sells the Porsche so he can lease a Ferrari. Also I think the insurance in the UK is crazy.
Kind of hard to keep a car you can't afford, chief.
He didn't sell it because he didn't like it.
Charles Perez You wouldn't have a choice if you couldn't keep up with the payments and couldn't afford to pay for a car like this in cash.
***** Thats ridiculous. I bitch and moan because I have to pay $1500 Australian dollars annually.
the sequence starting at 5:29 - the car wash. Nice. Then a slow motion drift with serious quality of image....that is some fantastic shit. Good job Chris.
I hope he uses this Top Gear Money to buy this weapon back! What a mistake to sell!!
Neil Carey you are a pure artist producing pure art. Top quality Platinum A+++ video. Say no more !
Porsche+stick=FANTASTIC...
always great to revisit this, amazing film
He needs to win some money and get his car back.
Maybe he will if the rumours of him being a presenter on the new Top Gear are true 😁
+The Jkghfg He has money he has a Ferrari and he tried to by a new GT 3 RS but he couldn't get one. And he's not paying the mark up they put on a used one. Well used with 15 miles on it but they still want 389 to 398 grand and the car went for 189 grand from the dealer but he couldn't get one from a dealer they were all sold out..
I'm out of breath after reading that.
***** Not my fault your illiterate?
***** Were getting graded on essay's now??? I'm only talking to an idiot like you!
There's not so much talking in this, but when there is, it's meaningful. That's why I enjoy this series. I love Top Gear, but when I need to relax, I watch this. This truly captures the quiet intensity within the cars.
Last gen of the manual GT Porsche, good investment
Should never call a car an investment.
Looking at past Porsche's and their tendency to appreciate many times their initial cost decades later I would dispute that statement. This car will be worth more than what it was brand new in 20 years - that's a given.
A. Shaw they were made in limited edition of 600 cars. Once the PDK floods the market, this will become a collectible. Manual Ferrari 599s are already gaining in price.
I know what you're saying. But fundamentally, it's a car meant to be driven, not a piece of art waiting to appreciate.
A. Shaw Get over it, anything you can buy then sell can technically be considered an investment. Cars just happen to be an investment that we enjoy.
The difference between making a car review and passionly love a car and make a review of that. Brilliant!
Likes to oversteer. Thank you.
A true love story - shot and presented in the best possible way. Thanks, Chris!
if you can find a better 30 second clip in all of auto journaling than 5:58 please let me know. CH is an all time lad.
The last mezger engine, what a beauty. Long live to you Hans Mezger!
There's no such thing as a Porsche porno right? Sure feels like I'm watching some dirty movie
GT3 Rated.
Great Short Chris. I,m all emotional now. Wonderful over steer shots. Thnk you. Gene
This is truly a work of art that screams to be drivin by a lunatic.
Living the dream! He's a great bloke - really enjoy what he has to offer with his own distinctive style.
Such a beauty. This will be one of those absolute classics in 40 years. Last real manual Porsche.
Would much prefer over a 599..
I have never seen a video that get's across my love of cars in such a cinematic way! A car should be a pantomime! Loud, beautiful and entertaining! It doesn't have to be fast, I just has to make me happy and fell like I'm a child again!
this is Chris Harris personal gt3
Prior to sale :/
Chris Harris manages to make me watch every video more then once and make every car sound awesome despite it's flaws where as Matt Farah manages to draw me in and then piss me off. Chris captures the magic that is in cars and that makes him great.
This whole winter storage thing people do with nice sports cars is so foreign to me. I mean I get it but living In Southern California it's always sunny and nice 😊😋
Yeah, just keep rubbing it in our wounds :(
Same here, I live in Miami. One season all year long just milder in the winter.
Really love this video. You can tell from Chris's genuine presentation style and emotions evident on the face what this car is. Love those slow motion drifting shots too underlined with the ethereal music. Maybe a bit passe in 2016 but the emotion still holds true
his group b video on drive has the most emotion ive ever seen haha
I don't think I'd ever be able to part ways with one of these.
Chris, what i like about you is that u drive every of your cars like they are meant to be driven, you dont have them for show, like many others
It seems the Top Gear sound engineer got his hands on this video.
i loved the ambient music. very chill and matched the mood of the video perfectly in my opinion. to each his own guys. great video.
Id rather have this then the new 991 GT3 RS
This video have the best camera angles/views/shoots EVER in hole of human history... EVER!!! Not only on YT, but on TV as well...best camera work & edit ever! My fav is 4:07! If you don't, would be very great to make that as wallpaper, please! Greatest review thing you've show us, Chris!
I still cant believe he sold this for a ferrari 599 :/
me either. better car, better engine and not to mention stick shift is better than paddle shifters any day. Analog over digital for me.There is just more driver involvement that way especially on a car like that.
Because he couldn't keep up the monthly repayments for long. He said this himself. He got the 599 as it was 40 grand cheaper and the best supercar he could get for the price.
Yeah, Mark Webber said in an interview with Chris Harris that he owns a 4.0. It's in the Geneva car show video.
Honestly one of the best car videos I've seen in a while
values of 4.0 rs have gone way up now, not hard to see why
Chris - kudos for putting it in a showroom. One of the only ways people like me can appreciate this machine. I saw one in a showroom in London Ontario (Canada) and it was one of 2 in the entire country. I'm talking a city with a population of about 400,000... it was a big deal. It deeply impacted me being able to see this thing in the flesh. Europeans are a lucky bunch when it comes to the cars that roam their streets.
Reporting this as porn lol, chris's best car review ever!
There is nothing better than slow-motion footage of a car going sideways! Thank you drive for that!!!
What is the song?
I make sure to watch this video every Wednesday morning. Onto week 6 now.
Back in his 'good 'ol days', before he was drinking the Ferrari & McLaren Koolaid.
?
Terry Forth the "How Ferrari Spins" Chris Harris
He just bought a gt3 touring lol
Congratulations Chris, you lucky bastard! Enjoy that BEAST! Incredible video, loved every second of it
Car is so sick ! It has doubled it's value since chris sold it:-(
I really like that you can see Chris Harris actually doing the driving, the drifting - everything. A legitimate car and motor sports enthusiast.
The last great purist porsche
Ned Boase right? God how I loathe such comments
You two done with you’re little circle jerk?
I love this video. I find myself coming back, not being able to get enough of either the car and the cinematography.
those rims from heaven
terrific video. just pure driving, cinematography, and passion.
hahaha look at the guy in the car on the left at 4:21 :D
huh huh what the hell is going on??!!! is tsunami coming this wayy??
Does anyone ever come back to old Chris Harris videos and wishes that he would just carry on with Chris Harris on Cars. There was a time when a new CHOC videos would the signal to drop everything and watch it first. The gold-standard of car reviews.
The days when Porche's still had stick shift :(
This didn’t age well lol
@@TheMaximaman indeed!
Beautifully shot. The best on TH-cam. Thanks again Chris.
"display only - likes to oversteer"
Fantastic idea putting it on display for the winter. A true custodian.
Car fetish
The best car reviewer driving probably the BEST "Drivers Car" available on the planet right now, lOVE IT
All this guy does is drift.
Oversteer 4 life
+Seandale Jackson Watch his other videos. In every review he does, he does straight laps and drift laps.
+Blake Felice OK guys I guess I haven't seen them all. All I meant was, the few I have seen he's kicking it out eating up tires making them less and less effective and killing lap time but I guess I'll be quiet.
Happy New Year folks!!!
+Seandale Jackson That's like saying all someone does is have sex.
+Seandale Jackson You say that like it's a bad thing.
This could possibly be one of the nicest car reviews i have ever seen. even better then anything top gear UK put out.
I can see this video once and again, once and again... It don´t bored to me
thanks for not talking too much. the car speaks for itself. I absolutely love it!
This is such an awesome video. Hope it gets featured, hope EVERYONE including non car fans gets a chance to see it, i hope by the end of the year it has at least 100,000 views. This channel is 10 times what Fast Lane Daily was, thanks to Chris Harris and Matt Farah and Leo and Alex Roy all collaborating together to make one awesome car enthusiast channel. This is truly great stuff guys, keep it up.
That must've been one of the best hosted, filmed and produced pieces that I have ever seen on TH-cam! May I even say better than what the last couple of series of Top Gear have offered.
The best video in the history of car journalism
Nine years in the future and it's still a great car, a great driver and a great edit!
I could (and do) watch this video over and over again.
i love the way Chris sits in attack position at all times, true petrol in his veins
This might be the most amazing video production I think I have ever seen! Porsche "There is no substitute"
2024 we still come back, to this one
The video production quality on this is superlative! .... like all other vids on this channel. Well done.
Going 2020 now still watching this GT3 rs 4.0 way better than the new 991 GT3 for me