I've had many an argument with garages in the past over '75%' pad wear. I get my car MOT'd and serviced at the same time, so if my previous certificates show an annual mileage of circa 20,000, the pads should be changed as soon as they're at 50% or less.
I had an advisory for brake pads at the last MOT but thought the tester was justifying his existence. 8 months later I had metal on metal. I went up and played fûck with them.
Yes Steve, I must say I perhaps rely too heavily on what the MOT report says. But when I last looked at the rear pads, they had worn down to at least a level I would replace them at. I have to say the MOT garage, yes that Caffyns again (!!
) , who never get the work from me, also stated correctly that the front pads had just 20% wear. That I know from looking is true.
But the other MOT garage I
used to use,
sometimes, told me three years ago all my brake pipes where badly corroded. I just wiped and oiled the pipes down after that, and the Caffyns MOT has never raised that issue; not one mention of it!
So I know I must be cautious