BMW 1 Series - brake pads/discs

MisChief · 3 Mar 2013 at 20:03

Stephen B said:
surely colour was important

but seriously, why would anyone buy a diesel if it wasn't for economy

petrol equivalent is cheaper to buy smoother and in the case of ED BMW's pretty economical as well

Yes, colour was important

I was going to buy a 120i ES before, but instead I chose style over performance (and have no regrets

) and got the 118d. It was the only AUC available in white that's M sport with lots more options than the others.

Next response in this thread - style over performance on a 1 series LOL and typical female "rolleyes" blah blah blah. Well guess what guys, I don't care

Oh and I do about 12k mileage a year if that's any relevance.

SB118 · 3 Mar 2013 at 20:05

So you do 12k a year and bought a diesel for the colour?

MisChief · 3 Mar 2013 at 20:12

SB118 said:
So you do 12k a year and bought a diesel for the colour?

And the xenons and heated seats

Matt82 · 3 Mar 2013 at 20:16

-westy- said:
Not a supercar though!

thats pretty bloody super imo, find me where pads cost £4k-£5k

pepsilol · 3 Mar 2013 at 20:36

That's daylight robbery, regardless of the situation you were in.

Dangerous Dave · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:00

I dread to think what they charge to change the discs and pads on a M135.

sigma · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:24

Dangerous Dave said:
I dread to think what they charge to change the discs and pads on a M135.

At least you'd be driving an M135i in this case, not a 118d.

-westy- · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:27

Matt82 said:
thats pretty bloody super imo, find me where pads cost £4k-£5k

I'm not exactly going to be able to find cost break downs of supercars very easily

My point was, you're not exactly going to be getting away with paying only £400 for brake pads on something like a Ferrari. The labour rate alone would make that pretty much impossible.

sigma · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:38

Calling Eyedot, calling Eyedot!

Stephen B · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:44

Dangerous Dave said:
I dread to think what they charge to change the discs and pads on a M135.

assuming I put miles on at my current rate and they last 50K, that will be 6 years from now and as much as I love the car I doubt I will still have it then.

thankfully

Bradmax57 · 3 Mar 2013 at 21:55

MisChief said:
Well this was the final bill if anyone's interested....

£213.11 for parts
£218.39 for labour

nice of them to plug their diagnostic machine in for free tho

pepsilol · 3 Mar 2013 at 22:11

Is brake clean just carb cleaner?

Stephen B · 3 Mar 2013 at 22:21

pepsilol said:
Is brake clean just carb cleaner?

damn you for correcting that in time

hopefully all subscribers saw it in original form

MisChief · 3 Mar 2013 at 22:54

Bradmax57 said:
nice of them to plug their diagnostic machine in for free tho

What, that £2 thing?! Or am I reading it wrong?

Stephen B said:
damn you for correcting that in time

hopefully all subscribers saw it in original form

What did it say? Tell me tell me!

pepsilol · 3 Mar 2013 at 22:58

Crab cleaner .

Stephen B · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:04

no-one else found it funny obviously

I'll get me coat..................

MisChief · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:33

Stephen B said:
no-one else found it funny obviously

I'll get me coat..................

I found it funny. Honest!

I'll help you put your coat on.

pepsilol · 4 Mar 2013 at 00:16

Well the speed I just replied crab cleaner should have shown how unfunny I found it

jamoor · 4 Mar 2013 at 03:22

And they used half a litre of it!

Dave L · 4 Mar 2013 at 05:58

jamoor said:
And they used half a litre of it!

The leftovers stayed in the mechanics toolbox no doubt.