2021 Porsche 911 Carrera S Manual | Sports Car Tradition

[@SebastianThierjung]

awesome car, beautiful spec, great video!

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks! 👍 And thanks for hanging out!

[@SebastianThierjung]

@@BrianMakse any time😁😁

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

This is how a Porsche should be - with manual transmission. PDK is for people who don't want to learn how to actually drive.

[@ashwingeorge5511]

I love the Chalk colour. 911 Carrera S 7 sp is my dream car 😍

[@BrianMakse]

Lovely car! Chalk is dreadful, Guards is where it's at!

[@msalvag]

I want this car so bad! Who would ever want an electric sports car when you can drive this? Unfortunately JT wants all new cars sold in Canada to be electric by 2035. Pipe dream.

[@BrianMakse]

JT will be long gone and reality will catch up with their nonsensical pipe dreams. Literal pipe dreams in JT's case.

[@nadeemp1966]

JT is a goof

[@paulm6481]

Almost perfect. Love the manual may be Vette can also offer one as it’s arch enemy is still doing it. I think these bodies are a little wide but that seems to be a thing these days, otherwise perfection. Is that a closed road at beginning of video, that was great driving.

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks, Paul! The car has real presence in person.

[@manol151]

That it is a very good spec.Only thing that is missing that I would want is the aero kit

[@BrianMakse]

That’s why the make it optional!

[@RogerBaileyOnCars]

992 Spread of torque is addictive, great video 👍🏼

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks Roger!

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Yeah, he's a really good reviewer actually.

[@limpunsing224]

If you want a great sports car, get a 911. Period Nice video

[@VitoC.]

Feels like the ultimate perfect sports car. Gobs of power and perfect handling for the track yet you still can enjoy a weekend away. Love the camera work.

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks, Vito!

[@nateisright]

I was on the fence between Guards Red and GT Silver. I think I am leaning toward Guards Red after seeing this!

[@BrianMakse]

👍

[@SaulCoelho]

What an excellent review and video overall. Really enjoyed it. The only issue I have is that now I will forever see "binoculars" every time I look at the exhaust button... :D

[@BrianMakse]

Sorry, I've been living with that for years. I'm glad I have friends who will also suffer quietly with me!

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Yup, he's Spot on

[@scuderiacello2978]

Shift without a clutch on this car? Anyone have a link to “on a different day”?

[@BrianMakse]

That episode is actually in production right now.

[@Les_Quik]

When launching in the manual, what rev level have you found is most comfortable for smooth engagement? Or do you refrain from launching to protect the transmission & clutch?

[@BrianMakse]

I didn't perform any hard launches in this car. If I did, I wouldn't be concerned because Porsche mechanicals are pretty robust.

[@Edron7]

Hi Brian, what's wrong with the Sunroof and why are you an advocate of sunroof delete? I'm speccing my C2S manual and trying to decide whether to get the sunroof or not. Thanks!

[@BrianMakse]

I don’t use it, so why put it in the car? Plus, sunroof delete is way cooler. The spec on this one was pretty solid iirc.

[@Edron7]

@@BrianMakse Thanks! Assuming I plan to use the sunroof, based on your experience does it affect the way the C2S drivers (higher weight at the top), or is the difference negligible?

[@BrianMakse]

@@Edron7 You'll never notice it, don't sweat it. Anyone who says "oooh there's an extra forty pounds of stuff above your head it's gonna ruin the car's handling" is full of it. It's a road car, not a race car. Enjoy it!

[@Edron7]

@@BrianMakse Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it!

[@adrianrubi5012]

Clutch oedal looks lower than the brake pedal. Is this normal?

[@BrianMakse]

Yes

[@adrianrubi5012]

@@BrianMakse ok

[@ki-te9842]

probably one of the last great drivers cars to be made.

[@nlxsteve]

Alright Brian. Another great review… 718 Cayman GTS 4.0, Evora GT, 992 S. Pls rank in terms of the car you’d buy for the street and a few track days. 😎

[@BrianMakse]

Daily? What else is in the garage? How serious track days?

[@nlxsteve]

@@BrianMakse open track days/hpde. Not a dd but need it to roadtrip well. So I guess more of a “second car” than a “third play toy only.”

[@tomcat6933]

Finally a red 911. I would be mad if i had bought last years model.

[@BrianMakse]

Why? No Guards?

[@tomcat6933]

@@BrianMakse updated interior puts old interior to shame

[@DoctorSpeedy1050]

Just put a deposit on a C2S. Gonna be a long wait (18-24 months), but should be worth it.

[@BrianMakse]

Wow. That’s an awfully long time!

[@randomhobbyist99]

Crazy how in just 2 years the Msrp jumped 17k

[@theclutch19]

All your reviews sound awfully similar. Is there a car that you actually don't like? C8, 911 or Evora and why?

[@BrianMakse]

There are plenty of cars I don't care for. Why?

[@HemiBurns]

Next up for Brian is the Carrera GTS!!!

[@BrianMakse]

Make mine Carmine Red! (That’ll likely go down in LA, not Toronto.)

[@stms4411]

Brian - maybe this is what you meant, but seems to me that if they ditched the 7th gear, they could have 5 shorter gears and a decidedly longer 6th gear for fuel efficiency. Would silence the critics about long gearing in Porsches. Just found you. Great content and kudos on your defense of three pedals!

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks, Geoff! There are plenty of things they could do, but I think that the seven speed set up here keeps a reasonable separation between the Carrera S and something like a GT3 Touring.

[@andrewfriedman2572]

Fast driving! 👏👏👏

[@BrianMakse]

Nah…I’m afraid of driving fast.

[@anoopko]

I’m torn between this and the GTS 4.0. I ordered the GTS and waiting for allocation. Looking for a proper sports car for 70% street/ 30% track. Not sure if I made the right choice. 😂

[@BrianMakse]

How many track days will you be doing and which tracks? What the spec of your GTS?

[@anoopko]

@@BrianMakse 8-10 track days max at Mosport (GP)…1-2 of them maybe at the DDT . I spec’ed a bare bone: manual transmission, carbon bucket seats. This will be my daily driver

[@cameronstewart6193]

First, love the T-shirt; looks awfully familiar ;-) Second, love that you were able to get the S with a manual - dreamy. I'm still not convinced that the 992 is a beauty but time will tell (maybe I'm stuck on the 991.2). I saw a guy get out of a 997.1 base Carrera cab today at a grocery store and he looked like he was just lovin' life - the dream is affordable.

[@BrianMakse]

Ha ha! Glad you’re enjoying your shirt. 997 is where it’s at for me!

[@HemiMike]

$155k #savethemanual 🙄

[@BrianMakse]

Canadian monopoly money!

[@diceman6771]

Hi. Whats your brand of sunglasses and model ? And nice review 😎

[@BrianMakse]

Glad you enjoyed the episode. I’ve been wearing Spys with polarized lenses for years.

[@DAShanin]

Excellent review, sir! Could you elaborate on shifting without a clutch? Are you referring to power shift...I thought you can only do this in 6 speed box on GT3s. Appreciate your feedback as I'm deciding between manual and PDK for 992 after several PDK cars. I do want more engagement this time. Cheers!

[@BrianMakse]

Sounds like you need to #savethemanuals this time! Anyone can learn to shift without the clutch. It’s all about timing your throttle application with light, careful pressure on the shifter coming out of one gear and into the next. I do not recommend you attempt it based on this simplistic explanation!

[@DAShanin]

@@BrianMakse what you recommend can work to perfection or can lead to a disaster so I will heed your advice! It would be great to see a video on this technique. Anyway, always enjoy your content and appreciate your passion and professionalism. Btw, just put in an order with my dealer for a Carrera S with the manual. Cheers!

[@scprintup]

Been doing this for years, you just need to feel the moment the driveline disengages after you lift the throttle, the tranny can be shifted easily then up or down.

[@berniedmd1901]

Just to say. I love my Chrono clock on my 992 as it reminds me I have the Sport Exhaust system and it just looks Cool. Sort of why I still love my hair on my head and well shaven. But that's just me!

[@tonymcflattie2450]

It doesn’t auto blip in normal drive mode. Gonnna have to go with the m3, the auto blipper can be always turned on, regardless of drive modes.

[@BrianMakse]

I didn't enjoy that new M4 with the manual. Not my jam there. I think the auto is infinity X better.

[@jsz2619]

My dad could also shift up from first gear without pressing the clutch in his 1988 Wartburg 353.

[@proberaum7015]

Hey Brian, you know what you are talking about. I like your channel, greetings and abo from Berlin!

[@BrianMakse]

Hey, thanks! Hope you stick around!

[@proberaum7015]

@@BrianMakse sure...

[@colin5577]

That translates to just over 20 UK mpg if anyone's wondering. Shame so few of these will be ordered with a manual.

[@MrFuutube]

Wow, Brian knows cars better than Doug. All the important petrolhead info concise and up front and concise and overall a great review.

[@BrianMakse]

Doug who? Whomever it is, I’m a better driver. Glad you enjoyed the episode.

[@MrFuutube]

just bought a #savethemanuals shirt

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks!!! Which colour did you get?

[@NS-vv9ix]

What are your thoughts on the SPASM (sport suspension)? Adequate compliance for daily driver road use?

[@hindsite275]

Yes, it’s a must have. Found the car to be too floaty without it. Personal opinion. If you’re going to drive the car hard, get it. If your going to cruise, save the money.

[@BrianMakse]

It was great. Drove it all over SoCal. Crappy roads and all. Makes a wonderful daily.

[@NS-vv9ix]

@@BrianMakse Thanks for the reply and appreciate your insight.

[@Jeremy-yi7zm]

@@hindsite275 There was no demo available when I placed my order for my 992S. I originally spec regular PASM as I worried about scraping the front lip. I decided to switch to SPASM, but found out my order already locked 😒 ...hope I don't regret.

[@JUFFAIR101]

@@Jeremy-yi7zm can you give us updates about the suspension? Did you receive your 911

[@jamess4535]

Just on how many times he says feel... tells me something about this car.

[@tomdoe1234]

I wish I lived somewhere where this could be my daily driver. Only way I could afford it

[@jonathanrobinson592]

Just discovered your channel today and have been watching non stop. Love the work! I have a cayman gt4 and a pickup truck daily driver. I may sell gt4 to get something else. What would you get for around 100k. I’m debating splitting the money between a miata and an m3 (I’ve never had either) but might spend the 100k on another single car. What are your thoughts and what cars would be in consideration?

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks Jonathan! Glad you found us. Hope you stick around! Plenty of considerations here. How will you use the cars? Which gen M3? Also, are you keeping the truck?

[@jonathanrobinson592]

@@BrianMakse I’d keep the truck and drive it most days to work (30 min highway commute). The other two would be used for fun backroad drives (I live in the mountains, great twisty roads), going on date night, driving to the next town (1 hr away) once a month shopping etc. One thought I had was the new m3 to have a high horsepower, good on the interstate, nice interior, but still sporty enough to have fun in the twisters (fast car fast) or maybe the f80; paired with a miata (slow car fast). This would offer two fun cars with different experiences. I’ve also thought of spending the entire budget on a Carrera T or something that is a jack of all trades. Ideally I’d get comfortable commuting to work in more then just the truck, but I’m really sensitive to my image. I’m a healthcare provider in a small, poor, town and I don’t want to be seen as “the rich doctor” kind of thing. I think over time I’ll get less sensitive to that and will start commuting in more then the truck.

[@BrianMakse]

Gotcha. If you’ve got room for two sports cars, go for it! A Miata with a couple of tricks from Flyin Miata would be a brilliant pairing with an M3.

[@jonathanrobinson592]

@@BrianMakse thanks! Any opinions on which generation m3?

[@BrianMakse]

The newest one is the most different to a Miata driving experience.

[@jonshelness1600]

Is there anything happening at the quaternary level? ;-)

[@kikkelipoika2430]

Great video except you should speak with real numbers and not with donuts per schoolshootings

[@BrianMakse]

I don’t even know what you’re trying to say.

[@wrzl1675]

Why buy a PDK? I’m a huge manual fan and have owned too many to count and especially if you include my trucking business where they’re all 13-18 speed’s. I’ve owned both manual and now a PDK 992 and my hands on outlook is this, if you’re just going to street the car then, the manual is the better car for it’s more engaging, fun factor. If you’re ever going to do even the occasional weekend track session the PDK is the only choice. I don’t know anybody that goes to the track to continuously post the slowest lap time. Never in a million years did I see myself saying this but the proof is in the lap times. The people saying you have less “ car control “ have obviously never driven one. Anybody thinking about buying any 992, just buy it!

[@BrianMakse]

Agreed!

[@dougdaniels2851]

Damn homie whipping that 911

[@BrianMakse]

I prefer shagging.

[@madsam9403]

Is porsche 718 (cayman/boxster) as good as 911 too ?

[@BrianMakse]

Totally different cars.

[@maddihudson8982]

#savethemanuals is a tradition also Pretty car.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Lose the Goatie, apart from that you're cool.

[@BrianMakse]

I'm not cool and the goatee has mutated into a beard.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@BrianMakse You are cool, and now even more so. Great review, very nicely presented, what a lovely car.

[@BrianMakse]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k that's why my family says! Hope you stick around and enjoy the channel. Be sure to subscribe!

[@scmmorris]

what road did you drive?

[@DC-xd9iq]

Hello Brian, What do you prefer to own? 2021 911s or 2021 cayman gts/gt4?

[@BrianMakse]

This, DC. No question. Quicker, faster, and perhaps a touch more versatile.

[@DC-xd9iq]

@@BrianMakse Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I was definitely leaning towards 911s and now you just solidified my decision! Thank you Good Sir!!

[@DC-xd9iq]

@@BrianMakse And of course I will only get in a manual... I wouldn't take the PDK for free... lol

[@wardellward]

When they go on sell

[@BrianMakse]

Last year!

[@wardellward]

@@BrianMakse wow im late

[@BrianMakse]

We’re late, too!

[@wardellward]

@@BrianMakse yea we are 😂😂😂

[@daviddeschaumes]

Good review! How can it shift without using the clutch?

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks! Very carefully…

[@trippspeed]

Has to do with engine speed and timing your shift.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Buy a PDK.

[@PabloEscobar-lo3mx]

Thanks, Brian. Love the car, especially the manual transmission and the Guards Red on black color combo. Had the same car in 1995.

[@BrianMakse]

Guards is classic!

[@jordipi7652]

For sure this car is better with automatic.

[@BrianMakse]

I don’t think this is the channel for you.

[@jordipi7652]

@@BrianMakse Why? Is a private channel? You don't like people to participate? If you are upset, you should not have this channel, close it. Maybe KZbin is not for you.

[@BrianMakse]

This is a channel for drivers.

[@jordipi7652]

@@BrianMakse 😂😂 Wow, you have not understood what KZbin means, you are lost.

[@havebluevette7485]

Thank you! 💕

[@BrianMakse]

You are so welcome!

[@giveyouashot]

Brian - I salute you for holding out to test drive a manual. Only way to enjoy a performance car. Can't wait to see your review on the Mach 1 MT.

[@BrianMakse]

Thanks, but I’ll confess that there was no holding out. The Porsche USA folks know my jam! I’ve asked twice about Mach 1, no dice.