Pimple’s broke brakes
The previous owner of Pimple, the RSP Mini Cooper, did very little maintenance. The brake discs in particular looked pretty grim, so I planned to replace them along with fitting new pads when the suspension cones were changed. However, when the pads came out, I knew I was probably going to have to cough up for a set of new calipers as well. That’s because there was only about 1mm left on the brake pads. I hadn’t bothered checking them because they were going to be replaced anyway, and the dreadful terminal squealing of metal brake pad bases on metal brake
