{"id":429,"date":"2008-12-13T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T18:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miniblog.guapacha.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2008-12-13T10:57:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T18:57:34","slug":"inspection-ii-the-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miniblog.guapacha.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Inspection II – The Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ended up taking my MINI to Baron’s for the inspection. They quoted a decent (by some standard) price and they were not far from where I work. Turns out that a couple of MINI owners here in the desert take their cars to him and I think they have a genuinely good reputation.<\/p>\n

The quote for the Inspection and the brake fluid flush was $595 (and I never did hear back from Brecht). I noticed a call from Baron’s about 90 minutes into the service – never a good sign, and sure enough the rear brakes were worn right through and I needed new pads and rotors. This pretty much doubled the cost, and I walked out of the garage later that day $1139 poorer (or rather deeper in debt to American Express). <\/p>\n

I need to go back through my paperwork and see when the brakes were last changed. I think I had them done under warranty but I suppose that was 30k miles ago or so. They advised me that my front brakes have maybe 3-5k miles on them depending on my driving style so I’d better start saving for that.<\/p>\n

In case you are interested, the costs broke down as:<\/p>\n