At the garage...

[mudskipper]

Car is 5 years old, but only on 26K miles - dunno how long these things usually last. (Nor even whether I've had them done before!)

[mudskipper]

Don't you worry your pretty little head about it, luv.

You just have a nice cup of tea while the man sorts it out for you.

That's just what I did. But I did have to get a man to show me how to work the tea machine...

[DimPrawn]

Car is 5 years old, but only on 26K miles - dunno how long these things usually last. (Nor even whether I've had them done before!)

Look, you're a contractor, it cost you a couple of hours pay, the economy was boosted, you have new brake pads and disks. What's the problem?

[Ticktock]

Well it's done. Tyres definitely needed doing. I could see the pads were very low. Just the discs I wasn't convinced by, but tis done.

MOT Thursday, so hopefully a clean sheet.

You could ask to have the old disks, take them along with you when you go to the MOT and ask them what they think of the condition.

See if the tyre place suddenly panic when you ask for the old disks...

[vwdan]

A couple of quid? Not on a 911 Turbo S they ain't.

If you're driving it how you should be, then you'll need new discs every few changes anyway

But yes, quite obviously, I wasn't talking about sports cars.

[Support Monkey]

just something else to think about, your average tyre place will get his parts from the local motor factors, they won't be OEM (origional equipment)

Chances are they go for the cheapest part with the biggest markup, they may not last as long as your origional disks\pads

[SimonMac]

Do kwikfit still do breaks for the life of the car?

If so even if you are being ripped off, keep going back to them and in the long run it won't be too bad.

I know I probably pay a little over the odds for work on my car, but its a tool of the trade, so I would rather that then take the risk that I am laid up at the side of the road one day missing a days billing

[Ticktock]

Do kwikfit still do breaks for the life of the car?

The pads are lifetime guaranteed - but each time you go in they'll tell you that your disks need replacing.

[vwdan]

The pads are lifetime guaranteed - but each time you go in they'll tell you that your disks need replacing.

Yeah, the Kwik Fit brakes for life is a huge con. And from what I recall they're shockingly expensive for pads, anyway.

There's something in the small print that basically says they'll only honour the free pads if you have any other brake work they recommend anyway.

[VectraMan]

I'd have waited to see if it fails the MOT before replacing disks. It's pretty unlikely anything bad will happen. Pads usually have an audible warning that they're on their last legs; you'll know by the horrendous scraping noise the car is making before they stop working, and you won't ignore that. The likes of KwikFit will tell you they need replacing when they're 60% worn, if they're being honest, knowing full well that most people go "oooh brakes! Oooh must replace those!", whereas it's not dangerous to let them get 99.9% worn.