# 5th gear: GTI rapes WRX

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5th-gear-gti-rapes-wrx/45208
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [March 18, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5th-gear-gti-rapes-wrx/45208 "2008-03-18T08:53:02Z")
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### Author: ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5th-gear-gti-rapes-wrx/45208/31 "2008-03-18T18:39:42Z")

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> [@cky89](#):
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> With them being both brand new sets? I don’t see with good drivers, how they can make that huge difference.

Tires will make the MOST difference. I bet if you took 2 gti’s or wrx’s, or ANY 2 of the same cars for that matter, and put different sets of tires on them, one high-perf, and one all-season, the lap times will differ by that much easily…

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