I may take you up on that rotor offer Kookadala after I get a chance to access how bad mine are. I ordered the pads from the eBay link above. I figure that is probably better than what I have on there now, warped rotors or not.

Can someone describe what a good rotor versus a bad rotor would look like? I imagine a good one is as smooth and flat as a CD's outward appearance, whereas a bad one would be grooved like a record with sorta a rolling hill surface. Would that be a fair comparison?

When I can afford to do better, I'd like some "tough as nails" braking system because I am one of those impatient drivers that likes to get where they are going in a very alert way and then stop and wait eagerly for the next opportunity to move forward (generally, when the traffic light changes green I look back seconds later and notice the car line behind me has just barely started moving - I just go the split second the traffic light changes green). The lethargic nature of drivers in my area is frustrating, but also very demanding on my brakes as I have to stop short often to compensate for bewildering, random stops many drivers perform here.

Maybe if I posted some pictures of what my rotors look like, I could get some opinions from you experts on here?