Green Diamond vs. Nokian

[Greg Galinsky]

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My advice would be to look inside the tires prior to mounting and look at
the markings inside.  There will be white crayon markings that show what
brand of casing the tire is on; also pay attention to what model of tire it
is.  They may be markings like; M, stands for Michelin; BR for Bridgestone;
S for Semperit, G for Goodyear; and a bunch of other possibilities.  Also
there will be markings like XLM, or such as to the specific model of tire
the casing is from.   My advice is to at least match the casings on two
tires to an axle.  In the ideal world matching all 4 is the way to go.

On lightweight RWD cars like Miata; I have found handling problems when they
were not a matched  set of 4 casings.  On FWD or AWD that problem is very
minimized.
I have only sold the Green Diamonds when I can match all 4 casings with the
same tire brand and model.

Just my .02

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service

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From: DieMarthaDie at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 04:06:04 PM
To: wallace at stanfordalumni.org; mjammann at yahoo.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Green Diamond vs. Nokian

Well, I ordered a set of Green Diamonds and they're here, now to have them
mounted... Tough to argue with the price - a set of 4 195/60/15s with
shipping was $230. They look similar to Blizzaks with their sipes and have
some directional grooving. I have to send a hearty reference out to The Tire
Outlet in VA (Henry Gelbman, prop.) as they were hte closest vendor to me in
Baltimore. He didn't have stock, found them in a warehouse, shipped them out
and made triple checks to ensure they arrived (including sending the UPS
tracking numbers). Very nice and VERY helpful. I found him on the Green
Diamond site vendor list.

John
83CGT
90V8Q


> > I am very interested in the Green Diamond "Icelander"
> > The scant info turned up on google seems positive, and
> > I like the fact they are recycled. Has anyone
> > tried them yet? If so, could you comment on there
> > applicability to use for a Lake Tahoe ski car.
> > Typical
> > conditions are ~120 miles of high speed run on either
> > dry or wet road, followed by ~50 miles in snow of all
> > depths, wetness, iciness etc.
> >
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