F10 M5 £2.6K bill
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Jonny TVR said:
Looks about right then price wise.
That Q7 is more expensive than my M5's
Hohoho .. will do it
I'd be interested in their response!That Q7 is more expensive than my M5's
Hohoho .. will do it
The last pads I had (on a 997) I asked the garage to keep and show me the wear they were notifying me of - to be fair they were correct but we're an easy target
HoHoHo said:
Jonny TVR said:
Looks about right then price wise.
That Q7 is more expensive than my M5's
Hohoho .. will do it
I'd be interested in their response!That Q7 is more expensive than my M5's
Hohoho .. will do it
The last pads I had (on a 997) I asked the garage to keep and show me the wear they were notifying me of - to be fair they were correct but we're an easy target
JCHill said:
Jonny TVR said:
JCHill said:
I can see that now!!
What surprises me about yours is disc replacement at that kind of mileage. Unless they originally fitted pads made of granite, or the discs were warped, I wouldn't expect disc replacement so soon.
GregorFuk said:
A lot of modern stability control systems are working the back brakes without the driver even perceiving it's happening. These modern systems give the rear brakes a much tougher workout than traditional 'dumb' systems. That could account for the exaggerated wear rate.
Good point.Solution - turn it off
GregorFuk said:
JCHill said:
Jonny TVR said:
JCHill said:
I can see that now!!What surprises me about yours is disc replacement at that kind of mileage. Unless they originally fitted pads made of granite, or the discs were warped, I wouldn't expect disc replacement so soon.
Shaoxter said:
Good point.
Solution - turn it off
Correct. My car's covered 10k miles & the rears (according to the puter) have 4200 miles left with the fronts having 4900 miles left. back in the day it was often 2 sets of fronts to 1 set of rears.Solution - turn it off
Got some Pagid RS29's en route from the US at £540 for a full set, so these will be going on after i kill my current pads at Donington in a couple of weeks.
W8PMC said:
Shaoxter said:
Good point.
Solution - turn it off
Correct. My car's covered 10k miles & the rears (according to the puter) have 4200 miles left with the fronts having 4900 miles left. back in the day it was often 2 sets of fronts to 1 set of rears.Solution - turn it off
Got some Pagid RS29's en route from the US at £540 for a full set, so these will be going on after i kill my current pads at Donington in a couple of weeks.
I'm now back to 24,000 miles on front and rears.
What's going on
I had a 56 plate 325 that was in for a service at a BMW main dealer, I got an advisory call from the service department saying it would need new front discs, I said fine but can you please keep the old ones for me to look at.
Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
j80jpw said:
I had a 56 plate 325 that was in for a service at a BMW main dealer, I got an advisory call from the service department saying it would need new front discs, I said fine but can you please keep the old ones for me to look at.
Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
This. I had Porsche tell me I needed new discs and pads at the 48k service on my 911. £2k+Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
At the 60k and 72k services the same discs and pads got a clean bill of health.
I sold it at 91k.
Sometimes dealers are worse than back street mechanics.
I rememeber my old boss got a call from Audi saying his daughter's A3 needed new shock absorbers changing due to leaking fluid (not gas filled on this model). Turned out they sprayed WD40 on them to make it appear as though that was the shockwe fluid and thought he wasnt wise to their tricks.
I rememeber my old boss got a call from Audi saying his daughter's A3 needed new shock absorbers changing due to leaking fluid (not gas filled on this model). Turned out they sprayed WD40 on them to make it appear as though that was the shockwe fluid and thought he wasnt wise to their tricks.
Soov535 said:
j80jpw said:
I had a 56 plate 325 that was in for a service at a BMW main dealer, I got an advisory call from the service department saying it would need new front discs, I said fine but can you please keep the old ones for me to look at.
Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
This. I had Porsche tell me I needed new discs and pads at the 48k service on my 911. £2k+Amazingly when I went to pick it up they said on closer inspection it would appear they don't need doing yet. I did another 40k and sold the car without them needing changed.
I expect, as with any other business these days they have targets to hit, several brake disk changes per month will undoubtedly help!
At the 60k and 72k services the same discs and pads got a clean bill of health.
I sold it at 91k.
HoHoHo said:
Ah, but as I mentioned my computer was suggesting something similar and when the car was in this week Vines suggested it was 24 months ahead of itself and having looked at the rear pads there is still a load of pad left. My mileage would be almost identical to yours at 16k when you 'apparently' need new pads.
I'm now back to 24,000 miles on front and rears.
What's going on
Will see how mine look after Donington, but i want these Pagids on in time for SpaI'm now back to 24,000 miles on front and rears.
What's going on
theboss said:
crazy about cars said:
As a comparison new front discs and pads on my Q7 cost £1600 @ 30,000 miles at Audi including labour.
I just did the same for my X5 (E70 40d) at 40k miles and it was just under £800! I wonder how the components compare.
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