Winter Tyres; Snow Chains - Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Owner's Manual

WINTER TYRES

These tyres are specially designed for dri-
ving on snow and ice, to be fitted in place
of the existing tyres.
Use snow tyres of the same size as the nor-
mal tyres provided with the car.
Alfa Romeo Authorized Services will be
glad to provide advice concerning the most
suitable type of tyre for the customer's re-
quirements.
For the type of tyre to be used, inflation
pressures and the specifications of snow ty-
res, follow the instructions given in chapter
"Technical specifications".
The winter features of these tyres are re-
duced considerably when the tread depth
is below 4 mm. In this case, they should be
replaced. Due to the snow tyre features, un-
der normal conditions of use or on long mo-
torway journeys, the performance of these
tyres is lower than that of normal tyres.
It is therefore necessary to limit their use to
the purposes for which they are certified.
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IMPORTANT When snow tyres are used
with a max. speed index below the one that
can be reached by the car (increased by 5%),
place a notice in the passenger compartment,
plainly in the driver's view which states the
max. permissible speed of the snow tyres (as
per EC Directive).
All four tyres should be the same (brand and
track) to ensure greater safety when driving
and braking and better driveability.
Remember that it is inappropriate to chan-
ge the direction of rotation of tyres.
WARNING
The max. speed for snow
tyres with "Q" marking is
160 km/h; 190 km/h for tyres
with "T" marking and 210 km/h
for tyres with "H" marking. The
Road Traffic Code speed limits mu-
st however be always strictly ob-
served.

SNOW CHAINS

Use of snow chains should be in com-
pliance with local regulations.
Use snow chains with reduced size with
max. protrusion beyond the tyre profile of
12 mm.
Snow chains may not be
used on tyres
225/45 ZR 17". Only spi-
der type chains can be used on ty-
res type 215/45 R17" and
215/45 ZR17". SPIKES SPIDER
COMPACT snow chains (17003
compact model) with 9 arms and
16 mm adjustable length and 17"
wheel cover adapter are available
at Lineaccessori Alfa Romeo. Keep
your speed down when this type
of chains is fitted. Do not exceed
50 km/h with this type of chains,
avoid sudden acceleration and
deactivate the ASR system (the
warning light on the button shall
be on). Remember that snow
chains make braking distance lon-
ger.
type