Originally Posted by sibiryk
Here is a theory that I heard.
When a car stops and driver keeps holding a brake pedal, hot a brake pad sits on a same spot of a disc. This cause unequal cooling for disc and as a result it gets wrapped.
To avoid this after a complete stop just let a car move very slowly at least for couple feet. So I resurfaced discs on my and my wife's cars and I started to apply this theory in my driving. In result, my discs were fine and discs on my wife car were wrapped again. After I resurfaced discs on her car I told her to do same thing when she stops.
Since that problem is gone. I didn't replace discs. They still the same.
Of course it depends on disc's quality. If it's an aftermarket junk nothing will help.
Also, I thought that puddles might be a reason of wrapped rotors.
Ding...sing...ding...he's got it.
Even driving on the freeway..the constant drag will heat up the brake rotors, so when you exit the freeway and come to a complete stop and stay in one spot for more than 30 seconds... you'll warp your rotors. Always leave room (and momentum if you drive a manual) to creep forward before you come to a complete stop.