citroen c3 brakes

"Mrcheerful" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Fine, so spheres aren't "broken".

Sorry, meant half.

Bwahahahahaha

Across nearly twenty years...?

Of those, the G was a £150 car bought locally, tidied and sold on because it was surplus. The first CX I used for three years until I got a company car and nowhere to put the CX, sold it to my father, who used it until it rotted out. The second CX was a £40 car bought locally, engine replaced, lent to my father who "misplaced" it. The third CX was a freebie, straightened, lent to my father who used it until it rotted out. The fourth CX did 70k over three years (from 100k to 170k), sold because my boss was making noises about it being "too old" for business use. The XM replaced it, and stayed for seven years until I fancied a change - to the current Saab. The other XM was bought cheap and broken.

Don't even ask about A-series, though. I don't know how many have passed through my hands. I'm down to three now, though - the "newest" member of the fleet's been here 7 years, the longest 25 years since it was 18mo old...

What does that mean? I service vehicles from cradle to grave, very few ever need the dampers replaced, certainly it would be very rare to change them before about ten and then only because of leakage, not as a service item. Replacement every 4 years is ludicrous to say the least.

So the citroen was so good you changed it for a saab?

"Mrcheerful" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Oh, you're right. Then they'll wonder why the identical car next to them managed to stop in a far shorter distance than they did. Or why it was simply so much more pleasant to drive.

Indeed. At about ten years old.

Sorry, one last question: Halfords are selling APEC discs and Bosch pads much cheaper than the independent who is selling Mintex pads and discs. Is it worth paying the extra for the Mintexs or will the Bosch/APEC combination be just as good? thanks again.

I would go for the mintex, that way the pad maker ca't blame the disc maker etc.

Ah, wheras I'm never buying Mintex discs again after the s**te ones they sold me in the early nineties. The pads where alright though.

in 10 plus years they might have improved, I have had no problem with the dozens of sets that I have fitted, certainly no one has come back complaining.

They where fine when fitted, but they lasted about 1/4 of the time that OEM Ford ones did.

I've found I have got a choice of even more: Eicher and Bendix. I will start a new post asking about brake discs an see what people here think is best.

thanks again.

Aye, can remember getting less than 7k out of a set of REAR pads on a Disco. They were Mintex. Ever since then I have used genuine pads. Currently LandRover front pads on Disco have just clocked up 60k but are going to be replaced along with discs in the next few days. Front genuine pads on BMW 5 series seem to do about 30k a set. Just replaced all the discs and pads on it. Local BMW dealer gave substantial discount when I asked, making the total price only about

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