Normal Brake pad wear time in hilly areas?

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Caroline wrote:

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"jim beam" <nospam (AT) example (DOT) net> wrote
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like i said, i had 50k of sf driving on my car, original pads, and that
/included/ regularly doing the lombard st tourist thing when i had
friends in from out of town.

Fair enough.

I'll just throw in that the original pads on my 1991 Civic lasted only 43k miles
and 1.75 years. Maybe two weeks of this was spent driving in mountainous areas.
The rest of the driving was in very flat areas.

i think the '88-'91's has a softer pad material because the vacuum servo
on my '89 is much smaller than my 2000 but the brake feels the same.
both have 13/16" brake cylinders.

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unless the o.p. does 100 miles a night with a dominos pizza delivery
job, 10% is something of a stretch.

Depends on driving habits.

To the previous list, add: Is it a manual transmission where the driver often
uses the engine to brake?

that's a good point! mine's an auto, but it still engine brakes -
programmed in depending on deceleration rate & initial speed.

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I do agree that plenty of shops (dealer and otherwise) are into ripping off
customers for brake pads. Checking brake pad thickness is not difficult, even
for someone who has minimal mechanical experience. At the least, stick around
the shop who's checking the pads and make the technician show you the brake pad
thickness up close and personal.

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Normal Brake pad wear time in hilly areas?

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Re: Normal Brake pad wear time in hilly areas? - 10-08-2004 , 11:46 PM