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Originally Posted by Superman
Jeff mentions tires, and I think some of the most important recent advances in motoring relate to tires. The tires on my '78 SC are a far cry from the ones it came with in '78.
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Apparently today's base model Boxster laps the 'Ring faster than a 997 GT3, which lapped the 'Ring faster than the much vaunted Carrera GT. Simply amazing advancements over the last 15 years or so.
That is, until we put the Carrera GT onto today's rubber. Doing so sees it once again running away from the new Boxster. Tires have improved that much. The only really fair comparison would be putting all of these cars on today's rubber and re-running their times. Doing so pretty much changes everything with regards to these trans-era comparisons.