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Buying used car

Tommy Max · 2018-03-21 14:35:52

Hi. Currently looking at buying a manual petrol. Had a look at the skoda inspection report and the front brake pads have just had to be replaced. Less than 30,000km. I would expect brake pads to last twice that length usually. Anything to be concerned about or query with the dealer? I would imagine its quiet uncommon for…

21-03-2018 2:35pm

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Tommy Max

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Hi. Currently looking at buying a manual petrol. Had a look at the skoda inspection report and the front brake pads have just had to be replaced. Less than 30,000km.

I would expect brake pads to last twice that length usually. Anything to be concerned about or query with the dealer?

I would imagine its quiet uncommon for the brake pads to be replaced so early?

Anybody with advise really much appreciated.

Thanks

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#2 21-03-2018 3:39pm

Nuw

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The thing with pads is that it highly depends on the driver's style and the environment the car was used in. I use to be able to squeeze around 80k km (if not more) out of pads on my cars, but then I moved to the city... and I'm now happy to get 40-45k out of them. Also depends on the car, for instance in my first automatic I went through the front pads in half the mileage because it took me a while to adapt to how the engine breaking worked with an auto trans.

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#3 21-03-2018 4:17pm

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One thread is sufficient https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=106499584

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