On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:00:34 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, HAMBURGER wrote:
>
>> On my 300M, a set of ceramic brake pads all around - $100 and a set of
>> (4) kumho 16" tires - $200.
>
>Well, OK, but here again, "ceramic brake pads" tells us nothing. JC
>Whitney and other such garbage outlets sell "ceramic brake pads". And I
>won't even spec Kumho tires on the bicycle I never ride, let alone on a
>car. So this is why we need to know what brand of which brake parts and
>which tires were installed on the OP's car to know whether the price he
>paid was fair or not.

The Kumho's got pretty good reviews on Tire Rack. And c'mon, dude's
not driving a porche, it's a minivan for crying out loud, so I was
simply giving him some ballpark figures to work with on typical off
the shelf parts so get a grip.