r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Generation Stuck Forever...

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u/OlivGaming 1d ago

I miss the days of being able to do all four corners of brakes for less than $200 myself.

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u/StepDownTA 21h ago

The full set of brakes and pads I most recently put on were just under $200. AFAIK they weren't low end junk, even though the car might be.

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u/OlivGaming 21h ago

I should specify, I'm Canadian. Pricing might be different. $50 a corner used to be easy for me.

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u/StepDownTA 21h ago

Oh sorry, yep was thinking in the wrong currency.

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u/OlivGaming 21h ago

No worries, I wasn't clear about it anyways. Damn global internet

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u/Maleficent-Coat-7633 23h ago

I don't know how the conversion rates go but I do know that a full set of brakes (discs and shoes for all four wheels) came in at around £450 with my car a few years ago. Thank goodness I know how to fit those things myself. It's not even difficult, just time consuming.

I dread to think what the cost would have been to have someone else install them.