DRIVEN: Manual 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3 - More Exciting Than My Ferrari 430 Scuderia!?
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Today I'm driving a Porsche 911 GT3. Always a good day, although I haven't always gelled with the previous GT3s. The 997 in particular never worked for me due to the gearbox and engine combo. The 991.1 I absolutely loved and thought PDK worked well for it, but what is the 991.2 like with the six speed manual - and can it compare to the drama of my recently acquired Ferrari 430 Scuderia?
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Hi James. How heavy did u find the clutch
Hi James
Do you like this more than the Ferrari 599?
I know how long geared these are and I know how high up the rev range you got.. Naughty boy :P
Incredible car. Sounds like motoring perfection.
agree with this review. sold my 458 for one of these and never looked back. the engine, the manual, the 10 years newer tech, chassis, suspension... it almost annoying how good the .2 gt3 manual is at everything.
agree my 991.2 GT3 Touring is a keeper
458 Ferrari sounds pretty good but I must admit I love my 991.2 GT3 with pdk and straight thru Akrapovic system. Going up and down those gears is a joy and I love wringing it’s proverbial neck 👍
I think you captured that flat six noise better than any other youtube video I've ever seen. It sounds evil.
Thanks John, the sound here is fairly accurate too - it really does sound that bonkers!
Yep
@@JayEmmOnCars just the sound makes me so exciting
I’m picking up one of these cars on Monday. Same spec. Does it really sound like this? Stock exhaust? I really hope so!
@@adamstrong6064 how have you been enjoying it 6 months later?
Gosh that Porsche naturally aspirated flat six the it makes is glorious
I was never a big Porsche fan until I drove one, heard that and bought it ☺ Not a GT3 though, I'm not rich...
Well luckily, I got my hands on 981 flat 6 , in 2014, and I'm not letting go. When they all go "electric" it will be sorely missed. Cheers.
@@itguru2037 With the EU emissions regulations, already codified into law, there isn't a choice. However polls show that 80% of EU residents are against outlawing internal combustion engine cars. Cheers.
@@itguru2037Porsche is built in Germany and Austria, and as such have to follow EU emissions laws and regulations.. Cheers.
When you experience one, you can comprehend why they are raved about to such an extent... the first time I had a go in one, I was absolutely blown away, even after managing my expectations beforehand.
After driving my cousin's 991.1 GT3 RS, despite having very lofty expecations, they were smashed into oblivion. Now my life is figuring out the fastest way for me to be able to own one.
@@AlexQuail...and this is why I'm conflicted when offered to drive something above my league... On one hand you get to experience something you wouldn't normally experience but on the other hand it leaves an itch I cannot reach 😭
@@aaa84gt That's why I never took the free first class upgrade on a flight when it was offered as well.
@@deanchur That's a different thing to me, apples and oranges...
@@aaa84gt I know what you mean. I do feel motivated though, so treating it as a net positive!
If you need me, I’ll be in the classifieds and finance calculators… crying
At least we are not alone 😭
Me too!
Buy lottery tickets and when you win, don't forget to wave to me as you pass me in your new 991.2 GT3 manual 😃
8:42 Pretty much sums up why I adore this car/presenter combo'...even deaf people can enjoy this review.
Was just about to comment the exact same thing 😂
Very funny 😆. My sentiments exactly!
As the current owner of a 991.2 GT3 6MT, I agree completely. The 4.0L engine with solid valvetrain and 6MT combination is probably the best in the business.
Also lower cost of ownership and less stress & heartache than the Ferrari, by quite a lot I'd imagine? Less interest from the police too. Pretty much the perfect weekend car.
The car has been flawless. No reliability issues whatsoever, no squeaks, functions perfectly.
This is the best Porsche IMHO. The 3.8 in the 991.1 GT3 is a hand grenade, but the 4.0 is the enduro racing engine.
This is the car I’d love to move up to from my GT4. Personally I think it looks better the the 992 version, not nearly as bulky looking, and I’m a big fan of the 991 interior. Just hoping prices moderate a bit going into next year vs the currently craziness. They’ve softened a bit on Bring a TraIler lately, so hopefully that continues
Would be curious to hear your comparisons with your handling preferences from the midengined car, and the rear engined car.
I gave in and test drove the .2 GT3 then subsequently sold my 981 GT4, which is the best car I have owned. I found the GT3 a marginally better car overall, the engine is better and it felt considerably quicker. However, when you consider cost, the GT4 is a better value car. I also have my fingers crossed for a softening in GT3 prices. I find £150k for a 4 year old car with 5k miles too much to justify.
I fear the prices won’t soften throughout 2022. If you can get one near its MSRP, then I can recommend going for it totally. I only drove my 911 Turbo for fun so moving into the 991.2 GT three it’s a small step back in speed, but a huge step up in fun. Cheers
Hi, interesting comment that I thought I'd share my experiences with you. I just sold my 997.1GT3, waiting for my 992GT3 which is delayed, so for a daily I went and bought a new GT4. Been a 911 driver for 32 years, so it was a step backwards in my mind. NOT at all. The GT4 is an incredible car, for country or hills driving it is faster than nay of my 911s. It is so planted and quick around corners. As for the track, maybe not as fast as a 991 GT3, but certainly faster than my 997, and by a lot. I do not regret buying it, and may not trade it on my 992 now..... eek. I still have a 993 Turbo, and nothing compares to this, it is pure drives car and experience. The GT4 tall gearing is fine, you learn to drive twisties differently, certainly no worse than the gearing in a 997 (as Jay even elludes to)
@@jamescarson6681 Hi Joji, commented to 993mike if interested, below, thx
god i absolutely love the sound of this car
the fact that a 4l 6cyl goes up to 9k rpm is quite insane
I ran my Scud alongside a 991.1 RS and they approach the going fast exciting bit in very different ways. You can’t say one is better than the other. What I will say though is that the Porsche feels indestructible and after 18k miles and lord knows how many launches, it hasn’t missed a beat. You can’t say that about the Ferrari which always felt like it would throw a big bill at you. Great video and say hi to George & Caitlin. I owe him a spin in the Phantom …
Are you still keeping your SCUD? im now thinking if I should replace mine with a 991.1 RS for the same reason. Dont want to wait until the big bill shows up.
I definitely think the 991.2 looks better than the 992. Love the touring
I agree. I think the 991 cars are the best looking of the water cool Porsches.
What an awesome car. Thanks for showcasing it. The division 2 Scotland team are the best. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely love your content Jay, so well made and insightful. Keep up the great videos!
Hands down the greatest video you've ever produced. I have never seen such s reaction from you.
What a Machine ...i Loved Hearing You Compress The Clutch Which Results In That Break Of Glorious SOUND Of The Flat Six Which Adds To The Drama Of Every Gear Shift ... Fantastic Production ... Thank You Sooo Much Jay For Sharing This German Engineered Monster From Porsche GT ... Bravo Porsche Bravo
Great review Jay. I always enjoy watching your videos but really loved this one.. you really captured the qualities of this very special car . The 991.2 GT3 manual is a masterpiece
Incredible sounding car and you've captured the sound amazingly not many ppl on yt can get audio on videos right you always seem to get it pretty spot on
Exactly why my GT3 Touring is a ‘forever’ car… never experienced anything like it before or after. Porsche gave me a 991.2 GT3 RS for the day and I liked the looks but it was a numb experience in the road (I’m sure on track it would be brilliant) they then said try a Touring… OMG, such a different experience and feeling, I was sold after the first gear change. Now done the best 5000km of my life. It’s now the benchmark and the only car I’m looking to add to the garage now is a 458 Speciale, which comes close but in a different way. In 10+ years with hybrid/electric/automatic etc the 991.2 cup engine with manual will be £500k
Wow wow wow indeed Jay , that engine sounds amazing . Great review , stunning Porsche .
loved the emotion and visceral feelings it evoked of being in a GT3, as I experienced it for the first time. Well done.
THE best GT3 in my book. 9000rpm, manual 'box, simple yet intimidating design, proper interior. If I got the money I'd get a Touring in elegant colour like Albert Blue or go mad with something like Rubystone or Yellow Green.
FANTASTIC video, love the exhaust recordings you overlay 🎉
Great video mate. Love your passion in this one. And that engine….👌🏽👌🏽
Thank you James, for a great video.
I would get one of these if I could. Pretty much top of the list. Not sure it will ever happen, but we'll see!
I had a 996.2 GT3 and absolutely loved it. But your comment about the Mezger feeling wrong unless you're absolutely on it, is spot on! Curious about this 991.2 GT3 now!
Perfect car
Perfect roads
Perfect weather
Looked liked a day to remember you jammy bugger !
Wow is right! You just gave a new definition of the word serious! Thanks James
The enthusiasm of the delivery is infectious and that sound... Great vid 👍
Great review Jay. Had me on the edge of my seat. Prob your best so far.
I wonder if he like this car? Jeez, your enthusiasm for this car is awesome! ‘Full stop….hands down…right onto the podium, one of the best cars ever’. Your review was great, your subject matter certainly helped. Cheers mate
Great video 👍🏻 Enjoyed it very much. I like how in the intro my subtitles say "[Music]" when there’s just the GT3’s engine noise 😀👍🏻
The wheels on this car are really cool wow!!! Sounds good too those inside clips
Great Video, great sound capture of that glorious flat 6!!!
There’s something rather satisfying about watching a video of someone driving a German car whilst wearing a t-shirt covered in Spitfires.
Great review though, Porsche were really at their best for this generation.
Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
In my quest to decide on buying the 991.2 gt3 I’ve watched pretty much all of the videos out there
- I must say that this video captured the sounds and excitement of the car better than any of them
Happy to say I found a gem of a car with low miles mint paint and next to no track use. Basically a garage princess.
Your video was great and helped me make the decision to write a big check on a dream car. Well done!
Wow. This is a dream car for me. This review is the final straw. I need one. And I need one now.
Great show from you man. What an amazing thing those gt3's are. If I had the bucks I would go right after a 991 speedster.
I bought one of these because of this review and couldn’t be happier. Thanks for the advice.
Sir this is the best car I have seen you enjoy driving! No doubt! What a sound 🙌🏾
Hope you also enjoyed the road you used for this test . It’s one of my favourites just outside my home town .keep up the great work .
Sounds amazing. Drove my Dad's 981 Boxers S the other day and although not the fastest thing in the world that 3.4 flat six puts the ultimate smile on your face. GT3 is a dream car.
Fantastic!! Love the engine bleeping out your reaction!!
It probably is more exciting…. Because it’s a manual. People really underestimate the importance of changing gear by hand.
Yes! & my left foot likes to part of my driving experience
Donald W Henry Catchpole captures the magic of Porsche GT + Manual in his video "Manuals Matter". Brilliant. We are fortunate indeed to have such eloquent enthusiasts such as JayEmm and Henry.
Can’t disagree but that PDK in this car is bloody great too!!
Both hands and feet all busy simultaneously, nothing better.
Even with PDK this thing is fan-bloody-tastic. I got a taster on a GT3 RS. That PDK is utter madness in the way it shifts. You just think of touching the paddle and it changes. Absolute madness. Coupled with that howling DFI engine and it's a crack on 4 wheels.
Would love me a manual 991.2 GT3 Touring, though.
Great video, like i’ve said 2 times before you should have more than 1 million subs, thanks for putting a smile every time.
Wow, thank you!
Wow what a car and wow you lucky boy,I have watched the video over and over thanks for making me happy.
Love to see someone actually and honestly gushing over a car. So many people have this either fake, exaggerated reaction; or an "yeah, I'm so cool, I've driven so many cars, it's ok I guess" kind of nonsense. Because I know you will always be honest about a car, and I know how a true car enthusiast reacts... honestly, this just made my day watching you beaming with joy 😁
Gotta be honest otherwise what's the point?
You're right about the 997, my C2S 997.1 needed a lot hard pushing to get the best out of it, you needed to keep it in high revs to get it moving
An absolutely, absolutely, absolutely...absolutely nice review JayEmm.
Great to see, someone reviewing something that totally wins them over. Fantastic
This is the first review I have seen from you Just subscribed 🏁🏁👍👍
Top video - best you’ve made - REALLY enjoyed it
What a car....!! truly what dreams are made of, fantastic video, if not the best yet? thank you, regards Dave.
James, great review, thank you. Your original feature on the 991.1 GT3, white 64 plate was originally my car. I fell out with it because of the damping harshness on UK roads, especially out in the country side. Now have the 991.2 and completely agree that the ride is much improved, making it more enjoyable to drive enthusiastically. It feels and is safer as a result in my opinion. The mid range induction roar on the 4.0ltr is something else, but may be hard to capture as it is really noticeable from the inside.
The first minute of the video said everything. What a machine this is . The cacophonous symphony of exhaust,turbo and intake, and valve train building in a crescendo then shift and it all begins again. Brilliant!
Wait is it NA? Was that whistling sound just from the intake? 9000 rpm makes me grin compulsively
My favorite car reviewer reviewing my favorite car. Today is a good day, and I must own one of these in my life!
Always understood how capable Porsches' were, but never wanted one..until now! Excellent video, and the sound that thing makes is biblical! 😍👌
That's a perfect intro James!
What a car!
JayEmm, I think you do very informative videos and I enjoy them, especially how you have recorded the audio of the cars. I owned from new in Sydney both, Club Sports as well as first in Australia, a 1999, 996 GT3 (daily driver) and a 2001 996 GT2 (that was Tracked 80% and initially delivered with steel brakes) and I don t remember the gear boxes being anything but the finest from Weisech.
Jay, that was an awesome video. Wow, you're very lucky. You could get into all kinds of bother in one of those 😉
That engine scream/howl is simply awesome. WOW!
How could someone not like this video? It's brilliant!
That, was a good video! Appreciate it.
Bought one without driving one, based on all the great reviews......and.....it's absolutely fabulous. You were spot on
One of your best reviews to date in my opinion
Absolutely Next Level Awesome. The end 🤩🤩
Amazing review. I’d love you for to try the PDK 991.2 GT3 and give an opinion on the gearbox after that.
Great review from New Zealand
Wow, incredible review. 10/10!
8:42 - love the creative way to cut out the audio of the swear word. I was nervous to watch this video, as it is one of my dream cars (on the higher end of the spectrum), despite not being a left-field choice at all. Pleasantly surprised with James' verdict on the steering feel of the EPAS system. Sounds like the gear ratios aren't too terribly long either. I wonder if the folding carbon seats that TheCarGuys Damian's GT3 Touring has would be more comfortable... I am an introvert who'd still appreciate its mechanical sound that crescendos to 9000rpm, so the subtle Touring that retains the 911 silhouette, in Paint-to-sample 'Viola Metallic' or 'Oak Green Metallic' would be 'the creme of the creme' for me.
Imagine a GT3 Touring in something like Slate Grey or Bali Blue with Tarpan Brown leather interior, tartan fabric seat centre and the Sport Plus comfort seat. That, I would daily drive.
Great... now I have to rethink my original dream 996 GT3 Porsche and somehow double that amount of money because this is even more awesome and good... Thanks Jay, no really ;-).
These cars are absolute weapons, no question about it. Plus you can drive them as hard as you like. I got rid of mine though, because it's just too fast for the street. If you're in a place with some great tracks, this might be the perfect car though - because that's where it deserves to be driven!
Fantastic video mate!
amazing review James
Damn you, JayEmm! 😁
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Now I’m ISO a GT3 991.2! 🤓
Splendid summary and quite a compelling argument.👍😎
-former paid subscriber (till that option went away
Haha, sorry!
The subscription bit will return, but when I can do it properly
Awesome footage and Content. 997.1 clutch is a race clutch comming directly from GT1 and was Designer to stand a 24h race. It is doing exactly what it was designed for, hence no design flaw or bug 😂
Fabulous content. What an awesome car.
Awesome review !!!
A beautiful looking car. Congratulations to its proud owner.
I want one of these, or the manual 430 Harry tested a few months ago. Thanks, Jay.
Brilliant car, one of the few modern cars I would consider buying as Porsche have stuck with a magical high revving naturally aspirated engine and give the option of a brilliant manual box or the equally impressive PDK dual clutch. I had a mildly modded 996 GT3 and the gearbox was great but I agree with Jay about the 997 GT3 gearbox. I found is stiff and rather slow, not remotely enjoyable to use.
I really hope that I will be able to afford one of these one day. Though I worry that in about 5-10 years when stuff like this truly stop being made because of regulation, the prices of these will shoot up like crazy.
Props to you for not saying anything during the first minute so we could enjoy the lovely sound!
First time I've ever really been interested in one James!
This looks like so much fun I swear!!!!
Be lis e mo, fab to see, thanks for sharing guys 🏁👍
Appreciate the commentary and the theatrics portrayed by that 9A1 screamer engine. Beautifully done video. We are completely allowed to have different opinions (which makes the world less boring), but I'm still confused to why Tim (Shmee) never got attached to his 991.2 GT3. One thing he did mention was that he liked the chassis balance of his Cayman GT4s, so perhaps he wasn't really a fan of the 'pendulum' characteristic (exaggerated term perhaps for the post 997 era) that you would get from rear engined cars. Perhaps the double wishbone front suspension in the 992 GT3s have rectified/eradicated that common critique of understeer that 911s of yesteryear would get.
Fantastic car, great engine and on the wish list for many. Prefer this to the 992
I like some of your vids, but not all, however @ 8:42 you've just re-engaged me... Keep it up sir...
Great film about a truly awesome car. Thanks for getting the sound right - that engine needs to be revved and heard. Can I borrow the keys please?
Dream car right there. Such a lovely piece of engineering. Quite sad I'll never get to own one frankly...
Awsome review
Wow 👏! That looked like it blew your socks off.
That thing looks amazing!
A beautiful day, in a beautiful part of the country, in a beautifully engineered car. Just needed a beautiful shirt to complete the vid 😉
Thanks Jay!