I know this is one of those how long is a piece of string questions
but how much mileage (typically) would one normally expect to get from
a set of front disc brake pads.

I had the pleasure of taking my old dad's W reg car for an MOT today
and I think he may have set some sort of a record.

The pads needed replacing but this was hardly surprising as they were
still the original pads from when the car was brand new.

allan tracy hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

Depends on the car.

The front disks on a DS are so massively over-specced that second hand
disks and pads are frequently sold.

In article <2e24eb93-e055-4233-a84a-
5b1f60f9b1ed@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, allan tracy says...

I've rarely had to change a set of pads in the 20 years I've been
driving and when I have it's because they were low when I got it.

On 19 Jun, 13:48, allan tracy hotmail.com> wrote:

I quite often manage the entire A30 the M5 M42 on through to
Nottingham without once applying the brakes, they are normally only
required when a 'motorists' causes me to have to use them or in the
final stage of coming to a halt. The point being that mileage is not a
measure of wear, inspection is the only valid way as driving styles
are as different as chalk is from cheese.
NM

The way I see it is that the brakes are there to be used. My dad is
constantly telling me not to use the brakes but I can't remember my driving
instructor telling me this.

I do use the gears to slow down but I still need to use the brakes too.

Andrew

Yes, but I would have thought that a driving style that involves a lot
of braking (let's face it you do see a lot of that) isn't a good one
and suggests a driver that may need to calm down (calm down) and find
the anticipation brain cell occasionally.

I should have said fairly general mix of country and urban motoring
with little in the way of motorway use - 117,000 miles on one set of
pads.

allan tracy hotmail.com> wrote:

Then you'd be wrong.

Habitually slowing the car by use of gears is simply a bad habit, and
although it can be done, it's a question of which makes more sense,
wearing out a cheap item like pads and disks that can be repalced very
easily, or putting excess wear on the gearbox, in particular the
synchromesh cones, which is going to be expensive to repair?

The currently accepted best practice is to slow down by braking,
changing into an appropriate gear as required. This may involved shifts
from (say) 4-2 rather then 4-3-2 which some people can't seem to
understand. I've watched people who regularly rattle the box 1-2-3-4-5
5-4-3-2-1 and I note that on the downshift many of them are coasting
with the clutch depressed - so what's the bloody point of waving the
gear lever around?

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:48:04 -0700 (PDT), allan tracy
hotmail.com> wrote:

It will depend on which wheels are driven - front or rear and the
engine size, and the fuel - the smaller the engine, the lighter it is,
diesel engines tend to be heavier. Things like power steering and air
con wil, also have an effect.

--
Only some ghastly, dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.
Ken Livingstone 2001.

"allan tracy" hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Just to, er, balance the debate, my Saab needed new front pads at 19,000
miles. What's worse was that the first thing you know about it is when you
get nasty graunching noises when braking, at which...

On 19 Jun, 18:59, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
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