dave wrote:
On 15/07/2010 13:52, martin wrote:
On 15/07/2010 13:15, Jo wrote:
Hello,

My car was taken to a garage for an unrelated problem. The garage said
my brakes were worn and needed replacing. They charged me £30 for the
parts and £55 for labour (excluding VAT).

The guy seemed shifty - he said if I paid with cash I wouldn't need to
pay VAT!

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8355/brakediscs.jpg

Are these brakes worn and were his charges reasonable? I estimate the
thickness of the abrasive portion of the parts to be 5mm thick.

Na, loads of wear left in them

Those would do me a couple of years of driving

Me too. I was taught to drive using my gearbox to slow down, rather than
depend on the brakes.

Dave

What costs most, pads or a new gearbox?