[A4] Brakes & Overheating problem

[tedzanos@freemail.gr]

Thank you all for the immediate responses. I wish car mechanics would be as informed as many people in this group...
It seems that my mechanic figured out the overheating problem (he said the auxiliary fan was not working) but he couldn't figure out what's wrong with the brakes... As I came to figure out, he also charged me $350 for an auxiliary fan (which seems pretty overpriced since on the net I can find it with 150$ or less...and this is not the first time that happened. So I'm on the hunt again for a decent mechanic that won't try to rob me and will actually fix the car... Any recommendations on the Culver City or Los Angeles area in CA (or even further away)?
 
Thank you again,
 
Theodore Zanos
PhD Candidate/ Research Assistant
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California