I thought they said "11 and a half" in that video...regardless, still fast and right in 997.1 turbo territory. 11.2 would be just as fast as a 991 GT3.

 

You're right it was 11.5. Haven't driven a 991.2 S yet but looking forward to testing a manual one.

 

Absolutely love your car!!! Have seen a handful of Matt's videos... He seem's like a nice enough guy that has a broad range of general knowledge with respect to perfomace car's. But then, most of us on RL probably do... I'd have a beer with him...do some bench racing, and call him out on any B.S. Status Quo....

I have no expectations for Matt's videos or any others found on YouTube or the other sites. Some of his videos I watch for a min or so, his others I watch in their entirety... I do love the back road dashes in the videos... The only expense I'm paying is with my time 10 to 15 mins, no biggie. JB

 

Thank John, appreciate it!

Pretty awesome the video has almost 90K views now and was featured by R&T.

 

How do you get on the list for him to drive your car?

 

Matt posted on here a few months ago looking for a car to drive. I responded to him and coordinated via email.

 

the other Porsche forum was not so receiving if I remember correctly......

 

I enjoyed the video. Always looking for a different opinion. Doesn't change my feelings about my TT. More power to people who release these kinds of car videos with no financial gain.

 

nice car !!

but the tip comments .. come drive mine , it might change your mind .

 

He was more complimentary of this 997.2 C2S
Having owned a PDK 997.2 before this turbo, I can say both are fantastic cars. I couldn't tell how much he liked the Turbo, but his love of the .2 C2S was apparent.

 

I see the point of Matt making these videos, he gets to drive everyone else's car. However, some of his videos are just beyond sleepy and uninteresting. No one watching these videos gets anything or any information out of them unless he has anything worthy to say. It's like making a home movie with you and your buddy... the only people who want to see it are the two people who filmed it ,generally.

I've seen a few good videos from him that were entertaining and provided good details. Maybe because they were more interesting setups, like a V8 vette engine DeLorean or the Hellcat episode that has much better production quality. Anyways, as long as everyone is having fun though

 

Remember that the majority of people watching will be living vicariously through him - they're unlikely to ever get to sit in a 911 Turbo, let alone drive one. His presentation and manner appeals to the average Joe, and that's why he's popular. Our perspective is somewhat skewed as we have the luxury of grabbing to keys to ours any day of the week.

 

Each one of the these one take vids has a ton of viewers. Not all like the format, but a lot of people, including myself, do. You can't please everyone. I like these reviews and want more of them.

 

I watch various channels on you tube, including Motor Trend, Chris Harris, Salomondrin, Leno, Rob Ferretti, and Matt Farah. Each of them have there unique way of reviewing/talking about cars. As with Matt, I like his enthusiastic approach without getting too technical.

As nzskater stated, i think alot of the viewers live vicariously through him. I like to cars he reviews, from $10K 996s to 100K mile NSXs.

 

Even if he did, does it really matter? I mean, not good to do on purpose, but given that it was accidental, I can't see it having any effect on the value, and obviously won't hurt the car (that's what the rev limiter is for, after all). Nobody really cares about type 1-2 overrevs, right?