Man who bought viral flooded Porsche GT3RS for $130k attempts to start the engine but makes a ‘stupid mistake’
- A UK YouTuber bought a flooded Porsche
- The car was totaled, but still cost him $130,000
- He’s rebuilding it, but made a silly mistake with the engine
Published on Jan 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Jan 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
UK YouTuber Mat Armstrong spent $130,000 on a flooded Porsche 911 GT3 RS last year.
The previous owner of the car lost control and crashed it in a river, and decided to sell it ‘as is’.
Armstrong bought it as a project for both his YouTube channel and his car collection and set about rebuilding the car.
But straight out of the gate, he made a mistake that cost him even more time and money.
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The big mistake
Mat Armstrong spent $130,000 to buy this totaled Porsche and documented his purchase on his YouTube channel.
He had a plan to rebuild it and he obviously started with the engine.
The problem is that he made a relatively small but silly mistake that cost him a lot.
Namely, the new cylinder block’s bearing sizes didn’t match the old block, requiring the engine to be stripped down again.
It’s a seemingly small technical mistake, but it invalidated the whole process and essentially meant he had to start again.
However, the UK-based content creator and his team were finally able to fix it, and the engine started, which is definitely the first step in the right direction.
The story behind the flooded Porsche 911 GT3 RS
UK YouTuber Mat Armstrong bought the car for two reasons.
First, a brand-new Porsche 911 GT3 RS would have cost him at least double what he paid for the flooded one and, second, he generally easily makes the money back talking about his buys on his YouTube channel.
When the former owner of the car found out about it, he got in touch with Armstrong to explain what happened.
The news wasn’t good, and it put Armstrong in an even more complicated situation because the car was even worse it looked.
Then again Armstrong had done this sort of thing before, so he thought he could salvage it.
He famously bought Marcus Rashford’s Rolls-Royce, fixed it for about half the price, and then drove it back to Mansory when the company got involved.
On other occasions, he tried the same thing with an Audi RS6, a vintage BMW and even Lamborghini Murciélago.
This Porsche definitely looks like one of the most challenging projects he’s embarked on, but we’re sure he’ll pull it off.
We wait with bated breath.
