Is it me but can't you often just replace the pads? May be discs every third set?
I know discs get scored but the pad soon takes the shape oF the score marks.
Exactly right! My wife's car is 14 years old with over 100,000 miles on the clock. Still on the original discs. The reason is we take it to a little family run garage, father and son, that doesn't top you up all the time.
New discs are one of the easiest top ups for garages seeking to add a bit to the bill. And they can play on your heartstrings "ah well its a safety issue, does your wife drive the car? do you carry your kids in it?"
After years of owning and driving taxis there is little you can tell me about garages and their tricks/cons/ripoffs/ outright fraud.
There was a story a few weeks back in one of the motoring papers about a bloke who was told by his garage his car was due for a new cam belt. They charged him £300. It was only later he found out his engine didn't have a cam belt