Luke
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Evening all,
My Grandparents are worried that they might have been fleeced by their local Renault dealership, who have just done a 'service' on their Scenic, and charged them 900 quid.
One of the items in question is the pair of new brake discs, which of course are top-whack dealership prices, at 140 quid the pair. There's no escaping that, afterall if you go to a dealership you pay dealership prices, but I think it's questionable whether they needed changing at all, given the age of the car and the mileage covered.
Trouble is, I couldn't really say what the 'average' lifetime for a set of discs on an auto is. My only first hand experience is my own Landrover, which had new discs when a day offroad ate a set of discs, and changing other peoples discs, where the history was unknown.
So, what does the forum think? how long, typically, would you expect brake discs to last?
Cheers,
Luke
My Grandparents are worried that they might have been fleeced by their local Renault dealership, who have just done a 'service' on their Scenic, and charged them 900 quid.
One of the items in question is the pair of new brake discs, which of course are top-whack dealership prices, at 140 quid the pair. There's no escaping that, afterall if you go to a dealership you pay dealership prices, but I think it's questionable whether they needed changing at all, given the age of the car and the mileage covered.
Trouble is, I couldn't really say what the 'average' lifetime for a set of discs on an auto is. My only first hand experience is my own Landrover, which had new discs when a day offroad ate a set of discs, and changing other peoples discs, where the history was unknown.
So, what does the forum think? how long, typically, would you expect brake discs to last?
Cheers,
Luke