How long do your brakes last?

[crockers]

My car has the "sports" brakes and the front discs and pads were changed at around 45-50k miles. The car is now on 92k and on the original rear rear discs and pads.

Is this normal? I'm expecting a brake indicator light soon, but when I had new tyres put on before our trip to France the dealer said I had afew thousand miles left but was shocked that the rears were originals.

 

[BlackC55]

I have a customer that has done 100k on one set of front pads. It's all about careful driving.

 

[davidjpowell]

Are you sure on the pads? It's a long time even for discs. Pads are normally 30k ish discs can go up to 50k with me.

Bigger problem is keeping a car that long...

 

[corned]

I had my car over 3 years (and over 60k miles) before the pads needed looking at. AND they weren't new by any stretch when I bought the car... I inspected them when they came off the car and saw there was still plenty of meat on them. Discs are still originals as far as I can tell. 143k miles in total.

But then again, I regard using the brakes as tantamount to admitting that I failed to anticipate far enough ahead.

 

[crockers]

Are you sure on the pads? It's a long time even for discs. Pads are normally 30k ish discs can go up to 50k with me.

Bigger problem is keeping a car that long...

Yes.

Nice that one thing on the car is lasting longer than on others cars. .

 

[ss201]

But then again, I regard using the brakes as tantamount to admitting that I failed to anticipate far enough ahead.

Well said! On many occasions I've been behind other cars whose brakes lights are on and off like a bride's nightie, whilst I've kept a sensible distance between us and never touched my brakes once. For the last three services I've asked my indie to check the front brake pads carefully as they've been on an awful long time. Each time he says, "no, didn't need to, maybe next time". I take that as a compliment to my driving style, as automatics go through brakes (especially fronts) a lot quicker than manuals. I'm sure it helps keep my fuel consumption down too.

 

[autounion]

Okay - how about this, W124 sedan with 489 000 km and still has the original rear discs, on second set of rear pads, second set of front discs, almost ready to replace those. The front pads normally give me around 100 000 km.

 

[ringway]

Done around 100k in my Sprinter since I bought it and have had no more than two sets of pads and no discs.
Look ahead (easy in the elevated Sprinter cab) and heavy braking is seldom required.

 

[tylerdurden]

V misleading. Motorway driving = little brake wear

Driving in London= forget it

 

[markjay]

The discs and pads hardly get used when cruising on motorways.

They get massacred though on the short stretch of road I do every morning as I slow down before each and very speed bump and pothole.

 

[Wizeng]

I had my car over 3 years (and over 60k miles) before the pads needed looking at. AND they weren't new by any stretch when I bought the car... I inspected them when they came off the car and saw there was still plenty of meat on them. Discs are still originals as far as I can tell. 143k miles in total.

But then again, I regard using the brakes as tantamount to admitting that I failed to anticipate far enough ahead.

A man after my own heart, Do you have any tips to stop the discs rusting?

 

[Spinal]

Being half Italian, I regard brake pads as something that needs changing as often as the oil in a car

M.

 

[nigel cross]

Being half Italian, I regard brake pads as something that needs changing as often as the oil in a car

M.

Bieng half italian, I wouldn't have though you knew where the brake pedal was, as they only use the trottle and the horn

 

[stroudwaterboy]

My last automatic was a Toyota Camry estate, did 138k in that on the original pads and discs, mostly driving around Bristol.

Only ever needed 1 new part on that car, a new rear wing after I was hit by a bus.

 

[Adam230K]

The car is now on 92k and on the original rear rear discs and pads.

rear brakes hardly ever get used. don't worry about it

 

[Benzmanc]

Being half Italian, I regard brake pads as something that needs changing as often as the oil in a car

M.

Is that why you have 2 large cars so there is plenty of room to wave your arms around