[geeks] car question (RESOLVED)

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> > > $300!  Ouch - you got ripped of on that battery!

> > midas. brakes. 300 for brakes and rotors, not battery.

> Consider yourself lucky.  I once paid $350 for REAR-ONLY  drums and pads
> on a Volkswagen Rabbit.  That was over 10 years ago, before I knew how
> to do it myself...

Although to be fair, drums and shoes do cost more than pads and rotors.
Much more complicated metal bits in them (not just a flat sheet of metal =) )

--Kurt