Lancia THESIS CONNECT Owner's Handbook Manual - 267
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WINTER TYRES
These tyres have been specifically
designed for use on snow and ice
and should be fitted in place of the
existing tyres.
Use only the homologated tyres
listed in log book.
Lancia Dealerships will be glad
to provide advice on the most suit-
able type of tyres according to your
needs.
For information on the tyres to be
fitted, inflation pressure and winter
tyre specifications, follow the pre-
scriptions given in “Technical speci-
fications”.
The performance of winter tyres is
greatly reduced when the tread
depth is less than 4mm. In this situ-
ation it would be safer to have them
replaced.
Due to winter tyre features, under
normal conditions of use or on long
motorway journeys, the perfor-
mance of these tyres is lower than
that of standard tyres.
The use of these tyres should there-
fore be limited to the conditions for
which they were designed and certi-
fied.
IMPORTANT When using winter
tyres with a maximum speed index
below the one that can be reached
by the car (increased by 5%), place
a suitable notice in the passenger
compartment to inform the driver of
the top speed at which the winter
tyre can run (as per EC Directive).
All four tyres should be the same
(brand and track), to ensure greater
safety when driving, braking and
cornering.
Remember that it is inappropriate
to change the direction of rotation of
tyres.
The maximum speed for winter
tyres with “Q” marking is 160
km/h, with “T” marking is 190
km/h, whereas with “H” marking is
210 km/h. Always respect the high-
way code speed limit.