Brake Pad Replacements for my '05 WRX?

[NTIman]

...because he "didn't feel safe passing me".

At that point you inform them you do not wish to hear how they 'feel' you just want to know if the car will pass inspection. Those pads are 100% FINE and will be for some time (unless you hit the race track haha).

I had a stupid inspection station tell me that I should put some reflectors on a BRAND NEW trailer I bought before passing me b/c it would make me safer (in MD you pay $55 for inspection and then 1/2 price each time you have to come back to get a problem re-inspected). I then quoted them the very MVA rules regarding trailers, lights and reflectors and then asked for my inspection cert :roll: I despise those shops and the force the states use to make us pay them $$$.

I felt the same way until i started looking at some of the piles (and actually decent cars) that people haven't taken care of. I wish everyone knew enough about cars to know when they need to fix something, but 90% of the people in the world can't comprehend that when their tires are bald and their brakes make a metal on metal grinding noise that their car is unsafe to drive.