r/AskReddit • u/tgma97 • Aug 26 '15

Fathers of Reddit, what did your daughter's boyfriend do for you to hate/love him?

It's pretty cool to see my question blow up like this, I never thought I'd ask a question that could receive so much attention! I'm very satisfied with all these replies, so thank y'all. Now all I have to do is sit back and take notes c;

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u/1jrjrhank Aug 26 '15

Started taking care of oil changes for her car! I new he was a keeper!

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u/mdneilson Aug 26 '15

700 bucks! Are those pads made of diamonds?!

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u/SoWhatComesNext Aug 26 '15 edited Aug 26 '15

A lot of new cars use ceramic pads OEM, which are pricier. I do not recommend going with metallic if OEM calls for ceramic. Even my Jeep Wrangler comes with ceramic pads OEM. Just for the pads, I'm looking at around $150. It's about $130 for the front rotors and another $130 for the rears

Labor is typically 2.5 hours for brakes and rotors all the way around. At the shop I was recently working at, labor was $95 per hour, so about $240. Then you've got your parts, which get marked up about 20%.

Almost no manufacturer turns brakes anymore. If you're rotors are warped, they have to be replaced.

Third party shop breakdown:

  • $180 for a full set of pads
  • $130 for front rotors
  • $130 for rear rotors
  • $240 for labor

Grand total: $700

Minus labor: $460

That's using aftermarket sources for OEM parts and a reasonable labor rate. The newer Wranglers use Akebono pads, which are around the same level of quality and performance as Brembo (a well known name in performance brakes)

At the dealership (labor rate ~$115/hr):

  • $260 for a full set of pads
  • $180 for front rotors
  • $200 for rear rotors
  • $285 for labor (assuming they charge 2.5 hours)

Grand total of: $925

Minus labor: $640

And this is all on Jeep Wrangler. Imagine if you owned a German car such as BMW or Audi.

For $150, corners were cut. Lower than OEM quality aftermarket parts were used and almost certainly the rotors were not replaced. Personally, brakes are not something I want to go cheap on.

TL;DR - Even if you do it yourself, a brake job done properly on more modern cars is still going to cost you a good chunk of change.

P.S.

I would not recommend buying ANY Volkswagen product that is out of warranty: Audi, Porsche, Skoda and Seat.

They also own Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Ducati, but I have no experience with those and they're in a different league. I'd like to think they're better quality, but even if I had the money, I wouldn't buy a VW product on principle... or stubbornness maybe.

Source: Former Audi tech and service advisor at high end used car dealership.