Anyone used Evergreen tyres?

treeroy

Hi, I bought a car last month and it came with 4 new tyres on. "Evergreen EU72" tyres. I have never heard of this brand and having decent tyres on my car is somewhat important... it's difficult to tell if these are chinese ditchfinders or not. They have loads of tread so I don't really want to replace them; but if they are bad tyres then I think I should probably get rid of them... 
Last week my wheels seemed to lock up completely while accelerating round a corner in the wet, seems like the tyres had literally no grip and I nearly had a close encounter with the front of a van.
It's difficult to find any information about these tyres online, there are a few user reviews on a couple websites but nothing from any professional site. I've never heard of the brand and can't find them on any tyre selling sites either... all I can find is a barebones webpage for the brand with a racing team on it.

ANyone know about this brand / these tyres?

The_Rainmaker

https://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-model/evergreen-eu72

chrisw

Loads of info from Google. 

https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Evergreen/EU72.htm

https://www.atseuromaster.co.uk/consumer/tyres/brands/evergreen-tyres

Budget tyres but don't seem too bad.

AdrianC

They're Chinese ditchfinders.

Evergreen is one of the many brands of Jinyu Tire, one of the largest "Buy enough, we'll put whatever you like on the sidewall" manufacturers.

Scrapit

treeroy said:

Hi, I bought a car last month and it came with 4 new tyres on. "Evergreen EU72" tyres. I have never heard of this brand and having decent tyres on my car is somewhat important... it's difficult to tell if these are chinese ditchfinders or not. They have loads of tread so I don't really want to replace them; but if they are bad tyres then I think I should probably get rid of them... 
Last week my wheels seemed to lock up completely while accelerating round a corner in the wet, seems like the tyres had literally no grip and I nearly had a close encounter with the front of a van.
It's difficult to find any information about these tyres online, there are a few user reviews on a couple websites but nothing from any professional site. I've never heard of the brand and can't find them on any tyre selling sites either... all I can find is a barebones webpage for the brand with a racing team on it.

ANyone know about this brand / these tyres?

Lock up whilst acclerating? How would that happen?

treeroy

The_Rainmaker said:

https://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-model/evergreen-eu72

chrisw said:

Loads of info from Google. 

https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Evergreen/EU72.htm

https://www.atseuromaster.co.uk/consumer/tyres/brands/evergreen-tyres

Budget tyres but don't seem too bad.

That's not "loads of info", it's some user reviews. Hadn't seen the ATS page, ty. 
£55 for tyre of this size if that's the normal price then doesn't seem good.
AdrianC said:

They're Chinese ditchfinders.

Evergreen is one of the many brands of Jinyu Tire, one of the largest "Buy enough, we'll put whatever you like on the sidewall" manufacturers.

Thank you mate, you seem to know everything on this forum.   I have a Civic Type R and with the way I drive I don't want ditchfinders on my car..! I'm drag racing at the weekend so will try to burn out as much of the rubber as possible, give me an excuse to replace them lol  

It seems a shame to get rid of 4 full tread tyres, not sure if I should try to keep them in some way as spares.

fatbelly

There was a test done on the Evergreen EH226. It didn't go particularly well:

https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2018-AutoBild-Summer-Tyre-Overview.htm

greyteam1959

Never mind the tyres try modifying your driving to suit the road conditions !!

treeroy

greyteam1959 said:

Never mind the tyres try modifying your driving to suit the road conditions !!

Really should not be in a situation where your driving is hampered by crappy tyres... that's why I want to get rid of them! 
I am conscious of my rubbish tyres at the moment so driving a bit gentler. I don't trust the tyres at all to keep me safe.

Dont know what you are trying to insinuate about my driving