Porsche sports cars count among the world’s most desired and sought after, so many owners purchase them only so they can sell them later at a profit. Nick – the driver of this 911 (996) GT3 with 182,000 miles under the hood – supplies an altogether different example.
According to the racetrack enthusiast, he has run the North Loop alone 950 times and the Spa Francorchamps a whopping 3,000 times. If you take the lengths of these circuits and multiply by the number of runs, you will get 40,000 km (around 25,000 miles) just on these two. Impressive, isn’t it?
Naturally, no racing engine, however reliable, is meant to last through that kind of mileage without repair. As it stands, the 911 GT3 is on its third powertrain now, a 4.0-liter opposite-six mill of the gen.997 model. The transmission is even more recent (997.2), the suspension is custom-built from scratch, and the body makes use of numerous lightweight carbon fiber parts.
Watch the video to see Nick take his ride to the track and hit 293,000 km on the odometer minutes later.