Brake time!
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2001 MB CLK55
Brake time!
Ah, the joys of owning performance. Took my beast in for B service & found out I'm within 5% of the "you're all outta brake pad" warning light. Gotta track date coming up the end of this month, so told the fine folks at MB Laguna Niguel to go ahead.
$400 for pads on the front of a MY01 CLK55. Point of reference: pads for a CLK430 are less than half that.
Oh well, I guess driving hard (and stopping sure!) comes at a price. Gotta be glad I got 34K miles out of the originals....
$400 for pads on the front of a MY01 CLK55. Point of reference: pads for a CLK430 are less than half that.
Oh well, I guess driving hard (and stopping sure!) comes at a price. Gotta be glad I got 34K miles out of the originals....
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From: Rancho Bernardo, CA
2001 MB CLK55
Originally posted by Newbie
Holy crap, I got about 18K out of mine
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Holy crap, I got about 18K out of mine
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hey newbie...how much do you brake to cause your brake pads to wear out at 18k....i've got 32k on my 430 now and i still haven't had to change the pads yet and i do drive aggressively....just not when i'm going to work cuz of all the damn traffic...
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Well a number of my friends call my car "The hardest street driven Benz in America" if that gives you any idea.
The longest a set of tires has lasted me on this car is 11K miles.
I get on the car like crazy and really throw it around at every chance. Lots of aggressive city driving definitely takes its toll.
The longest a set of tires has lasted me on this car is 11K miles.
I get on the car like crazy and really throw it around at every chance. Lots of aggressive city driving definitely takes its toll.
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Keep in mind much of that has to do with my alignment. My car is lowered quite a lot, and I have massive negative camber. If they weren't so aggressively staggered, I'd probably get 20K miles out of them 
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