I will get in touch with him , see what he has got to say for himself , see if he will meet me half way and contribute towards the bill, can't do any harm . There were no advisories on the Mot , he did stamp the major service - on the service schedule it says inspect brakes , but doesn't mention removing wheels . As for driving like a loon , my kid brother calls me driving miss daisy , the last Astra I had , I put 40000miles on it and never changed the pads .