A quick look at the Porsche people nicknamed The Widowmaker. 462 turbo charged horses, rear engine, 2 wheel drive, no intrusive electronics to get in the way. What could possible go wrong.
Beautiful video and car. I have a 996 Turbo S. Added a titanium x pipe and a cobb tune, 540hp. These are very fun cars. Both rare, only 1500(Turbo S), 1300 or so for GT2. Cheers
I had a 996GT3 for many years and about 15 years ago I did a track day at Bedford Autodrome with a number of other 996GT3/GT3RS's and a guy in a new(ish) 996GT2. Some of the GT3/RS drivers where pretty handy drivers and nearly all had been set up for track work and the chap in the GT2 had a very spectacular off track excursion. Remember him spinning on some grass and crashed into a fence by the pit lane but luckily the only damage was a lot of stone chips on the rear of the car. Not a car to be driven hard unless you know what your doing.
It's being able to predict when the turbo power comes in and the rate it comes. A normally aspirated car is more liniar and easier to control. Ultimately the GT2 has more power as well.
OMG, youtube just threw this video at me, probably because i was looking for the latest GT2 RS on internet. That is my old car, i put the reg on it which i am chuffed its still there. Chris sold it through Porsche Reading and i bought it off Porsche. The Carbon brakes fell apart not long after owning it and i replaced with Alcon floating discs as quite frankly the carbon brakes of that day had absolutely no feel. I sold that car to 911V must have been around 2010/2011. To hear it now sells for 6 figures makes one feel bitter sweet. Bitter i sold it when i did not really need to (but it was in the way and did not get much use) and now its worth shedloads, Sweet in some ways as i would be happy to buy it again. That is a great car. cheers 991V - Ciro
Always great to hear back stories on cars. We see a lot of our cars time and time again buying and selling them several times over. Ultimately it's like having an extended family of cars and it's why we take the long term view. The GT2 RS is weapon !!
Wonderful video and pristine example. As a modified 996T owner, with 2WD conversion and 600 hp, the cars can be a handful and a great drive. Always enjoy your videos Henry - thank you for posting
Thanks for the video. Definitely a very analog car, very stiff and harsh to drive around town. I have one myself, an 2003. When the turbos kick in on these you'd better be ready, amazing how much power comes out and the pull, makes the hair on my arms stand on end when it really hits hard. Nice fun fact on the prior owner, I had heard he owned one. Love the color too.
Imagine how we feel thinking of all the cars that have passed through our fingers over the years. A crystal ball and a massive warehouse would have been ideal. The problem is we had to eat in the meantime !
i believe in the future this car will be extremely highly sought after and go down as an absolute legend. wish i could afford one as i think it would be a great investment. even though i hate the 996 with the fried egg headlights for some reason it just works so well on this car with the gt2 bumper and to me it is the best and most aggressive looking 911.
Lovely Colour, 996 not my favourite model when they first appeared have grown to like them now , The Turbo and GT2 is and always was a mean looking awesome machine.
@@911virgin8 that's how much this GT2 went for? What was the mileage? Sorry being very rude here. Just kind of shocked as in the USA the value of a 996 GT2 has been on the raise since 2018.
Sweet 996 GT2. I'd reserve the term "Widow maker" for early 930, though. A 996 is a very well balanced car to drive. Not tail happy at all. No lift off oversteer, no surprises. I race a 996 TT with GT2 ring and pinion, 600+ rwhp, very, very well behaving car. It doesn't have any of the quirky driving characteristics of any of the aircooled models, certainly none of the early 930 3.0 turbos.
It's a lot of turbo charged power going through the rear wheels on a car capable of extremely high speeds. The car potential / driver ability ratio could easily become unbalanced.
@@911virgin8 Nah, not really. I mean it is very easy to drive. Very well balanced. Doesn't do anything surprising. I drive without ABS, brakes are heavily front biased, can't do anything wrong with those. Unless of course you aim directly at a pole, yeah you are going to crash, but that is not because of the 996 GT2. The car itself does pretty much what the driver wants it to do.
@@911virgin8 No, I am not a good driver. Definitely not. The 996 is a very good car to drive. I honestly do not know where this talk comes from. The 996 just hasn't got any of the aircooled quirky habits.
This was a really quick video that we did. I've been struggling a bit with in car audio, there was some driving comments footage but I wasn't happy with the quality so ended up editing it like this. I'm going to have a bit of a play with the in car element and see if we can find a solution.
False You can customize badging on all porsche when buying and later. I recently re badged my 957. I even got a custom black and silver front badge because my Transsyberian is that livery.
Well it's not designed allow air out so I'd say it was an intake? As to what the air is used for once swallowed up no, it doesn't get eaten by the engine it feeds the intercoolers.
To me one of the best looking 911's ever
Sure, for Me too
Looks are such an individual thing. Certainly a seminal car in the Porsche line up and one I'm glad to have driven.
Beautiful car
Beautiful video and car. I have a 996 Turbo S. Added a titanium x pipe and a cobb tune, 540hp. These are very fun cars. Both rare, only 1500(Turbo S), 1300 or so for GT2. Cheers
Thanks for the comment. They are indeed rare cars. Great to get out there and use them.
Sold my CS version track day toy last year after 15 years ownership and 30k enjoyable miles. So much fun to drive to and on the track.
I've missed your vids! Lovely car. As a 996 owner i appreciate anything 996!!
Been busy, hopefully a few more videos on the horizon soon.
I can certainly vouch for the speed of this car having been a passenger when new. Blistering performance. Just incredible.
I had a 996GT3 for many years and about 15 years ago I did a track day at Bedford Autodrome with a number of other 996GT3/GT3RS's and a guy in a new(ish) 996GT2. Some of the GT3/RS drivers where pretty handy drivers and nearly all had been set up for track work and the chap in the GT2 had a very spectacular off track excursion. Remember him spinning on some grass and crashed into a fence by the pit lane but luckily the only damage was a lot of stone chips on the rear of the car. Not a car to be driven hard unless you know what your doing.
It's being able to predict when the turbo power comes in and the rate it comes. A normally aspirated car is more liniar and easier to control. Ultimately the GT2 has more power as well.
OMG, youtube just threw this video at me, probably because i was looking for the latest GT2 RS on internet. That is my old car, i put the reg on it which i am chuffed its still there. Chris sold it through Porsche Reading and i bought it off Porsche. The Carbon brakes fell apart not long after owning it and i replaced with Alcon floating discs as quite frankly the carbon brakes of that day had absolutely no feel. I sold that car to 911V must have been around 2010/2011. To hear it now sells for 6 figures makes one feel bitter sweet. Bitter i sold it when i did not really need to (but it was in the way and did not get much use) and now its worth shedloads, Sweet in some ways as i would be happy to buy it again. That is a great car. cheers 991V - Ciro
Always great to hear back stories on cars. We see a lot of our cars time and time again buying and selling them several times over. Ultimately it's like having an extended family of cars and it's why we take the long term view. The GT2 RS is weapon !!
I'm mean lol in the know you mean.... 996 are only going one way
Wonderful video and pristine example. As a modified 996T owner, with 2WD conversion and 600 hp, the cars can be a handful and a great drive. Always enjoy your videos Henry - thank you for posting
Thanks for taking the time to comment :-)
Thanks for the video. Definitely a very analog car, very stiff and harsh to drive around town. I have one myself, an 2003. When the turbos kick in on these you'd better be ready, amazing how much power comes out and the pull, makes the hair on my arms stand on end when it really hits hard. Nice fun fact on the prior owner, I had heard he owned one. Love the color too.
Glad you enjoy the car and clearly you are getting good use out of her !
@911virgin Stunning car! What was the mileage? And this has to be the Slate Grey?
here's Chris Harris sliding that GT2
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Sold my 996 GT2 to you guys worst mistake i ever made..........
Imagine how we feel thinking of all the cars that have passed through our fingers over the years. A crystal ball and a massive warehouse would have been ideal. The problem is we had to eat in the meantime !
i believe in the future this car will be extremely highly sought after and go down as an absolute legend. wish i could afford one as i think it would be a great investment. even though i hate the 996 with the fried egg headlights for some reason it just works so well on this car with the gt2 bumper and to me it is the best and most aggressive looking 911.
You may well be right, there are a few cars out there that probably deserve to ride the wave a bit more.
Keep them coming... your a wealth of knowledge and wisdom.
Thank you !!
Lovely Colour, 996 not my favourite model when they first appeared have grown to like them now , The Turbo and GT2 is and always was a mean looking awesome machine.
They are still fine looking cars, quite sharp.
Really enjoyable video. I appreciate your passion for and knowledge of Porsche cars. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for the kind words.
This is what I've been wanting for 👌👌👌👌
glad you liked
Lovely car and great color too.
The colour does work well with a turbo / C4S / GT2.
@@911virgin8 What color is it?
@@Kyle900t That was slate grey metallic
Telling that Harris kept the car that long. He must also like the new GT3 touring he has last I checked that had him selling this.
Beautiful Porsche😈 thanks for the video, may I ask what did it sell for?
The car made just north of £100,000
@@911virgin8 Thankyou
@@911virgin8 that's how much this GT2 went for? What was the mileage?
Sorry being very rude here. Just kind of shocked as in the USA the value of a 996 GT2 has been on the raise since 2018.
Sweet 996 GT2. I'd reserve the term "Widow maker" for early 930, though. A 996 is a very well balanced car to drive. Not tail happy at all. No lift off oversteer, no surprises. I race a 996 TT with GT2 ring and pinion, 600+ rwhp, very, very well behaving car. It doesn't have any of the quirky driving characteristics of any of the aircooled models, certainly none of the early 930 3.0 turbos.
It's a lot of turbo charged power going through the rear wheels on a car capable of extremely high speeds. The car potential / driver ability ratio could easily become unbalanced.
@@911virgin8 Nah, not really. I mean it is very easy to drive. Very well balanced. Doesn't do anything surprising. I drive without ABS, brakes are heavily front biased, can't do anything wrong with those. Unless of course you aim directly at a pole, yeah you are going to crash, but that is not because of the 996 GT2. The car itself does pretty much what the driver wants it to do.
You're obviously a driving God. For mere mortals like the rest of us driving talent can be exceeded. @@kingkreole9121
@@911virgin8 No, I am not a good driver. Definitely not. The 996 is a very good car to drive. I honestly do not know where this talk comes from. The 996 just hasn't got any of the aircooled quirky habits.
Was hoping you’d take it out for a spin and share some driving impressions...
This was a really quick video that we did. I've been struggling a bit with in car audio, there was some driving comments footage but I wasn't happy with the quality so ended up editing it like this. I'm going to have a bit of a play with the in car element and see if we can find a solution.
@@911virgin8 it’s ok! Harry’s garage had some crap in car audio too and I still enjoyed those very much :)
@@allanlai_ I'd like to get it sorted though.
PCCB for 3000.-?
Per disc, yes.
993s were badged as gt not gt2
False
You can customize badging on all porsche when buying and later. I recently re badged my 957. I even got a custom black and silver front badge because my Transsyberian is that livery.
It’s not really an air intake on the side now is it.
Well it's not designed allow air out so I'd say it was an intake? As to what the air is used for once swallowed up no, it doesn't get eaten by the engine it feeds the intercoolers.
Brilliant video!
Thanks !