Potentially stupid question about tyres

[adamh]

I've just been having a look through the online MOT manual (http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_410.htm) for the MOT test tyre rules and it does not say anything about "Competition Use Only" marked tyres as being a reason for failure.
So apparently, going by the letter of the MOT manual; my Avon F3 wets should pass an MOT.

Have I missed something or do I actually have a chance of getting an MOT with these tyres?

BTW: I realise F3 wets are perhaps not the best road tyres (they'd be good in the wet though :D). It would just be handy if I could use them for an MOT.

TIA!

[m-five]

No, but it probably says something about 'properly type approved tyres' - which means DOT approved for road use - racing slicks/wets do not usually have this mark on them unless they are one of the batch of road-legal track tyres.

[te51cle]

They'll need to be E-marked for road use to be legal. No E-mark is an MoT test failure. Not sure about the DOT marking, that's an American standard IIRC, so it may not be vaild in the UK.

[adamh]

te51cle: IIRC, stuff of car's doesn't have to be E-marked for an MOT - for the SVA it does, but not an MOT. Two different sets of rules.
A car can even pass an MOT with almost flat tyres - something that would potentially get 3 points and a squillion £ fine if stopped on the road.
When I were a nipper, cut slicks would even pass an MOT if you could prove they were cut by the manufacturer and they had (in those days)1mm of tread. This was even if they had 'not for highway use' on them.

I'm just trying to ascertain what the difinitive guide (purely for the MOT inspection) is if it's not the MOT tester's manual?

[LRdriver II]

E marks not needed for MOT. I dont know about insurance implications though.
I researched this as I want Goodyear Bluestreaks for my Cobra replica .