My long brake squeal nightmare is apparently over. Although the mechanic insists that he used factory pads, today he replaced both the pads and rotors, this time using "Power" rotors which are slotted for better heat dissapation. I feel that whatever rotors he used last time were the culprit, as this is the third set of pads in the last 6 weeks, and the first time the brakes have been silent. Thanks to all for their advice! By the way, are these slotted rotors any good? I figure that the slots will eventually disappear as the rest of the rotor wears, at which point it will pretty much be a regular rotor again.