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Re: rotors

>I have a question, why are your rotor due for for replacement?  3-4 years
>seems like a short life span.  I ask so I can monitor the rotors on my
>'96 328i sport.  I have 65k mi on my '86 944t w/ 3 seasons of track
>driving, and I am still running on the original rotors, I would expect
>similar performance from BMW.

Just throwing my 2 cents in here, I replaced the pads & rotors together on
my previous 1996 328is back in May after 60,000 miles (and just 28
months!). I was getting prepared for my first drivers school, and the pads
& rotors were original and needed to be replaced.

I believe there's a minimum thickness spec for the rotors, so that should
be a guide. If it's close, you might as well replace them, otherwise the
rotors may need replacing before the new set of pads do, IMSUO (In My
Somewhat Uninformed Opinion :-)).

Cheers,
Jim Bassett
1998 M3/4

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