Dunno what your mum was doing
But my ge6 has 86k kms on ORIGINAL braking components. ..
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we thought mechanic was trying to scam us for rear brake pads, i did a little digging...
http://gdlauto.com.au/gdl-auto-blog/...mmon-problems/
he even showed us, he cleaned out everything, made sure all sliding pins were greased etc etc. it still wear faster than the front. tried bendix pads, genuine etc, all the same.