[liuleichan]

>Hi Lei,

That's Lei Chan - "Chan" is not my surname (that's Liu). ;-)

>I had my 90k service last week and they told me that the
>brake pads needed changing for they only had 4k left on
>them.
>
>But I only changed them 2 months ago, so the dealers are
>notorious for telling their customers this.
>
>They charge the earth for what takes a couple of hours.
>
>Get a second opinion.
>
>All the best

I did - I got a second and a third opinion, and actually looked at what they (not the original dealers) were explaining.

I had the work done about 6k miles back.

As I said, the pads weren't that marginal, but the disks clearly were due for replacement - the fronts, for wear, and the rears for corrosion and scoring.

Lei Chan