I had disc brakes all the way around on all of the cars I've owned. However, all of them were newer than 1990. When I bought my Dart, I was kind of paranoid driving around in it thinking I have drums all the way around because it wasn't stopping as fast as I'd like. I always feared I would have brake fade and crash into the person in front of me. Later I found out I actually had 4 piston disc brakes in the front with the 9" drums in the back. So I'd definitely say, discs in the back is a big plus. When I work on brakes in my Dart I am going disc brakes all the way around.