this from a guy on my motorcycle email list...
Here's another scam at the "Jiffy" Brake places.
They advertise lifetime brake pads, but when they wear out, you still
have to pay the labor to have them replaced. They say they use long-life
pads, but they really use cheap pads that wear out very quickly. My
Toyota van got 12,000 miles on their pads.
But here's the real scam: When they replace the pads they turn the disks
on a lathe, a good practice if the disks are warped, and freshening the
surface does help the new pads seat better. BUT, they take off way too
much metal so that when it's time to replace the pads the second time,
they tell you the disks are too thin and cannot be turned again so you
have to have new disks. I asked them how much they wanted: $150 per
disk. The Toyota dealer was asking $90 per disk. Normally you take off
no more than several thousandths of an inch of metal to freshen the
surface, and the disks will last through many lathe cycles.
Hmmmmmm
So Beware
J.O.