If you have owned a european car and had to change the brake pads, did you have to change the rotors as well??
Being a mechanic in a past life I had to deal with this all the time and the facts is that euro cars brake rotors are not made for the aussie heat. They warp and eat through the disc's, they are designed to hold heat in the brake system and they get to hot here hence the high wear rate.

There is harsh conditions everywere I was just using it as a throw away line...