Good thing I did because the o/s EPB caliper was so seized it wouldn't do back and required replacing. Cost of parts + labour+vat= £500. Aaarrgghh! Still, that's the biggest bill I've had in nearly 10yrs of ownership so mustn't grumble. All the original discs have lots of wear left at >75,000 miles.
Thats one of the reasons i was hoping to avoid EPB for the rest of my natural, it simply isn't easy with calipers that provide handbrake as well, whether electrical or arm power, to 'exercise' the pistons in their bores.
The chances are (unless Morrisons pull their finger out and actually repair/replace the damage some iriot caused to their lpg and petrol pump) we're going to replace the Forester with a Toyota estate, probably Corolla hybrid, it will unfortunately come with an EPB but until i get my greasy mits on and see how the electric brake operates or if it can be easily removed for servicing i may not be able to perform my annual full brake servicing as i have for years...which will definately trigger my brake OCD :-)
At present all of our cars have the brilliant and trouble free drum inside disc manual park brake, it will be going very much against the grain to move away from those designs, we could go for an Auris hybrid instead and keep a manual park brake but the cat is easy pickings on those for seemingly untouchable low lifes.
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