94k miles on same brake pads, possible?
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94k miles on same brake pads, possible?
It's been 94K miles since installing stock brake pads on my car. My mechanic tells I have 60% left on the pads! Is this even possible? I use the transmission to downshift quite a bit when slowing down but something doesn't seem right to me.
How many miles have yon gone with your pads?
How many miles have yon gone with your pads?
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Been doing 100k miles on standard pads for generation.
Put Akebono pads on W210 and at the time of selling, I had about 140k on them. Measured to still have over 60% pads wear left, so they would make 400,000 miles would I keep the car that long.
Than my stepmom seldom makes 20k miles on pads.
When for me - using a brake during normal driving is driver error, she drives with her left foot over brake pedal all the time and following her you can see the lights coming on every few seconds.
Put Akebono pads on W210 and at the time of selling, I had about 140k on them. Measured to still have over 60% pads wear left, so they would make 400,000 miles would I keep the car that long.
Than my stepmom seldom makes 20k miles on pads.
When for me - using a brake during normal driving is driver error, she drives with her left foot over brake pedal all the time and following her you can see the lights coming on every few seconds.
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It's been 94K miles since installing stock brake pads on my car. My mechanic tells I have 60% left on the pads! Is this even possible? I use the transmission to downshift quite a bit when slowing down but something doesn't seem right to me.
How many miles have yon gone with your pads?
How many miles have yon gone with your pads?
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This is like asking how long a clutch lasts. Depends entirely on the driving environment and the driver. My chevy truck has 306K miles on it; I had to replace the rear pads and rotors at around 250K miles... Have yet to do anything with the fronts yet and I've owned the truck since 125K miles.
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It if were ceramic, it would take another 94K miles , just joking. Well, I had not replaced mine W212 even after 35K miles either . It's all about using the brakes and your brake system should work efficiently as well. I had to replace the pads just under 10K miles in my Jaguar because rear brakes were stuck 
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I use my gas pedal more than the brake pedal. I don't mean to be funny, but some people like clinging on other people's bumpers. I keep a distance, and let go of the gas pedal instead of breaking hard (don't have to since I am not close).
Also I use tolls, instead of riding with the local plebs. Around here is a mosh party I rather avoid.
Also I use tolls, instead of riding with the local plebs. Around here is a mosh party I rather avoid.
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I'm at 51k and have been hoping the pads wear out soon... I want to swap Akebono's on as they make it easier to keep the wheels clean. I also have had the winter tires I purchased the car with at 27K... waiting for those to wear out so I can get DWSs to reduce the tire noise.
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Mine is 86K miles on original pads. Though I like to speed a bit,
, keep my distance from other cars 
and let go of the gas to keep the distance, (similar to @S. Madman ).
After the Italian tune-up, I can hear the exhaust hot
, but no smell from the brakes 
, keep my distance from other cars and let go of the gas to keep the distance, (similar to @S. Madman ).After the Italian tune-up, I can hear the exhaust hot
, but no smell from the brakes
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I use my gas pedal more than the brake pedal. I don't mean to be funny, but some people like clinging on other people's bumpers. I keep a distance, and let go of the gas pedal instead of breaking hard (don't have to since I am not close).
Also I use tolls, instead of riding with the local plebs. Around here is a mosh party I rather avoid.
Also I use tolls, instead of riding with the local plebs. Around here is a mosh party I rather avoid.
Than retiring to Las Vegas, I bought 250 Bluetec, who has daily mpg meter on the cluster.
So even I still don't like to just roll, my goal most of the time is to make the trip averaging above 40 mpg. Amazingly by comparing, slowing down a bit, can add 1 minute to 20 minutes trip, but I can drive several streets and make several turns without touching brake pedal. Las Vegas has wide streets, so I can make wide turns, so that might not be possible in other places. The only disadvantage to cornering without braking are tires rounding the corners,
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W212 MY'14 M276-3.5NA @75kMi
don't delay
Juan, very nice disk surface with no lip
beware that inner and outer pad on each wheel do not wear equally.
The piston-side pad on the inside does most of the wearing. The outer-side pad doesn't do much due to heavy caliper spring preventing caliper sliding (regardless of lubed slides).
You'll love your Japanese Akebonos !
Driving up and down California hills I managed 60kMi - Fairly satified with OEM TRW pads and OEM Brembo disks.
I replaced fronts with Zimmers + Akebono
and rear Akenono on mint disks as-is, no machining/replacement needed.
> Easy fixin' :
The three factory issues were...
-1- the 8x dry caliper slides
-2- the 4x heavy caliper-springs preventing floating caliper from self-centering (assimetrical wear).
-3- the pad-spring on the rear inners pad causing the pad to torque the piston sideways.
Meaning don't delay your simple brake job too long, you'll get excellent brakes better than factory new.
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beware that inner and outer pad on each wheel do not wear equally.
The piston-side pad on the inside does most of the wearing. The outer-side pad doesn't do much due to heavy caliper spring preventing caliper sliding (regardless of lubed slides).
You'll love your Japanese Akebonos !
Driving up and down California hills I managed 60kMi - Fairly satified with OEM TRW pads and OEM Brembo disks.
I replaced fronts with Zimmers + Akebono
and rear Akenono on mint disks as-is, no machining/replacement needed.
> Easy fixin' :
The three factory issues were...
-1- the 8x dry caliper slides
-2- the 4x heavy caliper-springs preventing floating caliper from self-centering (assimetrical wear).
-3- the pad-spring on the rear inners pad causing the pad to torque the piston sideways.
Meaning don't delay your simple brake job too long, you'll get excellent brakes better than factory new.
super strong super touchy super cheap
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My front rotors I replaced, rear ones left in place. Fronts were looking rough and dont have anyplace close that resurfaces them anymore.
My truck has 190k miles on original brakes, it also has a exhaust brake (variable vane turbo) which helps. Wish our cars had these would be pretty cool (on the diesels atleast).
My truck has 190k miles on original brakes, it also has a exhaust brake (variable vane turbo) which helps. Wish our cars had these would be pretty cool (on the diesels atleast).
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While in town driving, with lots of traffic lights, I try to time them. I look as far up the street as I can to the next traffic light, and any traffic lights in sight beyond the next. If I can, I start a silent count on the light to see how long it stays green, and how long on red. Like other drivers have mentioned, my priority is to use the brake only when absolutely necessary, and as little pressure on it to stop as possible. I get off the gas at the first hint that I might have to stop, and often, when I use that technique I can avoid using it altogether. I downshift before braking and sometimes during, but not high rev downshifting. I wait for 2,000 rpm or less to select the next lowest gear(in automatic transmission). If I am in my manual transmission, I match the clutch speed to the engine speed on downshift to keep clutch wear to a minimum.
All this has resulted in very low breakwear, and higher mileage results on the tires.
While I am conducting all these operations, I snicker at all the brake riders, and wish them luck on their next brake pad change.
Oddly enough I don’t consider myself to be a defensive driver, although I must admit I am far from the most aggressive driver on the road.
All this has resulted in very low breakwear, and higher mileage results on the tires.
While I am conducting all these operations, I snicker at all the brake riders, and wish them luck on their next brake pad change.
Oddly enough I don’t consider myself to be a defensive driver, although I must admit I am far from the most aggressive driver on the road.
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While in town driving, with lots of traffic lights, I try to time them. I look as far up the street as I can to the next traffic light, and any traffic lights in sight beyond the next. If I can, I start a silent count on the light to see how long it stays green, and how long on red. Like other drivers have mentioned, my priority is to use the brake only when absolutely necessary, and as little pressure on it to stop as possible. I get off the gas at the first hint that I might have to stop, and often, when I use that technique I can avoid using it altogether. I downshift before braking and sometimes during, but not high rev downshifting. I wait for 2,000 rpm or less to select the next lowest gear(in automatic transmission). If I am in my manual transmission, I match the clutch speed to the engine speed on downshift to keep clutch wear to a minimum.
All this has resulted in very low breakwear, and higher mileage results on the tires.
While I am conducting all these operations, I snicker at all the brake riders, and wish them luck on their next brake pad change.
Oddly enough I don’t consider myself to be a defensive driver, although I must admit I am far from the most aggressive driver on the road.
All this has resulted in very low breakwear, and higher mileage results on the tires.
While I am conducting all these operations, I snicker at all the brake riders, and wish them luck on their next brake pad change.
Oddly enough I don’t consider myself to be a defensive driver, although I must admit I am far from the most aggressive driver on the road.
