Although I have been a Porsche fan since I was 10, an Italian friend who was born in Italy, lives in Italy, owned a car parts business in Italy once told me in Italian, "Ferraris are beautiful to look at, but if you want a real sports car, get a Porsche". His words, not mine. I now have a mint 993 and a 991.1 GTS, both in manuals. When you have the right cars, you tend to keep them much like my BMW motorcycle, now at 30+ years of ownership.

You got to admire Sam, none of the usual histrionics from KZfaqrs with a new car - a relaxed not really bothered delivery from Sam😂😂

Big fan of the blue, the wheels need to be bright silver though. Or a shadow chrome may look good in that design.

Love the intro, sold the Ferrari Estate and the Beemer Touring because I needed a bit more space....bought a 991.2!!

If you can mount wheels with bolts instead of the centre lock, the 20" 5-spoke "Carrera Sport" wheels to the 991.2 are really beautiful!

I absolutely LOVE the GTS trim 👌🏼💙 all around, it’s the perfect balance for a 911 daily

Love the black wheels don’t change

No chum that blue is sick and don't change the black for chrome it's pur fect 🤙🤙🤙🤜🤜🤜

Don't mind satin black rims and good point about brake dust, I'd keep the rims black. Cannot wait for the V8 family wagon's video! Cheers ;)

Amazing car! I had the same gen 2019 here in the states with a 7 speed manual transmission in Miami Blue.

This Porsche is a true swiss knife, great choice for you.

Lovely colour and spec.. loving the recent podcasts as well.. please try and get more engineers on it.

Hi Sam Nice videos! I wonder if you can share with me how you (re) configured your BOSE in the 911? Thank you so much!

Well done Sam - I have the same colour GTS 991.2 Manual - absolutely love it! Great car.

Great channel as always.

Nice video! Can I ask you which app do you use in order to remove the plate?

Congratulations on the car I love it! Personally I really like black wheels, but silver would go really well with blue sapphire.

Nicest I've seen apart from the lava orange 🍊 992 GTS TARGA that's my perfect spec... with all the black like yours

still one of my favourite channels....classy

I feel better after your video. I have a 991.2 GTS cabrio. I used to have a Ferrari 360 and F430. The Porsche isn’t as sexy or visceral as the Ferraris were but it doesn’t produce the angst they did either. I was toying with selling the GTS to go after another Ferrari but your video reminded of why I got the Porsche in the first place.

Best car for the money you can buy. Hands down. I have a 991.2 Carrera 4 GTS for the traction, this one is lighter. There is something to be said for both versions. I like the light bar on the 4 as well.

Had the same car in pretty much the same spec (except for the 7 speed manual and no glass sunroof). Loved it!

3:40 its not like you need to change a wheel simply because the GTS or any other 911 does not come with a spare wheel. The forums make such a big deal of Centerlocks when they are not an issue at all. I mean how often do you need to remove a wheel...to do a brake flush, change the spark plugs. Thats every 2 to 4 years.

Absolutely YES to ACC! I had it on my old C2S, wouldn't be without it for a daily.

Congratulations. Lovely semi sensible sports daily.

Love it Sam! I have the same color in a 991.2 Touring. I recently got the 19" Apex wheels in race silver. They used my car for the photoshoot so you can check out how the wheels would look in your car, I'd highly recommend them.

Super nice spec! I'm debating parting with my E92 M3 and F87 M2 for one of these. Really wanted a GT3 but need that back seat for my little guy 😁

Lovely motor bar the wheel colour

more content of this please!! Got a new sub!

Agree that a leather wheel is better than alcantara. I do however like the black wheels. Good review.

Platinum Satin is the Porsche color wheel you should consider. Hides brake dust. Doesn’t draw too much attention away from the car itself. I have them on my sapphire blue 2014 Carrera S. I could send you a photo if you tell me how.

I like the black wheels and they match the trim

Weiss Gold for the wheels would me my choice 👌

I have had two 911s with the center-lock rims, OMG they are such a problem when you get a nail in the tire. Never ever will I get a Porsche with those center-lock wheels. I was hit head-on by a truck in my 2016 Porsche 911 GTS. Took me 3 years to get back to normal after a broken neck and broken lower back and both bones in my leg were broken. 5 surgeries later I purchased my 17th Porsche; a 991.2 Turbo 2019. I wanted a Turbo S but Porsche would not allow my order to go through with the 5-spoke non-center-lock wheels so I settled on the Turbo. Love the 5 spoke mag rims with the normal 5 lug-nuts. Good video and I owned 3 GTSs in past. They were all amazing daily driver cars. Also prefer the PDK over manual especially in Washington DC traffic. My Corvettes are manual but looking forward to the new ZO6 with Tremec Dual-clutch. Like your color blue. I will never get another steering wheel in alcantara because it gets matted down and looks awful after 6 months. Hard to restore it if you don’t stay on top of the care of the alcantara or now called “race-dex”. Enjoy your GTS. I think the 991.2 GTS is the best thus far daily Porsche! I do really enjoy my 991.2 Turbo as a daily driver. After a tune & headers & intake my car is 720 hpw at the crank. Extremely fast, quick & drivable‼️ Cheers bring on more videos!!!

What a sound decision.

Intresting move… 👍 and what about a M3 CSL?😀

Do the wheels in a GT silver/light grey with the blue...

Very nice Sam, have a black 991.1 C4S at the mo and this would be the next purchase. Looks v similar to a car that was behind me this morning near Weybridge Surrey?

Silver faces and gloss black barrels for the wheels

Hi Sam, just looking at the GTS models at the minute 991.1/.2 but I agree, I’m not a massive fan of the black wheels either so will go GT Silver. What did you decide in the end… did you just repaint the wheels or change them?! Any issues with the break dust. Thank you 👍🏻

Golden wheels would look great on this spec

Nice video relaxed and a normal guy style of presentation!

The adaptive cruise control is crazy! It comes as standard in a bog spec 1.4 Volkswagen Tiguan 2020!

Awesome

Nice choice! Get an Exige 410 before they’re all gone! 😁

Bright silver for the alloys would look superb.

Great car I had a 991.1 GTS and brilliant all rounder

Hmmm tbh I this design kind of suits the black (or maybe I’ve only seen it in black) obvious choice would be silver but how about get another set of wheels probably from Porsche that’s not this design and not black. Love the podcasts as always keep up the good work Sam!

I drive at least 12,000 per year on motorways and never use cruise control, I hate it.

If I had room for just one car, this would be it

Very nice! I’ve got a black one with carbon buckets and ceramic brakes, so much car

Yeh very very nice fella, huge Porsche fan and I have the 2011 997 GTS, the original :) I wanted it from the first time it was released, couldve got a 992 but this is what I wanted and I didnt want to get a 992 and still be looking at 997s if you know what I mean. Anyway nice blue it looks bright and lively, I agree with the wheels, centre lock is a bit much for just a daily road car so I waited and got one with the 5 stud option which turns out is quite rare as I dont see any on the road with anything other than centres, its good as I can get some winter wheels and have more variety when it comes to choice and I can swap them over myself. Again agree with the lower ride height, I have to brake for the majority of speed ramps which is a bit irritating. Did your 991.2 come with the raised suspension button? Not sure if it was an option in your version tbh. personally the Bose in mine is a bit pants, I grew up in the DNB era so I need punchy bass and its not even close, mine has the pcm carplay hack but still glitchy though. Cruise control is a good option but again no one specs it, Im getting the retrofit at around £700 from Porsche but its been on back order seems forever. In all fairness you made a decent choice enjoy her.....oh and forgot to say, the centre locks can be removed and the 5 stud module replacing them, its not a much of a faf tbh

The annoying thing for me with PDK in the Uk is the direction you push the stick to go into manual mode. Here we push it away from us but in left hand drive countries like Germany for instance they pull it closer to them for your more engaging manual shifts. Yes I can still reach it but it would be better if they reversed it for us brits. I have a 997.2 C2S PDK and the Bose is pretty crap to be honest. No where near as good as the middle upgrade in my old 2011 X3. Maybe it’s the insulation?

What about a Targa? Seems like it would have fit your use case too.

Weiss gold for the wheels. Sapphire blue isn’t a million miles off aqua blue, and how good does that combo look on the 997.2 RS?!

It’s been a minute Sam! Welcome back - Hope you’re enjoying fatherhood!

porsche's inability to get radar cruise setup in a manual is just silly. vw golf r manual does adaptive cruise until 15mph -- below that is disengages.

Good vid - how are you finding the turbo engine vs N/a ? Missing the sound or does the extra torque more than make up for it ? Is yours pre opf filter , pre summer 2018 cars I believe

Shadow chrome (bmw wheel colour) would suit it 👌

Gold wheels!

I have one of these cars and although a good review the mistakes grated on my sense of accuracy. The centre button on the mode button is 20 seconds and a Carrera s cannot be specified to GTS level the horsepower is different and the suspension setup makes it a different prospect.

Great vid Sam, I recently bought the 991.2 C4 GTS and I absolutely love it, changed into it from a 992 4s which so dissatisfied me. It had terrible build quality, speakers, door cards and interior rattles from everywhere. Imo also way too much digital interface for basic controls that annoyed the hell out of me on the move. The GTS is a revelation as my daily, lucky enough to have others too for more raw satisfaction, but for me this is the sweet spot in the range. Wish you well to drive it!

You have got the rear wheel steering explanation wrong mate, rear wheels turn OUT at low speed and in at high speed 😀

about ACC definitely agree.

Anthracite wheel color🤙

Congratulations very beautiful

Wise man...😁

Weiss Gold?

She’s a beaut. Did the 997 go too? 👀 what have you replaced the M340i with? I notice an EV charging cable resting there…?

Would like that in a manual

Color code?

Leave the black wheels on there.

Wheels need to be graphite grey…( same as Black Edition Audi’s)..

Why do you wear headphones when recording behind the camera?

991 so much better looking than 992.

Shame to sell the Lusso. just a brilliant car and a bit more special than a 911.

wasnt sure about the new bimmer, this one tho

GRANDE PORSCHE 🌹 😘 👍 🇮🇹 🔝

Okay

Sam you traded the lusso ?:)) come on man !! You think small …. Keep the lusso get the Porscha . You’re on a bearish mental mindset. That’s an alert !!!Let me know if you need help to keep all those vehicles

I hate PDK in Sports cars. I like to row myself and feet being active at driving than riding... FTD

SILVER

buy me one. I like the blue color

Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)!!

great FAMILY car... LOL not.

why do you hate black wheels lol you always say that

Quite a negative review…🤔

good ferrari is garbage

Neither a good nor exciting choice. But hey, to each their own..

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