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Oct 16, 2012 | 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jimandmandy

I dont get the hate for drums. A FWD family/economy car does not need rear disks. 80% of the braking is done by the fronts. Rear drums make the parking brake so much simpler, too. I blame the cheap alloy wheels that are standard on almost everything today. People dont want to see drums behind them.

I tend to think those reviewers MT, C&D, etc have something to say about it so people end up sharing their opinions because they are "experts" yeah whatever. My Plymouth has 217k and has the original drums 2nd set of shoes, how many rotors have lasted that long up here where I live?