I am the 2nd owner of my 2016 GT3RS - Had 14000km when I bought it - Ive had the car 3 yrs - now has 80000km (ie 50000miles) - Plenty of road and track miles/km - Love the car - is designed to be driven so I drive it - I don't care about resale as I have no intention of selling the car.
IMO that shows someone who can afford to drive the cars he's buying. He's not fussed about re-sale value, and he's allowing himself to enjoy the car without restriction. More people need to be like this and enjoy them! At this rate the manufacturers will only give you a 30k mile warranty as that's all people seem to do . . . .
True, I agree a 100% but I think with some of the wealthy buyers it is impossible to do 175k miles. If you own 30 cars like many rich guys do 3k miles per car is a lot
I do not share the view that people “need to” be like you say. Each to their own. There is nothing wrong or off about wanting to savour the moment by using the car sparingly, and really appreciate those special moments. The icing on the cake is preservation of the value, and with some luck, appreciation too.
Totally agree, and this is a good omen as he probably didn't skimp on maintenance. In my experience all cars (but particularly older cars) run better with heavier use.
The guy daily driving and putting 300k miles on Porsche GT3 must have been one of the happiest man! High mileage sport cars are so interesting! And it's usually a testament that nothing went wrong with it and it was well maintained! Thanks for the video Sam!
@@seenthroughglass something I've wondered and maybe you could talk about on BHG is have even done any videography courses or have you just picked up the filming and editing skills over time from making videos?
Mad respect for the guy for driving a fairly valuable car for so many miles. A true car guy! Edit: The cinematic shots and the video quality are getting too good!
I used my 997.1 GT3 CS, as my daily commute doing 35miles and then for work going to job sites and to meetings for 5 yrs...it was faultless and a joy, why drive a shite box when you can just drive in pure driving pleasure every day. Being bright green with green cage, It really turned heads when turning up for a meeting while 500 site staff were getting their morning toolbox talk and I drive past onsite amongst all the trucks, cranes and Utes.
Porsche build quality is top notch. The fact that so many mile them up is a badge of honor for both the car, and the owner for having the stones to enjoy it as intended.
That’s actually not true. Especially when it comes to their drivetrains. Many fundamental technical failures what makes many Porsche models not reliable at all (996/997 Carreras, 991 GT3s (especially the 991.1), some Cayenne series..)
Really!? That makes me feel good. I just bought a 2015 991.1 2S cabriolet with 10k miles on it. I’d like to get 100k miles on it. Especially since original owner already took the depreciation hit for me.
@@ziggyfreud5357 thanks. I figure it won’t be cheap to maintain, but what the heck. Don’t know squat about Porsche, so it’ll be interesting and fun. Regards, Marky
All of my Porsche cars have done over 150k, my ‘old’ 968 coupe, is currently showing 214k, on the same clutch! , oil change every 6k, and serviced every 6 months. All helps.
Really nice review and great video quality as usual. Good to see that you are appreciating the 997 GT3. This has been my dream car ever since it was released in 2006. I would have it in white though. Mine would also have this much miles on it if I could afford one.😀
With BTG F1 podcast, standard BTG podcast, now multiple blogs from STG....we are getting back to normal. I've watched the last 12 months of all of those old ones on repeat so much that I can almost recite them verbatim!! Love you Sam! You are the best!
I have a feeling that 996 is going to be sold soon. Have you seen the DeMan Motorsport 4.5L 565bhp straight swap engine for the Cayman GT4/Spyder? I think it’s $30,000 but unlocks that cars full GT potential.
I do 30.000-35.000 miles per year in my Tesla Model 3 Performance, have been at the supercharger ONCE the last year, just charge the car at home, no need to visit gasstations of wait for it. I spend less time charging (because it charges when Insleep), than I would have spent at a gasstation. Do of course enjoy stepping into my petrol car for the weekends :D
Great quality video as always Sam but in this case I hoped you would talk more about the service history, prices of things and so on. I think that would have been interesting too!
Usually, the gearbox will need to be rebuilt every 100,000km, replacing all the bearings and some of the gears. The costs are about 5,000 GBP to 10,000GBP, depends on using brand new parts or used parts, or replaced the entire gearbox. (Incl. labour cost) The engine will need to be rebuilt between 120,000km to 150,000km, replacing all the gaskets, bearings, cleanings valves... The costs are about 4,000 GBP to 6,000 GBP, depends on using brand new or used parts. There's a great chance that the GT3 owner has spent his money twice as much as the GT3 current value... These "ultimate" owners really know what they are paying for, and they know what they are seeking. Respect!
So cool to see that people actually use them! I work at Porsche Centre Eindhoven in The Netherlands and we have also had a client with a 997.1 GT3 that had 245.000km on it. And we still have a client that drives a 2014 991.1 Turbo S with almost 300.000km on it right now!
There is a famous 996 turbo (same basic metzger engine) with over 590k miles in the USA. There is an even more famous 996 turbo with over 500k miles that was specially adapted by an F1 parts delivery company to take parts from F1 constructors in the UK to f1 European races. overnight. It would famously drive trough the night to deliver parts before the race faster than anything else! Would be great to see a film on that car and see where it is. By the way you mentioned your 996 40 jahre was basically a Carerra S, there was no C2S in 996 only a C4S.
Good to see you driving ‘the best’ generation of the 911. The car you drove also had the fixed carbon bucket seats as found in the Carrera GT. I’ll let it go that you compared your 996 Carrera with a GT car.
I took a brave pill today and bought an 1997 Alfa Romeo GTV (916) 2L Twin Spark with 221.000 kms on the clock. Has some patina, but mechanically well maintained! Get out and drive!
My 997.2 gt3 now has a touch over 51,000 miles. The owners who collect rare amazing cars and only spoon them in their garage are the biggest fools. Drive all your cars and drive them blissfully! Cars are meant to be driven.
Hit 45k in my 6GT3 the other day, decided to treat it to a well earned engine out service, this video is making miss my car!!! Love how engaging your vids are man, keep the good work up.
GOOD! It's a car. DRIVE IT. I hate when people buy a car and let it sit in the garage to rot or for the next guy to mile it up. What's the point? As the old saying goes, its like not banging your girlfriend and leaving her for the next guy.
I dont know what you freaking out about my cheap civic is older and has more miles and still runs, so why would this one not, if such supposedly good manufacturer as porsche couldn't build their cars to last no one would buy them, most used mercedeses from the same era, if you browse the classifieds, have half a million or so
Kudos to the previous owner. Just goes to show that a well engineered car will go on and on if you look after it. But then, you have to factor in the after market that says "oh you mustn't put mileage on it think about the resale" What is the point of buying a GT if you are not going to wring its neck.
Sam, you need to track down that original owner. Someone will know who it is. Maybe collecting cars can contact them and ask if they’d be interested in connecting.
I think once you get over the garage queen mileage ‘limits’ it doesn’t make a lot of difference, by that I mean once you pass the low and average mileage of a ‘collector’ car, as the miles grow they make less and less effect on value, so either have a garage queen to look at and as a arguable investment or just drive and enjoy, for me the miles of driving make much more sense and great memories than just an occasional drive or polish.
Impressive car and impressive mileage! Cars should be driven. I have 159k miles on my 1995 BMW e36 that I have owned from new and has been serviced regularly too. It was a daily for twenty years, now gracefully semi retired. Look after the car and it will keep on going😀
I've had a 981 Cayman S as my daily driver since 2013, feels good as new 45000 miles later. What a legend putting so many miles on a GT3! The dealerships are expensive but it's worth it for the piece of mind, holding their value pretty well too, has actually appreciated in the past few years because it's a manual! Love the videos btw.
omg that's what these cars are for! Driving lots of miles throughout Europe or even the world. My dream is to get a 993 and just drive all over the continent with it and just document every trip. Meet other enthusiasts and petrolheads, maybe grab a coffee with them and just enjoy life. Sam, your content is pure gold
I love it! They are way more fun to drive than to look at. 170K+ and going on my 1996 993 TT. It was my daily driver for more than a decade and still my favorite car to drive.
Really looking into a used 996 or 997 4S and I honestly think the higher mileage ones are probably more reliable and have probably had the things that go wrong already taken care of. Love the video!
These cars just love to be used, they definitely get better. And as you said, with proper maintenance, they just keep going and going and going. I covered 8k miles in my 997 RS in 8 weeks last year, so easy to do in these cars. Great video :)
I took a picture 3 years ago, during a trackday, the car was a 997.1 GT3 too, mostly drove on track, first engine with any refection, and it had 317 000kms at the time. I've heard recently that it has now more than 400 000 kms, with the same owner who continues to take it on track every month 👌👌
Great video as always! Air-cooled 911s are known for doing over 200,000 miles with only regular service, I can't see why a 997 GT3 should be different. Metzger engines are sturdy old lumps.
175k miles is kindergarten stuff, this GT3 RS has 240k miles - www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/lcrr0j/porsche_gt3rs_rolled_in_with_240k_miles_on_the/
STG Bizarre! That was one of my properties (Haywards Heath) in the final scene next to the offices. There would have been a red Abarth 595 in the driveway. Small world.
I have a lot of respect for ppp that drive these cars as intended and just maintain them as the owners manual specifies. Cars were made to be 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯! Enjoy them!!
When my memory is not failing me badly the previous owner did quite a few laps on the Nürburgring with that car too. Great Review! Always cool to revisiting older cars like that.
Just brilliant to see this. Porsche makes lovely sportscars and it's great to see them driven like they're meant to be driven. And yes, Porsche does make reliable machines. Take that Supra folks.
My 968 has about that on the clock. Still feels solid and my garage said they have one with well over 300k without a rebuild. Buy a Porsche on condition and service history, not miles!
Sorry Sam: "my CS..." It is and will always be a Modena. Anyway, the 328 I drove for 80.000 and present F430 (bought at 5.000) is now on 83.000. Yes I drive my cars, not every day but when I can I do.
There’s a 2001 996 GT3 with 63k miles for £49k on Piston Heads right now. Grab a bargain! Honestly had no idea how much (little) these were going for. Very tempting.
I love car like these, seem so incredibly wasteful having cars that barely go anywhere in their life. If you are not willing to use and maintain a car properly or can not afford it. Dont buy it... I'd perhaps understand if its a 20 million £/€/$ car... Its not just about the wear and tear anymore, a ding and you have to sell your wife and thats a crime so do no do that... and just wrong in every way!! Anyway... its just something very special with cars like these that see significant mileage and thanks to proper maintenance last and drive amazingly, I bet this thing feel as good as any of the 30.000 mile examples. And in the comments, when posting other examples, be clear about if you talk miles or km's please, 170.000 km's is still a lot of these but a hell of a lot less than same amount in miles. xD
Ah Sam, it's been a while. Missed your dulcet... energetic tone. Track down that owner and interview him - different version of VINWIKI. I have enabled notifications so I don't miss your content again!
Well this certainly beats the usual wrap, exhaust, sell, rinse&repeat crap of other channels - no idea why they keep getting 'recommended' for me! All whilst sipping the 2nd STG coffee of the day. Cheers.
Don't fall into the trap of depretiation is the only cost. Account for TCO, and inflation, if you want the real numbers. Regardless, doing 100k miles more for effectively 10k less in resale value is nothing
I bought it with 158k mileages..Good car. Just to hard on the road and to soft on the track so sold it and bought a dedicated track car and old SC which I’m refurbishing...happy memories though..
There's a point in time where the car is so old, that it doesn't matter if you drive it more. If it had 100k miles in 3 years, that'd be insane. But it has 175k miles in 13 years. So age has overcome the miles. If you're going to buy a car and keep it for THAT long, just do it. After a point it doesn't depreciate like on start :P
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Great cinematography and editing, enjoying watching with a cup of STG coffee👍🏻👏🏻
Awesome, thank you!
Camera work was amazing. Need to try your coffee Sam
I definitely support seeing more of you driving the 360!
Nice video
I am the 2nd owner of my 2016 GT3RS - Had 14000km when I bought it - Ive had the car 3 yrs - now has 80000km (ie 50000miles) - Plenty of road and track miles/km - Love the car - is designed to be driven so I drive it - I don't care about resale as I have no intention of selling the car.
You're a true enthusiast. I'm same way ,not selling my '14 c2s 47xxx mi the car has no issues and I'm enjoying it.
@@johnwhodat8135 The love of driving :)
You are a traight up G 😎
Well done!
respect man enjoy your vehicle without problems!!!
Proof cars will do it if you look after them
...the right ones to say the least😂
150k E39 M5, average about $2k/yr in maintenance. Compare that to depreciation on any new car.
Edit* at an Indy shop, not even wrenching myself
True that!
@@seenthroughglass My wife says “Hi Sam!”, you’re her favorite car TH-camr, I make her endure car content endlessly... as we do. Thanks!!!
As long as any engine is properly looked after you should be good for hundreds and hundreds of thousands of miles.
So great to see people using their cars instead of garage queening them! 💯
Completely agree to many special cars are stored away rather than drive of which they were designed for. 👍🏻
100% !!!
Totally agree dude - drive them !
Finaly = its a car, its littarly built to be used!!!
IMO that shows someone who can afford to drive the cars he's buying. He's not fussed about re-sale value, and he's allowing himself to enjoy the car without restriction. More people need to be like this and enjoy them! At this rate the manufacturers will only give you a 30k mile warranty as that's all people seem to do . . . .
True, I agree a 100% but I think with some of the wealthy buyers it is impossible to do 175k miles. If you own 30 cars like many rich guys do 3k miles per car is a lot
I do not share the view that people “need to” be like you say. Each to their own. There is nothing wrong or off about wanting to savour the moment by using the car sparingly, and really appreciate those special moments. The icing on the cake is preservation of the value, and with some luck, appreciation too.
Totally agree, and this is a good omen as he probably didn't skimp on maintenance. In my experience all cars (but particularly older cars) run better with heavier use.
Spot on.....hope to be that guy some day....
I disagree they need to save the miles for me to drive 😆
You need to find the owner who put on all the miles for an interview, he sounds like an interesting chap!
Agreed! And to find out what he is driving right now!
@@seenthroughglass put him in front of the camera and have him tell the car’s story👌🏻
@@seenthroughglass probably driving a 991.1/991.2 GT3.
Also, GT3s seem like good daily drivers. Sure maybe a bit more hard-core but definitely do-able.
@@seenthroughglass Might be a good guy to have on as a guest for Behind the Glass eh
The guy daily driving and putting 300k miles on Porsche GT3 must have been one of the happiest man! High mileage sport cars are so interesting! And it's usually a testament that nothing went wrong with it and it was well maintained!
Thanks for the video Sam!
You are right! And thanks for watching
I think the owner will rebuild the engine as well eventually.
I’m sure a lot went wrong.. just gotta fix it when it breaks
You know the clutch ? 😂
God damn the editing in this was amazing.
Well done Sam it really doesn't go unnoticed how you put the extra effort into your videos
agreed
Really appreciate that!
@@seenthroughglass something I've wondered and maybe you could talk about on BHG is have even done any videography courses or have you just picked up the filming and editing skills over time from making videos?
Totally agree!
Mad respect for the guy for driving a fairly valuable car for so many miles. A true car guy!
Edit: The cinematic shots and the video quality are getting too good!
Glad you enjoyed it! And couldn't agree more
I used my 997.1 GT3 CS, as my daily commute doing 35miles and then for work going to job sites and to meetings for 5 yrs...it was faultless and a joy, why drive a shite box when you can just drive in pure driving pleasure every day. Being bright green with green cage, It really turned heads when turning up for a meeting while 500 site staff were getting their morning toolbox talk and I drive past onsite amongst all the trucks, cranes and Utes.
Over 220,000miles on my 997.1 C2 now. Still feels great!
Porsche build quality is top notch. The fact that so many mile them up is a badge of honor for both the car, and the owner for having the stones to enjoy it as intended.
So true
💯
That’s actually not true. Especially when it comes to their drivetrains. Many fundamental technical failures what makes many Porsche models not reliable at all (996/997 Carreras, 991 GT3s (especially the 991.1), some Cayenne series..)
One of the best-looking cars in my opinion. Best looking GT3 for sure.
Looked fantastic I will agree
Kudos to the owner, low mile supercars really wind me up.
Yup!
Exactly! What's the point of having a badass car if you aren't going to put serious miles on it?
Am I the only one who goes straight on autotrader looking for 997 gt3’s straight after watching? Loving the Porsche content Sam, keep it coming!!!
Great video Sam! High mileage needs to be given a new meaning - too many people put off by high miles 🤙🏽
Massive fan of high miler cars looking mint! Magnus Walker just bought a 2014 991 with 160k miles.
Magnus Walker always doing cool things!
Really!?
That makes me feel good. I just bought a 2015 991.1 2S cabriolet with 10k miles on it. I’d like to get 100k miles on it.
Especially since original owner already took the depreciation hit for me.
@@John1911 Good on you man - drive the car and enjoy it
@@ziggyfreud5357 thanks. I figure it won’t be cheap to maintain, but what the heck. Don’t know squat about Porsche, so it’ll be interesting and fun.
Regards,
Marky
Midweek Uploads are just amazing
Glad you like them! More to come
This car seems to never get old, it’s so pure and special, thanks Sam for sharing !
Couldn't agree more!
I can handle the depreciation, what I can't handle is the fuel cost! Haha
Your „40 Jahre“ German was spot on!
Little known fact, German was my only 'A' grade at secondary school
@@seenthroughglass so you should say „Doppelkupplungsgetriebe“ in the next episode of BTG 🤔😂
All of my Porsche cars have done over 150k, my ‘old’ 968 coupe, is currently showing 214k, on the same clutch! , oil change every 6k, and serviced every 6 months. All helps.
I would be so interested to see an interview with the previous owner and hear about what he's driving now. This man is a hero
Really nice review and great video quality as usual. Good to see that you are appreciating the 997 GT3.
This has been my dream car ever since it was released in 2006. I would have it in white though. Mine would also have this much miles on it if I could afford one.😀
With BTG F1 podcast, standard BTG podcast, now multiple blogs from STG....we are getting back to normal. I've watched the last 12 months of all of those old ones on repeat so much that I can almost recite them verbatim!! Love you Sam! You are the best!
We are getting there! With restrictions easing in England now it's full steam ahead
@@seenthroughglass Ahhhhh a reply from Sam. Literally bro Best.Day.Ever. keep it it brother you have the best channel. I'm so stoked right now!
I have a feeling that 996 is going to be sold soon. Have you seen the DeMan Motorsport 4.5L 565bhp straight swap engine for the Cayman GT4/Spyder? I think it’s $30,000 but unlocks that cars full GT potential.
Imagine how much of your life would have been wasted at superchargers, clocking up this amount of miles in a Tesla 🤣
I do 30.000-35.000 miles per year in my Tesla Model 3 Performance, have been at the supercharger ONCE the last year, just charge the car at home, no need to visit gasstations of wait for it. I spend less time charging (because it charges when Insleep), than I would have spent at a gasstation.
Do of course enjoy stepping into my petrol car for the weekends :D
I think someone fell in love!! Haha
Yup!
Great quality video as always Sam but in this case I hoped you would talk more about the service history, prices of things and so on. I think that would have been interesting too!
Noted but unfortunately we didn't have all that information
Usually, the gearbox will need to be rebuilt every 100,000km, replacing all the bearings and some of the gears.
The costs are about 5,000 GBP to 10,000GBP, depends on using brand new parts or used parts, or replaced the entire gearbox. (Incl. labour cost)
The engine will need to be rebuilt between 120,000km to 150,000km, replacing all the gaskets, bearings, cleanings valves...
The costs are about 4,000 GBP to 6,000 GBP, depends on using brand new or used parts.
There's a great chance that the GT3 owner has spent his money twice as much as the GT3 current value...
These "ultimate" owners really know what they are paying for, and they know what they are seeking. Respect!
A mid week video?? Normality is restoring!!
Ha more to come!
Great video Sam. It would be cool if you could speak to the guy who put all the mileage on that car.
So cool to see that people actually use them! I work at Porsche Centre Eindhoven in The Netherlands and we have also had a client with a 997.1 GT3 that had 245.000km on it. And we still have a client that drives a 2014 991.1 Turbo S with almost 300.000km on it right now!
There is a famous 996 turbo (same basic metzger engine) with over 590k miles in the USA. There is an even more famous 996 turbo with over 500k miles that was specially adapted by an F1 parts delivery company to take parts from F1 constructors in the UK to f1 European races. overnight. It would famously drive trough the night to deliver parts before the race faster than anything else! Would be great to see a film on that car and see where it is. By the way you mentioned your 996 40 jahre was basically a Carerra S, there was no C2S in 996 only a C4S.
Good to see you driving ‘the best’ generation of the 911. The car you drove also had the fixed carbon bucket seats as found in the Carrera GT.
I’ll let it go that you compared your 996 Carrera with a GT car.
I took a brave pill today and bought an 1997 Alfa Romeo GTV (916) 2L Twin Spark with 221.000 kms on the clock. Has some patina, but mechanically well maintained! Get out and drive!
My 997.2 gt3 now has a touch over 51,000 miles.
The owners who collect rare amazing cars and only spoon them in their garage are the biggest fools.
Drive all your cars and drive them blissfully! Cars are meant to be driven.
Hit 45k in my 6GT3 the other day, decided to treat it to a well earned engine out service, this video is making miss my car!!! Love how engaging your vids are man, keep the good work up.
Bulletproof kudos for driving it
GOOD! It's a car. DRIVE IT. I hate when people buy a car and let it sit in the garage to rot or for the next guy to mile it up. What's the point? As the old saying goes, its like not banging your girlfriend and leaving her for the next guy.
I dont know what you freaking out about my cheap civic is older and has more miles and still runs, so why would this one not, if such supposedly good manufacturer as porsche couldn't build their cars to last no one would buy them, most used mercedeses from the same era, if you browse the classifieds, have half a million or so
Kudos to the previous owner. Just goes to show that a well engineered car will go on and on if you look after it. But then, you have to factor in the after market that says "oh you mustn't put mileage on it think about the resale" What is the point of buying a GT if you are not going to wring its neck.
Incredibly reliable, I so wanna own a 911 991.2 GT3 in chalk and manual
Love the Petrolicious video about that exact car.
Sam, you need to track down that original owner. Someone will know who it is. Maybe collecting cars can contact them and ask if they’d be interested in connecting.
I think once you get over the garage queen mileage ‘limits’ it doesn’t make a lot of difference, by that I mean once you pass the low and average mileage of a ‘collector’ car, as the miles grow they make less and less effect on value, so either have a garage queen to look at and as a arguable investment or just drive and enjoy, for me the miles of driving make much more sense and great memories than just an occasional drive or polish.
These cars are built to be thrashed flat out around a race track. With normal road use and proper maintenance they should last a very long time.
A car that's driven 1000 miles a month is a lot more reliable than a car that is "driven" 1000 miles a year.
Thank you Sam! Awesome video, truely intoxicating (the healthy kind) 911 GT3 sound ✌😎
Glad you enjoyed it
This is beautiful. The 997.1 will be hugely collectable very soon they are the last manual driving experience, perfect mix of classic and modern
Impressive car and impressive mileage! Cars should be driven. I have 159k miles on my 1995 BMW e36 that I have owned from new and has been serviced regularly too. It was a daily for twenty years, now gracefully semi retired. Look after the car and it will keep on going😀
Great cars deserve to be driven and will reward their owners with reliability
love the rollcage that wang and those yellow seat beats
Life is short...go enjoy your cars...can't take them to the grave
I've had a 981 Cayman S as my daily driver since 2013, feels good as new 45000 miles later. What a legend putting so many miles on a GT3! The dealerships are expensive but it's worth it for the piece of mind, holding their value pretty well too, has actually appreciated in the past few years because it's a manual! Love the videos btw.
Sounds absolutely glorious!!!
So good!
Perfection. I love the spec and truly incredible how good of condition it’s kept in. Keep up the great videos!
3.6 liter is the most responsive engine of them all low mass less inertia and super sharp engine
Love these midweek uploads, even more when it involves a Porsche! 🙌🏻😭
Glad you enjoy it!
Porsche 997 gt3 one of the best gt cars
omg that's what these cars are for! Driving lots of miles throughout Europe or even the world. My dream is to get a 993 and just drive all over the continent with it and just document every trip. Meet other enthusiasts and petrolheads, maybe grab a coffee with them and just enjoy life.
Sam, your content is pure gold
I love it! They are way more fun to drive than to look at. 170K+ and going on my 1996 993 TT. It was my daily driver for more than a decade and still my favorite car to drive.
Brilliant to see some nice motors actually get used.
Indeed!
Cars were made to be driven, simple fact. It frustrates me when people buy fine machines like this only cover a few hundred miles a year.
Really looking into a used 996 or 997 4S and I honestly think the higher mileage ones are probably more reliable and have probably had the things that go wrong already taken care of. Love the video!
I love the 997 GT3 - Good mileage there.
No way! Someone actually used a car for what it's supposed to be used for. :O
These cars just love to be used, they definitely get better. And as you said, with proper maintenance, they just keep going and going and going. I covered 8k miles in my 997 RS in 8 weeks last year, so easy to do in these cars. Great video :)
I took a picture 3 years ago, during a trackday, the car was a 997.1 GT3 too, mostly drove on track, first engine with any refection, and it had 317 000kms at the time. I've heard recently that it has now more than 400 000 kms, with the same owner who continues to take it on track every month 👌👌
Sorry i was wrong, it had not 317 000kms but 323 000 😁
Great video as always! Air-cooled 911s are known for doing over 200,000 miles with only regular service, I can't see why a 997 GT3 should be different. Metzger engines are sturdy old lumps.
Great video as always. The car, the story, the cinematography, just beautiful and serene. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻
175k miles is kindergarten stuff, this GT3 RS has 240k miles - www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/lcrr0j/porsche_gt3rs_rolled_in_with_240k_miles_on_the/
BTW, Porsche owners are like "drive the hell of out of" but Ferrari owners are like "ohhh nooo, miles, ewwwww." ;)
Ever since someone pointed out how he says gl-arse I can’t stop thinking about it.
I highly doubt he'll ever need a family people carrier aye .
STG Bizarre! That was one of my properties (Haywards Heath) in the final scene next to the offices. There would have been a red Abarth 595 in the driveway. Small world.
Your content is why i started liking 911's
hello sam!how did you do the shot at 2:59 ? thank you!
The owner did justice to the name
Just me who thinks the 997 is the best era of 911
I have a lot of respect for ppp that drive these cars as intended and just maintain them as the owners manual specifies. Cars were made to be 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯! Enjoy them!!
This is what owning drivers cars is about! Hats of to the previous owner for covering some serious miles!
When my memory is not failing me badly the previous owner did quite a few laps on the Nürburgring with that car too. Great Review! Always cool to revisiting older cars like that.
Just brilliant to see this. Porsche makes lovely sportscars and it's great to see them driven like they're meant to be driven. And yes, Porsche does make reliable machines. Take that Supra folks.
My 968 has about that on the clock. Still feels solid and my garage said they have one with well over 300k without a rebuild. Buy a Porsche on condition and service history, not miles!
Definitely want to know who the previous owner is, get his views and what he is driving now haha
And how much he gave for maintenance.
Take your Ferrari to the first place where you filmed your first ever video plz!!
175,000 miles. Brilliant to see one being used. Love it. Top video!
After years lusting after a gt3 last week i almost forgot how bad i really want one of these. Thanks Sam for remending me that i have to work harder
I absolutely love High Mileage Sports Cars, the fuel costs would have been bonkers driving 30k miles a year.
That’s something people don’t understand when they tell you “why don’t people drive their super cars more often.”
My 2005 997.1 Carrera has 175k miles as well! Runs like it has 20k miles! They’re perfect cars.
Oh so you mean it's been driven as intended?
Excellent!
that many KM in buckets seats , he deserves a medal
My back hurts just thinking about that...
@@Alextds yup , screw that , comfort for me all the way
Love it Sam! Great video! Make them longer please! Thanks!
You got it!
Best sounding NA sportscar back to backs
Sorry Sam: "my CS..." It is and will always be a Modena. Anyway, the 328 I drove for 80.000 and present F430 (bought at 5.000) is now on 83.000. Yes I drive my cars, not every day but when I can I do.
There’s a 2001 996 GT3 with 63k miles for £49k on Piston Heads right now. Grab a bargain! Honestly had no idea how much (little) these were going for. Very tempting.
The previous owner is a hero. It would be great to interview them.
I love car like these, seem so incredibly wasteful having cars that barely go anywhere in their life. If you are not willing to use and maintain a car properly or can not afford it. Dont buy it...
I'd perhaps understand if its a 20 million £/€/$ car... Its not just about the wear and tear anymore, a ding and you have to sell your wife and thats a crime so do no do that... and just wrong in every way!! Anyway... its just something very special with cars like these that see significant mileage and thanks to proper maintenance last and drive amazingly, I bet this thing feel as good as any of the 30.000 mile examples.
And in the comments, when posting other examples, be clear about if you talk miles or km's please, 170.000 km's is still a lot of these but a hell of a lot less than same amount in miles. xD
Thats just put my 986 boxster S to shame as its only done 73,000 miles since i had it
Ah Sam, it's been a while. Missed your dulcet... energetic tone. Track down that owner and interview him - different version of VINWIKI. I have enabled notifications so I don't miss your content again!
Well this certainly beats the usual wrap, exhaust, sell, rinse&repeat crap of other channels - no idea why they keep getting 'recommended' for me!
All whilst sipping the 2nd STG coffee of the day.
Cheers.
Don't fall into the trap of depretiation is the only cost. Account for TCO, and inflation, if you want the real numbers. Regardless, doing 100k miles more for effectively 10k less in resale value is nothing
I bought it with 158k mileages..Good car. Just to hard on the road and to soft on the track so sold it and bought a dedicated track car and old SC which I’m refurbishing...happy memories though..
There's a point in time where the car is so old, that it doesn't matter if you drive it more. If it had 100k miles in 3 years, that'd be insane. But it has 175k miles in 13 years. So age has overcome the miles. If you're going to buy a car and keep it for THAT long, just do it. After a point it doesn't depreciate like on start :P