A mechanic has issued a warning for all used car owners - telling them to consider "replacing" one thing . Car mechanic Scotty Kilmer has warned one component is "useless" unless drivers regularly check and update it.

Kilmer, who has a big YouTube following, warned car tyres with no tread are effectively “useless." Scotty explained : “Today I'm going to talk about car tyres and rain.

"Now if you’ve ever noticed, drag cars have big wide tyres with all rubber, no tread, on the ground. All that rubber lets them accelerate fast. But a tyre with no tread and all rubber, when it rains, it’s useless and will slip like mad.

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“Now your car's tread may be running real thin. It will run fine when it's dry but when i

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