2007 Porsche 997.1 Turbo - One Take 

Lol these comments though...

Welcome to RU-vid ;)

Sweet car, what do you do for work Lee?

Great car! The only issue I have with mine is that it's appreciated quite a bit in the past year (partly because the cdn $ has lost value) and now I'm a little more cautious with it. Still - it's a blast to drive.

Do you still have it? Is this the one with the Mezger engine?

I stand by that statement!

"The new Carrera S feels faster than this" Because the car was going WOT uphill. 4:32 - 4:55 "Look at this fucking thing go, Jesus" Because the car is going WOT downhill. 10:52 - 10:58

50% of the comments in these smoking tire threads. Lots of losers who drive their parents cars shitting on people because they are insecure.

Absolutely right. I had to stop reading the comments for the one-take yesterday

wade18 Those comments were completely unwarranted. I was baffled!

I really hate how judgmental the internet is everyone acts like they're perfect will half of these people I'd love to see them in real life with the comments they make. nitpicking people's crinkled shirts how old they are how fat they are how lacking in confidence their voice sounds. sometimes I click on their name and then find they have videos and they're way more Awkward and ugly than the person they are making fun of. so I've come to realize these people that make these comments whether they realize it or not are messed up mentally and taking it out on others. if you're happy with yourself you wouldn't be making comments like that. we're here for the cars.

Right. BTW 1:14 for the "these sunglasses will hide my wonky eye." You're all welcome!

All the way back, lol.

All the way back half a metre haha

Lmao this thread is hilarious. Shit kinda broke it huh.

because rear engine?

Robbspeed3 yeah

then you wouldn't be able to drive on it

I'm in Orlando too & I've always thought this...I'm sure there are roads with elevation changes further up the state...Ocala is the closest I've seen.

Yeah you pretty much have to go to North FL like Tallahassee area to start getting some roads that actually have corners. I've heard Ocala isn't bad though, never took a trip up there when I had my Mustang. Maybe when I get another one I'll have to go for a ride up

Go to hell

I just moved here from GA. There are some crazy roads in the mountains of North GA but there seem to be a few small stretches here and there down here. I4 is a PITA currently. So many potholes!!

Purred at over 180 mph...yeah, right! Maybe with a GE J-85 jet engine bolted to the roof! First of all, the S4 wasn't introduced until 1987, and the 1986 S topped out at approximately 155. So, Porsche wannabe owner, get your facts straight and keep dreaming, Dork. You probably own a Nissan Versa, or a used Chevette.

I agree many porsches sound like shit

Depends on personal taste... you can change the sound of any car with different exhaust. Stock they are very muted, with the wrong exhaust they sound like a Subaru... However I have heard ones that will make the hairs on your arms stand up when the throttle is blipped.... But then again if you don't like the sound of a flat 6 then nothing will fix that.

look out for that IMS bearing

I'm all good. Its a healthy car with no wear or metal dust/shavings in my oil filter. I cut my filter open every 3K miles to check for warnings. Not all 997.1's have an issue. With that said, if I see any warnings, I will replace with the better bearing.

good deal. Hope you enjoy it!

Any mods? Or is all stock, I've seen a lot of one around here that are mostly stock with an exhaust, and wheels. Which honestly u don't need more. Great cars stock. But way to quite

It's a stock cabriolet black/ black. I have aftermarket 19x8 and 19x11 mesh style wheels. All you need to open the sound up a bit more is the K&N open cone intake system and do the GUNDO HACK to the exhaust. See videos of gundo mod. Makes it sound like sport exhaust without paying for pricy aftermarket exhaust system.

Comments like these tells everyone about your social inadequacies

I doubt Matt wanted to launch into the whole, "ahhhh, I sold it," schpiel while canyon carving in a Turbo Porsche.

@@DouEditz responses like that show everyone how much of an unlikeable asshole you are

Literally exactly what happened

How is he messing up?

Carlos Contreras you can tell because the shift sounds strange a lot of the time and he apologized a lot

oooo the previous owner! Always nice to see when the owners join in on the comments. Hopefully Lee will chime in too. Did you have any problems with the car when you owned it?

Zero problems with the car when I owned it. It was actually one of the best cars I've ever owned. Very reliable, tons of power and torque and the interior was very refined. Great leather, sound system and like Lee mentioned in the video.... if you just want to drive around town or go out to a nice dinner with your girl its the perfect car. Super good GT style car for driving fast in the canyons and then cruising around town as a daily driver. The only reason I sold this car is because I wanted more of a track car, so I bought a 2008 GT3. Now the GT3 is a great reliable car with a Mezger engine as well (same dry sump style motor built but mezger in both GT3 and Turbo of the 997.1 Era) The GT3 is a raw car, bumps, rattles and creeks but I love it. Girlfriend on the other hand.... hates taking the GT3 to dinner. If I could afford to keep both the GT3 and turbo and my other cars I would.

Come back in five years and the Porsche will probably be worth more than all of them except maybe the 350R, and you're not getting one of those for sticker.

The Porsche is a nearly $200,000 car brand new...so the fact that it is $70,000 now, despite being 9 years old, means it's a really good bargain.

you're high and you're comparing used and new and that Porsche will be faster around a corner then all the cars you listed. and if you think that Cadillac has anything on a Porsche around the corner you have never really pushed a car I promise. maybe low speed but you've never taken a 90 mile an hour right in your life if you say that s***

lonewolf5460 Uh... a 997 turbo is absolutely not faster than a Corvette Grand Sport around ANY corner. You are seriously ignorant if you think it is. And I doubt that it's faster than an ATS-V or a GT350 either. Take some time to educate yourself before speaking again. www.caranddriver.com/features/lightning-lap-2016-results-historical-lap-times-and-more-feature You can very clearly see here that the 2007 911 Turbo runs a 3:05.8 while the Cadillac ATS-V - which is a 4 door sedan - runs a 2:59.2 on the same track with the same drivers in the same configuration in the same conditions. In case you're bad at math, that is a SIX SECOND PER LAP gap with the ATS-V being FASTER, not slower, than the Porsche. And it does that with LESS POWER than the Porsche. You need to seriously educate yourself before speaking again. And just in case you were wondering, the Corvette Grand Sport was a full NINETEEN SECONDS PER LAP faster than the 997 911 Turbo. Saying "Porsche will be faster around a corner then all the cars you listed" is almost incomprehensibly stupid given the actual lap times of those cars. The Corvette is so much faster through corners - and again, with LESS POWER than the porsche - that it would LAP the Porsche within about 8-9 laps. Cadillac has TWO 4 door cars that lap faster than the 997 Turbo, the Mustang GT350R laps a solid 15 seconds PER LAP faster than the 997 Turbo. You are seriously ignorant and you need to get a lot smarter before commenting again.

Vernon Price I don't think you comprehend just how good the Turbo was BACK THEN. And you only listed one track. Pit a brand new 911 Turbo S with a Grand Sport, and it would take the Z06 to beat the 911. You're saying power to lap time ratios, but the 911 is sporting 9 year old technology. That's like saying, "Well why is the M235i just as fast as the M3 10 years ago" like dude, the M3 is TEN YEARS OLD. And I don't think the 911 is faster around any corner, especially a 9 year old 911 vs. a brand new Corvette GS. But I will put all my money saying the 911 will feel better, more visceral, and more engaging than the Corvette, ESPECIALLY among the 997 generation. But back to your original point: why is the 911 priced the same as new cars that can blow it out of the water, performance-wise? Well like I said, *It cost nearly 200,000 brand new*. That's like saying why is a 10+ year old Ferrari 360 costing more than a Z06? The Z06 would leave the 360 in the dust! *Because the Ferrari, when it was new, cost over $200,000*. Money doesn't work in the way of performance, especially when comparing old vs. new cars.

check out his wheelwell page

Search the channel there are videos of most his cars except his vanquish which lives in CT in his parents garage

most definitely.

nothing wrong with that. it's his baby, not some press car beater

Agreed

Only clueless pussies cringe when redline is his....

+beatsByZlaya not when the computer counts over rev ranges and it can devalue the car

For real

Matt rev matches himself

There's no auto rev match on 997s

LOL I SOOOO thought that was him then he started talking...

hendeeze - that’s not considered overrev. He simply bounced off the rev limiter. That car is able to take 9,000 rpm without issue. 😂😂😂

***** Of course not, but there is a slight resemblance.

Doesn't look like him at all. Newsflash: lots of people have a beard lol

more like Chuck in Supernatural

Hit it Pedro?

I give this car 5/5 absolutelys

Porsche says the "GT" cars will always be N/A.

@@TheSmokingTire 4 years later, we all know what history says :) 911 R collector car indeed, GT3 NA indeed.

4.0 is around 300k+ great advice dude.

Servicing on the 997 Turbo is nothing like the Ferrari 355. Servicing is not that expensive compared to any Ferrari, even a new one. I own one so that's how I know.

***** That's incorrect. 997's are fairly reliable. No need for an engine-out service at all (unless you're fixing the RMS which is once in the car's lifetime).

+RU-vidr lol vs a 355...you for real ? a 996 and 997 are corollas by comparison when it comes to service.

Yeah, at range 1. Range 1 is a throwaway range because you haven't exceeded the factory limiter. No one gives a shit about range 1, since it's not a mechanical over-rev.

TheSmokingTire says the dude who fucked it up.

For fun, ya dingus. Matt is a well known auto journalist / writer / video producer. The people who come on the show are fans. they like cars, they like talking about cars, they like driving cars. It's for fun.

He's also driven more than enough cars to know what makes a good car, good.

jason wingrove But god no, don’t ever overtake, but crazy speeding is ok 😂

You don’t need cops on Angeles Crest. The edge is the law.

@@Ned_Slanders 100%

Lmao! Have you ever been to California? There aren’t cops anywhere on highways out here

yeah Widebody..Sexy!!! I have a Guards Red Targa 4s with Turbo Wheels and fully worked suspension from HKS. Full Fabspeed Intake Exhaust and Tune. Beast

Probably. The 997TT was new in 07 and the GTR came out in 09 so the time line works.

thanks... I think that there's a Jeremy Clarkson special where he takes a 997 turbo to 204 MPH in the autobahn... great respect for that car.

Think that was a GT2, because it was the first 911 over 200

could be..., but that thing was a 911 on steroids and 2 wheel drive... and had 611 hp... the same as the Carrera GT...

it was the 997.1 turbo that they used as the standard.

They've looked the same since the 1960s.

No...

They still are beautiful

yeah ofc

you kidding? styling has barely changed

the 991.2 Carrera S places 3rd on the recent Motor Trend comparo.. 0-60 in 3.1 , 1/4 in 11.5 its pretty fast :)

Porsche usually underrates. the new car hauls balls

and pdk is a lot faster than tiptronic or manual as well

Alex P including lap times set by Randy Pobst that beat the Turbo and GT3 RU-vid it so you can watch him do it

I was a little surprised when he said that also. I thought the Porsche Turbo would be faster for sure but I guess not.

Holy crap, he sounds exactly like him.

ico9750 Mad, he really does

I was just about to comment that!!

There is a One Take of the Boxster with the 4 cylinder.

New Cayman one take coming soon!

I did a modified 997.2 Turbo S on TUNED, it may have even been like the first-ever episode? Fucking fast car man.

TheSmokingTire Nice! I'll look for it, thanks Matt.

PDK only, FYI, which may or may not matter to you.

Pennywise If I remember correctly the 997.1 comes in manual and tiptronic and the 997.2 in PDK.My Cayman is a manual, but if I move on from it I wouldnt mind a dual clutch car just to experience the other end of the spectrum.Im sure an S with PDK would almost melt your face on launches.

yep, the Turbo S is like Spaceballs ludicrous speed :)

Angeles Forest in Southern California

because Porsche is known for build quality. I've driven 30 year old Porsches that are tight as a drum.

+TheSmokingTire I'm just shocked you even take the time to answer stupid comments like that.. just enjoy the video and stfu would've been my response to that troll..

exactly what Matt said American cars Fall Apart so quickly I drove a well-maintained BMW the other day 200k on the clock felt like new. Can't say that about any Mustang or any Cadillac.

less about build quality and more about lack of miles/usage/owners not touching them. true story.