I agree with most of what you said, except my Jeep Cherokee has 60k on it
and I still have 40% of the brake pads left, so much rides on who torques
the lugs and how the car is driven. BTW I drive it prety hard but I
downshift and use compression braking instead of riding the pedal all the
time.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT bastardization with big aluminum heart :)
'63 Buick 215 cubic inch 'heart'
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 Mgbreh@aol.com wrote:
> New cars SUCK i sell parts at napa i had a 1997 Taurus the trans went out at
> 5000 the rotors were shot 2. The car was a piece of SH%%%$T!!! The things i
> see & here ill keep my lbc's thank you the most at one time i ever spent in
> NEEDED repairs is $400 for a valve job needed alot of work on the cyl head.
> These SUV"s are a joke the brakes last 15-20k & the rotors are almost always
> junk. I say drive the old stuff lbc's or pre 75 american for ever! (no
> flames on american cars pre 75 please if you must know i have a 69 nova with
> at least 197k on it)
> RAy Huff
> 1 82 chev van soso but it was only $1300 wifes kid hauler
> & 5 mgb's 3 almost run
> 69 nova
>
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