The 175,000 mile Porsche 911 GT3!

[@michaelmotteram1682]

Great cinematography and editing, enjoying watching with a cup of STG coffee👍🏻👏🏻

[@seenthroughglass]

Awesome, thank you!

[@paulscott4058]

Camera work was amazing. Need to try your coffee Sam

[@JordieMotive]

I definitely support seeing more of you driving the 360!

[@guycha0s380]

Nice video

[@ziggyfreud5357]

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.

[@johnwhodat8135]

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.

[@ziggyfreud5357]

@@johnwhodat8135 The love of driving :)

[@eumenidest3519]

You are a traight up G 😎

[@atastefortheroad4475]

Well done!

[@9ff770]

respect man enjoy your vehicle without problems!!!

[@matteosiefert846]

So great to see people using their cars instead of garage queening them! 💯

[@francoisg3500]

Completely agree to many special cars are stored away rather than drive of which they were designed for. 👍🏻

[@seenthroughglass]

100% !!!

[@ziggyfreud5357]

Totally agree dude - drive them !

[@erikregnell3609]

Finaly = its a car, its littarly built to be used!!!

[@focus550]

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 . . . .

[@HansBrodiAutomotive]

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

[@Fioravanti.80]

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.

[@gordonsimpson3235]

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.

[@donjuan150]

Spot on.....hope to be that guy some day....

[@daniels3899]

I disagree they need to save the miles for me to drive 😆

[@sgdtv1368]

Proof cars will do it if you look after them

[@philipmie1228]

...the right ones to say the least😂

[@Bigwilliestyle322]

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

[@seenthroughglass]

True that!

[@Bigwilliestyle322]

@@seenthroughglass My wife says “Hi Sam!”, you’re her favorite car KZbinr, I make her endure car content endlessly... as we do. Thanks!!!

[@v4skunk739]

As long as any engine is properly looked after you should be good for hundreds and hundreds of thousands of miles.

[@TheMadJokerRises]

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]

You are right! And thanks for watching

[@v4skunk739]

I think the owner will rebuild the engine as well eventually.

[@yamkaw346]

I’m sure a lot went wrong.. just gotta fix it when it breaks

[@JJ-pe1wy]

You know the clutch ? 😂

[@TheLEMRR]

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.

[@seenthroughglass]

So true

[@michaelmeredith912]

💯

[@JJ-pe1wy]

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..)

[@TheDoosh79]

You need to find the owner who put on all the miles for an interview, he sounds like an interesting chap!

[@seenthroughglass]

Agreed! And to find out what he is driving right now!

[@Nord_Mann]

@@seenthroughglass put him in front of the camera and have him tell the car’s story👌🏻

[@gobinduppal4429]

@@seenthroughglass probably driving a 991.1/991.2 GT3.

[@gobinduppal4429]

Also, GT3s seem like good daily drivers. Sure maybe a bit more hard-core but definitely do-able.

[@AshMixes]

@@seenthroughglass Might be a good guy to have on as a guest for Behind the Glass eh

[@bhargavshatrughna489]

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!

[@seenthroughglass]

Glad you enjoyed it! And couldn't agree more

[@JacksonStrain]

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

[@swiper1818]

agreed

[@seenthroughglass]

Really appreciate that!

[@JacksonStrain]

@@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?

[@michaelmeredith912]

Totally agree!

[@seanf7174]

Over 220,000miles on my 997.1 C2 now. Still feels great!

[@jamest5149]

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.

[@bartvanderheijden96]

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!

[@KameronHarrison]

One of the best-looking cars in my opinion. Best looking GT3 for sure.

[@seenthroughglass]

Looked fantastic I will agree

[@kunalpatel3529]

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!!!

[@nicolasdelva1119]

This car seems to never get old, it’s so pure and special, thanks Sam for sharing !

[@seenthroughglass]

Couldn't agree more!

[@nostopping]

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.

[@simonvinson5886]

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!

[@seenthroughglass]

We are getting there! With restrictions easing in England now it's full steam ahead

[@simonvinson5886]

@@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!

[@horsecrazi007]

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

[@SimonDrysdale]

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.

[@MrDammik1]

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

[@mahadbajwa5751]

Your content is why i started liking 911's

[@nhbuckley]

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

[@keith6360]

Massive fan of high miler cars looking mint! Magnus Walker just bought a 2014 991 with 160k miles.

[@seenthroughglass]

Magnus Walker always doing cool things!

[@John1911]

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]

@@John1911 Good on you man - drive the car and enjoy it

[@John1911]

@@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

[@KevinFlory993]

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.

[@n.danishsamuel2497]

Midweek Uploads are just amazing

[@seenthroughglass]

Glad you like them! More to come

[@TheEdParr]

175,000 miles. Brilliant to see one being used. Love it. Top video!

[@jonathanbrady9939]

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 :)

[@domiwer]

Your „40 Jahre“ German was spot on!

[@seenthroughglass]

Little known fact, German was my only 'A' grade at secondary school

[@domiwer]

@@seenthroughglass so you should say „Doppelkupplungsgetriebe“ in the next episode of BTG 🤔😂

[@GBOAF216]

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.

[@achintyaaatreya]

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.

[@CarsWithJB]

Great video Sam! High mileage needs to be given a new meaning - too many people put off by high miles 🤙🏽

[@Belgian-Motorsport]

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.😀

[@Rama-jx6to]

Incredibly reliable, I so wanna own a 911 991.2 GT3 in chalk and manual

[@godfather-ut4le]

Love the Petrolicious video about that exact car.

[@ArnageLM]

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!

[@imyeg6]

This is what owning drivers cars is about! Hats of to the previous owner for covering some serious miles!

[@marcnobel3938]

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.

[@NightSkyTakeru]

love the rollcage that wang and those yellow seat beats

[@TheBlakeob]

Perfection. I love the spec and truly incredible how good of condition it’s kept in. Keep up the great videos!

[@tomvindevoghel1943]

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

[@jayymac]

I have just over 152,000 miles on my 981 Cayman S. Although it’s no GT3, it’s the best sports car I’ve ever personally owned! I bought it with 30,000 miles on it, and have put the other 122,000 on it in the last 5 years. It still runs like an absolute dream!!

[@LPCContentManager]

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!!

[@stuartbaker4479]

Sounds absolutely glorious!!!

[@seenthroughglass]

So good!

[@lordmaximus]

One of the best KZbin auto channels. Keep it up and all the best to you!

[@richieduck67]

Bulletproof kudos for driving it

[@1seipai]

Fantastic vid! A friend of mine had a 997.1 GT3 with adaptive sports seats. The more you drive them the better it is for the engine/drive train as long as it's properly maintained. These cars were made to be driven not kept in a garage!

[@ronny1990]

Great video as always. The car, the story, the cinematography, just beautiful and serene. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻

[@Dino-qq2jp]

BEST Porsche content on KZbin, PERIOD.

[@baronvonhoughton]

Brilliant to see some nice motors actually get used.

[@seenthroughglass]

Indeed!

[@benjaminlemort]

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 👌👌

[@benjaminlemort]

Sorry i was wrong, it had not 317 000kms but 323 000 😁

[@thedrivebygg]

Great to see a Porsche with high mileage, exactly what I will do when I own one, drive it to the moon and back. Top video

[@FringeChannel]

Of course we enjoyed it! Like a lot of other people said, your editing is really great and your point about driving those cars as much as you can was interesting to hear!

[@chrisdyson5513]

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😀

[@YachtReport]

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.

[@honzabui3141]

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!

[@seenthroughglass]

Noted but unfortunately we didn't have all that information

[@vtech5635]

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!

[@scottishjason]

Kudos to the owner, low mile supercars really wind me up.

[@seenthroughglass]

Yup!

[@estevatopanchovillacruz9969]

Exactly! What's the point of having a badass car if you aren't going to put serious miles on it?

[@Brownie-956]

Proper enjoyed that video. You can see the genuine excitement in Sam's face

[@mowilliams1511]

Love love love all the Porsche content, Sam, your channel has come on so much over the past few years especially. Keep up the amazing work, sir!

[@summit_detailing]

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.

[@jarrocabanes5226]

That's exactly how much miles sports cars should have! Kudos to the owners! And to you for another awesome video.

[@scalecrawlnl]

Thank you Sam! Awesome video, truely intoxicating (the healthy kind) 911 GT3 sound ✌😎

[@seenthroughglass]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sidrennie9433]

Mid week video and my week just got better! Thanks Sam 😎

[@seenthroughglass]

Great to hear!

[@adamski5977]

Always keeping it fresh Sam what an amazing car.

[@benemery6486]

Love these midweek uploads, even more when it involves a Porsche! 🙌🏻😭

[@seenthroughglass]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@PabloConcrete]

Love it Sam! Great video! Make them longer please! Thanks!

[@seenthroughglass]

You got it!

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

I love the 997 GT3 - Good mileage there.

[@dylanh1978]

The 997 GT3 is definitely my favourite modern Porsche, it brings the perfect parts of all Porsches into one in my opinion.

[@kongman27]

that many KM in buckets seats , he deserves a medal

[@Alextds]

My back hurts just thinking about that...

[@kongman27]

@@Alextds yup , screw that , comfort for me all the way

[@Stigs722]

Fantastic video Sam it was super interesting to see high mileage GT3! And you keep upping your editing and videography. You are the Peter McKinnon of the automotive KZbinrs.

[@avanterc1339]

Porsche 997 gt3 one of the best gt cars

[@ambersykes1419]

Great video. Lovely to see such cars being fully used and enjoyed

[@kramnam4716]

Such wonderful infectious enthusiasm! Thanks Sam you always cheer us up !🙏🏼🤣

[@Flexnes1]

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.

[@johnroney2097]

Been watching you for a long time & I love your content keep it up!! You’re my favourite channel for super cars you have a great, funny and bright personality road to 1million for sure !!

[@donaldshelton1720]

You are a real world super car owner really joy your content

[@punkbassist98]

Whey awesome shot by the beautiful Balcombe Viaduct! That's 5 mins away from me in Haywards Heath. Really cool to see Sam driving on roads I know! Great video :)

[@triviace]

With those sounds I would never stop driving it either.Yes you can daily drive Porsches,they like being driven well.

[@bispal]

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.

[@Inazuma68]

Recently bought a 996.2 GT3 CS. What a joy to drive 🙌

[@jaredmtennant]

Oh so you mean it's been driven as intended? Excellent!

[@jamest5149]

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.

[@suprazrule]

Legendary Mezger motor!! It was designed to run in LM and GT class races for 24 hours on end after all. Standard road mileage should be a walk in the park, but kudos to the owners for putting this car to work. Its practically been free to drive outside of the maintenance.

[@NickAlexTheo]

Best sounding NA sportscar back to backs

[@mikemitch1041]

Great to see a car being used as it should be and not stuck in a garage being afraid to use it top marks to the owner

[@naptownfizzle]

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!

[@jamespugh]

Sam awesome midweek video. That pretty good miles it shows that the gt3 will take lot miles from travel and daily life

[@stephaneasselin3359]

STG = best automobile enthusiast current content bravo 👏 Sam

[@iaing2030]

The previous owner of that car is the sort of person that should get a GT allocation without question, not these flippers and garage queens. Great video Sam and great car.

[@scotdoc]

I think this might be my favourite video ever on KZbin!

[@S3v3n13tt3r5]

Great cars deserve to be driven and will reward their owners with reliability

[@sooofancier]

I love your content man! Keep it up!🙌

[@seenthroughglass]

Thanks! Will do!

[@No-turbo]

I love these cars and would love to have one. They look like they're a lot of fun. I have a 360 though and I know Sam is just being nice to the GT3 when he stops talking about it here rather than going on and on about it. I've never driven a 996 GT3 but I can't imagine a world where it can match sitting in a cf sport seat in a manual free breathing 360 and living near redline.

[@watchman2263]

Amazing story thanks so much STG.

[@Inazuma68]

Driving a 996.2 GT3 for 3 years now and enjoy every mile. Take it out whenever the weather is good 😎

[@faisalleeds]

Great video Sam, looking forward to your road trips.

[@dajuice4200]

I just really like your channel. Thanks Sam.

[@EAD_0]

That's still an amazing looking machine ! love it.

[@ichibansantos10]

super refreshing to seeing this car being driven and being taken care of, instead of sitting in a garage just being a waste. I understand the mind set of investment but these cars are meant to be driven and experienced. My respect to the previous owner who drove all the miles, if i had the means I'd do the same.

[@jordanmace7700]

Lovely spec on the 997. Great video

[@rafaelmarinelli3121]

Many people don't understand why there is so much love for porsche 911 products, and this is the best way to explain why this car and this brand is so loved over the world. Is not the fastest, is not the most beautiful design but the 911 drives so fu*&%g good and yes, this is the most reliable sports car ever made...

[@nathanlam2915]

Great video dude!! Big fan of this type of content 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽