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Offline rrocket

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Expensive brake pads!
« on: December 20, 2011, 06:12:52 pm »
Here's Lexus LF-A #003 in for some brake work...specifically brake PADS!   :o




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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2011, 06:37:41 pm »
At least labour is in line with what the dealer charges...  :)

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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 06:39:25 pm »
Quote from: dr_spock on December 20, 2011, 06:37:41 pm
At least labour is in line with what the dealer charges...  :)



LOL...yea!  You get a bill for ~$6500 and say "Wow...good price for labor!"   :rofl2:
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 06:42:35 pm »
I thought $3K was a lot for brakes for the Porsche!  That included discs.  A Lexus LF-A brake job for $6500 and they machine the rotors?  I'd be chuffed.
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 07:05:22 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on December 20, 2011, 06:42:35 pm
I thought $3K was a lot for brakes for the Porsche!  That included discs.  A Lexus LF-A brake job for $6500 and they machine the rotors?  I'd be chuffed.

If you could afford a ~$400K car, I'm sure $6500 is pocket change!
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 07:34:13 pm »
Rrocket I know ya live near DEE TRITUS MI........but it's COLOUR....LABOUR...........THEATRE...........and so on................... :stick: :shuffle:
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2011, 07:58:42 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on December 20, 2011, 07:05:22 pm
If you could afford a ~$400K car, I'm sure $6500 is pocket change!

It's about 1.6% of the cost of the car. For your typical sub-compact or compact, that would be ~$250-350, which isn't out of line for a break job. That actually strikes me as being on the low end for that kind of work, in fact.

So, an LF-A is no more expensive to maintain than a regular car... on a percentage basis... :D
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2011, 08:57:45 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on December 20, 2011, 07:05:22 pm
If you could afford a ~$400K car, I'm sure $6500 is pocket change!

I knew lots of guys in the PCA that had big money, but still didn't take well to feeling ripped off.
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2011, 09:05:58 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on December 20, 2011, 08:57:45 pm


I knew lots of guys in the PCA that had big money, but still didn't take well to feeling ripped off.

Then why were they buying Porsches??  :stick:    :rofl2:
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 08:42:03 pm »
Economies of scale folks, but it was still a WHOLLY SH!T to see that one...
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 02:18:17 am »
How much would that service cost for a 458, or a Lambo? Just curious, it doesn't seem that expensive given the price of the car.
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2011, 03:35:17 am »
We had a Ferrari in for door speaker upgrades.  The panel was glued, and part of it had to be wrecked in dis-assembly.  That one part of the door panel was $4500.  I knew mechanical and service parts were uber-expensive, but I was shocked at the cost of the interior part, especially considering how junky it was.  The leather surface was gorgeous, but the underlying panel was crap compared to the similar part in a Civic.
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Re: Expensive brake pads!
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2011, 07:31:03 am »
fools and their money...never a truer example......no one can justify that rip off...take it to the local MIDAS......you would be GOLD! fer a GRAND1$K :P
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