Mechanical Sympathy.Thing of the past.

[colonel c]

Looking at my recent service invoice for my Defender. I see an advice note stating ‘rear brake discs required next pad change’.
Nothing unusual there. However it got me thinking. In forty odd years of motoring I have never had to replace disks before. Very rarely pads and never a clutch. I like to think this is down to some extent of driving with a scene of mechanical Sympathy. Is this another part of driving that will fall by the wayside as EVs and sophisticated hybrids takeover from the conventional internal combustion engine and mechanical power train?

[colonel c]

Test driver said:

spookly said:

Driving in a way to conserve brake pads and disks makes Jack a dull boy.

Exactly. Rolling road blocks ffs; shameful.

Not sure about dull. More like Smooth with a capital SMOO!
Even in a Defender.