Send it back and see whats on. If they send it back or whatever, try degreasing and re-lubing. Might be a bit of sand or summat in there, but might be a snapped pawl or spring too.
Exactly, the numbers are basically meaningless, it's more a comparison figure between the brakes that is important, how they stack up against each other in the same conditions.
That makes me feel better. I (and my family for that matter) only ever pay cash for cars, the above explains why you see a lot of crack asses driving £25k+ cars.
Now and again, think we went down twice last summer? Try and work it into a trip to Falmouth or somewhere. Hard to guarantee the weather / tides to make the trip worthwhile, but try to as much as possible