991.1 GT3 RS Farewell Tour of Smoky Mountains: E1 - Cherohala Skyway

[@ItsRyan.]

2:18 Hey Matt. You did it! I’m so excited for all the videos to come!

[@JasonSmith-ki6xl]

It was maddening watching the motorcycle rider around 6:30 not just pull over for a second to let you pass. I can understand when it's someone in some lame commuter car as they just don't get it but obviously if your on a bike, you are an enthusiast, let the man pass.

[@camcuber]

I really enjoy just listening to Matt talk and enjoy is RS.

[@JCizzleSoCal]

“....got behind the Crossfire Club....that means we’re going real slowly.” Hahaha

[@russellhagy]

Is anyone else shocked that a Crossfire club exists??

[@kevinjiszler]

Made this run in my 2015 mustang and absolutely loved. First time dedicating a weekend to the roads in the area and will definitely be headed back for more.

[@fischputza]

I've never seen such empty roads....love it!

[@wjkrug]

I swear I could listen to this car rev and shift gears all day

[@Ohjustyoshi]

I love watching the any of Smokies videos on the big screen TV with the lights turned out and the sound up on the surround sound system. It's absolutely mesmerising.

[@rayhaanf]

What a soundtrack.

[@traracp]

“Are you the guy that does that detail page?” Hahaha so badass! Looks like a blast driving those roads in a gt3rs. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

[@MrBhop58]

Something about this video is so therapeutic. Can’t wait to join you all when I purchase my first GT car soon. For now, my S will do! Need to make my way up there, these roads look sublime.

[@daleblake8922]

Great roads.

[@freddiewilke6245]

My parent's house (which I grew up in) is at the bottom of the mountain. I always enjoy watching ppl upload videos of them enjoying my back yard. Great video, stay safe, and say hello if you see a 40 year old in a black Subaru WRX😉

[@kezboy1]

Gosh that just sounds so good. 💪

[@ktmjbird9486]

Matt, It was great meeting you at the stop that day. the guy on the aprilia had shared this video and wanted to stop by and say hi. I had actually posted video from the run we got after you had pulled out. Thankfully it was a clean pass and the crossfire group was parked in one of the overlooks. Maybe we will cross paths again. Great video by the way. Your car truly sounds amazing.Take care

[@Curryolla]

I'm so happy you share these experiences. My family and I decided to take a road trip in August to the Cherohala Skyway and Tail of the Dragon. My mom just got a new car, Tesla Model 3 Performance, and my brother and I convinced our parents to put it to the test. It was an amazing experience and got to visit Snowbird Lodge and Tapaco Lodge. Such nice people!!! I'm glad I watched your previous videos to plan my trip because it made it all the better.

[@mitafoaj]

The sound!

[@Devon_Meadows]

Nothing drives like or can be compared to a Porsche. They’re their own category of driving experience

[@AllIsWell_22]

Look forward to more videos. I saw you rip by my buddy and I in our ZL1 1LE and GT350. Would love to see footage of that :-) It was also a pleasure meeting you in person at the Shell gas stop in Robbinsville.

[@ObsessedGarage]

Yeah man!

[@DriversTherapy]

Sell the Corvette. You are not happy and there is no reason to waste your time which is the most important asset you have. Engage with what makes YOU happy.

[@jaywest4102]

Get Adam up there with his car and ride along. Would like to see if he scares you.

[@mqandil]

Great video. These are epic roads and personally I won’t get tired of driving down these roads all day long for the rest of my life, so building a house then a community around that area as you suggested sounds so so good and very tempting. As for 991.1.....Goodbyes are always hard, but she was in great company and you spoiled her rotten. Hopefully she likes the new owner. Mark

[@kdoran709]

The sound is too good

[@bringyourwoodscrews]

Ya! Let those Chryslers hear the pipes!!!

[@kdoran709]

Hahahah the crossfire club. Just wow.

[@QantonisQ]

Um Matt, how it is possible to do not have driven a Mclaren yet? You really have to visit your friend Troy to try his MP4 out and his brand new GT4.. and maybe StreetSpeed's out if they want?

[@russcruse497]

Great video Matt! Love the sound of the RS !!

[@llRaZzLeDaZzLell]

Matt probably got a rock chip during his journey, that's why he traded it in right after. :P

[@sebastianspalding5016]

why is it in the usa they have solid double lines on road constantly even on straights???

[@typ8723]

Yellow is advisory. It's perfectly legal to cross double yellow -- double white is a ticketable offense I'd write someone.

[@sebastianspalding5016]

@@typ8723 are i thought it was the same as the uk double yellow no overtaken allowed but in uk its double white, but u see this vids like this one and they never over take like they are not allowed too?

[@routeomega7059]

@@typ8723 What? Where do you live that it's legal to cross a double yellow?

[@routeomega7059]

@@sebastianspalding5016 Double yellow is a no passing zone. You have to keep in mind that driver education in the U.S. sucks. There's only one test to pass when you turn 16, and no continuing education. So states create driving laws to accommodate for the inattentive, uneducated, and just plain incompetent. That ruins it for the rest of us. All these great driving roads in this country, and they're full of people who have no business being on them. Like the Crossfire Club.

[@User-th6yy]

You're a really cool guy who knows a ton more about cars than many so called car guys on KZbin. Very relaxing to watch you drive, skillfully taking these curves. The 911 speedster of this generation has individual throttle bodies, compared to the single throttle body of the gt3 you get a tad more throttle responsiveness. Is this something you might consider doing on your new gt3 rs? The rs might have this already, i only know about the gt3 for sure. Drive safe

[@KelvynGoveo]

The driving school of Matt Moreman, Sign me up ! loll

[@mikebellows754]

Amazing sound. Amazing roads. 👍🏻

[@coldbrewshawty]

Im driving up to North Carolina on Sunday from Tampa and I cannot wait for the views.

[@L8-APEX]

Havent watched the video yet but immediately hit like because the great original intro is back

[@MichaelRideout]

Take me back!

[@DGH19]

I felt your pain with those crossfire 's.😀 even those bike guys were mentioning that lol. Car sounds sick always has " we hear you a mile away" 😉👌

[@motiOn732]

Get yourself into hiking, climbing, cycling, camping, etc. More reason to get a mountain house. Id say skiing, but seems a bit warm for that down there. All that plus driving is why I'm going to buy a house in the catskills

[@Ohjustyoshi]

Oh no you said camping 😂

[@mortybryant]

Bro I saw you Friday (the 5th) at Deal's Gap. You did a launch heading into the dragon in front of me and my buddies! Badass car!

[@ObsessedGarage]

Ha, ha.... so fun!

[@russcruse497]

Just came back from Helen, GA. Almost no traffic, or police and quality (smooth) mountain roads. Not the length of the Dragon but very fun none the less. Drove at 7:00 am Saturday morning and drove a 36 mile loop without a single car in front of me. Drove my 991 Carrera from Tampa and did Porsche Driving Experience on the way up. On 2nd thought, forget everything I said 😁. Keep it from getting crowded. LOL. 😊

[@joetacchino4470]

Matt Thursday: “This car is so amazing and magical!” Matt Sunday: “so what’ll you give me on trade in again?” 🤣 Enjoy the new ride up there in the Spring!

[@bgood424]

The Cherohala Skyway is in Tennessee and North Carolina. I believe you said it was in North Carolina and Georgia.

[@christophercaruso448]

Another car I’d love to see would be a Alfa Romeo Giulia QV do this Smokey mountain tour.

[@ice.3000]

Matt, what kind of phone holder system is that ? ive been looking for a good decent one for my iphone

[@ObsessedGarage]

It’s Rennline.

[@NippyMoto]

I am just waiting a 10 part detailing series on the 991.2

[@ObsessedGarage]

Coming shortly!

[@Schwabz33]

I’m confused @Matt- so are trying to keep the 991.1 and 991.2? I thought you traded the 99.1

[@ObsessedGarage]

Traded the 991.1.

[@ericmiller1764]

You mention selling the M5 and Corvette in the video and end up selling the GT3. 😂

[@russellhagy]

The noise.

[@matthewread1545]

Pretty cool but take my Kawasaki GTR 1400 over any cage with good weather on the skyway.

[@kdoran709]

Roads like that are made for spirited driving, if you disagree you shouldn’t be a car enthusiast.

[@sgreer78]

Ever thought about taking up autocross? It would really help you with confidence in the car in a safe setting away from a track or public roads where a spin could be catastrophic.

[@KenseisGarage]

Awesome Video besides the crossfire club, lol. I love the mountains, been around that area bunch of times, love the scenery, just amazing and relaxing. That's a lot to say, sell the M3 and Corvette, the GT3 RS is something else. Would love to see you drive a McLaren and your thoughts on them. "Are you that guy that does that detail page?"...LOL!, Great video again Matt

[@coolnojicson4u]

Lexus RCF kick ass too everyday without breaking any sweat too LOL

[@fattysgarage1754]

I thought you traded this car in 8 days ago on October 8th? Am I missing something?

[@danielrrainey1]

How about posting your top 5 road sections. Thinking about shipping my car to the area and spending 5 days driving. Recommendations

[@avaitioncars9718]

Would love to see the same video but with the M3

[@christophercaruso448]

I absolutely love the driving videos. Would have loved to see the BMW 1M have a video like this. Maybe someday lol

[@hd-so5yx]

Are you getting the shelby gt500?

[@ObsessedGarage]

I doubt it, but I’m not ruling it out. Who knows what scheme I’ll come up with tomorrow.

[@TimmyTwoTuck]

Those downshifts 🤤

[@qwerty6801]

Who thought it would be a good idea to take a bunch of crossfires on the backroads

[@VVH1997]

a complete idiot maybe

[@mwar99]

They go every year.

[@JoaoSilva-hl4fy]

If you build a garage in this place, believe me, i would be a subscriber for life.

[@kenny0271552505]

Is this with the awe system and factory side mufflers + factory headers?

[@ObsessedGarage]

Side mufflers are also deleted with AWE SwitchPath.

[@robertsmithUH60driver]

Matt, GREAT as always. The only thing that would make it better is me riding shotgun:) For me anyway.

[@Meyerwoodworks]

The only road car that trumps this sound is an F12 TDF. It's just glorious...And no, don't say LFA.

[@MrCyp200la]

Was this Oct 3rd?

[@ObsessedGarage]

Yes it was.

[@MrCyp200la]

@@ObsessedGarage I saw your car on that road and OMG it sounds so good!!

[@gregpapagno5683]

45mph means 70 mph up there

[@midshipmino1786]

Crossfire club.....lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@laxislife143]

I thought I liked bmw but Porsche is my dream car

[@typ8723]

Yeah. 'the ultimate driving machine' is in, Porsche

[@Fee.1]

laxislife143 Porsche encompasses a ludicrous range of bland to perfection so as far as GT3’s go yea that’s going to beat anything for carving mountain roads/switchbacks etc. bmw excels in giving you a great car there that you can’t and will daily as well

[@moneyparhar]

@A J ur dream suck

[@mauro23perez]

Matt you drive like an old lady with one bad eye...So many unnecessary downshifts 😜

[@ObsessedGarage]

Downshifting is the spice of life.

[@Amenhotepp57]

I kinda doubt Lamborghini’s suck😂 but oky

[@ObsessedGarage]

Sorry man. They do.

[@L8-APEX]

Man the wail of that flat 6 is godly. Frickin love it. How are the cops up there? Reasonable or do they just sit and wait at those pull off areas for people to come around the corner?

[@bdeale3314]

Agreed...the Corvette seats are too tight...and the headroom is not the best. But to claim the GT3 RS seats are the best is just NOT TRUE. They don’t even adjust...vertical...straight up and down. I love the car....but the first thing to go....THOSE SEATS.

[@ay735]

Are you doing alright buddy?

[@LearnBreeze]

Spend some time in them and you’ll change your mind. They don’t feel the way they look.

[@ObsessedGarage]

Getting in and out of the 918 buckets are not fun, but once you are in, they are darn near perfection for me.

[@moneyparhar]

Sell BMW gets Cayman GT4

[@slimtny]

I would get rid of my wife to keep that sound...

[@Fee.1]

I spent like 2 hours writing you an email explaining why you should read past the first line and how I’d “joked” with you about coming to work for you since long before that was something that seemed reasonable to ask to anyone else, as I was just asking a KZbinr with OCD to let me come work for free and film/do editing etc. I’m amazed at how well this blew up, behind everything there’s a “condition” that gets the best of many men of all types and you’ve managed to channel it into all the right places & learn you need to leave some things to the chaos that is life etc. and I just hope you recognize how well you’ve managed this and give yourself some credit and hopefully eventually talk more to people that might benefit from hearing how you personally handled the battle. Having said all that, the point of my email was to try to “pitch” a couple ideas I’ve had that really encompass the spirit of the motivating factors that drive you to do so many things the way you do them. I think you’ve seen how that hyper-focusing thing we do allows us insights into seemingly mundane things that DO have real world value to every day normals that use the same products but don’t dive into the minutia of every nook and cranny. The pressure washer project is a decent example as is most of the surrounding ecosystem. It just so happens there’s people pulling their hair out for similar answers and finding nothing but great things to say about everything because 99% of the Internet is fake or paid reviews & there is a plethora of micro brands and the like mixed about with new offerings from a record number of brands in every segment and somehow the ones producing diamonds in the rough are getting drowned out by sheer volume and companies that spent 0 on R&D and can afford stupid marketing blitzes to buy their customers. There’s also basically nobody left that serves the Consumer Reports role & the void left behind by their inability to keep up and adapt. On a macro level obsessed as a brand above/beside obsessed garage (branding can change obviously) could waltz right into a buyout from DT Publishing media group, I mean why let Vox do it when you can be Vox Media’s equal instead of its minion like the verge. Standing for something and not letting your name be bled for anything less than the level of detail provided by Anandtech as an example is so simple, it’s just not easy when cheaper routes are being dangled in front of you. But purity of vision eliminates that. I’m describing the final form effectively instead of trying to give a micro level example that comes across as a cheap idea. There’s no rush, but there’s no reason not to start, discussing what that looks like is step one with anything as you know, and are likely neck deep in but hopefully getting some relief from having tangible progress to sink your teeth into as far as OG. Even if you only took this as far as a single industry you’d be all but given the keys to the kingdom as there simply is NO true/complete operation even trying to supply consumers with some ability to do due diligence without becoming obsessed and doing what we’ve done so many times for so many products to get to the truth. The manufacturers are all but begging for someone to step up, throwing silly sums at youtube and Instagram “influencers” with followings a tiny fraction of the size of that which most adjacent industries consider the bare minimum...but time has moves at a different pace here it seems. Perfect place to start and just so happens to have a ridiculously high crossover rate with people interested in cars. I felt like my email was just too much information and just didn’t know how to salvage it so I put it in the drafts. This “condensed” form will hopefully/almost certainly get enough of my point across for you to get a glimpse of what I’m tossing around, if you happen to be interested/willing to have a chat and toss it around just let me know. I’ve got all the time in the world for a short moment in life as I transition into whatever I decide to do next, so I am kind of desperate for my next project.