Update 2.
Having previously used the brakes gingerly for a few thousand miles I followed an EBC guide to bedding in brakes:
‘make a further 10 stops from 60 mph to 10 mph in succession with a deliberate attempt to get the brakes hot. Some smells may occur even slight smoke during this final heat up stage of the pads in early life. Then coast the vehicle for a mile to allow discs to cool. Do not pull up and park vehicle with brake excessively hot. You must try to get the discs down to below 60-80 degrees C temperature before parking the vehicle’.
This seems to have VASTLY improved things. I’ve yet to really needed to stomp on the brakes, but under normal use the pedal movement seems to have normalised.
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4
2007 Mini Cooper S R56
2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k.
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