Porsche 911 Safari Is Filthy Fun -- /TUNED

Can Matt Farah have more fun in a 200-hp, 1981 Porsche "safari" 911 SC on gravel roads than he's ever had in a 1000-hp car on tarmac? The smile tells it all. The car's owner, racer Leh Keen, uses it hard and doesn't plan to wash it. Good man.
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[@creato938]

I don't care what purists say, a car is meant to be driven, and this car looks fun as heck.

[@RandomDuude]

Any "purist" who cringes at an off road Porsche doesn't know shit about Porsches.

[@Garbasker]

I'll have to agree, but on a serious note this car is brilliant and gorgeous at the same time

[@therainforest4314]

I couldn't agree more. Back in the early 70's I had a 1959 Porsche 356 that I drove on similar roads in a very similar manner, and those were some of the most fun car driving experiences I ever had. :-)

[@verdeboyo]

Superb! Fuck purists! I get those Mothers turn their nose up at mine many times. It's mine and I'll do as I like.

[@masturone8257]

Even the 959 which in its time was the fastest production car in the world (second fastest if you consider the F40 a production vehicle and only faster in top speed by few MPH but no where else) was raced in rally's. So if you know Porsche and are a purist then this shouldn't surprise you. That scary time when you lift off the throttle on asphalt in a 80s era 911 that liked to kick your rear end out is what makes it so much fun and predictable when you do the same thing driving it in dirt.

[@henrywindsor7037]

never thought tuned would return. thank god!! i love this series!!

[@Sj1bby]

If you like this, you should also checkout Matt's own channel: TheSmokingTire

[@AndresGarcia-wj3dl]

Matt laughing at the end made my day.

[@Logankampa]

This has to be, by far, the best looking episode of Tuned yet.

[@BobcatSig]

This made my day. Watching Matt laugh hysterically at the brilliance of this car is so, so great. I need one of these in my life.

[@rantos9]

The shoots are so beautiful, it's a pity that youtube's compression kills everything with foliage in it.

[@computiNATEor]

Yeah, I even waited for the 1080p to cache on my slow connection, but it wasn't any better.

[@DeputyNordburg]

The compression is increased if you have shitty internet.

[@TedwardDrives]

Leh Keen finally gets a feature! He is amazing.

[@computiNATEor]

Did you see his 'rain dance' video? Absolutely incredible!

[@TedwardDrives]

haha yes...did you see him cutting corners at VIR? hes a nut in this thing!

[@krocialblack]

Tuned and Big Muscle is the only reason Drive is still alive.

[@JellyMan3634]

Its so cool watching this knowing matt loved it so much he had his own built that he just took delivery of.

[@DigitalKudzu]

Predictable Oversteer, my friends, is how you put smiles on a fat mans face!Classic!

[@juliodc1231]

the perfect 911...in my opinion, I love his taste in style and cars

[@Tain950]

I’ve never seen Matt Farah so excited doing a review. It’s literally breath taking you could see the excitement on his face. Awesome

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

The Porsche 959 was originally created to be a Group B rally car. Group B died before the 959 hit the scene, though.

[@got556]

Wasn't the 288 GTO also created for Group B?

[@MyLonewolf25]

Jaybee didn't know that Wow

[@oliviergrandjean1918]

Yep, the 959 was originally called Gruppe B

[@wynonnascott7253]

This is a 911 rsr 2.8 is it not ?

[@wynonnascott7253]

NVM just watched the rest of the video

[@AmesiesCorner]

You've got shocks, pegs.. Lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

[@adamf.4823]

So much respect for Farah for getting one of these and admitting he wants it mainly for city driving. It's not fun driving a modern super car on the roads. Public asphalt is not designed for 20" rims and sub 3 second 0-60 times. THIS is the sports car you need for daily fun in real life on real roads. Farah is smart and honest. Good for him.

[@robertper4102]

Ok seriously that brought a tear to my eyes. I've seen pictures of Porsche rally cars and I love Rally racing and the all encompassing aspect of the style. This car speaks to me. That "Duck bill" spoiler is what sold me. I want one too.... So glad Matt you got to drive it!

[@motiveartworks]

Fuck yeah, Leh's safari builds are super rad! Must be an absolute blast to drive.

[@CManReinhart]

Finally, a proper free video from Drive

[@Tun1NGManiac]

That's the rain dance man!! Overtaking everybody in the heaviest rain you can imagine just before the red flag due to terrible conditions at 24h of Nurburgring. Personal hero!! Nice build you've got there

[@nicks1258]

I don't know if I've ever seen Matt happier while driving an automobile. And I've been watching him for a hot minute.

[@jonahnita180]

Damn, the fact that you're able to drive someone else's car at this level on what looks like a sketchy road where any wrong turn will be your last, that says a lot about the ability of this car. I'm impressed.

[@Kolinu2]

Motorsport in the UK and Europe in the late 70's early 80's had Porsches, amongst others, drifting all over the place. It was such great racing spectacle.

[@hankthebugman]

I like the engineering behind the project as I have projects like this myself. Yet when I hike into the woods I hope to hear only the birds and the bees, not a high revving German engineering masterpiece. What a conundrum.

[@christiancontreras5349]

the 911 is just an all around amazing car.

[@nickhanscome]

Yes, my 8 months of drive plus leads to this.

[@idventure6036]

I did Porsche winter experience a few years ago and it was the most fun I have ever had. Porsches 911 really work on loose surfaces.

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

Thanks Leh and Matt. Great fun to watch. In stead of going RWB, I think this is the route I will follow with my li'tle project, although it have to be lower than 40k.

[@rileyhughes5613]

So stoked that Matt is doing his own Safari build now, it's gunna be fuckin badass

[@FarlandCars]

Safari 911 - on the ultimate 'to do' list for sure. The interior is perfect.

[@ajaj3196]

Thanks for having good taste Matt. Half the damn cars you showcase end up in GTA Online, including this Porsche (Comet Safari). Between you, the Grand Tour guys, and Leno, GTAO has developed an amazing roster of parody cars because R* actually seem to add all the cars from your videos we effectively spam them with. Such a damn cool car man, thanks again!

[@clubracer6]

Maybe my favorite video on KZbin and certainly my favorite Drive and or Matt Farah piece! I want one but don't have the roads to use it on.

[@Sportscarbible]

Thanks Matt for keeping that channel up and running.

[@SlevenKevin7]

That rock that almost takes out the camera at 9:40, yet camera guy manages to pan perfectly. Props.

[@jd-py5nm]

thats a great road and i love rally and porsche being a die hard fan i have been familiar with this part of porsche for awhile thanks for a great video for those familiar and unfamiliar!

[@relakks0]

Excellent video guys! What a dream to have a car like that, with a matching track in your back yard

[@marcnobel3938]

Porsche won Dakar and several other Rallyes all over the world. The 959 was actually born as Rallye Car and ended up as track car. Mechanical Grip on the rear Axle works quite well there and same time the tail is happy.

[@MyLonewolf25]

Marc Nobel it was designed for group b but group b ended before it could hit the scene

[@marcnobel3938]

MyLonewolf25 Exactly what I said :-D

[@hamdanalharbi2206]

this is one of your most brilliant videos!

[@furai-ingfalc-kuru8149]

This was the Most anyone has ever made me want to drive a particular car. Great vid!!

[@DanielFoland]

Great film. Beautifully shot.

[@visualwarp9707]

I cant think of anything I'd rather aspire to than this. 👍 Thanks to this video I now realize I need my own mountain rally course and dedicated off road 911.

[@CaptHollister]

The Dakar winning 953s were basically 911s with awd and long-travel suspension. People also sometime forget that the ultra-sophisticated, mega-fast 959 was originally developed as a rally car.

[@aaronjohnmaughan]

What a beautiful place to drive such an amazing machine! I'm envious.

[@BrickMoosie]

I've been wanting to build one of these for a few years... I feel inspired to do so again...

[@vm3761]

I have never made a comment until now. but that video was perfect and made me smile

[@fadumpt]

Rear Wheel Drive - Rear Engine - Air Cooled and you get go most anywhere traction, including the mountains. Porsche/VW cars make for awesome offroad vehicles that you wouldn't normally expect out of them at first look.

[@dartagnanx1]

TERRIFIC all around! Great videography, sound and editing too!

[@jeep2003]

I thought of doing that with a 72 targa shell I had but to make it a complete car again would have been too rich for me. Great show!

[@joetarrant99]

What a BEAUTIFUL film!

[@villejuntunen5851]

Awesome! Excellent video, beautifully put together.

[@ronjaspappa]

As a Swede.... I did get some goosebumps at 5:52 when Stigs name came up 😁

[@koenigsegg1237456789]

great video matt! love your enthusiasm :)

[@JCImageInc.]

9:44, a few more feet to the right and someone would have been losin' some teeth! Great video guys, some really killer shots and loved the slo-mo action SON!

[@Punisher9419]

I would love to see you drive a Metro 6r4.

[@Cher007]

Or an Renault 5 Turbo 2

[@Punisher9419]

The Bi-Turbo 6R4 pushed out 710HP I would like to see him drive all of them though. Mainly the smaller ones because they where just insanely dumb. I really wish Group B would come back, that was the best it has ever been.

[@Cher007]

Or how about the Lancia Delta S4? Damn i want to see these cars driven on that show...

[@Punisher9419]

My comment below. Those cars don't get enough love. Everyone always fawns over the Quattro.

[@Cher007]

Ejup.

[@primalartifice]

Volkswagon Beetles were running like this in plain view for decades. It only makes sense that the driving forces would work similarly for a 9/11.

[@ShenryRNBSN]

People underestimate how powerful a clean looking logo like “/DRIVE” is for a channel/brand.

[@franzansisco7625]

of course they are great, jackie ickx drove one on rallye dakar. love the video!

[@flyingphoenix113]

Seems like he's rather Keen on Porsches! Must be a coincidence. 😉

[@HiroshimaSpirit]

Leh Keen is the coolest dude, and that's the coolest way to use a 911. Purists be damned.

[@Ride2Xplore]

Very nice car!One of few people that did something different and more fun!

[@MalcolmRowley]

Possibly, your best video. Nice job. Great car.

[@Cockeadam13]

The only thing I can think about is the following shots and the rental car that was probably absolutely destroyed

[@davidmathay7117]

Super Swampers? Try BF Goodrich Matt. All-Terrains no less.

[@TheSmokingTire]

David Mathay it's weird, I use the term "super swamper" for all off road tires, regardless of actual brand. I know that's wrong, but I continue to do it anyway because I like how it sounds.

[@davidmathay7117]

All good Matt. The car geek in me caught that right off. Was just picking nits.

[@wobblysauce]

And people know you are talking about knobbys.

[@TexasRedneck]

Came here also to see who caught it. Something's just not right about calling an all-terrain tire a Super Swamper...

[@pappyodanial]

Love the dramatic steering for 25mph... ah Matt

[@ArielBravy]

Stellar video! One of my favorites on Tuned for sure. :)

[@ponypwr]

Best one yet brother!

[@PHOEBE_LOVELY]

fabulous project car.

[@vtr0104]

Not sure why people wouldn't remember these, the Almeras brothers prepped a whole bunch of them for rallies back in the day and they were a good and reliable platform.

[@markchambers8521]

Looks like so much fun! Happy days!

[@kevinmckinzie]

A 911 rally car is like a super bad ass baja bug. Just a big kick ass go-kart.

[@someone-iq4mc]

Absolutely i want that smile man

[@repairdrive]

The car is cool and all but I'm more amazed by the amount of wide open abandoned roads there are where this was filmed.

[@migicman02]

And now Matt has his own to build to be this awesome

[@B0B_BELCHER]

My neighbor had a yellow 911 rally car :D

[@lunytrickz]

a 911 can do abosolutly everything ^^ a be the best a it and do it very reliably

[@burnham7673]

That looked like great fun!

[@afrog2666]

Those last seconds were great lol xD

[@DoctorDARKSIDE]

If this video does not put a smile on your face.... The heck do you live for??

[@Gendo3s2k]

Just where do you find roads like this?

[@HallsoftheSummer]

This is somewhere in the Appalachian mountain range

[@FWarrior2010]

@@HallsoftheSummer this is the Smokies, not Appalachian.

[@HallsoftheSummer]

@@FWarrior2010 the smokies are a part of the Appalachian range

[@ne2i]

plenty of good Maine Logging roads to blast around BTW Matt is Building his own Safari 911

[@bottomlayer]

yay you're back!

[@TheBigUnicorn]

SWEET BUILD!!!

[@RTDragonCommando]

As an automotive purist (not a 911 purist) I feel this is exactly the kind of thing you should do with a car. They're made to be driven. Hell, I would drive the wheels off any car, even if it was one of a kind. They are built to be enjoyed, not sit on a pedestal and look pretty until the end of time. It's funny, this is exactly the kind of 911 build I thought of doing at one time, but with the price of one I have to pick a different car when the time comes.

[@Okipouros]

Great video, and excellent sound, considering how tough it is to record in a rally car, you should do the same setup in one-take

[@TheSmokingTire]

Okipouros I can't have an audio guy riding along with me in the one takes like I can in this video. Huge difference in requirements.

[@C.O.920]

Great Clip!

[@taxkourel]

This was awesome :-) Keep em coming please!

[@undercomposition]

Great car. Great video.

[@НиколаъЪ]

This is my dream car. I have a 1990 318is E30, i love it, but one day i promise i'll buy a 911.

[@ianhenderson3491]

This is the sickest dude ever! sick idea!!

[@gabriellacassandro7677]

Great video!

[@PlaywiithMee]

Now he has finally got one !

[@geraldkottler3014]

„you’ll probably never be able to sell it to anybody“ 5 years later: LOL

[@gnarlytothemax]

TUNED IS BACK!!!

[@Tonigr]

... oh ... you did it ... now keep em coming :)

[@samalison5426]

I've got an old MKII Triumph 2.5 with groovy fabric I've put on the doors. Good idea

[@MidhunCM]

Now that's one 911 put to good use

[@march11stoneytony]

This guy knows whats up!!

[@H0tDawgWater911]

Tuned is back!

[@Spacecab]

That right there, that's my friggin' dream!

[@CuMEoH]

Amazing project - respect ✌🏼️😎

[@HeinrichGossler]

I own a budget alternative.A 1974 VW Thing, 2200cc flat 4 200 HP, 13 inches of ground clearance , 4 disc brakes, and factory LSD . And it is a four door convertible.