Stewie

I took my car in for new tires and the told me that my front brakes are down to 30% with 47k miles on the car.

I am a pretty conservative driver and many of those 47k miles are highway.

Does that seen right? I know they are the Brembos but historically in cars with manual transnissions I get 90k out of fronts and even more on the rears.

Just wondering what others are seeing.

Tripnbeats

yes its right...i get like 35k out of mine and its not highway

06 Acura TL

i got 20k ot NYC with no damage to my rotors

SouthernBoy

You're right in there with the Brembos. I have an '04 manual and I switch my pads to Rotex Kevlar Golds in the spring of last year. I have around 23,000 miles on them now. I also still have my original OEM pads in my garage. I removed them at 25,000 miles and my best guess is that there was maybe another 30,000+ miles left in them.

I am also careful with my car and tend to get very good life out of my brakes and crazy long life from my clutches.

T Ho

Since they're a pad that generates lots of dust, it doesn't surprise me that they would wear faster- where do you think all the dust comes from?

I'm looking for at least 50k out of mine. I'm a pretty easy driver. I don't expect to go to 125k like I did on my Accord 5MT, though.

AM 2K5

I recently changed out the front brake pads at 29k miles with 15% of the pads remaining. They were squeeling pretty loud so i decided to swap them out.

01tl4tl

When the pads get below 50% of their limit, they do not shed heat as well, leading to poor braking. The actual pad thickness and condition must be considered when talking about miles or % remaining. Techs make wild visual guesses.
Go too far down and hurt the caliper pistons, maybe the master cylinder and trash the rotors.
Most pads for the TL have a 2mm min. thickness- thats pad material only, and at 3mm they are considered ready for change immediatly

elkayem

Mine(TypeS) is down to 25% at around 7k miles.
Horray for hard braking. LOL
Doing abit of AutoX in the car too. lol

subinf

My brakes lasted around 25k? I can't remember, but they wore out pretty quick.