mellonc

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?

MeltdownSpectre

Replaced after 36,000 km (around 22,000 miles). Shop said the pads were almost entirely worn out.

kajtek1

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.

chassis

Yes. I have 105k on my W166 on the factory fronts and there is a decent chunk of pad left. I got 120k per set regularly on a Touareg.

rapidoxidation

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.

PeterUbers

Exactly ... if your commute is 100-200 miles of highway daily ... sure .. 100k miles on same pads

BenzV12

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

S. Madman

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.

DubVBenz

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.

juanmor40

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

kajtek1

When living in California, having well paid job, I valued my time so I drove fast all the time. Still brake pads would last me 100k miles, but mpg was never my priority.
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,

mellonc

Thanks for the responses. I guess having this much pad left isn't abnormal