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Originally Posted by buzzedsrt8
Please tell me that this is at least your third set of pads...right?
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I have customers who have managed to squeeze out 75,000 miles from their first set of pads and others who have burned through them in less than 10,000 miles. Same car make/model, same pad type.
The difference is that the former drives 100 miles each way (all highway) to work and the latter lives and works in San Francisco. Probably commutes on Lombard Street! (For those who have not visited San Francisco or listened to Bill Cosby's sketch on driving there, here's a photo:
Lombard Street). Brake pad life will depend on your mix of highway/local driving, your emotional maturity, the topography of your area, and the amount of traffic. There is no such thing as a "normal" brake pad life for a specific car without knowing all those other factors.