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  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    Aww come on, give the guy a break. He/She has said they are a new driver.and hasn't said what they do for the police, they could be the cleaner for all u guys know :rotfl:


    But yes you are right to check the brakes, probably not right to get it checked at kwikfit. I would even go as far as to avoid ATS these days. Small independent garages usually charge a better price than the big nationals do. Did you not have a warning light on the car long before it got to this stage though? Sorry, never driven a micra but every car I have driven has had a warning light when brake pads get low enough to reveal the censor.
    4 Stones and 0 pounds or 25.4kg lighter :j
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Depends how bad the noise is before you lay into the op.
    Micra's can have the wear warning tabs on the front pads, to make a noise when they wear low. It's when that stops, then gets a lot louder days later it's time to worry.
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