Thanks woody. I don't think I'm that heavy footed on the stop pedal, plus most of my driving is on the motorway, so it doesn't get much use. I used to drive Nissans a lot. I had several Nissan Cherries, the N12 I think was the best car ever built, once you changed the front springs and dampers. Extremely reliable, economical, handled well, nimble and easy to fix if anything broke. The 1.5 Turbo model was a little rocket. I never had to change a brake disc, ever...even on one car which had done nearly 160k. However, I did have a lot of problems with ball joints and track rod ends. With track rod ends, it was not that they wore out, but the rubber perished. Had a few ball joints go over the years, which were a joy (not) to get off and replace...still at least they were bolted on, unlike other makes who rivited them on.