Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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TGR

My mate had issues with his BMW brakes and took it to a BMW dealer yesterday to have new discs and pads fitted. The fix worked but, the BMW garage told him there was 40% wear to the discs.
Question - should the discs not last until they are 100% worn?

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hugo7 in reply to @TGR

Question - should the discs not last until they are 100% worn?

This is 100% wear

But yeah if there is 60% left until the recommended manufacturer limit he's only about half way through. If he's had it from new, then double the current mileage and he's got an easy estimate of when to replace them.

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TGR in reply to @hugo7

He has new ones on now. I think 70000 miles on the originals - the ones worn 40%.
I don't like spending money (he is worse than me!) and I would not be keen on spending money on something that wasn't at least 80% worn.
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lynx in reply to @hugo7

That picture is a rear drum...

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