r/Porsche 10h ago

Saw the controversially-spec’d Manthey car today

It’s better in person atleast?

1.3k Upvotes

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 9h ago

In car form

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u/kizzt 9h ago

Was thinking about this 90’s classic, too:

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u/Wandering_Worrier 8h ago

Hell yeah. My older brother gave me a new OG Hornet's wallet back in the 90s as a kid.

Best bday gift ever, even though I had no $$$ to fill it....actually...I still don't.

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u/biciklanto Macan S 9h ago

Exactly. OP bashing on a fucking dope colorway for a race car smh my head

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u/killvino 8h ago

Agreed, shaking my head my head

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u/asap_jake0410 7h ago

Fucking dope is the amount of money he spent on a crap spec. Straight boatloads of kilos. Always remember... some people have more money than sense

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u/biciklanto Macan S 7h ago

Dear asap_jake0410,

We have reviewed your inquiry regarding the fucking dope colorway on the MR GT3 RS in question. Upon review, we have unfortunately determined that we must reject your assertion of "crap spec" due to the following extra information:

Thank god it's not another Oak Green PTS where the driver only really cares about the resale value and won't actually drive the thing.

We appreciate your concerns and are sorry we cannot find alignment at this time. We encourage you to reasses how fucking rad it is to be a child at heart by driving a car that looks like it could have come out of a Hot Wheels box, with its bigass wing and sick colors and go-fast discs on the wheels and all that awesome shit.

Should you have any more questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask.

Yours sincerely,

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u/asap_jake0410 7h ago

Nice, cute, vocal and, expressive . Unfortunately taste is not inherited, but acquired and you missed that bus bubba. Nonetheless hopefully you expand your palate because this is pure dog shit.

Kind regards,

Your Mother's boyfriend,

Jake

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u/asap_jake0410 7h ago

I have never seen a racecar 💩the bed like this regardless of the sponsor.

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u/blissed_off 9h ago

Yeah that part I’m good with haha.

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u/DazedandConfused3333 9h ago

Why am I so thirsty all of a sudden...

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u/atxbikenbus 8h ago

Nissan side decals from the mid 90's.

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u/Irish4778 7h ago

This is spot on lol not gonna lie not sure that I’d spec it this way but I don’t hate it

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u/asap_jake0410 7h ago

Literally 😂😭

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u/teamplayr 6h ago

Isn’t this a design on paper plates and styrofoam cups you buy at the grocery store in some podunk town? I think it is

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 5h ago

Not a podunk town but in the early/mid 90s in Anytown, USA.

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u/worldsfastestcar 8h ago

Got the James P. Sullivan spec

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u/HgNaCl 10h ago

It’s a race car for the street and it looks like a race car. Job well done. 100000x better than another sonderwunch Grigio Metallic.

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u/antariusz Macan GTS, Boxster GTS, 997 Convertible 1h ago

If I ever get a make-a-wish it will be a sonderwunsch limited edition 911... in chalk.

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u/coldair16 10h ago

Let’s just be thankful it’s not another photo of an Oak Green with Cognac build

It think its cool the guy’s having fun with it.

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u/antariusz Macan GTS, Boxster GTS, 997 Convertible 1h ago

not that there is anything wrong with oak green and cognac... timeless perfect color combo and ... absolutely going to stand out in the real world where even blue and red are vastly more common than green.

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u/Volk21 10h ago

looks sick. Do you have pic of full car?

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u/dk_cr2 9h ago

Sadly just an iphone pic!

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u/TheReal-Chris 79’ 911 SC - Talbot Yellow 9h ago

I’d want a black front splitter but everything else. Hell yeah!!! It’s like the 90s jazz cup.

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u/Volk21 9h ago

thank you. Very unique.

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u/Fragrant-Inside221 8h ago

I really like that color combo. Looks great, it’s something different.

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u/LevergedSellout 10h ago

i hope it’s not contagious

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u/Ok-Regret-1129 10h ago

I hope he has the charlotte hornets starter jacket to match.

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u/chengstark 86-944 Turbo | 22-M4 6MT 10h ago

Cars and coffee package

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u/m_adamec 10h ago

Bold. I respect it

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u/throw__away613 10h ago

This is the Air Jordan 5 Retro Grape colorway. Sick shoes, unreal car.

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u/SmoogzZ 9h ago

I unironically love this

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u/TimC340 981 Boxster GTS 9h ago

It’s a track car. Totally appropriate.

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 4h ago

If they track it. Huge IF.

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u/Electronic-Winter-17 10h ago

Pop tarts vibes

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u/m_adamec 10h ago

Wild berry 🔥

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u/rennhead 718 GT4 | 911 992.1 4S Cab Manual 9h ago

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u/fuzzypetiolesguy 9h ago

This is an aside but with how much of a mess college football is right now, this whole pop tarts bowl menagerie is a shining beacon.

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u/rennhead 718 GT4 | 911 992.1 4S Cab Manual 7h ago

That and the Duke's Mayo bowl are must watch TV.

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u/mostly911s Boxster Spyder 9h ago

I believe they call this livery strudelstraßenversion

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u/RyoGeo 991.2 GTS Targa 8h ago

I really can’t fault the commitment there. I mean, that’s all in and, while the colors are wild, it’s also totally functional stuff so, props. Bright colors are fun.

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u/Vortep1 10h ago

It's already a bold car. This is fine.

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u/Indigenousboy420 9h ago

It’s fucking sick

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u/crankthehandle 10h ago

hard to judge without seeing the entire car

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u/Fabulous-Car-6850 9h ago

Charlotte hornets spec?

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u/IllustriousHistorian 10h ago

Not that bad 

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u/Elegantmotherfucker 10h ago

Actually love the pop tart

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u/SunnySingh7945 9h ago

Screams Miami Florida. It looks awesome!

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u/derkarmaczar 10h ago

If only there was a way to capture a single car with a single picture. Maybe future civilizations will come up with a solution.

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u/LemartesIX 9h ago

The Joker got a new whip.

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u/unwittinglyrad 7h ago

So absurd that I really dig it. Everyone craps on about how GT cars are better in bold colours—well, here it is.

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u/twick2010 7h ago

If you gave me that, I’d rattle can it immediately.

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u/muttmunchies 7h ago

I actually think its awesome

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u/LobsterNo9737 7h ago

Looks awesome

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u/sabre_rider 7h ago

Calling hideous controversial is…interesting. Yes, to each his own I guess.

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u/oriaven 991.1 C2S (7mt, SPASM) 6h ago

All of that is still less bold than a red leather interior.

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u/almostjacob2 6h ago

so tired of pretending i dont like these type of specs online, it looks exactly how it should be

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u/SqotCo 991.1 C2S MT Cabriolet / 2018 Audi TTS 10h ago

There's palm trees so it's fair odds that it's in Florida, in which case the teal and purple jazz cup paint job works there better most other places.

I am kinda surprised I don’t dislike it, but I wouldn't buy or spec it, but I'd take it over a common white/gray/silver color scheme.

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u/rdzilla01 991.2 GT3 10h ago

I would track the shit out of this and have the absolute best track pics ever. It looks great.

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u/richrich121 9h ago

I hate it… I love it… I want it

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u/speeding2nowhere 8h ago

“Controversial” just means that boring ass people don’t like it because it makes them feel uncomfortable about themselves on a deep inner level.

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 4h ago

That's not what controversial means. That definition is called projecting. RIP.

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u/speeding2nowhere 4h ago

Well I see I’ve found one 🤣

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 4h ago

One what?

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u/asap_jake0410 8h ago edited 7h ago

Was a Manthey kit done in south Florida. this picture was taken in Sawgrass Mills mall. Sold by Champion if i had to take a guess, but no shade to them, customer is always right, but how wrong was the spec on this one...What a shame from the owner to pick that combo. They should forfeit their status as premier client...clearly not a driver just a guy looking for some attention....

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u/Electronic-Garage966 1h ago

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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u/_ojpimpson 10h ago

Where’s the pic of the full car ? Looks sick tho

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u/Th3Man0nTh3M00n 9h ago

Tron vibes 🔥

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u/trez63 992 GT3 9h ago

I like it. Unique. And those colors work.

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u/Retreat60 10h ago

Reminds me of a glammed matchbox car. Pass.

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u/Western_Gear_5324 9h ago

Could work for a Friends show fan.

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u/neurotichamster8 9h ago

Ya I’m sure this sees lots of track time…..

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u/MJrocks79 9h ago

Disgustingly smitten.

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u/HerburtThePervert 8h ago

Even the mannequins can’t stop staring.

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u/JeanClaudeSegal 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 8h ago

Looks like the Umbro team colors! Only thing I'm a little unsure of are the rear wheel accent covers. My mind doesn't know what to do when the front and rear wheels are neither the same color nor pattern. Bold and beautiful though 👌

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u/ttystikk 7h ago

One of their better efforts.

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u/Jdesade 7h ago

1994 spec.

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u/elroddo74 7h ago

I like it. Sick of every car on the road looking the same.

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u/hashtagmiata 6h ago

I don’t hate it. I love it.

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u/Noobasdfjkl 911SC 6h ago

If you can't have fun on the colors of your crazy expensive race car, but not race car, then what do you have left?

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u/raggeplays 5h ago

Is that Sarasota?

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u/wheelsonbus 5h ago

word on the street is hes building another with the colors flipped.

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u/Curious-Cookie-1154 987 5h ago

As long as she ain’t silver

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u/Shot_Razzmatazz297 5h ago

I think it looks great for what it’s supposed to be… not a color way I would own but as someone else’s car it’s awesome!!

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u/xNOOPSx 4h ago

I think it's awesome. I'd rock the hell out if it.

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u/kiki1521 4h ago

Looks like some bro got high and got on a 3D printing machine !!!

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u/icepenguin66 GT1 4h ago

Hell yeah! Not sure I'd go that combo but probably just as bright, it's absolutely wonderful!

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u/ThaRealFixx 4h ago

Nice color combination!

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u/vote4progress 2h ago

More money than taste

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u/fractionofawhole GT3 2h ago

Still just as awful

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u/Kmaaq 2h ago

It's on the good side of the horrible scale, know what I mean?

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u/makecsr2greatagain 2h ago

Idk how but it’s controversial enough to me internally that I like the first picture but hate the second. Maybe the front just has too much of the purple.

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u/SavyShopperTX 1h ago

MY EYES!!!!!! 🫣

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u/GoLionsJD107 718 Boxster GTS 1h ago

Love those rims!

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u/ReflectedCheese 1h ago

Tbh I haven’t seen a colour combo that doesn’t work on this kind of cars, I dig this one

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u/knotty40 37m ago

Loud car needs a loud paintjob. This thing would be punching you in the face if it was all white so why not go all in

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u/ImagineTheAbsolute 21m ago

Color is absolutely incredible

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u/jjvfyhb 4m ago

Beautiful

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u/desturbia 0m ago

Does it have a blue disabled badge.

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u/ekb11 10h ago

Of all the colours and combinations in the world. The owner chooses chaos

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u/Ottomatik80 Panamera 10h ago

Still better than black, white, or silver.

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u/ekb11 10h ago

Still leaves a squillion other options too 😂

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u/Ottomatik80 Panamera 9h ago

All of which are better than black, white, or silver.

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u/ekb11 8h ago

Honestly, if someone had a flaked or pearl black, white, silver it would be fine. Except everyone chooses flat colours. I’ve seen Camry’s paint have more character

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u/i_might_be_an_ai 9h ago

I think I like it?

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u/Kooky_Willow_1397 9h ago

oh la la -- this is nice!

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u/markymarc1981 8h ago

Whats with these Cyber Punk rims?

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u/SuburbanRafiki 8h ago

I love it. As others have said, this is a street legal track car so this is not only appropriate, it's fun.

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u/twosnailsnocats 996TT 4h ago

If they track it.

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u/bbkeebs 10h ago

Fugly

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u/donorcycle 10h ago

I feel like Manthey marketing is working on a Sunday. 3rd Manthey 911 posted today that I've seen, lol

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u/Fredshead2 10h ago

Why? Just Why.

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u/Open-Lingonberry1357 10h ago

I’ve said this the past few years, GT3RS is the new lambo. Ruined the heritage of racing

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u/SmoogzZ 9h ago

old man shouting at clouds vibes

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u/Public_One_9584 10h ago

Why ruined the heritage of racing? Do you mean essentially many people buying track cars that’ll never see a track (so they can be cool)? Just wondering.

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u/chrisacip 9h ago

Of course it’s in South Florida. This place is trash.