1999 Honda Accord type-r from UK and Ireland - Comments

Within two weeks of owning the car I needed all new discs and pads! The dealership said this was due to hard braking and not letting them cool down, this was causing feedback at around 70mph.

The car through out each gear is just brilliant fun. It seems like your in a fighter plane taken it to 8000rpm. You never need to change from 3rd. why do you when you can go from 20mph to 90mph!

The interior of the car is very nice with the carbon fiber touch to finish it off. Rev counter and speedo easy to read and looks stunning at night!

All seats are very comfortable and the recaro just hugs you and holds you in place. The passengers tell me the rear seats are the best rear seats they have been in. That was on a three and half hour journey.

I think the dealer was spinning you a yarn about your discs and pads. Where is it written that you have to 'let your brakes cool down' after heavy braking? If you got a vibration through the steering wheel on braking, then your discs were warped. That happens when they're old and thin and warp with the heat. If you didn't change your pads when they were worn, then you'd get a grinding noise on braking, pads and discs would then need to be replaced if you didn't swap the warn pads right away. If you had none of these symptoms, then the dealer just charged you for an easy job that takes time, with a huge mark up on the parts.

"Within two weeks of owning the car I needed all new discs and pads! The dealership said this was due to hard braking and not letting them cool down, this was causing feedback at around 70mph."

As a mechanic I hate to break the news, but I doubt you can do anything about it at this point. You DID NOT damage your brakes. You had WARPED ROTORS. This is very common with new domestics and imports. The car obviously had warped rotors from day one, and they WILL get worse in the first few miles of driving usually. It SHOULD have been covered under your warranty, but dealers hate to miss an opportunity to make YOU pay for it. I'm sorry Honda stiffed you on this. You CAN'T mess brakes up in that short a time under even the hardest driving conditions.

You might not want to be in 3rd all the time. Just because a car CAN run at that speed in a specific gear, doesn't mean that it SHOULD. And a year from now I see you becoming one of those people who say "Honda's suck" because your transmission died from your poor driving skills.