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I had a set of these, and they were the worst winter tires I've ever experienced. They were, in fact, far worse on snow and ice than the all-season ContiExtremeContacts I had on a separate set of wheels at the time. The problem with Green Diamond is (complete lack of) quality control.
From what I understand, "Green Diamond" licenses out the process to independent manufacturers. The process seems to cover the embedding of the granules, but not the tire compound. The tires I had seemed to be just a very poor all-season compound. Some of this is just speculation, but it would explain how some people seem to have a good experience with these tires, and others do not.
In my opinion, you're rolling the dice buying these tires. I've never had a worse tire buying experience.
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Posts in this Thread:
- What is the best snow tire?, ryan , Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:37:38
- Automobile Protection Associatoin '09-'10 review URL, JohnA , Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:00
- German ADAC Test Results of Winter Tires, Bill Homer , Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:35:23
- General Alimax Arctic, simul8guy, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:12:51
- green diamonds, brick8, Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:51:03
- hakkas, James, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:41:59
- Re: What is the best snow tire?, AeroLady, Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:23:43
- Noel is right..., B Millar , Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:05:24
- This is a frequent topic here. Do a search and, Noel, Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:57:00
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