[bobH]

Some folks worry more that me. My wife was a fatality in a car accident. I followed her car from tow yard to junk yard, to junk yard, to a 'final' junk yard. I can assure anyone, that NO ONE ever came to inspect ANY portion of her car. And, I saw at least two things that I feel were manufacturers defects, that made her accident a fatal one. No one cared. And the insurance company paid promptly. My point being, some of the above posts present possibilities. But, seems to me, very unlikely. New or newer cars, yes, I wouldn't cut corners on drums or rotors. They are mostly inadequate when new, anyway. The shittiest brakes I've ever encountered, have been on modern, near new cars. I live in the mountains, and I've had at least two modern cars where I could warp the rotors on just ONE trip off the hill. But, for our 'old' cars, seems to me there is, and always was, a little extra margin. Obviously, opinion. And, goes without saying, I can predict opposing opinions.