God yes, thank you! I'm not a fan of black wheels, especially on beautiful 911s. Love the gold/bronze color on Roger's GT3 wheels, looks amazing with the blue.
Nice to see you give the car some stick, (some people on RU-vid don't know how to drive a car properly) the cars looks great and the exhaust sounds great too.
Wonderful insight into a fantastic car. One of your very best videos Roger, you encapsulated the feel, amazing sound and fantastic capabilities of the 992 GT3.
Props to Matt and Marcus those drone and driving shots were pretty epic Roger! One of the best GT3 reviews on YT currently well done 🙌 Love the shout out to Jilly too behind every great man is a great woman. Enjoy that GT3 can’t wait till one is in my stable!
Brillant review Roger. I've watched probably 30 992GT3 reviews and that was the best!! Great narration, and reaffirmed my desire for one, just got to wiat until next year for it! bugga. So glad that you took it to the track, as I intend to, too.
@@RogerBaileyOnCars Hi Roger, I have watched this 3 times now, thx. I submit my spec this friday for my allocation. I am getting Gentian Blue with Neodyme rims, steels brakes (will be used on track, but to old to chase braking seconds), carbon roof, deviated yellow stitching, manual and CS. It looks like you are running steel brakes, and other than the colour, it looks the same spec. May I ask, do you have any regrets on your spec, or things that you would change? Respect your thoguhts and input. Many Thanks
@@911aircooled5 congratulations, thats a very nice spec! i have the carbon brakes with black calliper option, if ordering again I'd go for a leather steering wheel and a speed limit indicator. The highlight for me is the steering response, its great car well done ! - Roger
Thank you Mr B another fantastic video you really do have an amazing ability to produce stunning informative reviews with exciting video . what a car 🏆
Roger. You need to get Porsche Centre Chester to have a look at your speedo. Seems to register you doing 16mph faster than you can legally do it on British roads 8-))... There are faster cars that you can buy for the road that are also very good for track work. But are there any better cars that do both so well? And... It does sound pretty damn epic 8-))... Glad to see you're enjoying it so much. Stunning video Mr. Bailey and great to see the Blonde stalker, stalking 8-))... Your No1 Stalker ;-))...
yes I tapped the speedo a couple of times and now it reads correctly! blondie says hello, great to see you stalking, you continue to hold your No. 1 spot.
Just seeing your GT3 at Oulton Park was extremely exciting. I tried to imagine what it would be like to drive? Thanks to your wonderful video I now know. Glad you are enjoying your amazing GT3. An absolutely stupendous sports car. Fantastic!
You did have to include the footage of when we let you pass😂 as always great video especially saying getting the cars out doing what they are built for!👍
Just catching up - great filming - vey pro-fesh-nil - such a wow car. I drove the 992 C4S pdk on track and road - and that was amazing. Golf GTI one miniute, racer the next. I love a manual. But the PDK is so annoyingly sensationally good, it doesn’t even need manual changes - it just knows what gear. It’s uncanny. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome car. The engineering that goes into allowing a big 4.0 lt rev to 9,000 rpm reliably and durably, is testimony to the excellence of Porsche. I wonder what the piston speed at 9k is. Congratulations on your purchase and its good that you are enjoying it.
This is an excellent point ... It's curious that I never hear anyone talk about the fact that the GT3 being a 6 cylinder that revs to 9000 rpm is more impressive and difficult than making a 12 or 8 cylinder of the same size rev to 9000. The difference being the cylinder size of course. The 6 cylinder has bigger cylinders at the same engine size so it has a longer stroke. A longer stroke means that the piston speed is higher in the 6 cylinder. For example the 3.9 liter V12 in the upcoming Murray T50 has a redline of 12,000 rpm. This is impressive also an it will no doubt be a brilliant engine but the GT3 surely has an even higher piston speed because the stroke is so much longer. Kudos to Porsche for keeping the brilliant traditional 6 cylinder 911 engine and making rev all the way to 9000!!
Hi Roger - you’ve really hit it out of the park with this video!! Your commentary is in the one hand so well thought out and articulate; and on the other, so emotive and inspiring. The cinematography and editing are off the charts. You’re in league with Chris Harris! In the States, there is a schism within the Porsche community between those who enjoy their cars by way of driving them and those who enjoy their cars by way of their pristine low mileage. As the caretaker of a 196,000 mile, modified track worthy 964, I’m happy to hear you promote driving Porsches assiduously rather keeping them as concours queens or investment instruments. Final thought - please consider doing a video comparing the driving experience of your 992 GT3 with a 996 GT3. I’d love to hear / see your thoughts on how they’re different and excel in their own ways.
Thanks David, your idea about a 993 GT3 is worth thinking about, I featured a 996 GT3RS some time ago which I recall feeling less forgiving & more analogue.
@@RogerBaileyOnCars Roger - I think the 996 GT3 is still under appreciated (and under valued). A good friend of mine has a ‘78 911 and a 2004 996 GT3. He has been seduced away from the driving experience of the 911 by the GT3. I would value your analysis of the 2 in a way I would value that of Chris Harris. You and Chris have a unique ability to be both very real, thoughtful and very articulate all at the same time.
Roger delighted to see you, a Porsche nut in one. I have deleted so many RU-vid Silver Spooned 'car guys' from my RU-vid feed because they are nothing like you. Ostentatious and self absorbed, not like you and or Janko Lind, good guys, Porsche nuts with great content. Thank you. I just wish Porsche didn't feed these 'RU-vidrs' with the GT cars like so many aspire to.
So pleased you got one of these Roger. The only problem is now every future Porsche will be, great but I miss my GT3! Hope you manage to keep it for many years ahead! Keep up the great content sir!
Great video and review, would like to join your club eventually too. I have a 718 Spyder and hoping to get a 992.2 GT3 if I can get an allocation when it comes out. Looking forward to your Spyder vs GT3 video.
Great review. Very well spoken Roger. I had a GT3 RS in 2011 and never learned to appreciate it properly. The high reviving engine is certainly a delight. I have had a GT4 for 6 years and, while at a very different price point, it also keeps giving to the driver, and wants to be driven.
A great video thank you Roger. It’s a pleasure to see you really enjoying your car. I look forward to seeing more of your 992 being used as Porsche intended.
Thanks for this Roger. Living vicariously through you. This is my ultimate dream car (I'd actually like the touring version) but well beyond my means. Having never enjoyed driving one, to me the sound is the reason I would choose no other.
Great stuff Roger. Your love of Porsche, particularly your 981 Cayman S, led me to purchase a humble ‘64 plate 981 base. Still loving ownership but your upgrades ensure I will continue with the marque for many years to come.
It's a beautiful machine, Roger - an exceptional performance car. I think I'm going to have to take a trip to north Wales and beg you for a drive! I love the fact that you actually enjoy it and appreciate it as a performance car first and foremost (rather than an art asset that is locked away purely for future investment reasons).
Just saw 2 cars on Red Bull Ring at the Hotel. Visually it is too big imo :-) Of course it has to be larger to get the performance but that car is huge! Not a nimble small winding road sports car as it was before.
@@RogerBaileyOnCars It's all good, it's just Porsche's allocation program that sucks, lots go to people that don't even drive them which is totally wasted. (Investors). It was a different story when the 997 GT3 came out and I was offered one then, but had to divert the finances elsewhere. It's poor that the success of these cars makes it difficult for those that actually want to drive and enjoy them.
Great choice with the pdk, suits the car better than the manual for me. I love mine and will never sell it, they are very special cars. I have sapphire blue, but the shark blue in the 992 gt3 looks great Roger. Sounds just as good as the 991.2 to me.
interesting information about the PDK gearbox, many say the manual is better but I get your point, I'd go PDK too, great video, car sounds amazing, really enjoyed it thanks
Great video Roger! I would love to order a new GT4 is shark blue but sadly as I’m not a repeat Porsche customer I reckon I’d have no chance 😞 Dream car and you are one lucky guy Enjoy it mate
Roger I agree with subscriber air cooled. This is the best GT 3 review I have seen. I do have a simple question for you? What do you think of the new design LW bucket seats? It turns out there’s 50 potential buyers for this car at Porsche of Newport Beach. I hope I’m one of the lucky recipients to place a build.
Thank you Jeffrey, my height and age makes me secretly wish for the comfort seat, however the buckets add to the drama when climbing in, the new design is a bit wider and floor mountings are different meaning my installing a seat tilt bracket hack doesn't work here.
Excellent and well articulated video. Does the spyder now sit unloved in the garage, or did you have to trade it in to get the gt3 allocation? : ) I have a spyder on the way, and am curious what % of the gt3 level of enjoyment it achieves. Thanks again.
@@RogerBaileyOnCars If the (faintly) rumored spyder rs proves a reality, would you be tempted to switch? Depending on spec being a large enough differentiator, of course.
4.0 GTS engine is modified from the 3.0 Carrera engine - turbos removed. GT3 engine is a different engine, its the Cup race car engine with titanium internals dry sump etc. they feel quite different from each other.
Nice video Roger ! I just wish ther would be a gt3 Cabrio or targa :) don’t you miss open driving ? Or do you still have your spyder ? How does it compare to the spyder ?
@@RogerBaileyOnCars thank you ,sure the speedster , but limited and no 4 seater like a Cabrio or targa which would be my ultimate dream. How does the sound compare to the spyder ?
Hi Roger. Question. I have a GT3 on order , delivery May 2022. I’m hearing conflicting reports on the off track ride on the car . Some say it’s unbearable while others it is stiffer than the 991.2 but drivable. (I’ve owned several GT cars and currently own the 992 Turbo S ) What are your thoughts .
Hi Kevin, I've just been out in mine, went to the shops, took a friend out for a ride and 992GT3 road use is fine and acceptable even on UK substandard tarmac, I've covered 2.5k road miles all in relative comfort, its a bit hard but not quite as harsh as a GT3RS 991.2 / 991.1, the Turbo S is better on the road of course but that too is no limousine - you have a great car on order.
@@RogerBaileyOnCars Thanks Roger . I also went with the 18 way seats sport s and no PCC . The Michelin cup 2 will be used for the track but will go with the Michelin pilot P4.
@@abrahimleawal9502 no not this model, dealers are allocated two or three per year and have 100 or more people wanting to buy them meaning that the manager has to choose who can have one, you have to have previously bought several cars from them to be considered.
