Alfa Romeo ALFA 159 2010, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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SNOW TYRES
Due to the snow tyre features, under
WARNI NG
normal conditions of use or on long mo-
The max speed for
torway journeys, the performance of
snow tyres with “Q”
Use snow tyres of the same size as the these tyres is lower than that of normal
marking is 160 km/h; 190
normal tyres provided with the car.
tyres. It is therefore necessar y to limit
km/h for tyres with “T”
their use to the purposes for which they
Alfa Romeo Authorized Services will be
marking and 210 km/h for
are certified.
glad to provide advice concerning the
tyres with H marking. The
most suitable type of tyre for the cus-
Road Traffic Code speed lim-
IMPORTANT When snow tyres are
tomer’s requirements.
its must however be always
used with a max speed index below the
strictly observed.
For the type of tyre to be used, inflationone that can be reached by the car (in-
pressures and the specifications of snowcreased by 5%), place a notice in the
tyres, follow the instructions given in para-
passenger compartment, plainly in the
graph “Wheels” in section “Technical driver’s view which states the max per-
specifications”.
missible speed of the snow tyres (as per
EC Directive).
The winter features of these tyres are re-
duced considerably when the tread
All four tyres should be the same (brand
depth is below 4 mm. In this case, they and track) to ensure greater safety
should be replaced.
when driving and braking and better dri-
veability.
Remember that it is inappropriate to
change the direction of rotation of tyres.
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