90K on one set of pads & shoes

Wicklowrider · 19-07-2010 3:46pm #1

My father just got his car serviced at 90K kilometres. He reckons the brake pads and shoes were changed for the first time. I am wondering if he is mistaken - he is old.
My wife has the exact same model car and her's were changed at 50K. Could there possibly be such a difference in drivers?

Anan1 · 19-07-2010 4:03pm

It's quite possible - my mother's car is still on its original pads at 65k kms.

Rowley Birkin QC · 19-07-2010 4:06pm

Wicklow Rider wrote:

90k on one set of pads and shoes.

Anyone else read this thinking it was a servicing cost on a Veyron or something similarly insane?!

keithclancy · 19-07-2010 4:10pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Anyone else read this thinking it was a servicing cost on a Veyron or something similarly insane?!

Looks like a pricey pad change to me alright

19-07-2010 4:13pm

Defo on shoes, pads maybe. Dad has 32K miles on his Hyundai Accent, original pads. Must have a looksee and see is there much friction material left on them.

R.O.R · 19-07-2010 4:23pm

First change of pads on my car was 81,100km. If he's old and doesn't drive very fast, then it doesn't take much to slow down.

Tragedy · 19-07-2010 4:24pm

Older drivers tend to engine break more too!

mickdw · 19-07-2010 4:25pm

My parents never need new pads as they change car every 3years with about 70k km so certainly 90k km possible

Neilw · 19-07-2010 5:22pm

70k miles on my front discs and pads, they are about 50% worn, original parts from new.

peasant · 19-07-2010 5:45pm

It would also depend on where you do most of your driving.
City driving obviously uses a lot of brakes, long distances hardly any.

(when I brought my van back from Germany, other than driving through Dublin I used the brakes three times ...2x at the ferry, 1x in my driveway)

JJJJNR · 19-07-2010 6:01pm

Got to 170,000km (motorway mostly) on my first set of pads, sailed through the NCT and everything with the originals. Just changed them a couple of weeks ago as they were getting a bit spongy, disks still have loads left on them, car is a 2.0Tdi SEAT leon.

mickdw · 19-07-2010 6:12pm

JJJJNR wrote: »

Got to 170,000km (motorway mostly) on my first set of pads, sailed through the NCT and everything with the originals. Just changed them a couple of weeks ago as they were getting a bit spongy, disks still have loads left on them, car is a 2.0Tdi SEAT leon.

You can use the brakes you know, they are not just there for emergencies:D

BrianD3 · 19-07-2010 6:26pm

I got 160k miles out of my last set of front pads. When I took them off they were obviously worn but above min thickness, probably would have been good for 200k miles :eek:

Strangely the rear pads were replaced before the fronts, at 120k miles. Two of the four pads were worn down, Might have been due to a sticky handbrake/caliper.

It just depends on how you drive and what sort of driving you do. I do mostly long journeys on relatively quiet roads.

90K on one set of pads & shoes

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