In my youth... I was a cheep SOB on rotors. Would'nt resurface unless it had grooves you could file your nails on. Never ever replaced rotors till I bought a new car and actually took care of it properly. If you're really hurting for cash, just run some 280 wet/dry sandpaper over it at about 60 degrees from the groove dirction. It'll take any old pad material off the rotor and give the new pads something to bite into for initial bedding. Do it dry and just rub back and forth with your thumb as you rotate the rotor. Total hillbilly job but it's worked for me on numerous vehicles. Do it at your own risk but my opinion on changing rotors every break job is that it's bull$#it.
Try downshifting when your stopping too, might make those pads last longer.
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