Stoppage Time

Over the last ten days or so, my car has been making a bit of a grinding noise when braking. Not all the time – usually the first four or five times of braking, and then it was all ok.  But I get wary of the car making new grindy noises, so I booked it into the garage to find out what was going on.

Turned out that it was a good thing I did – it turned out that some part of the brake assembly wasn’t releasing properly, and the noises were something to do with the brake disc grinding into the pads.  It hadn’t done serious damage, but could’ve done if I’d ignored it.

So an hour later I came out with complete new pads and discs for the front brakes.  It’s an expense I could’ve done without, to be honest, but it’s a necessary one, and I can certainly feel the difference in the car.