You provided a great deal of excellent advice. I have a call into my dealer. I will ask them what they might charge for just the front pads. That's all I'm having replaced right now. If it's not too terrible, I'm going to have them do this. Otherwise, I'll keep checking or with some positive encouragement, convince my husband he can do the job. He's just so busy right now that when I bring up my car issues, he just rolls his eyes. Like I said, he's not a "car" person.